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• Government goes for £33bn Heathrow third runway plan

  25-11-2025 12:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government is backing Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) ‘superhub’ third runway expansion plans.
  The £33bn proposals include £21bn for the runway alongside £12bn for associated terminal infrastructure.
  HAL will also invest £15bn into the existing airport to modernise and upgrade current facilities- these works are independent of a third runway and will go ahead regardless of a planning decision for expansion.
  The decision means rival expansion plans p
  
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• Judge scraps Premier Modular’s £1.65m adjudication win

  19-06-2026 17:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A High Court judge has thrown out a £1.65m adjudication award in favour of modular specialist Premier Modular after ruling the adjudicator effectively invented a new case that neither party had argued.
  In a significant ruling on adjudication natural justice, the Technology and Construction Court found that the adjudicator had gone off on a “frolic of his own” when deciding a dispute between Premier Modular and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust over delays to a hospital th
  
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• £7.4bn supply chain hunt starts for electricity network upgrade

  19-06-2026 15:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Electricity network owner SSEN Transmission has launched a major new supply chain framework for suppliers across the north of Scotland and beyond worth £7.4bn.
  Winning contractors will support the delivery of critical infrastructure projects as part of SSEN Transmission’s £29bn investment programme to upgrade the network.
  The deal covers a broad range of onshore transmission works, including civils, building construction, overhead lines and underground cable installation.Paul L
  
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• Bathroom pod maker OEP went down owing £3.5m

  19-06-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancaster based bathroom pod specialist Offsite Engineered Products UK Ltd (OEP UK) went down owing more than £3.5m.
  The company called in administrators last month. Its sister company OEP Building Services went into administration in 2021 owing 135 suppliers £1.7m.
  OEP UK bought OEP Building Services in a pre-pack sale for £85,000 led by managing director Iain Crabtree.Since the original deal was finalised OEP UK hasdwon a series of pod supply deals with major contractors and
  
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• Barratt Redrow hires ex-Britvic finance chief as CFO

  19-06-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barratt Redrow has appointed former Britvic finance chief Rebecca Napier as its new chief financial officer and executive director.
  Napier will join the UK’s biggest house builder on 3 August, replacing interim arrangements put in place following last year’s merger between Barratt Developments and Redrow.
  She joins after serving as chief financial officer at Britvic until the soft drinks group’s takeover by Carlsberg last year. Before that, she spent 17 years at IAG, including
  
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• Mace loses another key executive ahead of business rebrand

  19-06-2026 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace Construct finance chief David Allen is leaving the contractor this autumn, becoming the second senior departure from the business after chief executive officer Jason Millett announced plans to step down at the end of the year.
  Allen, who joined Mace at the start of 2023 after serving as chief executive officer at Wates, will leave in October after overseeing a major overhaul of the group’s finance operations, including its refinancing last year and the recent carve-out of Mace Consult
  
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• Alun Griffiths looking to expand supply chain in the South West

  19-06-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd is looking to meet with potential suppliers following the award of new contracts across South West England.
  Griffiths will be hosting a Meet the Buyer Day in Bristol on July 15 2026 at Bedminster Cricket Club.
  Deputy Managing Director Simon Dunn said: “Following the recent appointment to a number of frameworks and projects in Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and Gloucestershire, we would like to meet new supply chain partners to support project delivery.&l
  
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• Multiplex sold to Japanese contractor Obayashi

  18-06-2026 23:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Canadian owner Brookfield Business Corporation has sold its contracting arm Multiplex to Japanese construction firm Obayashi Corporation for £492m.
  Multiplex was acquired by Brookfield in 2007 and became a standalone construction business as part of Brookfield Business Corporation in 2016.
  The company is a main contractor across the UK, Australia and Canada and a major player in the London commercial market.Anuj Ranjan, CEO of Brookfield Business Corporation, said: “Multiplex is a le
  
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• PfP digs for partners on £295m groundworks deal

  18-06-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing group Places for People has launched a near £300m national framework renewal hunt for groundworks specialists across England and Scotland for the next four years.
  The National Groundworkers Framework will cover everything from site clearance, earthworks and foundations to drainage, utilities, roads and external works for both Places for People and its development arm, PfP Developments.
  M&J Evans Construction, Carmac (Building & Civil Engineering), Churngold Construction and
  
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• Approved installer register to tackle home insulation scandal

  18-06-2026 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has committed to launch an approved installer register to clean up Britain’s crisis-hit home insulation market.
  Ministers are drawing up a national register of approved retrofit installers and arming regulators with powers to ban poor performers after the home insulation scandal left up to 23,000 properties needing repair work.
  The move comes after a blistering National Audit Office investigation found that 98% of external wall insulation installations inspected under govern
  
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• Strabag UK rejigs Van Elle leadership after takeover

  18-06-2026 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Strabag UK has rejigged the senior leadership team at piling contractor Van Elle after formally completing the £59m takeover of the Nottingham-based specialist this week.
  Van Elle chief executive Mark Cutler will move to an advisory role across the Strabag UK business.
  Moving forward, former COO Malcolm O’Sullivan and preconstruction director Matt Love are promoted to joint managing director roles, working alongside chief financial officer Graeme Campbell.Strabag’s move for the
  
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• G&H lands £16m brace of M&E deals

  18-06-2026 00:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  G&H has won more work in the healthcare sector with two mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) contract wins worth a combined £16.3m with new client Elliott Group and existing client HBC Construction.
  Elliott Group has appointed MEP to deliver Affidea’s flagship medical centre at Wimbledon Quarter – the first private medical centre to be located in a UK retail destination.
  Opening late 2026, the centre will provide private GP care, a minor injuries unit, advanced di
  
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• G&H bags £16m brace of M&E deals

  18-06-2026 00:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  G&H has won more work in the healthcare sector with two mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) contract wins worth a combined £16.3m with new client Elliott Group and existing client HBC Construction.
  Elliott Group has appointed MEP to deliver Affidea’s flagship medical centre at Wimbledon Quarter – the first private medical centre to be located in a UK retail destination.
  Opening late 2026, the centre will provide private GP care, a minor injuries unit, advanced di
  
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• AGD offers super productive crawler cranes

  18-06-2026 00:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  Hire specialist AGD is highlighting the effectiveness of Sennebogen Crawler Cranes.AGD said the machines lead the market because they can operate at wind speeds of up to 20 m/sec – the highest permissible for any make of crawler crane – resulting in less downtime, more productivity, and maximum return on projects.AGD also supplies SafeAid wireless anemometers which track and download accurate wind speed data — giving confidence and backup customers need when it matters mos
  
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• Wates wins £138m Sevenoaks town centre revamp

  17-06-2026 18:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has been named as preferred contractor to take forward £138m plans to regenerate Sevenoaks town centre.
  At the heart of the Land East of Sevenoaks High Street project will be a new leisure centre alongside a new cultural hub and market hall, improved public transport links, new public green spaces and new energy-efficient homes.
  During construction, 263 new jobs could be created.In the coming months, Wates will produce early project designs for the public to have their say. Following
  
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• Ardmore collapse triggers 275 job losses

  17-06-2026 16:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 275 staff have lost their jobs following the collapse of major London contractor Ardmore, as administrators begin winding down several parts of the business.
  Two insolvency practitioners – BTG and Panos Eliades Callender & Co – are now acting as joint administrators for five Ardmore companies.
  The companies in administration are Ardmore Construction Group, Ardmore Major Projects, Ardmore Fitout, Ardmore Regeneration and Landmark Facades last Thursday. A sixth business,
  
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• Ardmore collapse hits bond providers for £100m

  17-06-2026 16:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bonding providers are understood to be facing £100m hit from the collapse of London contractor Ardmore.
  Sources in the market say surety providers are braced for a £100m hit compounding a few torrid years of losses from high-profile contractor collapses.
  One source told the Enquirer: “While Ardmore’s hit will be less than the £160m from the collapse of Henry Projects it will still spook the surety market and the cost of bonding is sure to rise again.
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• Costain lands road job to unlock giant estate

  17-06-2026 15:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Costain has been chosen by Norfolk County Council to finalise the detailed design and build the West Winch Housing Access Road scheme near King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  The new 1.5-mile road will connect the A47 with the existing A10 to serve up to four thousand new homes planned for the new Growth Area south of King’s Lynn. Once opened, the new road will become part of the A10.
  Costain will also oversee creation of new roundabouts that will provide access to the new housing areas, a cycle p
  
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• Speedy Hire racks-up £32m loss

  17-06-2026 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Speedy Hire has posted a pre-tax loss of £32.3m in its latest results.
  The plant and tool hire giant showed revenue flat at £416.1m for the year to March 31 2026 as pre-tax losses deepened to £32.3m from £1.5m last time.
  Bosses blamed “continued macro‑economic uncertainty and subdued activity level” and higher borrowing costs for investment in new kit.Chief Executive Dan Rayner said better times were ahead as the company’s “Velocity” gr
  
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• RE:GEN, Esh and Bell set for slice of £48m Gentoo retrofit push

  17-06-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing association Gentoo is rolling out a £48m programme of improvement works across more than 2,800 homes in Sunderland this year.
  The investment package will be delivered through a team of framework partners including RE:GEN Group, Esh Construction, Bell Group, PHS and Isoler.
  Works will include external decorations, new kitchens and bathrooms, electrical rewires, replacement communal entrance doors and roof renewals.The programme forms part of Gentoo’s long-term investment strat
  
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• Bachy creates technical director role as ex-Skanska boss joins

  17-06-2026 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Geotechnical contractor Bachy Soletanche has strengthened its senior leadership team with the creation of a new technical director role and the appointment of a former Cementation Skanska director to lead its southern business.
  Martin Stanley has been promoted to the newly-created role of technical director after 20 years with the business.
  He will oversee technical, design, operational systems, quality and digital functions, with responsibility spanning business development, preconstruction and
  
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• Higgins lands first phase of £500m estate revamp

  17-06-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Camden Council has appointed Higgins Partnerships to deliver the first phase of the regeneration of the £500m of the West Kentish Town Estate.
  The Enquirer understands Higgins’ contract is worth around £27m to deliver 52 new affordable homes across two six-storey blocks.
  Declan Higgins, Chief Executive Officer for Higgins Group, said: “Alongside providing high-quality, affordable homes, we will work closely with the local community to cr
  
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• TCC helps with new Costa Coffee drive through

  16-06-2026 19:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A new drive-through coffee shop is taking shape in Shrewsbury, with help from a Birmingham-based construction consultancy.
  The Construction Consultants (TCC) have been appointed to support the development of a new £800,000 Costa Coffee drive-through on the Sentinel Trade Park in Shrewsbury.
  This is the 10th Costa Coffee project supported by TCC. The consultancy has worked on Costa developments in Bristol, Wolverhampton and Andover among other locations.
  TCC is providing employers agent ser
  
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• Graham signals start of £17m railway museum rebuild

  16-06-2026 16:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has signed up to deliver the National Railway Museum’s long-awaited Central Hall project in York, paving the way for construction work to begin on a landmark new entrance building.
  The contractor, which completed pre-construction services on the scheme, will now start main construction work on the project, expected to take around two years to complete.
  The new building forms a key part of the museum’s wider transformation programme and sits at the heart of the York Central reg
  
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• £1bn London film quarter scheme in Camden approved

  16-06-2026 16:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Camden Council has granted planning permission for a £1bn regeneration scheme that will create one of the UK’s biggest film and television production hubs alongside hundreds of new homes in north London.
  The Camden Film Quarter project at Regis Road in Kentish Town will deliver 11 purpose-built sound stages, more than 100,000 sq ft of creative workspace and 485 homes, half of them affordable.
  Developer Yoo Capital said the scheme would create a fully integrated screen
  
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• Race starts to create blueprint for ultra-low-carbon schools

  16-06-2026 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Department for Education has begun assembling the team to develop and built a demonstrator for the next-generation ultra-low-carbon school buildings across England.
  Ministers have launched a £3.9m procurement for an innovation lead to spearhead the Regenerative Schools Pilot, a flagship initiative that will test new construction methods, bio-based materials and nature-led design solutions for future school buildings.
  The successful consultant will become the Department’s principa
  
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• London mayor invests £100m in Silvertown revamp

  16-06-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has launched a ‘Singapore-style’ housing development arm for the capital with a £100m investment in the Silvertown Partnership.
  Public money from the Greater London Authority will be pumped into the scheme to deliver 7,000 new homes in the Royal Docks.
  The move sees City Hall becoming an active developer – intervening in London’s land market to “maximise affordable housing delivery and accelerate the speed of building”.The ini
  
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• Marlborough beats big rivals to £150m West Berkshire roads deal

  16-06-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  West Berkshire Council has handed fast-expanding Marlborough Highways a £150m highways maintenance deal after seeing off bids from four major rivals.
  The Essex-based contractor beat Ringway, VolkerHighways, M Group Highways and Costain to secure the seven-year contract, which starts in October and can be extended by a further three years.
  West Berkshire spends more than £15m a year on highway maintenance, covering reactive and planned works, winter maintenance and asset management, a
  
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• Platform collapse fractures neck of drilling worker

  15-06-2026 18:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two construction companies have been fined after a drilling operative sustained fractures to his neck and back when a temporary platform loaded with concrete debris collapsed on top of him.
  Steve Zschoch, now 60, was working for contractors Diacutt Limited on 23 February 2024 at Paxton House in the City of London. The refurbishment project, which was being run by principal contractor Roots Contractors Limited, involved cutting openings through five concrete floors to create a service riser shaft
  
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• Winvic lands £130m Leeds BTR towers job

  15-06-2026 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Winvic has secured a £130m contract to build a pair of residential towers in Leeds after the scheme became one of the latest major high-rise projects to clear the Building Safety Regulator’s Gateway 2 hurdle.
  The contractor has been appointed by Lisbon Street Developments, a joint venture between Marrico Asset Management and Helios Real Estate, to deliver 578 build-to-rent flats on the former International Swimming Pool site close to Leeds city centre.
  Construction is expected to sta
  
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