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• Clancy wins £27m reservoir pipeline

  22-10-2026 19:11 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Clancy has been appointed by Portsmouth Water to deliver the next stage of the Havant Thicket Reservoir project.
  The contractor will start in December under a £26.84m deal to build a pumping station at Farlington and install an 8.5km pipeline between the treatment works and the reservoirs
  The new pipeline will be capable of moving up to 32.4 million litres of water per day – enough to fill 400,000 bathtubs.Completion of the scheme is scheduled for early 2030.
  Matt Cannon, chief executive offi
  
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• England’s road repair spending powers up to £4.9bn

  22-10-2026 10:12 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Councils are stepping up preventative roadworks as ministers push to break the cycle of repeatedly patching potholes.
  New Gvernment figures show 94% of councils will carry out preventative maintenance this year, up from 76% last year, boosting demand for treatments that stop road surfaces breaking up.
  The shift comes as council road maintenance spending reaches a record £4.9bn, up £800m in two years.
  Nearly 7,000 miles of roads are due to be resurfaced this year, more than 10% up on last year.
  
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• Builder severely injured in Banbury site scaffolding collapse

  22-10-2026 09:02 via Construction Enquirer
  
  A construction worker suffered severe injuries when a building and scaffolding partially collapsed at a housing site in Banbury yesterday.
  Two workers were taken to hospital following the incident on Lower Cherwell Street late on Wednesday morning.
  Emergency crews at the Banbury site after partial building and scaffolding collapse (Image: Banburyshire Info)
  Nine workers were understood to have been on site, where a former car sales garage is being redeveloped into 19 flats.South Central Ambulanc
  
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• Infrastructure work set to lead steady construction growth

  22-10-2026 08:48 via Construction Enquirer
  
  The UK construction market is set for steady growth over the next few year as infrastructure leads the recovery from the current doldrums.
  Latest forecasts from consultancy McBains predict construction output is anticipated to grow by 1.8% in 2027, strengthening to 2.8% in 2028, before moderating to 2.3% in 2029 and 2.1% in 2030.
  Infrastructure is expected to be the star performer with work increasing by 14% between 2026 and 2031 while residential and commercial development experience a more
  
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• Contractor swap on troubled Oldham site

  22-10-2026 08:26 via Construction Enquirer
  
  First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has appointed a new main contractor to finish a delayed development of 30 apartments in Royton.
  The housing association will use John Southworth Builders Ltd to complete the £3.7m project of affordable one and two-bed flats at Shaw Street.
  FCHO terminated its contract with the original contractor Robwood Construction Limited in June following “unacceptable delays” to the project that should have been concluded in 2024.John Southworth has now surveyed the bui
  
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• Fifteen win places on new-look £1bn North West framework

  22-10-2026 08:10 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Fifteen contractors have secured places on the North West Construction Hub’s new £1bn high-value building framework, nearly doubling the existing eight-firm line-up.
  BAM, Graham, Kier, McLaren, Robertson and Vinci Building have landed places on the new major projects lot for jobs worth more than £45m.
  Ten firms join the roster compared with the existing arrangement: BAM, Equans, F Parkinson, GMI, Graham, Henry Brothers, McLaren, Robertson, Seddon and Wates.NWCH high-value projects frameworkP
  
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• Munnelly plots acquisition push as sales hit £181m

  22-10-2026 08:05 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Munnelly Group is gearing up for acquisitions and a push into new infrastructure markets as it chases bigger profits from longer-term contracts.
  The family-owned construction site services group has set out a Target 2030 growth plan to pull its eight businesses closer together and win more work spanning pre-construction through to project handover.
  Energy, water, nuclear, defence and prison expansion are in its sights as it seeks to build on decades of relationships with major contractors.The st
  
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