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• Big contractors gain voice in £181bn electricity drive

  30-10-2026 11:49 via Construction Enquirer
  
  M Group, Balfour Beatty and United Infrastructure have joined suppliers’ trade body BEAMA to strengthen contractors’ voice in Britain’s £181bn electricity network investment drive.
  The trio are the first members named in a new Electricity Network Infrastructure Services Group launched by the trade body.
  BEAMA, formerly the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, represents manufacturers and suppliers of electrical equipment and energy infrastructure technology.It
  
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• £148m Leeds Royal Armouries main build moves to detailed design

  30-10-2026 11:33 via Construction Enquirer
  
  A £148m expansion of the Royal Armouries in Leeds is moving towards a main contractor race after BDP was picked to take the scheme through detailed design.
  The waterfront programme includes around £114m for redevelopment of the Tiltyard and a further £34m for an adjacent hotel.
  At the heart of the job will be a new 38,000 sq ft exhibition and events hall, but the wider redevelopment is much larger and will create more than 86,000 sq ft of conference and events space.The rebuilt Tiltyard will
  
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• Muse clears planning hurdle for £640m Slough regeneration

  30-10-2026 08:13 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Muse and land owner Homes England have cleared a key planning hurdle for their £640m redevelopment of Slough’s former Thames Valley University campus.
  Councillors resolved to grant permission to the hybrid application for the North West Quadrant scheme, which will deliver 1,539 homes and a major office building beside the town’s railway station.
  The 3.6ha site has stood vacant since the university campus closed. It is now earmarked for a mixed-use neighbourhood built around a new central pa
  
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• East West Rail opens £450m early works race

  30-10-2026 08:13 via Construction Enquirer
  
  East West Rail has launched the hunt for contractors for a £450m framework to prepare the route for main construction.
  The Programme Support Works Framework covers six lots spanning early civils, ground investigations, archaeology and environmental work.
  A single contractor will land the £80m principal contractor and integrator role, overseeing site safety, coordinating work across the lots and maintaining the master programme.Multiple suppliers will be appointed to each of the five specialist
  
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• Morgan Sindall lands £68m Salford Business School

  30-10-2026 07:13 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Morgan Sindall has been selected as preferred partner to deliver the new £67.9m  Salford Business School in Manchester.
  The project will see the demolition of Crescent House and the construction of a purpose-built 79,500 sq ft home for the Business School in its place.
  The new Salford Business School is being funded by the University and delivered as part of the 240-acre Crescent Salford masterplan, led by ECF – the regeneration partnership between Muse, L&G and Homes England’s Nationa
  
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