Liverpool FC has taken control of the £60m Anfield Road Construction site following the collapse of main contractor Buckingham Group. The club has appointed Rayner Rowen Construction to complete the job and is vowing to employ as many of the original subcontractors as possible Work will now begin now to fully assess the construction programme

Hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers have been left holding £17m in worthless invoices following the collapse of J Tomlinson. The Nottingham based contractor went into administration in July. The scale of its debts has been documented in an update from administrator FRP. Total debts were £33m with £17m of that owed to the supply chain

Bradford -based M&E specialist H Mitton has been placed into administration with up to 200 workers impacted. Administrators from Begbie Traynor are understood to have just been appointed. The firms included are: H. Mitton, Mitton Mechanical Services, Mitton Electrical Services, and Mitton Aftercare. Directors filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators two weeks ago

McGee has been appointed as principal contractor for the next phase of works at a £400m residential redevelopment in St John’s Wood, London. McGee has already carried out asbestos removal, demolition and enabling works at the former home of the Royal Horse Artillery which will be transformed into a high-quality residential development providing 120 private

Despite the challenging market, VolkerWessels UK raised pre-tax profit by more than a third to £38m last year. Key operations in rail, building, marine and energy infrastructure all enjoyed revenue growth helping the UK arm of the Dutch group to raise revenue 17% to £1.35bn. Highways and airport revenue slightly down on last year. The

Transport Scotland has retendered the £150m A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy project after revising risk on contract documents to attract more bidders. Procurement chiefs were forced to curtail procurement of the section of the £3bn dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness at the start of the year. Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, John Graham

The Government has finally published the list of schools requiring special measure because of the crumbly concrete crisis. Of the 147 schools named, four will teach all children remotely because of the scale of the RAAC concrete risk. A further 19 will delay opening, with another 20 having to opt for a mix of face

Construction buyers reported a marginal increase in total business activity during August, but confidence was spooked by new orders falling at the fastest pace since May 2020. The bellwether S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 50.8 in August – down from 51.7 in July – but still in positive territory in

The North West Construction Hub has selected the firms taking spots on its medium-value building framework with the promise of a potential work pipeline of £250m-£1bn. Henry Bros, Seddon and Tilbury Douglas are newcomers to the construction framework as Eric Wright and Wates bow out of the new line-up, entering its fourth generation. NWCH medium

UK concrete contractors chasing a £9m multi-storey car park job in Leeds have lost out to a Lithuanian based business. The Enquirer understands that Vilnius based INHUS has been chosen for the car park at the massive Aire Park scheme in Leeds being developed by Vastint UK . One losing bidder said: “It looked like