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• Next five-year railway plan to double earthworks spend

  21-05-2023 23:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has set out its planned spend and prioritise for the next five years under the CP7 spending programme.
  Among its top priorities are finding £3.8bn in efficiency gains on work programmes, equating to around 10% savings.
  It is also ramping up work programmes to improve network resilience in the face of climate change with spending in embankment works and drawing set to double to £1.8bn from 2024-29.
  This will see the creation of dedicated earthworks and drainage teams, and
  
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• Metro mayors given power to override councils on big schemes

  24-08-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mayors across England are set to be handed powers to seize control of major planning applications from councils in a fresh drive to speed up development.
  The new call-in regime will cover schemes of more than 150 homes, commercial projects above 15,000 sq m and buildings taller than 30m, roughly equivalent to ten storeys.
  Under proposals due to be published next week, regional mayors will be able to take over strategically important applications and decide whether they should go ahead or be refu
  
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• Network Plus margin climbs to 9.4% on utilities boom

  24-08-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private equity-backed utility and infrastructure contractor Network Plus Services has more than doubled pre-tax profit to £55m as booming water and energy workloads pushed turnover towards £700m.
  Revenue jumped 15% to £671m in the year to 29 March 2026, driven by higher volumes on existing energy and water contracts alongside a string of new wins.
  The Greater Manchester-based business also saw adjusted EBITDA surge 45% to £63m, with its adjusted EBITDA margin climbing to
  
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• Go-ahead for High Wycombe warehouse scheme

  24-08-2026 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pension fund manager Railpen has secured planning consent for Phase 2 of the High Wycombe X industrial and logistics scheme
  The latest round of construction at Cressex Business Park will deliver 145,000 sq ft of space across five units.
  Developed in partnership with Wrenbridge, High Wycombe X forms part of Railpen’s growing X portfolio, an industry-first branded collection of small and medium-sized industrial and logistics developments.Scheme are strategically located around the M25 and ot
  
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• Green light for 425 rental flats Cambridge station scheme

  24-08-2026 07:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for 425 build-to-rent homes on railway land next to Cambridge North station have been approved.
  The Cambridge North Residential Quarter is being brought forward by blocwork, the joint venture between Network Rail property development company Platform4 and developer bloc.
  Grainger has been lined up to forward fund the rental homes scheme and will operate and manage the homes once completed.Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council approved the proposals, clearing the
  
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• Landsec clears reset of stalled £1bn North London scheme

  24-08-2026 07:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Landsec has secured planning for a reboot of its stalled £1bn O2 Centre new homes regeneration scheme in North London.
  The original 1,800-home strip-site scheme stalled as rising construction costs and new building safety requirements hit viability.
  Camden Council has now approved Landsec’s revised plan for the 14-acre Finchley Road site, allowing the developer to increase the height of several buildings and reduce affordable housing to restart development.The wider masterplan will s
  
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• Winvic holds £1bn turnover despite tougher markets

  21-08-2026 12:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Shed and multi-room specialist Winvic stayed in the £1bn-plus turnover club for a second year despite tougher markets.
  Turnover at Winvic Group edged down 1% to £1.003bn in the year to January 2026 from last year’s peak with pre-tax profit also slipping to £30m from £32m. That pushed operating margin down to 2.5% from 2.8%.
  Despite the softer result, Winvic said it was strongly placed to resume growth with a £1.68bn forward order book and 85% of forecast 2026/
  
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• Cautious subbies contain Ardmore losses at £5.1m

  21-08-2026 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors have been left £5.1m out of pocket by the collapse of Ardmore Construction Group, which went down owing creditors £29m.
  The supply chain hit is more contained than many had feared after firms tightened credit as concern grew over Ardmore’s exposure to major building safety claims.
  Ardmore Construction Group entered administration on 11 June after Crest Nicholson secured a £14.99m adjudication decision over alleged fire safety defects at the 569-home Admiral
  
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• Lendlease lodges 2,000-home Stratford plan finale

  20-08-2026 23:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease and The Crown Estate have lodged plans for 2,000 homes to complete the final phase of Stratford Cross in east London.
  The major residential push will bring affordable and market homes, student accommodation and co-living to the site between Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City.
  Plans submitted to Newham Council also include a new park, shops and public paths to Stratford station.Subject to planning, construction is due to start in 2028 and run for around three year
  
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• Caddick poaches second B&K boss for East Midlands push

  20-08-2026 23:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Construction has hired former Bowmer + Kirkland senior contracts manager Mark Lambkin as construction director for the East Midlands.
  Lambkin joins after 13 years with B+K and will help Caddick build its regional operation as the firm targets the growing pipeline of high-rise residential projects.
  His recent projects include Capital&Centric’s £60m Goods Yard build-to-rent scheme in Stoke-on-Trent and the £130m IQ Echo Street student accommodation development in Manc
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins enabling deal on Plymouth Civic Centre retrofit

  20-08-2026 23:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall is set to land a £6.5m enabling works package to kick-start the main redevelopment of Plymouth’s landmark Civic Centre.
  The City Council is expected to sign off the enabling works deal next week to allow work to start immediately.
  Officials said pressing ahead with this package would avoid delays of up to a year while the second-stage design and tender process continues.The council and development partner Capital&Centric split the project into two packages because
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins enabling deal of Plymouth Civic Centre retrofit

  20-08-2026 23:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall is set to land a £6.5m enabling works package to kick-start the main redevelopment of Plymouth’s landmark Civic Centre.
  The City Council is expected to sign off the enabling works deal next week to allow work to start immediately.
  Officials said pressing ahead with this package would avoid delays of up to a year while the second-stage design and tender process continues.The council and development partner Capital&Centric split the project into two packages because
  
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• Curo Construction went down owing supply chain £21m

  20-08-2026 17:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London building and fitout contractor Curo Construction went down owing more than 500 subcontractors and suppliers £21m.
  The scale of the company’s debts was highlighted in an update at Companies House filed by administrators who took charge of the firm in July.
  Curo also owed its 135 ex-employees £860,000 and HMRC nearly £3m in outstanding VAT, PAYE and National Insurance payments.Sister company Curo Interiors, which also went into administration in July, had debts of &p
  
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• HS2 starts 700m final Birmingham viaduct launch

  20-08-2026 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has started launching the final and longest viaduct on the challenging approach to Birmingham Curzon Street station.
  Balfour Beatty Vinci has just pushed the first 170m section of the 700m-long Duddeston Junction Viaduct over two busy freight lines.
  The move marks the start of a major engineering operation to span six live tracks, including three freight and three passenger lines.Work to complete the crossing is due to run until next summer, with the next launch phase over the passenger rail
  
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• Scaffold artwork shrouds Faithdean Fenwick store site

  20-08-2026 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  A 120-metre long by 24-metre high artwork is now shrouding the scaffolding at the former Fenwick department store on New Bond Street.
  Emerging Forms by British artist Hugo Dalton gives a glimpse of how the revamped store will look after its transformation by main contractor Faithdean
  The artwork was installed following completion of work to raise the original facade of the building.The finished project will also feature permanent artworks by the artist.
  Dalton said: “For a few weeks t
  
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• Magrock lands South Mimms industrial scheme

  20-08-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Magrock has won the contract to build a new £12m industrial and logistics facility at South Mimms Services in Hertfordshire.
  Work on the project for pension scheme giant Railpen and developer Wrenbridge will start this month
  The site is located next to the M25 and work will involve the demolition of existing small buildings followed by the design and construction of a 120,000 sq ft Grade A warehouse facility.Richard Brewer, Managing Director at Magrock, said: “The scheme represents a
  
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• Bids called for £800m fire safety framework renewal

  20-08-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Efficiency East Midlands has started the bid race for an £800m fire safety and building remediation framework for public buildings
  The four-year deal will replace EEM’s existing framework when it expires in November and is expected to start in February 2027.
  Up to 80 places are available across 10 lots covering major remediation works, fire safety consultancy and the supply and installation of fire doors.The two major works lots will cover external wall, façade and cladding re
  
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• Anti-dumping tariffs imposed on Chinese cherry pickers

  20-08-2026 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Imported Chinese cherry pickers will be hit with tariffs of up to 71% following an anti-dumping investigation by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).
  The TRA launched a probe in December following an application by UK boom lift producer Niftylift Limited based in Milton Keynes.
  It found evidence that boom lifts originating from China are being dumped and are causing injury to the UK market.The TRA has ecommended, and the UK Government agreed, that a provisional measure should be imposed, with an
  
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• Bouygues bags £64m Crawley school rebuild

  20-08-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK has secured a £64m job to rebuild Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School in Crawley under the Government’s School Rebuilding Programme.
  Work starts this month on the phased redevelopment of the West Sussex school while the school remains fully operational.
  The main element is a new 9,300 sq m three-storey teaching building on land south of the existing campus.Pupils and staff will move into the new block before existing buildings are demolished.
  Bouygues will also refurbish t
  
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• OHOB eyes growth as residential logjam clears

  20-08-2026 07:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  O’Halloran & O’Brien Group has pushed pre-tax profit above £25m despite turnover falling by a fifth as delays to high-rise residential schemes continued to hold back workloads.
  Turnover at parent company OHOB Holdings dropped to £294m in the year to March 2026 from £367m previously.
  But pre-tax profit rose 15% from £21.8m to £25.1m, while operating margin strengthened to 6.5% from 5.2%.
  Directors said the result was boosted by successful final accoun
  
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• Big contract wins see profits surge at Sisk Group

  19-08-2026 15:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A strong performance at the UK division helped Irish contractor Sisk report 27% profit growth in its latest results.
  Parent company Sicon Limited saw pre-tax profits rise to €74.2m for the year ended 31 December 2025 from €58.1m last time despite turnover dipping to €2,624.3m from €2,752.1m.
  In the UK turnover rose to €1,002.7m from €850.2m driven by wins across residential, commercial, infrastructure and specialist rail services.Sisk CEO, Paul Brown, said: “2
  
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• Public raise alarm over roof work at London hotel

  19-08-2026 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A construction company and a director have been fined after workers lives were put at risk with unsafe roof work in central London.
  The HSE took action against B&O Developers Ltd and Sanjay Swaminaryan after members of the public raised concerns about unsafe working practices during extension and refurbishment of what is now the Kings Cross Express Inn on Kings Cross Road.
  In January 2024, concerned members of the public sent photographs to HSE showing people working on a roof at the site wi
  
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• Mansell Building Solutions files administration notice

  19-08-2026 07:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  MMC specialist contractor Mansell Building Solutions has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator just six months after opening a major new factory and headquarters in Oldham.
  The light gauge steel frame specialist, established in 1992, operates from a 45,000 sq ft facility at Broadway Business Park in Chadderton.
  The new factory and MMC Centre was 50% larger than Mansell’s previous facility and significantly increased capacity to manufacture panelised light gauge steel fram
  
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• Powerday on track with new recycling centre

  18-08-2026 23:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Powerday has reached a significant milestone in the redevelopment of its Croydon Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), with the site’s structural steel framework now nearing completion as construction progresses towards its planned opening in April 2027.
  Powerday, London’s leading waste management and recycling service provider, announced the redevelopment earlier this year as part of its continued investment in recycling infrastructure. Once operational, the facility will become Power
  
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• Wernick launches RestPods so staff can sleep on sites

  18-08-2026 23:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wernick Hire has introduced RestPod overnight site accommodation to help staff recover from early starts, night shifts and long hours.
  RestPod can now support engineers, supervisors, commissioning teams and specialist contractors on remote construction and infrastructure projects.
  Wernick said RestPod is more than a temporary building with beds.
  The self-contained cabins are designed with premium features, including ensuite shower rooms, integrated heating and LED lighting, USB charging points,
  
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• Wernick launches RestPods so builders can sleep on sites

  18-08-2026 23:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wernick Hire has introduced RestPod overnight site accommodation to help staff recover from early starts, night shifts and long hours.
  RestPod can now support engineers, supervisors, commissioning teams and specialist contractors on remote construction and infrastructure projects.
  Wernick said RestPod is more than a temporary building with beds.
  The self-contained cabins are designed with premium features, including ensuite shower rooms, integrated heating and LED lighting, USB charging points,
  
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• Lift supervisor killed by reversing telehandler

  18-08-2026 15:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A self-employed telehandler driver has been given a suspended jail sentence after he reversed over his colleague on a construction site in Cheshire, causing fatal injuries.
  In June 2023, 49-year-old James Connolly was working as a lift supervisor on a large construction site in Ince, Ellesmere Port, where Michael Nixon was working as a telehandler operator.
  On the morning of 11 June, whilst walking back to his work area from the welfare compound, Connolly was struck and reversed over by the tele
  
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• Hotel client collapse sends McGee £2.8m into red

  18-08-2026 11:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Specialist engineering contractor McGee suffered a £2.8m pre-tax loss last year after being hit by a £3.6m bad debt from the insolvency of a client on a major London hotel job.
  The setback reversed the employee-owned groundwork and demolition firm’s previous-year £5.3m profit as turnover also fell 11% to £134m from £151m in the year to November 2025.
  McGee said the exceptional bad debt masked a much stronger underlying performance, with EBITDA margin at 6.5% o
  
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• Client steps in to restart Ardmore £500m Kensington tower job

  18-08-2026 11:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer SevenCapital has restarted work on its £500m 100 Kensington residential scheme after taking control of construction through a group company following the administration of Ardmore.
  The developer said Seven Capital (Woodrow) Ltd is now acting as main contractor on the 462-home West Cromwell Road project, where construction had been temporarily halted by Ardmore’s collapse.
  Seven Capital (Woodrow) is an existing SevenCapital group company incorporated in 2016 rather than a ne
  
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• Two JVs bag £1.5bn Anglian Water major projects deal

  18-08-2026 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Anglian Water has picked Ferrovial, MWH Treatment and two VolkerWessels UK firms for a £1.5bn framework covering its biggest water and wastewater projects.
  Joint venture partners Ferrovial Construction and MWH Treatment have secured places on one contract, while VolkerFitzpatrick and VolkerStevin Infrastructure have secured the second spot on the framework.
  The Major Projects Framework marks a significant change in how Anglian plans to deliver its largest capital schemes across AMP8 and be
  
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