Construction news

• Bids invited for £1bn construction and refurb framework

  06-11-2026 17:18 via Construction Enquirer
  Fusion21 is inviting bids for its latest £1bn national Construction & Refurbishment Framework.
  The procurement specialist is looking for supply partners with experience of delivering construction and refurbishment works in housing, health, education and wider public sector environments.
  This will be the third version of the framework with previous years delivering 95 projects with a total value of £675m and an average project value of £7.2m.The deal will run from 2027–31 and be divided
  
  Read more

• Plant dealer Molson files administration notice

  06-11-2026 15:03 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Plant dealer Molson has filed notices of intention to appoint administrators after its latest published accounts revealed a £10.3m pre-tax loss.
  Founder and chief executive Robin Powell is understood to have announced the decision to staff this morning.
  The Bristol-based business supplies major machinery brands including Kobelco, Hyundai Construction Equipment, Terex ranges, Sennebogen, Bell Equipment, Thwaites, Merlo and Husqvarna demolition robots.Molson is the UK’s largest independent new
  
  Read more

• £3.7bn Windermere clean-up takes major tender step

  06-11-2026 09:10 via Construction Enquirer
  
  United Utilities has launched the race for a design and integration deal worth up to £600m to drive its proposed £3.7bn Windermere clean-up.
  The water company wants a partner to turn its Only Rainwater into Windermere proposals into a consented construction programme spanning tunnels, sewers, pumping stations and treatment infrastructure.
  An initial four-year development phase is expected to be worth £60m-£100m. Extensions covering design and integration during construction could take the ap
  
  Read more

• GWR lines up 16 builders for £90m station upgrades

  06-11-2026 08:56 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Great Western Railway has lined up 16 contractors for a £90m programme of station upgrades, depot improvements and building works.
  AmcoGiffen, Hollywell Building Services, Jamieson Contracting and Walker Construction scored a clean sweep, securing places across all three framework lots.
  Vinci Construction UK picked up places for minor works and depot projects, with Spencer Rail Engineering, Trackwork and Emeg Group also joining the depot line-up.
  Contractor
  Minorworks
  Majorstation
  Depotworks
  Am
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• First time buyer scheme to stall housing market for months

  06-11-2026 08:36 via Construction Enquirer
  
  MJ Gleeson is warning that the government’s new Your First Home scheme could stall the housing market for months.
  The house builder welcomed the scheme for first time buyers in a trading update today but flagged issues over its timing.
  The initiative was confirmed in last month’s budget but applications for the first loans won’t begin until February.Gleeson said: “The announcement of the scheme some five months before its launch is likely to postpone demand in the intervening period and
  
  Read more

• Billington cuts profit forecast despite record orders

  06-11-2026 08:32 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Steelwork specialist Billington has warned annual profit could come in at around half of market expectations after a problem industrial job and delays to a major bridge contract.
  The group now expects underlying pre-tax profit of £4m–£5.5m for 2026, against analysts’ forecasts of £8.3m. Last year it delivered £4.1m.
  The biggest squeeze comes from an industrial project in the north of England which has proved tougher to deliver than expected.Billington has reassessed the costs to complete
  
  Read more

• Urban Splash hit with £46.5m flats fire repair bill

  06-11-2026 08:00 via Construction Enquirer
  
  Urban Splash and four associated businesses have been ordered to pay £46.5m towards fire safety repairs at seven Manchester apartment blocks.
  The firms have until 3 December to pay following a Government legal battle to recover taxpayers’ money spent fixing the former Urban Splash developments.
  The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) rejected arguments that public funding had driven unnecessarily expensive repairs. But it cut the publicly funded element of the claim by 10% to reflect Gover
  
  Read more

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!