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• Trio win new Scape utilities consultancy framework

  16-04-2024 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  SCAPE has appointed three firms to two new utilities consultancy frameworks that could deliver up to £1.25bn of investment across the country.
  Consultants Perfect Circle, AtkinsRéalis and Arcadis have secured places on the framework designed to help clients in the broader utilities sector shape their investment programmes and projects, while supporting the delivery of low-carbon infrastructure and sustainability targets.Utilities consultancy frameworks
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• Blenheim House creditor claims explode to over £60m

  26-02-2026 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Claims from unsecured creditors to administrators of Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction have rocketed to more than £60m – more than triple the £19m originally flagged when the firm went under.
  The surge has all but wiped out earlier hopes of a 10p-in-the-pound return for suppliers and subcontractors.
  In a fresh update, administrators from S&W Partners say unsecured claims received to date “far exceed” the £19m owed to 578 unsecured credito
  
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• John Lewis ditches plan to be house builder

  26-02-2026 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its house building arm and pulled the plug on plans to deliver around 1,000 rental homes across three sites, blaming a “fundamental shift in economic conditions” for the big U-turn on build to rent.
  The employee-owned retailer confirmed it is withdrawing from the build-to-rent sector after concluding the numbers no longer stack up in today’s higher-rate environment.
  The group had secured planning to build above existing Waitrose stores in Bro
  
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• Tilbury3 approval shores-up capital’s aggregates supply

  26-02-2026 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Port of Tilbury has secured outline planning approval for its 143-acre Tilbury3 expansion, unlocking a major new phase of industrial and logistics growth on the Thames.
  Thurrock Council’s decision clears the way for a flexible, rail-connected port zone capable of handling container operations, large-scale warehousing, vehicle storage and industrial processing.
  Crucially for the construction sector, the consent also covers the import, storage and distribution of aggregates and bulk cons
  
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• Highland Council names first £2.1bn contract winners

  26-02-2026 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Highland Council has appointed main contractors for the first projects to be delivered under its new £2.1bn Highland Investment Plan (HIP).
  Morgan Sindall, Morrison Construction, Robertson Group and Ogilvie will work on seven key multi-million-pound projects across the region from Thurso to Inverness.
  The HIP is a £2.1 billion, 20-year capital investment programme led by the Council to deliver improvements to local infrastructure and servi
  
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• Mainland Power fits solar system at recycling centre

  26-02-2026 00:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mainland Power has completed the design and installation of a full solar panel system on the roof of a plasterboard recycling shed owned by waste management specialist Countrystyle.
  Work involved installation of a 680 kWp rooftop solar PV system comprising 1,400 high-efficiency 490W modules, paired with 10 x 60kW SolaX string inverters and full TIGO optimisation across the arrays.
  Due to the site’s consistently high energy demand, 100% of the energy generated is consumed on site, with the
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins London Fire Brigade HQ overhaul

  25-02-2026 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon Interiors has landed the preconstruction role for a major refurbishment of London Fire Brigade’s historic headquarters in the heart of the capital at 8 Albert Embankment.
  The contractor will take the Grade II listed building through Stage 3 and 4 design ahead of a full overhaul that will bring the 1937 Art Deco landmark back into full use as the Brigade’s HQ for around 840 staff.
  Plans include full renewal of mechanical, electrical and public health systems, new life s
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins historic London Fire Brigade HQ overhaul

  25-02-2026 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon Interiors has landed the preconstruction role for a major refurbishment of London Fire Brigade’s historic headquarters in the heart of the capital at 8 Albert Embankment.
  The contractor will take the Grade II listed building through Stage 3 and 4 design ahead of a full overhaul that will bring the 1937 Art Deco landmark back into full use as the Brigade’s HQ for around 840 staff.
  Plans include full renewal of mechanical, electrical and public health systems, new life s
  
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• 30 win £655m Metropolitan Housing remediation deal

  25-02-2026 15:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Metropolitan Housing Trust has appointed 30 contractors to a £655m fire and structural safety remediation framework spanning its housing stock and wider public sector call-offs.
  The Southern and East of England social landlord will use the panel to deliver projects from minor works up to major schemes over £5m over the next seven years.
  Amber Construction, Equans Regeneration, Higgins, Mulalley & Co and Thomas Sinden are among the firms securing both larger project lots.The
  
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• Glencar signs deal for Luton industrial scheme

  25-02-2026 12:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Glencar has has been engaged at pre-construction stage to progress the Hillwood Park Luton scheme through the next phases of detailed design and delivery.
  Developer Hillwood has secured planning for the 16 acre site which will contain 284,575 sq ft of new industrial and logistics accommodation across eight Grade-A units.
  Construction is expected to begin in March with units ready for early occupation from January 2027.Glencar has worked on other Hillwood schemes in Crewe and Wigan.
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• McLaren confirms supply chain for giant data centre

  25-02-2026 10:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  McLaren has confirmed its main supply chain partners after officially signing the shell and core contract to build the first of three giant data centre buildings at Ada Infrastructure’s Docklands campus.
  McLaren’s contract includes the infrastructure for the whole campus and the interface for a future district heating network.
  In addition to the three 70 MW data centre buildings, the project features a community multi-purpose facility and enhanced public spaces around the site, inclu
  
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• Hydrogen deal for Lower Thames Crossing worth £32m

  25-02-2026 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The value of a contract to supply the largest volume of green hydrogen ever produced for a British construction project has been confirmed at £32m.
  British specialist GeoPura has landed the deal at National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing project which will be the first major British infrastructure project to be carbon neutral in construction.
  Diesel will be replaced with hydrogen, electric and other low-carbon fuels across the project.The eight-year deal with GeoPura has already sta
  
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• Morgan Sindall tops £5bn revenue as profit jumps over a third

  25-02-2026 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Morgan Sindall Group passed £5bn revenue for the first time last year as margins widened and pre-tax profit leapt 35% to £233m.
  Despite wider industry headwinds the firm’s order book climbed to a record £19bn including preferred bidder work, mainly on the back of regeneration and construction successes.
  The group posted revenue of £5.02bn for the year to 31 December 2025, up 10% on £4.55bn last time.Adjusted operating profit, driven by an outstanding year for
  
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• Morgan Sindall gets start date for new railway line

  25-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The go-ahead has been given to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.
  The passenger rail link between Bristol and Portishead was closed in 1964 but 5.5km of disused line will now be restored and new stations built.
  The restored railway will provide an hourly direct train from Portishead to Bristol Temple Meads in around 25 minutes.The deal was originally let to VolkerFizpatrick in 2023 but Morgan Sindall will carry out the work as part of the wider £80m
  
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• Contractors get start date for new railway line

  25-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The go-ahead has been given to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.
  The passenger rail link between Bristol and Portishead was closed in 1964 but 5.5km of disused line will now be restored and new stations built.
  The restored railway will provide an hourly direct train from Portishead to Bristol Temple Meads in around 25 minutes.The deal was originally let to VolkerFizpatrick in 2023 but Morgan Sindall will carry out the work as part of the wider £80m
  
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• Olympian clears gateway 2 for UK’s tallest co-living scheme

  25-02-2026 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Olympian Homes has secured Gateway 2 approval for a planned 46-storey co-living tower at 56 Marsh Wall on London’s Canary Wharf.
  The 833-studio room project is the tallest scheme of its kind in the UK to clear the Building Safety Regulator hurdle.
  Contractor RG Group will deliver the developer’s first wholly co-living scheme under its new Vivus Living brand, which will be rolled out with further planned London projects.Leeds-based Demolition Service is now expected to start site clea
  
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• Winvic wins £112m Digbeth resi tower scheme

  24-02-2026 16:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clarion Housing Group’s development arm Latimer has awarded Winvic Construction the £112m main works contract to deliver a 481-home mixed-tenure scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham.
  Work on the 34-storey block will start in October once demolition contractor PJ Careys clears the 1.3-acre Clyde Street/High Street site.The site is home to a former Safestore industrial facility and surrounding hard-standing car parking. Demolition will get underway next month.The scheme will provide 288 affor
  
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• Dalkia lands £33m British Museum energy centre job

  24-02-2026 15:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Dalkia has clinched a £33m deal to deliver a flagship low-carbon energy centre at the British Museum as part of its sweeping masterplan overhaul.
  The firm will act as principal contractor on the Energy Centre Programme, overseeing civils, architectural fit-out and a full upgrade of the museum’s ageing infrastructure across the Bloomsbury estate.
  The project forms a critical strand of the British Museum’s long-term redevelopment, aimed at reshaping the historic institution for t
  
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• Whitehall heavyweights drafted into CLC board shake-up

  24-02-2026 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Construction Leadership Council has pulled senior Whitehall figures into its boardroom in a governance shake-up designed to hard-wire the industry more tightly into Government decision-making.
  The reset gives formal board seats to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority and the Cabinet Office, embedding senior civil servants inside the body that helps steer construction strategy.
  Becky Wood, CEO of NISTA, and Clare Gibbs, Director of Markets, Sourcing & Suppliers
  
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• CITB tells contractors no more money for training courses

  24-02-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The CITB has run out of  funding for training courses booked under its Employer Network initiative.
  Contractors are now being told no training bookings can be made until after March 31 leaving firms in limbo for more than a month.
  One angry contractor said: “We received no warning about this – we were just hit with an email saying they had run out of funds.”The email – shared with the Enquirer – states: “Thanks for sending the training request through.
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• Bouygues sues DfE over mega schools framework award

  24-02-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bouygues has issued a High Court challenge after being edged out of the Government’s £15bn schools mega-framework by a scoring gap of just 0.13% from its nearest bid rival.
  The contractor claims flawed scoring and a botched moderation process cost it a place with the panel of firms on the coveted southern region major projects lot.
  It alleges the Department for Education failed to assess bids properly under the Procurement Act 2023 by making manifest scoring errors and applying undis
  
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• Enquirer joins forces with construction film maker

  24-02-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Enquirer is teaming-up with a leading London film maker to offer pioneering construction firms the chance to showcase their latest innovations.
  The new Construction Enquirer Originals series will be produced by brand storytelling specialist Superbeam.
  The video-led series will highlight the best the industry has to offer and how firms are shaping the future of construction.Videos are the perfect way to reach a modern audience with Superbeam bringing cinematic values to construction stories.
  
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• Height trim at London Silk Street in bid to win City approval

  24-02-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Lipton Rogers and LaSalle Investment Management have slashed the height of their controversial London 1 Silk Street office scheme in a fresh attempt to win over planners and Barbican residents.
  Revised plans submitted to the City of London Corporation cut more than 10m from the western side of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed block, removing three storeys from earlier proposals facing Cromwell Tower.
  The move follows strong criticism over daylight loss and massing impacts on the neigh
  
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• £33m lifeline for stalled Rhyl hospital health hub

  23-02-2026 18:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  A long-delayed upgrade of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl is finally moving after the Welsh Government confirmed £33m to kickstart construction of a new health hub.
  The funding unlocks the first phase of a wider £60m transformation of the site and sees modular specialist MTX Contracts appointed to deliver the centre.
  The funding commitment follows more than a decade of false starts.
  Back in 2013, ministers backed plans for a £22m, 30-bed hospital on the Royal Alex site tha
  
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• Didcot demolition disaster probe enters eleventh year

  23-02-2026 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thames Valley Police have issued an update on the investigation into the partial collapse at Didcot Power Station which killed four men ten years ago.
  Today marks the decade anniversary of the tragedy on February 23 2016 which cost the lives of Ken Cresswell, John Shaw, Michael Collings and Christopher Huxtable.
  A force statement said: “Our dedicated team, alongside the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), continues its investigation, which is expected to be completed this year.“Furthe
  
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• Ealing to flatten 105 half-built homes after Henry collapse

  23-02-2026 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  London’s Ealing Council is set to bulldoze 105 part-built affordable homes after concluding it is cheaper to start again than salvage schemes left stranded by Henry Construction’s collapse.
  The homes were being delivered under a £40m contract awarded in January 2022 to build Passivhaus-standard housing across six small infill sites in Greenford, Southall and West Ealing.
  Work began later that year but ground to a halt in June 2023 when Henry Construction went into administratio
  
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• TClarke targets £1bn revenue and beefs up board

  23-02-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Building services specialist TClarke has set its sights on breaking through the £1bn annual revenue barrier as it strengthens its board for the next phase of expansion.
  Group chief executive Mark Lawrence unveiled the ambition as the building services contractor confirmed three senior managing directors will join the board of TClarke Contracting from March.
  The appointments see Clive Carr, managing director for built environment, Lee Crozier, managing director for data centres and infrastr
  
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• Green light to complete Derbyshire warehouse park

  23-02-2026 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clowes Developments has secure planning from South Derbyshire District Council for two units of 542,000 sq ft to complete its Dove Valley Park development in Foston.
  The final phase will also provide 329 car parking spaces and 42 HGV docking bays alongside an Innovation Centre designed as a central hub for businesses across Dove Valley Park and the wider area.
  Marc Freeman, Director at Clowes Developments, said: “This is an exciting opportunity for South Derbyshire to secure much-needed jo
  
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• Telford Living plan in for 520-bed London student scheme

  23-02-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  Telford Living has lodged plans for a 520-bed student block in East London’s Bethnal Green area.
  The UK residential arm of CBRE-owned Trammell Crow Company has lodged a planning application with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for the scheme on the former LEB Building site off Cambridge Heath Road.
  Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, the proposals include a mix of cluster flats and studios, plus student amenity space. Ground-floor community and affordable retail units are also pl
  
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• M&E delay pushes Hinkley C first reactor start up back a year

  22-02-2026 13:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mechanical and electrical headaches have pushed first power at Hinkley Point C back yet another year – with the price tag swelling by £1.4bn to £48bn at today’s prices.
  EDF has confirmed lower than expected productivity on the vast electromechanical installation programme means Unit 1 is now scheduled to start up in 2030.
  That is a year later than the previous best-case 2029 target, itself already two years behind the earlier 2027 revised timetable and five years adrift o
  
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