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• Luton Airport submits ambitious expansion plan

  28-02-2023 09:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London Luton Airport has submitted revived plans for a major airport expansion to raise capacity from 18m to 32m passengers per year.
  Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns the airport, said the plans include community funding proposals that, in time, could provide an additional £14m every year for communities across Luton and neighbouring areas.
  Consent is being sought to build a new terminal, a major programme of earthworks to create an extension to the current airfield p
  
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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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• Panattoni gets green light for Southampton logistics site

  14-07-2026 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Panattoni has secured planning consent for T Park Southampton – a new Grade A industrial and logistics development at Salisbury Road, Totton.
  The scheme will deliver five detached speculative units, providing around 223,000 sq ft of high-quality space.
  T Park Southampton is immediately adjacent to Junction 2 of the M27, providing direct access to the wider South Coast, the M3, London, and the national motorway network. The site is also around 5.5 miles from Southampton Port, the
  
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• Diversification paying dividends for brick giant

  14-07-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An expansion into specialist contracting is paying-off for construction materials distributor BRCK Group as its core market continues to be hit by a slow housing market.
  Materials distribution operations account for 80% of turnover with the growing design and install specialist contracting operations now hitting 20%.
  Revenue across the business for the year to March 31 2026 increased to £645.4m from £637.1m last time as pre-tax profits fell to £6.3m from £11.7m.The design
  
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• Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty join forces for £1.9bn A9 race

  14-07-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has teamed up with Balfour Beatty to target Scotland’s biggest roads prize – the £1.9bn dualling of the remaining stretches of the A9 between Perth and Inverness.
  The joint venture, which brings together Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try’s Scottish business Morrison Construction, is understood to have been formed to bid for the final five contracts under Transport Scotland’s new NEC4 framework approach.
  Selected firms will deliver around 92km of dual ca
  
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• Bouygues high-rise key worker housing pilot gains consent

  14-07-2026 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK has secured planning permission for a landmark 152-home key worker housing scheme in Southwark that will test a new affordable rent model aimed at helping essential public sector staff live closer to central London.
  The SE1 development, on the corner of Abbey Street and Druid Street near London Bridge station, will deliver homes for key workers including NHS staff, teachers, police officers and firefighters under Southwark Council’s emerging Affordable Housing Supplementary Pla
  
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• Consultant lands Creature Comforts jobs

  13-07-2026 17:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A leading Midlands construction consultancy is supporting two more projects as part of an ambitious UK rollout by veterinary group Creature Comforts.
  Birmingham-based The Construction Consultants (TCC) has been acting as project managers, cost consultants and CDM consultants for Creature Comforts veterinary clinics  being opened across London and the South East.
  The latest contracts are for two state-of-the-art veterinary clinics in Twickenham and West Hampstead where town centre premises h
  
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• SCAPE starts tender race for £1.2bn regional deal

  13-07-2026 15:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Public sector procurement specialist SCAPE has published the Tender Notice for its next generation Regional Construction Works and Services framework.
  This £1.2bn deal over a four-year period will support projects up to £15m in value across the Midlands, East of England, Home Counties and London.
  To encourage greater participation from regional contractors and SMEs, bidders are required to demonstrate an annual turnover of £20 million, either individually or collectively throug
  
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• Funding deal sparks £1bn Golden Valley cyber hub build

  13-07-2026 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henry Boot has secured the funding package to launch construction of the first phase of Cheltenham’s £1bn Golden Valley cyber campus.
  Bowmer & Kirkland is on site to deliver the £95m opening phase which includes the 160,000 sq ft IDEA innovation centre, the ROUTER transport hub and enabling infrastructure.
  Henry Boot’s development arm HBD secured the forward funding from private investors alongside Cheltenham Borough Council, allowing work to move into full constructi
  
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• Clegg Construction lands £19m Leicester estate revamp

  13-07-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leicester City Council has selected Clegg Construction for the £18.8m redevelopment of the Stocking Farm estate to the north-west of the city.
  Work will see 50 new energy-efficient family council homes built on the 3.34-acre site, along with new community facilities. An additional five existing council maisonettes will also be improved as part of the scheme.
  The existing locally-listed Stocking Farm farmhouse building – which dates to the 19th century – will also be redeveloped
  
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