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• McLaren clears Gateway 2 for £229m Ebury estate rebuild

  12-10-2026 16:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has cleared the Gateway 2 hurdle for the £229m second phase of Westminster’s Ebury Bridge estate regeneration.
  The Building Safety Regulator approved four separate applications covering five buildings, clearing the way for major construction work to start.
  The 334-home phase is the largest of three planned in Westminster City Council’s redevelopment of the 1930s estate.It follows completion of the first phase and will deliver a mixed-tenure neighbourhood as
  
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• Graham bags £45m Stratford student scheme

  12-10-2026 13:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has landed a £45m student accommodation scheme for Gamuda Land UK at Marshgate Lane in Stratford, east London.
  The 321-bed development will rise between Stratford High Street and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, just 100m from Pudding Mill Lane DLR station.
  The appointment takes the project into construction as Gamuda expands its London development portfolio.The scheme will provide a mix of cluster flats and self-contained studios, with shared kitchen, dining and social spaces, a gym a
  
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• Lovell lined up to rescue £25m east London housing job

  12-10-2026 13:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lovell Partnerships has been lined up to take over a stalled £25m housing scheme in east London following the collapse of Jerram Falkus Construction.
  Tower Hamlets Council has approved a pre-construction services agreement for Lovell to draw up a rescue plan for 62 affordable homes and five commercial units at Arnold Road in Bow.
  The deal puts Lovell in pole position to finish the job, although the main works contract remains subject to agreement on costs, programme and delivery arrangemen
  
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• Bennett Construction to build £132m Guildford scheme

  12-10-2026 12:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Native Land has appointed Bennett Construction to deliver the main phase of St Mary’s Wharf in Guildford.
  The contract award came as the developer confirmed £132m in funding for the 180-home development on the bank of the River Wey in Guildford town centre.
  Bennett will take over management of the 1.7-acre site to commence preparatory work immediately, with the main phase of construction work beginning in the coming weeks.Since securing planning consent in 2022, Native Land has subst
  
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• Willmott Dixon takes £24m starring role at Rugby school

  12-10-2026 09:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon has bagged a £24m expansion of Rugby’s Avon Valley School & Performing Arts College.
  The Warwickshire County Council job will add 300 secondary places as new housing puts pressure on local classrooms.
  A new three-storey teaching block and four-court sports hall will boost facilities, with capacity rising to 1,400 pupils. The scheme also includes a 20-place specialist provision for pupils with communication and interaction needs.Michelle Cotterill, director at Willm
  
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• Taylor Woodrow loses bid to block Cardiff fire defects claim

  12-10-2026 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractor Taylor Woodrow has failed to block a fresh claim by house builder Taylor Wimpey to recover around £24m in costs to rectify alleged fire safety defects at seven high-rise apartment blocks in Cardiff.
  The High Court rejected the contractor’s argument that the house builder was trying to rerun a dispute already lost in arbitration.
  The ruling allows the housing developer to pursue its claim over Victoria Wharf under the Defective Premises Act. It is also seeking a building li
  
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• Vp back on track after Brandon Hire restructure

  12-10-2026 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equipment rental giant Vp is on course to perform in line with market expectations for its latest results which are due to be unveiled next month.
  Analysts are expecting the firm to deliver turnover of £351.3m pre-tax profits of £32.5m for the year ending 31 March 2027.
  Vp said electricity transmission continues to perform well, rail remains stable and there is “encouraging momentum in water” as AMP8 activity has grown in the second quarter.During the year Vp announc
  
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• M&E firm Integral slashes losses after workforce cut by a fifth

  12-10-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building services and FM specialist Integral UK has slashed losses after a sweeping shake-up cut its workforce by more than a fifth.
  The JLL-owned firm chalked up its seventh straight year of pre-tax losses but moved closer to break-even as it trimmed its contract portfolio and largely closed out legacy construction jobs.
  Pre-tax losses narrowed to £921,000 in 2025 from £8.8m the year before.Turnover fell 7% to £273m as bosses prioritised profitability across engineering servic
  
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• HBC powers back towards £110m turnover

  12-10-2026 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HBC Construction is on course to smash through the £100m turnover barrier this year after returning to profit in 2025.
  The former Henry Boot Construction business expects revenue to reach £110m in 2026, with a strong increase in profitability as major projects drive its recovery.
  In a financial update, HBC reported 2025 trading pre-tax profit of £1.24m against a £1.65m loss the previous year. Turnover jumped 43% to £71m from £50m.The accounts cover the trading
  
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• Wiltshire and Gloucestershire start £392m surfacing race

  12-10-2026 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wiltshire and Gloucestershire councils have put £392m of road surfacing work up for grabs in a double boost for highways contractors.
  The neighbouring authorities have launched separate competitions for countywide programmes stretching into the next decade.
  Wiltshire’s £200m machine surfacing deal will run for an initial six years from June 2027, with two extensions of two years potentially taking it through to May 2037.The work covers machine surfacing and associated civils, r
  
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