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• Galliford Try gets go-ahead for Milton Keynes PRS tower

  01-04-2025 14:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try’s Investments business has gained planning for a landmark 33-storey private rental tower block in central Milton Keynes.
  The project at 599 Grafton Gate project will provide around 300 flats close to Milton Keynes Central railway station.
  Galliford Try will now be developing the design information necessary to obtain a Gateway 2 approval under the Building Safety Act before starting works on site.The building will include ground floor retail space, a fitness studio, game
  
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• Torsion Construction files administration notice

  20-07-2026 23:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leeds based Torsion Construction has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  Directors said the move was designed to give them breathing space as they battle to save the £165m turnover business which specialises in student accommodation, retirement living and build to rent jobs across the North and Midlands.
  Other companies within the wider Torsion Group, including the development and care home operations, are unaffected by the move and continue to trade as normal.
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• RED lands £42m Bristol and Bath office double

  20-07-2026 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  RED South West has landed more than £42m of office refurbishment work after securing contracts to deliver flagship schemes in Bristol and Bath.
  Investor BlackRock and development manager LS Estates has picked the firm to deliver the major overhaul of Portwall Place in Bristol, alongside an £8m refurbishment of Pinesgate West in Bath for WPV Developments.
  Portwall Place is the larger of the two schemes and is expected to become the South West’s biggest commercial office refurbis
  
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• Muse picked to spearhead Bletchley station quarter revival

  20-07-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Milton Keynes City Council has picked Muse to lead a major regeneration around Bletchley station for new homes and shops as the town prepares for the arrival of East West Rail.
  The nationwide regeneration specialist has signed a development deal with the council to prepare a masterplan covering major development sites on both the eastern and western sides of the station.
  Working alongside Milton Keynes Development Partnership, Muse will bring forward plans for a mixed-use neighbourhood featuring
  
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• Severn Trent reveals timetable for £25bn deal race

  20-07-2026 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Severn Trent Water is preparing to launch a pre-market engagement notice to start talks with the supply chain for a new generation of capital delivery frameworks worth up to £25bn over the next 8–15 years across the Midlands.
  The frameworks will cover the AMP9, AMP10 and AMP11 investment periods.
  Procurement is expected to start early next year with the frameworks designed to engage a diverse range of partners from major international contractors to regional and local SMEs.
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• Railpen wins consent for London major office retrofit

  20-07-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Railpen has secured planning approval for the redevelopment of its 12 Smithfield office building in the City of London.
  The £34bn Railways Pension Scheme manager will transform the existing six-storey office opposite Smithfield Market into a flagship headquarters building as part of the wider £400m regeneration of the historic district.
  Designed by Henley Halebrown, the project will retain and upgrade the existing structure while replacing the façade, extending the upper floor
  
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• Ethical Power contracting arms go into administration

  20-07-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Renewable energy specialist Ethical Power has placed some of its contracting operations into administration.
  In a company statement the firm said: “This is to confirm that in June, two of Ethical Power’s contracting Entities (Ethical Power Connections and Ethical Power Group) were placed into administration. On Friday 26th June we also filed notice of intention to appoint administrators for Ethical Power Renewables, another contracting entity.
  “These contracting entities were d
  
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• Tower Hamlets opens bidding on £31m social housing build

  20-07-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Tower Hamlets council has launched the hunt for a main contractor to deliver a £31m social rent new homes project in Bethnal Green.
  The council is inviting bids for the Albert Jacob House scheme on Roman Road, designed by Child Graddon Lewis, with construction expected to start in November following contract award.
  The development will replace a former council office building, which has already been demolished, with a nine-storey low carbon scheme delivering 53 affordable ho
  
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• £33m race begins for Caerphilly bus and railway interchange

  20-07-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport for Wales is starting the hunt for a contractor to deliver the £33m redevelopment of Caerphilly Interchange, opening the race for one of the next major projects in the South Wales Metro programme.
  The successful design and build contractor will replace the existing railway station and adjoining bus interchange with a fully integrated transport hub linking rail, bus and taxi hub with new passenger facilities, retail space and upgraded public realm.
  The project is a key part of wid
  
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• Experts join forces for Sizewell piling works

  17-07-2026 16:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Three leading specialists have joined forces to deliver the geotechnical works needed for the new Sizewell C nuclear power station.
  Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE), VSL Systems (UK) Ltd (VSL), and Bachy Soletanche (BSL) have united to deliver a range of works including piling, soil mixing, diaphragm walls and plastic cut-off walls.
  The trio have combined to form the Geotechnical Sub-Alliance (GSA).The GSA will create a stable and watertight platform capable of supporting the immense loa
  
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• Amey hires HS2 veteran to drive consulting growth

  17-07-2026 09:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Amey has recruited infrastructure heavyweight Jonathan Goring as executive advisor to help accelerate growth across its consulting business and target new markets at home and overseas.
  Goring brings more than three decades of experience leading major infrastructure and transformation programmes, having held senior roles at Capita, Morgan Sindall, PA Consulting, Mott MacDonald and Systra.He has also worked on flagship programmes including HS2 and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM development.He joins Ame
  
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• Board suspends Alumasc CEO after trading update

  17-07-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building products supplier Alumasc has suspended chief executive Pamela Bingham pending an investigation into matters relating to professional conduct.
  The board said Bingham, who took up the CEO role just four months ago, had been suspended while a full investigation, supported by professional advisers, is carried out. No further details of the allegations were disclosed.
  Non executive chair Vijay Thakrar has taken over as interim executive chair with immediate effect, supported by the group&rs
  
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• John F Hunt bags £20m enabling works deal at giant data centre

  17-07-2026 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  John F Hunt Regeneration is understood to have landed a £20m enabling and remediation package from CyrusOne for its LON6 hyperscale data centre project in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.
  The development will form the first phase of a wider campus planned to provide ten data halls.
  John F Hunt is expected to deliver a complex remediation programme involving preparation of the 41-acre site near the M25/M40 interchange through a fast-track 17-week programme, addressing the historic landfill and
  
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• Solihull backs 228-home Habiko mansion block build

  17-07-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Affordable homes developer Habiko has secured planning approval for a 228-home mansion block-inspired scheme in Solihull, marking the partnership’s first development in the West Midlands.
  The affordable housing joint venture between Pension Insurance Corporation, Muse and Homes England will build 228 one and two-bedroom apartments for rent, with rents set at 20% below local market levels.
  The project forms phase two of the wider Holbeche Place masterplan, which will transform Solihull town
  
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• MOD maps out £26bn Project Royal Oak naval bases rebuild

  17-07-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Ministry of Defence has unveiled details of a £26bn programme to rebuild the UK’s three principal naval bases with a decade of marine civils, dockyard engineering and building work in the biggest naval infrastructure investment since the Cold War.
  The ten-year Project Royal Oak programme will deliver new docks, waterfront infrastructure, engineering facilities, accommodation and operational buildings at HMNB Clyde, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth as part of the Government&rsqu
  
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• MOD maps out £26bn Project Royal Oak naval base rebuild

  17-07-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Ministry of Defence has unveiled details of a £26bn programme to rebuild the UK’s three principal naval bases with a decade of marine civils, dockyard engineering and building work in the biggest naval infrastructure investment since the Cold War.
  The ten-year Project Royal Oak programme will deliver new docks, waterfront infrastructure, engineering facilities, accommodation and operational buildings at HMNB Clyde, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth as part of the Government&rsqu
  
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• Hill go-ahead for London New Era Estate rebuild

  17-07-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hill Group is set to start work next month on the long-awaited rebuild of Hackney’s New Era Estate after housing charity Dolphin Living secured planning approval for the 208-home regeneration scheme.
  The August start follows Hackney Council’s approval for the Allies & Morrison-designed redevelopment, which will replace the ageing 1930s private rented estate with buildings ranging from three to 13 storeys.
  The scheme will deliver 208 one, two and three-bedroom homes, more than dou
  
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• O’Rourke confirms major expansion of manufacturing capacity

  16-07-2026 10:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke is expanding its manufacturing capacity to meet growing demand for its approach to industrialised construction.
  Crown House Technologies Manufacturing (CHtM) and Explore Manufacturing will both be expanded.
  CHtM is moving to a larger facility in Smethwick, West Midlands and Explore Manufacturing is adding 3,200 square metres of manufacturing space at its current location in Explore Park, Nottinghamshire.The upgraded facilities will also allow exploration of and further inves
  
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• South Wales roads bodies launch £270m highways framework

  16-07-2026 09:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractors are set to battle for places on a £270m framework covering highways, bridge maintenance and surfacing work across South Wales.
  Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is leading the procurement on behalf of Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire councils for the new SWTRA Highways & Structures Framework 2027.
  The framework will run for four years from February 2027, with options to extend annually for a further two years, taking its maximum duration to six years. Up to eight co
  
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• SIG set for cost-cutting drive as materials market stalls

  16-07-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building materials distribution giant SIG is planning a £100m efficiency drive as the market continues to struggle.
  In a trading update today SIG said: “The Group has developed an improvement plan assuming no market recovery in H2 2026 and FY 2027.“The plan aims to generate cash of at least £100m, through a combination of business simplification, disposals, business improvement and working capital optimisation.
  “It is also targeting an annualised operating profit ru
  
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• Plan for triple-tower Stratford scheme on former Sphere site

  16-07-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Hallmark Property Group has unveiled plans for a cluster of three towers rising to 47 storeys on the former London Sphere site at Stratford Junction, replacing the long-stalled entertainment proposal with a major mixed-use cultural quarter.
  Designed by Squire & Partners, the scheme would regenerate the 2.05ha rail-surrounded site between Stratford Station and Stratford International that has remained vacant since serving as coach parking during the 2012 Olympic Games.
  The developme
  
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• Crest sinks to £35m loss as lender talks drag on

  16-07-2026 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Crest Nicholson plunged to a £35m half-year loss as directors remain locked in negotiations with lenders over revised banking covenants after net debt almost doubled to £142m.
  Crest this morning revealed it had plunged into the red for the six months to 30 April compared with a £9.4m profit a year earlier.Revenue fell 21% to £198m as completions dropped from 739 to 584 homes, while adjusted operating results swung from an £11.9m profit to an £11.
  
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• Wates regional MD and director exit suddenly

  16-07-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two bosses at the UK East Construction division of Wates have suddenly left the business.
  Managing Director David Wingfield and Commercial Director Kyle McGrory have left the company with immediate effect.
  Their roles are now being covered by executive Managing Director Steff Battle.The Enquirer understands Wingfield and McGrory had been suspended by Wates while an internal investigation was carried-out into their conduct.
  Wates declined to confirm the exact nature of the investigation.
  A Wates
  
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• Barratt claws back £38m from subcontractors in legacy job claims

  15-07-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  Barratt Redrow has clawed back £38m from subcontractors over defects on legacy developments, helping offset mounting building safety costs as the house builder prepares to double remediation spending to £300m this year.
  In a year-end trading update this morning, Britain’s biggest house builder highlighted the growing financial impact of legacy building issues, with the group taking an additional net legacy property provision charge of around £95m, alongside £13m of
  
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• Galliford Try profit set to hit top end of forecasts

  15-07-2026 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try expects annual profit to reach the top end of market forecasts after delivering a sixth consecutive year of revenue, profit and cash growth.
  Ahead of full-year results on 17 September, the contractor said revenue for the year to 30 June is expected to rise around 3%, with adjusted pre-tax profit towards the top of analyst expectations of around £53m.
  Chief executive Bill Hocking said that the group also had delivered another year of margin improvement as it worked towards a 4
  
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• Mace to start £150m former London City Hall retrofit

  15-07-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace starts work this month on the £150m transformation of London’s former City Hall, returning to the landmark building it originally delivered 24 years ago.
  The contractor has been appointed by Kuwaiti-owned St Martins Property Investments to redevelop the former Greater London Authority headquarters at More London into a larger, low carbon office and retail destination.
  Designed by Gensler, with Waterman providing structural, mechanical and electrical engineering, the scheme will
  
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• Giant TBM order puts Lower Thames Crossing tunnel on track

  15-07-2026 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highways has ordered Europe’s largest ever tunnel boring machine for the £10bn Lower Thames Crossing, with tunnelling work on track to begin in 2028.
  German manufacturer Herrenknecht will build the 16.4m diameter machine, which will be the third largest tunnel boring machine ever built worldwide. The machine will be bought and operated by the Bouygues Travaux Publics Murphy joint venture, which is delivering the twin-bore tunnel beneath the Thames.
  At 120m long and weighing
  
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• Chief executive Mark Lawrence leaves TClarke

  14-07-2026 16:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  TClarke Chief Executive Officer Mark Lawrence has left the company with immediate effect after a 40-year career.
  The news was confirmed by Britain’s biggest M&E contractor as its posted latest results.
  Lawrence started at TClarke in 1985 as an electrical apprentice and worked his way through the ranks becoming CEO in 2010.TClarke delisted from the Stock Exchange in 2024 becoming a private company after its acquisition by the Regent Group.
  Fellow long serving director Mike Crowder
  
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• Turnover dips as Laing O’Rourke focuses on bottom line

  14-07-2026 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Laing O’Rourke saw pre-tax profits nearly double in its latest results despite a drop in turnover.
  Focusing on the bottom line is paying of for the contracting giant as pre-tax profits for the year to March 31 2026 rose to £80.1m from £41.4m last time as turnover fell to £3.69bn from £3.95bn.
  The company said the latest numbers reflect a “deliberate shift towards prioritising margin improvement.”Laing O’Rourke also reported a record order book of &
  
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• Cladding retrofit drive faces red alert over delivery delays

  14-07-2026 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Delivery of the Government’s flagship cladding remediation programme has been red-flagged by infrastructure watchdog the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.
  In its assessment of the Government’s major projects portfolio, the huge cladding retrofit programme was downgraded to a Red delivery rating after officials warned that current plans “remain challenging” because of Building Safety Regulator delays, rising construction costs and growing w
  
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