Monthly construction output increased 1.6% in June after three consecutive falls in activity. New work led the recovery rising by 2%, with repair and maintenance showing weaker growth of 1.1%. Anecdotal evidence received from monthly business returns suggested the warm weather helped to increase output across sectors. Infrastructure new work and non-housing repair and maintenance
Network Rail has been fined £1.2m following the death of track worker who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work. Long-serving employee Kevin Mauger was crushed by a railway track weighing six tons while working at a rail depot in Hampshire. The 53-year-old from Eastleigh had five children and eight grandchildren. He had been carrying
Wavensmere Homes and Clowes Developments have submitted plans to redevelop Derby’s historic Friar Gate Goods Yard. Two derelict landmark Grade II listed buildings will be restored and refitted to create 276 new homes and over 110,000 sq ft of commercial space. Friar Gate Goods Yard has been in the ownership of the Clowes family for
Specialist contractor Haywood Crushing Demolition Ltd has been banned from transporting machinery for a year after a 45-tonne jaw crusher machine came off a trailer. The West Midlands Traffic Commissioner heard how the machine fell off as the trailer went round a roundabout and it was “a miracle that no-one was killed or seriously injured’
Hampshire-based civil engineering contractor Knights Brown has been awarded the contract to build Cardiff’s new coastal flood defence system. The £35m scheme to the south east of the city, on the Rover Way foreshore and the banks of the River Rhymney, has been designed to protect properties from extreme weather events, and from rising sea
A new video has been produced to mark the second anniversary of construction work commencing on Everton’s stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. The £500m project began with a feat of maritime engineering, as a semi-derelict dock was filled with 480,000 cubic metres of sea-dredged sand to provide solid foundations. The 52,888 all-seater stadium, on the banks
Persimmon is looking to retender subcontractor packages more regularly as it looks to “share the cost pressures in this new challenging environment.” The house building giant highlighted cost control measures in its latest results as sales continued to slump. Group Chief Executive Dean Finch said said: “We are reviewing our subcontractor pricing on a more
UBS Asset Management and Reef Group have got the planning thumbs up to create one of Europe’s largest life science campuses in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The 1.4m sq ft new Life Sciences hub will be delivered alongside GSK’s existing Global R&D facility and involve an investment of £900m. Construction is expected to start in late-2023 with
McLaren Construction took top ranking in the contract league table for value of orders won during July. It rose to pole position largely on the strength of securing developer Landsec’s refurbishment and extension of London’s 1960s Portland House office tower block in Victoria. CGI of Portland House revamp plan Top 10 contractors by work confirmed
Laing O’Rourke has been named preferred construction partner for a new Cambridge cancer research hospital. The firm will now develop the project, presently forecast to cost around £220m, through its next phase of design under a pre-construction services agreement. Subject to planning and final funding approval, construction works are hoped to start next year at
