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Tower Hamlets opens bidding on £31m social housing build
19+ hour, 53+ min ago (228+ words) London’s Tower Hamlets council has launched the hunt for a main contractor to deliver a £31m social rent new homes project in Bethnal Green. The council is inviting bids for the Albert Jacob House scheme on Roman Road, designed by Child…...
£33m race begins for Caerphilly bus and railway interchange
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (193+ words) Transport for Wales is starting the hunt for a contractor to deliver the £33m redevelopment of Caerphilly Interchange, opening the race for one of the next major projects in the South Wales Metro programme. The successful design and build contractor will…...
Severn Trent reveals timetable for £25bn deal race | Construction Enquirer News
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (382+ words) Severn Trent Water is preparing to launch a pre-market engagement notice to start talks with the supply chain for a new generation of capital delivery frameworks worth up to £25bn over the next 8–15 years across the Midlands. The frameworks will cover…...
Ethical Power contracting arms go into administration
19+ hour, 20+ min ago (261+ words) Renewable energy specialist Ethical Power has placed some of its contracting operations into administration. In a company statement the firm said: “This is to confirm that in June, two of Ethical Power’s contracting Entities (Ethical Power Connections and Ethical Power…...
Muse picked to spearhead Bletchley station quarter revival
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (207+ words) Milton Keynes City Council has picked Muse to lead a major regeneration around Bletchley station for new homes and shops as the town prepares for the arrival of East West Rail. The nationwide regeneration specialist has signed a development deal…...
Railpen wins consent for London major office retrofit
21+ hour, 17+ min ago (235+ words) Railpen has secured planning approval for the redevelopment of its 12 Smithfield office building in the City of London. The £34bn Railways Pension Scheme manager will transform the existing six-storey office opposite Smithfield Market into a flagship headquarters building as part of…...
RED lands £42m Bristol and Bath office double
20+ hour, 42+ min ago (315+ words) RED South West has landed more than £42m of office refurbishment work after securing contracts to deliver flagship schemes in Bristol and Bath. The contractor has been appointed by BlackRock and development manager LS Estates to deliver the major overhaul of…...
Experts join forces for Sizewell piling works | Construction Enquirer News
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (372+ words) Three leading specialists have joined forces to deliver the geotechnical works needed for the new Sizewell C nuclear power station. Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE), VSL Systems (UK) Ltd (VSL), and Bachy Soletanche (BSL) have united to deliver a range…...
Amey hires HS2 veteran to drive consulting growth
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (209+ words) Amey has recruited infrastructure heavyweight Jonathan Goring as executive advisor to help accelerate growth across its consulting business and target new markets at home and overseas. Goring brings more than three decades of experience leading major infrastructure and transformation programmes,…...
MOD maps out £26bn Project Royal Oak naval base rebuild
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (208+ words) The Ministry of Defence has unveiled details of a £26bn programme to rebuild the UK’s three principal naval bases with a decade of marine civils, dockyard engineering and building work in the biggest naval infrastructure investment since the Cold War. The…...