British Land has gained planning for its next generation last mile logistics hubs in south London boosting its development pipeline in the capital to 2.9m sq ft. The multi-storey hub forms part of British Land’s pipeline of urban logistics projects in Greater London with a development value of £1.3bn. The 140,000 sq ft multi-level logistics
Council chiefs are looking for a new contractor to complete a major affordable homes job in the London Borough of Sutton after contractor Real LSE filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator last week. The £19.4m-turnover contractor was awarded the £38m job in October 2022 to deliver 92 homes at Beech Tree Place.
Acquisition-hungry RSK Group has swooped again this time to buy Borders civil engineering contractor RJT Excavations. Based at Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, the £30m turnover firm has been a key player in the sector for more than 30 years and operates a fleet more than 60 pieces of heavy plant. The business, which employs
Swansea Council has parachuted in Willmott Dixon to complete work at the Copr Bay district after the original contactor, Buckingham Group, fell into administration. The Copr Bay scheme covers the area of the former St David’s Shopping Centre and across the new bridge over Oystermouth Road to Swansea Arena and the coastal park. Willmott Dixon
The South West division of the Real Contracting Group has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators. Real SW staff were told yesterday in an internal email seen by the Enquirer. The move follows a similar application by the London and South East division Real LSE last week. Real specialises in the construction of
A prosecution by the HSE is being brought against Falcon Tower Crane Services Limited after a crane collapsed in Crewe, Cheshire and three men lost their lives. Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford, David Newall, 36, from Bradford, and David Webb, 43, from Northampton, died following the incident at a construction site on Dunwoody Way on
London M&E specialist Michael J Lonsdale has collapsed into administration after nearly 40 years in business. Administrators from Begbie Traynors were formally appointed on Monday to the £250m revenue firm which employed over 300 staff and many self-employed workers. It is understood staff are already being laid off. A letter sent to staff – reproduced
Nottingham-based contractor Clegg Construction suffered a loss last year as cost pressures hit on fixed-price contracts. The construction arm of the Clegg Group managed to lift revenue by just over a third to £72m but suffered a £3.1m loss due to unavoidable pressures on the cost of delivering some existing fixed-price contracts secured in earlier
The North West Construction Hub has started the bid race for its next-generation, low-value framework with an estimated pipeline of £400m over four years. Eight firms will now face a fight to renew their places on the deal that will be used to deliver projects worth between £1m and £4m. The present incumbents include Conlon
Developer Commercial Estates Group has secured planning for a triple tower scheme of over 1,750 flats on the site of the vast curving Ringway Centre block in central Birmingham. Planners gave the go-ahead for a hybrid application consisting of detailed plans for a 48-storey tower, including a 9-storey podium, comprising 571 build to rent flats,
