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• What information management really means: Nine principles

  13-02-2025 10:35 via justpractising.com
  
  Let’s cut to the chase.
  Many of the problems that the construction industry and the built environment sector is facing have their root in the processes we use for organising and managing data.Organising and analysing data to provide context makes it information.
  Information management is the process of collecting, storing and using information in a secure and efficient way.
  When the information management processes we are using fail, they create a crisis in confidence.
  One of the main purp
  
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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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• Vistry launches voluntary exit scheme for staff

  15-06-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry has offered staff voluntary redundancy as the partnerships house builder steps up efforts to preserve cash and cut debt.
  The firm has written to staff below managing director level, inviting them to apply for an enhanced voluntary exit scheme
  Vistry has not specified the number of roles impacted, emphasising the programme offers options for employees amid operational changes.
  The move comes weeks after new chief executive Adam Daniels paused the group’s share buyback programme and w
  
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• Scores bag places on £9.5bn education building framework

  15-06-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Salford-based education buying body Crescent Purchasing Consortium has selected 50 contractors and demolition specialists for a new eight-year construction framework targeted at building projects across England, Wales and Scotland.
  The Construction & Capital Works framework is designed to support new-build and refurbishment projects for schools, colleges, universities, academies, museums and wider public sector clients.
  The agreement is split into 45 regional and contract-form lots covering
  
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• Groundworks firm Mackoy bought in pre-pack deal

  12-06-2026 12:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks contractor Mackoy Limited has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal to Geocore Civils Limited.
  Mackoy went into administration on Tuesday with Quantuma taking charge of the £23m turnover business which was one of the biggest groundworks specialists in the South of England focused on infrastructure for housing and commercial schemes.
  Qauntuma said the pre-pack sale protects 20 jobs and “secures the future of the business” which is based in Chandler&
  
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• Guildmore gets start date for £68m leisure centre

  12-06-2026 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Guildmore Group will start work on site this autumn after being officially appointed to lead the £68m regeneration of St George’s Leisure Centre in The London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
  Demolition of the existing building is scheduled to begin this Autumn 2026 with construction works expected to start in early 2027. The new leisure centre and homes are anticipated to be completed in 2029.
  The existing leisure centre in Shadwell will be demolished and replaced with a modern four-storey
  
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• McAlpine replaced on £4bn Somerset gigafactory job

  12-06-2026 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Battery giant Agratas is replacing Sir Robert McAlpine on its flagship £4bn Somerset gigafactory project as it seeks to get the delayed Gravity Smart Campus development back on track.
  The Tata-owned business will part company with McAlpine at the end of this month and is preparing to install a new construction partner to take the vast battery manufacturing scheme through its next phase.
  Agratas has not revealed who will replace McAlpine, but industry sources told the Enquirer that logistic
  
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• New boss strengthens Severfield delivery team

  12-06-2026 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steelwork giant Severfield has drafted in two senior appointments as new chief executive Paul McNerney presses ahead with plans to reshape the business.
  McNerney, who joined from Laing O’Rourke last November, has completed a review of Severfield’s markets, operations and organisational structure following a turbulent year for the group.
  As part of the shake-up, he has appointed former Laing O’Rourke colleague Vasily Lovkovskiy as head of transformation.Lovkovskiy worked alongsi
  
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• Contractors circle to finish Ardmore’s 10 big London jobs

  12-06-2026 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Clients of collapsed contractor Ardmore Construction Group have already started lining up replacement builders in a bid to keep its £1bn-plus portfolio of London projects moving.
  Rapid handovers on Ardmore’s 10 major sites could help limit the fallout from the £350m-turnover contractor’s collapse and reduce disruption for subcontractors and suppliers caught up in the failure.
  One industry source told the Enquirer: “It was clear that Ardmore was in trouble because of
  
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• Kier wins £140m water contract extension

  12-06-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has been awarded a £140m contract extension across South West Water’s network over the next two years.
  Kier is the sole contractor appointed on the extension of the Network Services Alliance (NSA) framework.
  The contractor will continue to deliver repair and maintenance, leakage activity, network reliability schemes, metering and developer services alongside local supply chains.In the last year Kier has delivered more than 25,000 repair and maintenance jobs, alongside over 32,00
  
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• Ardmore Construction Group collapses into administration

  11-06-2026 13:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ardmore Construction Group is being placed into administration today after mounting concerns over potential liabilities linked to legacy residential projects undermined its ability to secure new work and squeezed cash flow.
  Major London sites were shut down this morning as the group moved to enter administration through the courts following missed payments to staff and subcontractors.
  Group businesses affected include Ardmore Major Projects, Ardmore Hotels & Commercial, Ardmore Regeneration,
  
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