Developer Comer Homes Group is being ordered to demolish two residential tower blocks in south London following a planning row. Greenwich Council launched enforcement action this week over Mast Quay Phase II in Woolwich which was completed in late 2022 and now contains residents in the stepped twin towers of 23, 11, nine and and

Constructional steelwork contractor William Hare delivered a modest £108,000 pre-tax profit last year after losses of £3.6m in the prior year. Revenue at the Bury headquartered specialist contractor, which employs 676 staff, slipped by a quarter to £165m, as EBITDA margin recovered to 1.4%. Despite the revenue slide, the country’s second biggest steelwork contractor said

Housing giant Barratt  has submitted plans to demolish 83 new homes on an estate in Cambridge built with faulty foundations. Problems were found earlier this year with new homes under construction at the Darwin Green site where Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire is building a new community of nearly 1,600 homes. The faults were originally

Willmott Dixon is exiting its Newcastle leisure centre and swimming pool job after failing to agree a final price in the face of inflationary pressure. The firm has agreed to complete enabling works under the preconstruction agreement while Newcastle City Council now attempts to find a new contractor. According to local reports in ChronicleLive, the

Arup and Aecom have been appointed to deliver management of the environmental impact assessment work for National Grid’s Grimsby to Walpole upgrade project. The £1bn upgrade project will build a new high voltage overhead line in Lincolnshire, including new pylons and substations. The connection will deliver increased capacity along the eastern side of England. It

The Government Property Agency is expecting to invite bids in the fourth quarter of this year for the planned Darlington Economic Campus to house Civil Servants transferring from London to the north. An invitation to tender will be released using the CCS Construction Works Framework for the new office complex, which will be located at

Clients of collapsed contractor Westridge are looking for alternative builders after the firm confirmed its fall into administration. The £64m turnover contractor specialised in projects up to £15m in the housing, education, healthcare, lesiure and commercial markets across the South East. Administrators from Crowe UK LLP took control of the company earlier this month. Westridge

Eric Wright Construction is back in the black posting a pre-tax profit of £828,000 -it’s best return for 11 years. Turnover at the construction arm last year increased to £59.8m from £50.3m in 2021 as the business recovered post pandemic. The construction performance helped underlying trading profits at Eric Wright Group increase to £11.9m from

Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive Leo Quinn is now sporting a rainbow lanyard on his company ID badge to show “visible leadership” in the contractor’s push towards “becoming a truly diverse and inclusive business.” Quinn met last week with some of the co-chairs from Balfour Beatty’s five employee-led Affinity Networks – Ability, Gender, LGBTQ+, Multicultural

McAleer & Rushe has been awarded the £60m contract to deliver a near 200 flats scheme in Barking for Yara Capital. The vacant London Road site and former bus depot will be transformed with buildings ranging from 9 to 22 storeys tall providing 125 build to rent and 71 affordable flats. Situated on a prominent