Costain will use its environmental expertise to work on 16 sites for Severn Trent as the water company steps up investment plans. The work, worth £80m, is within the previously announced framework agreement and part of Severn Trent’s Capital Delivery Framework. It will be delivered over the next four years, straddling both the existing AMP7 

Work to build the UK’s first city-based tropical spa resort in Manchester should get underway before the end of the year. Developer Therme confirmed the start date after Trafford Council’s planning committee approved revised plans for the 28-acre complex at TraffordCity. The overall design has shifted from a single building with a vast undulating full-glass

Network Rail has awarded the main £124m build contract to J Murphy & Sons Ltd for the new Beaulieu Park station in Chelmsford. Murphy was awarded the initial £37.8m enabling works contract for the station in January. Beaulieu Park station is currently expected to be completed by end of 2025. Once open, the station will

Kent-based civil engineering contractor FM Conway has passed the £500m revenue milestone. The 12% uplift in turnover to £535m in the year to March 2023 was in part due to inflation and also new work wins, such as a five-year highway construction and maintenance contract for the City of London. The firm also secured a

Contractors have warned the UK will become an international laughing stock if reports are true that the Government plans to axe the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester. Civil engineers have reacted with alarm warning the move would be short-sighted and undermine the UK net zero goals for 2050. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor

Cardo Group has completed its third acquisition in four months with the purchase of building maintenance specialist Jefferies Contractors. This latest acquisition takes the social housing maintenance group’s annual turnover to £115m, directly employing over 650. Investor-backed Cardo Group was established four months ago through the purchase of £50m turnover Welsh social housing contractor LCB

Government plan to relax rules around water pollution to enable the construction of thousands of new homes have been blocked by the House of Lords. House builders’ hopes of a fresh stimulus were dashed last night when The House of Lords voted by 203 to 156 to reject a government amendment to the Levelling-up and

Algeco is bringing together the recently-acquired Mobile Mini UK operation into a single business under the main Algeco brand. Algeco acquired Mobile Mini earlier this year adding 375 employees and an annual revenue of approximately £80m. The move will result in some job losses starting with the proposed closure of the Algeco Peterborough office. Keith

Envelope specialist Prater has terminated its contract in a row with Balfour Beatty on the £200m Lewisham Gateway residential scheme. The large project consisting of over 600 flats was due to complete this Autumn but is understood to be running up to a year late. The phase two project of the big south London regeneration

A strong performance at Kier’s infrastructure and construction division saw profits rebound despite ongoing inflationary pressures in the market. Pre-tax profit in the year to 30 June soared to £52m, up from £16m previously, after revenue grew 7.5% to £3.4bn. The improved performance, which saw group margin increase to 3.9%, prompted Kier to announce it