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• Name change at construction’s largest access provider

  05-02-2025 14:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Access and scaffolding specialist Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway has rebranded to Brand Access Solutions by BrandSafway.
  The new name better aligns with BrandSafway´s global family of businesses and streamline its offerings under a unified message and vision.
  The change affects all Lyndon SGB branches in the UK, including locations in England, Scotland and Wales.
  Brand Access Solutions remains the largest provider of temporary construction access in the UK, offering tube and fitting and modular
  
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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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• Winvic lands £130m Leeds BTR towers after Gateway 2 approval

  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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• Domis clears Gateway 2 hurdle for Manchester tower

  15-06-2026 14:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Domis is set to start construction next month on a 24-storey flats and aparthotel tower in Manchester after the project secured long-awaited Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 approval.
  The green light unlocks delivery of the Vivere Residences scheme at Cornbrook, where developer Forshaw Land & Property Group plans to build 237 flats alongside an 88-key aparthotel on a prominent gateway site next to Cornbrook Metrolink station.
  The mixed-use project forms part of Peel Waters’ wider Ma
  
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• Construction leaders recognised in King’s birthday honours

  15-06-2026 09:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former Tideway chief executive Andy Mitchell has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours list for services to the construction industry.
  Mitchell led the delivery of the £5bn Thames Tideway Tunnel project, one of the UK’s largest infrastructure schemes, before stepping down from the business earlier this year.
  The honour recognises his role overseeing the financing, construction and delivery of London’s successful 25km “super sewer” project.Se
  
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• Steel tariff loophole puts 30,000 fabrication jobs on the line

  15-06-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The UK’s steel fabrication sector has warned that up to 30,000 jobs could disappear over the next seven years unless ministers rethink new steel tariffs due to come into force on 1 July.
  Industry leaders claim the measures are creating a major loophole that will penalise UK fabricators while allowing overseas competitors to ship in fabricated steelwork tariff-free.
  The Construction Leadership Council and British Construction Steelwork Association has stepped up lobbying efforts ahead of th
  
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• CITB set for £20m pension windfall

  15-06-2026 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Construction Industry Training Board is set for a multi-million pound windfall from a pension fund in the process of being wound-up.
  Industry sources estimate the training body could be in line for a payout of up-to £20m.
  The windfall will come from the closing ITB Pension Fund which manages money for all current and former industry training boards.The closure of the scheme was triggered after it reached maximum funding levels.
  The ongoing pension needs of employees will be met by an i
  
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• Met Police launches £560m construction framework hunt

  15-06-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police has launched a procurement drive for a £560m building works framework covering refurbishment, maintenance, security and new-build projects across its estate.
  The nine-lot framework will become the force’s main route for delivering capital works from February 2027 and could run for up to five years if an extension option is exercised.
  Works will range from internal refurbishments, fit-outs and M&E upgrades through to demolition, asbestos removal, security i
  
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• Met Police launch £560m construction framework hunt

  15-06-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police has launched a procurement drive for a £560m building works framework covering refurbishment, maintenance, security and new-build projects across its estate.
  The nine-lot framework will become the force’s main route for delivering capital works from February 2027 and could run for up to five years if an extension option is exercised.
  Works will range from internal refurbishments, fit-outs and M&E upgrades through to demolition, asbestos removal, security i
  
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