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• Road surface warning over driverless car plans

  23-08-2022 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Government plans for self driving cars on UK roads will need major  investment in road surfaces to make the technology viable.
  The warning comes from infrastructure industry association Britpave as plans announced by the Department for Transport could see fully driverless vehicles operating by the middle of the decade.
  Joe Quirke, Britpave chairman, said “The technological advancement of self-driving vehicles needs to be matched by investment in long-term, robust road solutions.&rdquo
  
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• TCC lands historic conversion

  17-02-2026 18:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham-based The Construction Consultants (TCC) has been appointed as project managers, quantity surveyors and employers agents to oversee the £5m restoration of a local historic building for developer ETME Group.
  The Grade II-listed Derwent Works pressings and stampings building in Constitution Hill in the Jewellery Quarter had fallen into disrepair but will now be transformed into apartments and retail units.
  The factory was built in the late 19th century by Taylor & Challen, a c
  
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• Bauer Technologies lands Metro piling deal

  17-02-2026 18:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bauer Technologies has been appointed to deliver specialist piling works as part of Phase 2 of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension – a major infrastructure scheme forming a key element of Transport for West Midland’s (TfWM) investment in the West Midlands Metro network.
  Subcontracted by MPB Structures, Bauer Technologies will undertake foundation piling works for a series of new structures along the route, supporting the delivery of this strategically important transport
  
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• Watkin Jones clears Gateway 2 for Bristol student halls

  17-02-2026 16:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Watkin Jones has secured Gateway 2 approval for a 201-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Bristol, allowing construction to push ahead on the Freestone Road site.
  The £60m scheme is being delivered for a joint venture between Moorfield Group and Tiger Developments, and is targeting EPC A, BREEAM Excellent, and featuring PV panels alongside a district heating connection.
  The Freestone Yards development will transform a brownfield plot in the Temple Quarter into four blocks pro
  
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• Plan for 240 flats at Nottingham Station gateway site

  17-02-2026 16:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans have been unveiled for a 244-home build-to-rent scheme on railway land beside Nottingham railway station.
  Developer blocwork has teamed up with Network Rail’s property arm Platform 4 and listed landlord Grainger to bring forward the brownfield redevelopment at the junction of Station Street and London Road.
  The scheme, which will be submitted for planning shortly. will deliver one- and two-bedroom flats for rental living on the underused rail-side plot.Richard Thomas, director at blo
  
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• Battersea Power Station masterplan reset for final 16 acres

  17-02-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  The developer behind the vast Battersea Power Station redevelopment in London has pressed the reset button on its masterplan, appointing Studio Egret West to steer the final 16 acres of the 42-acre riverside regeneration.
  The move will unlock up to 3.2m sq ft of homes, offices, cultural and leisure space across the remaining half of the central London scheme.
  Studio Egret West will recast the original blueprint drawn up more than 15 years ago by Rafael Viñoly, reshaping the future phases
  
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• Fit-out firm Artemis files administration notice

  17-02-2026 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Fit-out and refurbishment specialist Artemis Interior Services Ltd has filed a notice to appoint an administrator.
  The London-based contractor filed the notice yesterday.
  Latest results for Artemis for the year to December 31 2024 show a turnover of £21.6m generating a pre-tax loss of £2.1m.The firm blamed the “disappointing year” on “two challenging projects which resulted in significant losses.”
  It added: “This is the first year in the history of the b
  
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• £100m Eden Project Morecambe gets green light

  17-02-2026 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Lancaster councillors have waved through revised plans for the £100m Eden Project Morecambe backing a dramatically slimmed-down version of the long-awaited seafront attraction.
  Lancaster City Council granted planning permission for the second time after developers halved the size of the scheme and cut the number of signature domes from four to two.
  The rethink follows years of cost inflation that stalled the original programme, which had targeted a 2024 completion.Designed by Grimshaw Arch
  
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• Ferrovial bags £80m Slough sewage works revamp

  17-02-2026 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ferrovial has landed an £80m job to overhaul Slough Sewage Treatment Works for Thames Water.
  The scheme will be delivered through an integrated joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and sister company Cadagua, which specialises in water treatment.
  The project will upgrade the Berkshire works to meet tighter Environment Agency wastewater standards and boost operational resilience.Planned works include expanding treatment capacity to hit tougher ammonia and phosphorous limits and impr
  
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• Police swoop on skills card test centre

  17-02-2026 00:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Four men have been arrested following a police probe into a suspected fraudulent construction skills card test centre.
  Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit raided the independent testing centre in Winchester over the weekend.
  The swoop was the culmination of an ongoing investigation following a tip-off from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that the centre was accepting payment to help people fraudulently pass CSCS skills card safety te
  
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• Police swoop on site safety test centre

  17-02-2026 00:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Four men have been arrested following a police probe into a suspected fraudulent construction test centre.
  Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit raided the independent testing centre in Winchester over the weekend.
  The swoop was the culmination of an ongoing investigation following a tip-off from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that the centre was accepting payment to help people fraudulently pass safety tests to help gain CSCS cards.F
  
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• Former Carillion chief Richard Howson fined £237,000

  16-02-2026 19:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Former Carillion group chief executive Richard Howson has been fined £237,700 for his part in misleading statements issued by the failed contractor.
  The fine from the FCA comes after Howson withdrew his challenge to the financial watchdog’s decision after a probe into Carillion’s 2018 collapse
  He was originally fined £397,800 in 2022 but the fine has been reduced after the FCA said it had overstated his “relevant income” and his co-operation with the investiga
  
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• Graham clinches £286m Manchester student scheme

  16-02-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contractor Graham has sealed the job to redevelop Cambridge Halls student campus for Manchester Metropolitan University.
  The £286m project to create over 2,300 new student bedrooms is being delivered through a joint venture between the University and Unite Students.
  The project includes the demolition of the existing 1990s-era accommodation and the construction of two new multi-storey buildings rising to 30 storey’s across two phases, providing a mix of cluster apartments and studios
  
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• Chippenham £50m town centre reset go-ahead

  16-02-2026 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Acorn Property Group has secured planning approval to redevelop Chippenham’s ageing Emery Gate Shopping Centre with a £50 mixed-use riverside quarter of 225 homes.
  The scheme, branded Chippenham Riverside and designed by HNW Architects, will strip out the inward-facing mall and replace it with a network of streets and public squares to reconnect the High Street to Island Park and the River Avon.
  New streets and homes plan
  The approved masterplan will also deliver around 4,0
  
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• Green light for Italian plaster factory in Derbyshire

  16-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The planning green light has been given for an Italian materials giant to build a major factory near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
  Erewash Borough Council has approved plans by Fassa Bortolo to house its new UK headquarters at the site of the old Stanton Ironworks.
  Fassa Bortolo specialises in pre-mix renders and plasters and its new plant will cover 170,000 square feet at the New Stanton Park.Erewash’s leader Cllr James Dawson said: “It’s about more than just construction &ndas
  
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• Contractors wanted for £75m coastal civils deal

  16-02-2026 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Portsmouth City Council will this month start market engagement on a new £75m coastal and flood works framework spanning the south coast.
  The council is acting as host authority on behalf of the Southern Coastal Group and SCOPAC, consisting of a dozen south coast local authorities.
  The six-year framework deal worth around £75m is due to come into force in December 2026, and replace the current 2022–2026 Minor Works Framework.Four contractors will be appointed to a primary tier
  
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• MTX signs deal for health campus near Cardiff

  16-02-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Offsite specialist MTX Contracts Ltd has signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement to deliver Phase 1 of a new healthcare campus for South East Wales in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
  The scheme will transform the former British Airways Avionics Engineering site near Cardiff into a state-of-the-art healthcare campus, delivering a c.17,300m² new build development across three buildings with supporting infrastructure to create a Community Diagnostics Hub and Treatment Centre.
  Phase 1 of t
  
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• HBC breaks ground on £24m Sheffield co-living scheme

  16-02-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction has begun on a £24m co-living development in Kelham Island set to become Sheffield’s largest purpose-built scheme of its kind in the city.
  Developer Grantside has appointed HBC Construction as main contractor, with EDGE acting as employer’s agent and project manager.
  Designed by Cartwright Pickard, with Arup as structural engineer and Hoare Lea on MEP, the scheme will deliver 100 studio flats and shared amenities including a gym, yoga studio, co-working hub and roo
  
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• Gateway 3 delays leave thousands of homes empty

  16-02-2026 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thousands of completed flats are still sitting empty as developers face continued delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety approval process.
  New FOI data obtained by legal firm Irwin Mitchell revealed 44 schemes remain undecided more than three months after submission, with the longest case waiting 550 days for approval.
  Across these delayed schemes, 5,594 completed units are currently unoccupied, despite being ready for residents.Under the building safety regime for higherR
  
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• Gateway 3 delays leave legacy homes still empty

  16-02-2026 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thousands of completed flats are still sitting empty as developers face continued delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety approval process.
  New FOI data obtained by legal firm Irwin Mitchell revealed 44 schemes remain undecided more than three months after submission, with the longest case waiting 550 days for approval.
  Across these delayed schemes, 5,594 completed units are currently unoccupied, despite being ready for residents.
  The Building Safety Regulator said the delays
  
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• Plans ramp-up for Wythenshawe £500m town centre revamp

  13-02-2026 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Muse has submitted plans for a new food hall as the latest addition to its £500m transformation of Wythenshawe town centre.
  The new food hall is part of wider plans to regenerate Wythenshawe Civic shopping centre in Manchester.
  They include construction of a new £32m Culture Hub being built by Kier.Joel Chandler, senior development manager at Muse, said: “We’re moving at pace with our plans to give the town centre the regeneration it deserves.
  “The food hall will be
  
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• Cheshire M&E specialist Gilks files administration notice

  13-02-2026 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Cheshire mechanical and electrical engineering contractor Gilks (Nantwich) has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
  Established over 60 years ago, the firm employs around 60 staff and last year delivered revenue of around £11m, down from £15m in the prior year.
  Staff were first told the business was heading for administration on Monday but by Wednesday the said they were informed that the company would be liquidated and they would no longer have jobs.One insider sai
  
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• Jackson wins race for £22m East Sussex bridge

  13-02-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Jackson Civil Engineering Group has been confirmed winner of a three-way race to build the new £21.7m Exceat Bridge in East Sussex.
  The firm beat-off competition from rivals Costain and Volker and was confirmed main contractor by East Sussex County Council this work.
  Jackson will now finalise a construction timetable with the council and main works are expected to start later this year.Cllr Claire Dowling said: “With the bridge sitting in the middle of the South Downs National Park,
  
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• Kier set to bag £35m Bristol station car park job

  13-02-2026 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier Construction is poised to seal a £35m deal to deliver a landmark seven-storey multi-storey car park and standalone cycle hub at Bristol Temple Meads.
  The contractor beat off competition from Vinci, GMI Construction, Goldbeck Construction and Huber Parking UK for the Southern Gateway scheme.
  Contract signature is expected at the end of the month following completion of the standstill period.The project is a critical enabling package within the Temple Quarter masterplan and will shift r
  
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• Leeds £1bn Eastgate Quarter vision moves up a gear

  12-02-2026 17:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leeds’ £1bn Eastgate Quarter has shifted up a gear after the developer JV appointed its consultant line-up to crack on with the city’s last big inner-core regeneration site.
  Leeds-based Khalbros and Torsion Group JV has appointed the professional team to shape the four-hectare mixed-use scheme stretching from Vicar Lane to Bridge Street and up to the A64(M).
  The long-neglected patch of surface car parks and tired plots is earmarked for a dense new neighbourhood of homes, worksp
  
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• Severfield facing strike action next week

  12-02-2026 16:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  More than 100 workers are set to strike next week at the UK’s largest structural steelwork contractor Severfield.
  Welders, platers and machine operators at the Lostock factory in Bolton will walk out after not being offered a pay rise by the firm which posted losses in its latest results.
  More than 90% of GMB members voted in favour of strike action after an overtime ban this week.Industrial action will start with one full day of strike action on Monday 16 February, followed by two full da
  
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• Construction grew 1.8% last year despite sharp Q4 fall

  12-02-2026 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction firms ended 2025 in growth territory despite a poor final quarter that saw output fall sharply in the final months
  Latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows total construction output rose 1.8% in 2025 compared with 2024 — the fifth consecutive year of annual expansion.
  But momentum faded sharply in the final three months of the year, according to official figures published this morning.Total output fell 2.1% in Quarter 4 (October to December) compared with Quar
  
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• Firms fined after two killed when MEWP overturns

  12-02-2026 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two companies have been fined following an incident which resulted in the deaths of two workers in West Yorkshire.
  Lee Horton, 58, and Daron Pickstock, 43, were killed when an industrial warehouse racking system collapsed as it was being tested at Castefields Industrial Estate in Bingley on 29 October 2020.
  The racking was being tested at a site belonging to Space Productiv Ltd, of which Horton, from Ilkley, was the managing director. Pickstock, who was from Chorley, was self-employed and workin
  
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• Salford set for record £525m wastewater reset

  12-02-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  Costain, Jacobs, Murphy, MWH, Mott MacDonald Bentley and VolkerStevin are gearing up to deliver the biggest ever overhaul of Salford’s sewer network under United Utilities’ new AMP8 enterprise model.
  The integrated team will spearhead a £525m programme to modernise wastewater assets across the city over the next five years – slashing storm overflows, boosting resilience and tightening environmental performance.
  At the heart of the push are two flagship treatment works upg
  
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• Morgan Sindall eyes bumper 2026 on record workload

  12-02-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Morgan Sindall has lined up another profit upgrade after its high-flying Fit Out arm roared into 2026 ahead of plan.
  The group said trading momentum has accelerated since the turn of the year, putting 2026 on course to beat previous expectations.
  A 17% jump in secured order book and preferred bidder work to £19.1bn has given the contractor its strongest ever opening position for a new financial year.In a trading update ahead of releasing 2025 full-year results due in a fortnight, the firm
  
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