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• Developers to get power to build own grid connections

  29-09-2026 17:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers will be given greater powers to build their own electricity grid connections under a major shake-up aimed at breaking one of the biggest blockages holding up construction projects.
  The Government today launched Great British Grid as a new publicly-owned infrastructure investor within Great British Energy alongside plans to widen self-build rights for grid connections.
  The reforms could open a significant new market for contractors as developers of data centres, industrial plants and o
  
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• AC1 signs deal to finish Torsion’s Manchester apartment job

  29-09-2026 17:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  AC1 Construction has signed a replacement building contract to finish Zentra Group’s delayed One Victoria apartment scheme in Manchester following the collapse of Torsion Construction.
  Practical completion of the 129-home development is now expected in December, around 18 months later than the original programme.
  Harrow-based AC1, a privately-owned contractor with annual turnover approaching £30m and offices in London and Manchester, was first brought onto the job under a letter of i
  
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• Construction set to start on stalled Liverpool site

  29-09-2026 17:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Bentry Capital has secured Gateway 2 approval for the first phase of the £87m Abbey Row site in Liverpool clearing its in-house contractor, Mellior Construction to start main works on the 241-home scheme next month.
  The site has already been cleared and the initial subcontractor packages have been secured, allowing Mellior Construction to move directly into the principal construction phase.
  Abbey Row was formerly known as the Islington Quarter and was first put forward for planni
  
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• £2 diesel threatens £600m construction fuel shock

  29-09-2026 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction has suffered a near £600m fuel price shock since the start of the year as diesel prices soared to a record £2 a litre yesterday.
  The infrastructure sector burns more than 1bn litres of diesel a year, meaning the rise from around £1.41 a litre in January has inflated its theoretical annual fuel bill by around £590m.
  The 42% surge is ripping into margins across plant-heavy civils businesses, with muckshifting contractors among the hardest hit.Diesel can account
  
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• Billington boss to retire after 42-year steel career

  29-09-2026 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Billington chief executive Mark Smith is to retire after more than 42 years in structural steelwork as the contractor reports a 70% surge in first-half profit.
  Smith will step down on 1 January 2027 after nearly 12 years at Billington, with chief operating officer Trevor Taylor lined up to succeed him.
  Taylor has taken an increasingly operational role across the group over the past five years and was promoted to chief operating officer in October 2025.
  Smith announced his departure from the top
  
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• Drink driving builder jailed for killing highways worker

  29-09-2026 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  A builder has been jailed for ten years for killing a highways worker after driving into a coned-off section of the M23 near Gatwick Airport.
  Vilius Domarkas, 38, was sentenced yesterday after admitting causing death by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing.
  The fatal collision occurred on July 8 when highways worker Anthony Howe was hit by Domarkas’ Citroen Relay van which veered into the coned off lane.Domarkas was found with glazed and bloodshot eyes and was slurring his speech, was u
  
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