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• ISG, Amey and Costain now industry’s quickest payers – list

  01-02-2023 12:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  ISG, Amey and Costain now rank as construction’s fastest-paying main contractor settling subcontractor and supplier invoices in less than 20 days.
  But latest returns from submissions to the Government’s Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance indicate there could be early signs that rampant cost inflation is starting to have an impact on speed of payments from main contractors as a whole.
  The top 43 main contractors are taking on average nearly 32 days to pay, just over a
  
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• BBV pulls off mammoth HS2 M42 bridge treble

  22-09-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty Vinci has completed a mammoth weekend engineering operation on HS2, dropping the final two 1,000-tonne viaduct spans into place over the M42 near Birmingham.
  The contractor also finished installing the 175 beams forming the roof of a second major bridge three miles away, bringing four weekends of intensive motorway works to a close.
  The latest operation saw a 75-strong team install two 45m-long spans at Water Orton, completing all six viaduct crossings over the motorway.
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• Henry Boot loses shine as first-half loss hits £6.3m

  22-09-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Falling land sales and sluggish housing demand have pushed Henry Boot into a £6.3m first-half loss as its new chief executive battles to turn a vast land bank into cash.
  The Sheffield-based property and land group swung from a £9.8m pre-tax profit a year ago as revenue tumbled 19% to £81m in the six months to June.
  Net debt climbed to £133m from £108m at the end of 2025, driving gearing up from 26% to 33%.The group has agreed terms to increase its bank facility to &
  
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• Severfield hires airports chief for commercial shake-up

  22-09-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Severfield has hired Manchester Airports Group procurement director Terry Fitzmaurice to take charge of its commercial operations in a newly-created executive role.
  Fitzmaurice joins as chief commercial officer, bringing senior procurement and commercial experience from Manchester Airports Group and Mitie.
  He will report directly to chief executive Paul McNerney and work closely with chief financial officer Andrew Page.His brief spans the steelwork giant’s commercial, procurement and estim
  
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• HG starts £76m West London tower and homes scheme

  22-09-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HG Construction has secured a £76m contract to deliver a major student accommodation and affordable housing scheme in South Acton, West London.
  The contractor has been appointed by Hurlington Capital to build two blocks at Bollo Yard, close to Acton Town station, following Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator.
  The development will provide 429 student beds in a 21-storey tower alongside 95 affordable homes in a separate block.The project has been unlocked by a £112m d
  
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• Costain lined up for £100m South Kensington Tube revamp

  22-09-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Costain is poised to land the £100m-plus overhaul of South Kensington Tube station as Transport for London presses ahead with a long-awaited transformation of the historic transport hub.
  The design and build deal is rumoured to be worth more than £100m, up from the £80m estimate TfL put on the station upgrade when it went to market in June last year.
  TfL has now confirmed its intention to award the contract, clearing the way for enabling works before the end of the year.
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• Labourer falls through unprotected stairwell opening

  21-09-2026 23:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A house builder has been fined £300,000 after a labourer sustained serious spinal injuries when he fell onto concrete through a stairwell opening.
  Joseph Tuck, 24, had only been on the site for two weeks when he stepped backwards and fell through an opening intended for a staircase that had not yet been installed.
  He was working as a temporary labourer for a scaffolding company in January 2024 at a site of four new domestic dwellings being constructed by Hillbeck Homes (Sowerby Bridge) Ltd
  
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• Clegg Construction targets record £100m turnover

  21-09-2026 18:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Clegg Construction is forecasting record turnover of more than £100m this year as projects held up in planning finally get underway.
  The Nottingham-based contractor saw revenue fall 10% to £77m in 2025 after several major schemes were delayed by planning approvals.
  But directors said the delayed jobs are now on site and contributing to a significantly improved performance in 2026.The anticipated rebound would see turnover jump by at least 30%, taking the business through the £1
  
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• McAlpine Operations Director joins McLaren

  21-09-2026 15:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has appointed Martin Ewing as its new Divisional Director for Construction Management and Specialist Projects.
  Ewing joins from Sir Robert McAlpine where he has worked for the last 22 years culminating in his final role as Director of Operations.
  In his new role Ewing will oversee the division’s portfolio of projects currently under delivery and will report to Vince Lydon, Managing Director for Construction Management and Specialist Projects, who joined McLaren from Mc
  
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• Legendre wins Vauxhall Premier Inn contract

  21-09-2026 15:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Legendre UK has been appointed by Premier Inn owner Whitbread as main contractor for an office-to-hotel conversion in Vauxhall.
  Work will convert the 10-storey, 80,000 sq ft former office called Phoenix House opposite Vauxhall Station into a 180-bedroom Premier Inn.
  The conversion will utilise the building’s existing structure, replacing the former office floorplates with Premier Inn’s latest bedroom offer, including its popular Premier Plus rooms. Upgrades to the existing mezzanine
  
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• Springfield seals first deal to house Scottish grid contractors

  21-09-2026 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Springfield Properties has signed its first main works agreement under a deal to build 293 homes for workers delivering SSEN Transmission’s electricity grid upgrades across northern Scotland.
  The first contract covers 39 furnished and serviced homes, with a formal lease agreement expected to follow shortly.
  The wider programme spans six sites across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire, providing accommodation for SSEN and its tier one contractors, including firms such as Balfour Beatty
  
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• Baxall boosts profits as turnover tops £50m

  21-09-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London and South East contractor Baxall Construction has seen profits nearly double as its long term strategy continues to pay off.
  The firm was sold to its workers under an Employee Ownership Trust in 2020 and has now made all buyout payments without incurring debt.
  Latest results for the year to March 31 2026 show pre-tax proft jumped to £1.73m from £871,000 last time as turnover rose to £50.5m from £38.9m.Baxall emphasised its contract selection procedure via early eng
  
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• McLaren gets nod for £65m Hackney co-living mid-rises

  21-09-2026 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Living has secured planning permission for a co-living and affordable housing development at Fish Island in Hackney Wick, east London.
  The scheme, which has an estimated construction value of around £65m, will deliver 280 co-living studios and 44 affordable homes across two buildings rising to 10 and seven storeys.
  The project will complete the final plot of the Neptune Wharf masterplan at the corner of Wansbeck Road and Monier Road, creating a new gateway to Fish Island.Designed b
  
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• Morgan Sindall lands £35m Sellafield roof rescue

  21-09-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has secured a £35m contract to replace 28,500 sq m of failing roofing across two nuclear facilities at Sellafield in Cumbria.
  The job covers the Fuel Handling Plant and Site Ion Exchange Effluent Plant, where longstanding water ingress has damaged equipment and raised fears of operational shutdowns.
  Sellafield first tendered the refurbishment in 2022 at an estimated £15.5m, warning that repeated patch repairs were no longer economically or operationally viable.Morgan S
  
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• Mace to restart £200m Oxford labs job after design rethink

  21-09-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace is gearing up to restart work on a major Oxford research project after a design rethink will force parts of the already-built structure to be demolished.
  The contractor’s £200m Daubeny Buildings scheme at Oxford Science Park was put on hold last October after the Ellison Institute of Technology acquired the site midway through construction and decided to overhaul the original Scott Brownrigg design.
  Mace had been on the job since summer 2024 and had topped out two of the three b
  
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• Torsion Projects files administration notice

  21-09-2026 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Another part of the Torsion Group is set to follow the main construction arm into administration.
  Torsion Projects has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The move comes after £78m turnover Torsion Construction went under in July owing £15m to suppliers.Latest filed accounts for Torsion Projects for the year to December 31 2024 show an annual turnover of £47m generating a pre-tax profit of £505,000.
  The company specialises in the construction of care
  
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• Sizewell C gets green light for Bristol tunnel segment factory

  18-09-2026 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sizewell C nuclear power plant has secured planning permission for a tunnel segment factory in Avonmouth, Bristol.The plant will support 400 jobs making the 38,000 pre-cast concrete segments, as well as tunnel heads, for Sizewell C’s three marine tunnels.
  Sizewell C is bringing what was previously the former Hinkley Point C tunnel production site back into use, retaining existing infrastructure and drawing on the experience of teams that worked on the Somerset nuclear project.The expansion
  
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• Wates director rejoins Willmott Dixon

  18-09-2026 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mark Wolverson has rejoined Willmott Dixon from Wates to lead the construction team in the North East.
  Wolverson spent 14 years at Willmott Dixon before leaving in 2024 to join Wates as Operations Director in the North East.
  Anthony Dillon, Managing Director for Willmott Dixon in the North, said: “Mark knows this business and he knows this region. Fourteen years here, the most recent of them running operations in the North East, means he arrives understanding both our customers and our sup
  
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• On the run building boss jailed for site death

  18-09-2026 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A construction director has been jailed for eight years and 10 months after pleading guilty to gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a labourer.
  Peter Clifford was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court this week following the fatality in Woodbridge in 2020.
  Clifford went on the run for three months after failing to appear at an initial hearing in 2024.His company Hintonwood East Anglia Ltd also admitted health and safety charges.
  Police were called on Tuesday 15 December 2020, to an ad
  
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• McAlpine tipped for £150m Sky HQ re-roofing job

  18-09-2026 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine is tipped to land a contract believed to be worth up to £150m to replace the failed roof at Sky’s global headquarters in Osterley, West London.
  The major remediation job will involve replacing the vast 16,000 sq m roof as Sky finally moves to resolve a problem dating back to the building’s original construction a decade ago.
  The scale of the replacement presents a major engineering challenge, with extensive roof works and associated plant reinstatement.
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• Japanese building giant takes 30% stake in Miller Homes

  17-09-2026 23:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Japanese construction and property giant Daiwa House is buying a 30% stake in Miller Homes as the UK house builder steps up plans to deliver 7,000 homes a year.
  The deal will see Daiwa acquire its minority holding from Apollo-managed funds, which will retain control of the business.
  The purchase price has not been disclosed.
  Miller Homes is targeting a 40% increase in annual housing output from its present rate of 5,000 homes, supported by the financial backing and expertise of its two global in
  
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• Cardo builds £314m maintenance giant in takeover blitz

  17-09-2026 18:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building maintenance specialist Cardo Group has built a £314m business following a rapid acquisition spree that has transformed the scale of the group.
  The Cardiff-based social housing repairs and maintenance specialist reported statutory turnover up 65% to £239m in the year to February 2026, driven by organic growth and seven acquisitions.
  Reported operating profit more than doubled from £6m to £14m, lifting the operating margin from 4.3% to 5.8%.
  But the present scale o
  
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• Midlands £3bn framework winners named after 36 firm-bid battle

  17-09-2026 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier, Vinci and Wates are among 20 contractors that have secured places on the £3bn Constructing West Midlands framework.
  The third-generation framework will run for four years, with an option to extend for another two, covering public sector building projects across the region.
  Acivico, owned by Birmingham City Council, is leading procurement alongside Solihull and Sandwell councils.Six major works contractors have been selected for the £1.3bn top lot, with Galliford Try, Morgan Sin
  
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• Five firms in final showdown for £1.94bn A9 roads haul

  17-09-2026 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Five major contractors have made the final cut in the race for Transport Scotland’s £1.94bn A9 dualling framework.
  Balfour Beatty/Morrison Construction JV, Graham, Hochtief, Kier and Wills Bros have been invited to submit final tenders for places on the framework covering the remaining 58 miles of the Perth to Inverness upgrade.
  All five are bidding across the two value lots, with Transport Scotland aiming to appoint its framework partners before the end of the year.
  Lot 1 covers thr
  
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• Road building drives strong results at Galliford Try

  17-09-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Infrastructure work was the star performer as Galliford Try posted another strong set of results for the year to June 30 2026.
  Turnover across the business was up to £1,931m from £1,875m as pre-tax profits jumped 25% to £55m.
  A boom in the roads market saw three major highways schemes delivered, which offset a flatter period in water spending due to the AMP7/AMP8 transition.The infrastructure division saw turnover up to £972m from £903m making it now bigger than the
  
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• Avison Young loses £8.7m battle over Buckingham overpayments

  16-09-2026 21:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Consultant Avison Young has lost a High Court battle to overturn an £8.7m compensation award after over-certifying payments to collapsed contractor Buckingham Group on a major Coventry earthworks job.
  The dispute centres on Coventry & Warwickshire Development Partnership’s 215-acre SEGRO Park development, where Buckingham was engaged to excavate, treat and reposition around 5 million cu m of material to form an environmental bund.
  Avison Young was appointed as NEC project manager
  
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• Stepnell hires former Lendlease construction boss to drive expansion

  16-09-2026 10:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Stepnell has hired former Lendlease boss Simon Gorski as managing director of its construction business to spearhead a major expansion drive over the next five years.
  Gorski joins the Rugby-based contractor after 20 years at Lendlease, where he most recently served as European managing director of its construction business, now renamed Bovis.
  He brings more than 30 years of experience spanning defence, justice, healthcare and major government construction programmes.His appointment comes as Step
  
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• Stepnell hires former Bovis boss to drive expansion

  16-09-2026 10:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stepnell has hired former Bovis boss Simon Gorski as managing director of its construction business to spearhead a major expansion drive over the next five years.
  Gorski joins the Rugby-based contractor after 20 years at Lendlease, where he most recently served as European managing director of its construction business, Bovis.
  He brings more than 30 years of experience spanning defence, justice, healthcare and major government construction programmes.His appointment comes as Stepnell gears up fo
  
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• £66m London Barbican Centre trade package race kicks-off

  16-09-2026 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The City of London Corporation has started the procurement push for two major trade packages worth £66m on the planned revamp of the Barbican Arts Centre in London.
  A £50m MEP package is now out to tender, while a £16m demolition and structures deal is due to follow on 21 September.
  The contracts are among the first major trade packages to be let under construction manager Blue Sky Building, which beat Bovis, McLaren and Sir Robert McAlpine to steer delivery of the landmark ren
  
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• M&E super league emerges as NG Bailey takes top spot

  16-09-2026 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NG Bailey has powered to the top of the UK M&E contractor rankings as a clear four-firm super league opens up at the head of the market.
  The independent contractor jumped from third to first after lifting turnover 18% to £707m, knocking last year’s leader TClarke down to third.
  EDF-owned Dalkia held second place with turnover up 8% to £656m, just £1m ahead of TClarke on £655m.
  Wates-owned SES completed the breakaway pack after revenue surged 27% to £590m.
  
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