Electricity network giant SSEN Transmission has confirmed ten preferred bidders for a £10bn onshore infrastructure upgrade. Following a competitive procurement process, Balfour Beatty, Siemens Energy BAM, J. Murphy & Sons, Wood Power Solutions, Omexom Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Burns & McDonnell, Morrison Energy Services, Linxon, IQA and NKT have all been selected. Work will provide the

McAleer & Rushe has started work on the £138m Southbank Place Building 5 development – the final phase of the Southbank Place development and Shell Tower Masterplan on London’s South Bank. The 13-storey building, above two basement levels, at Belvedere Road will provide 92 apartments alongside 18,600 sq ft of retail space at the site

London’s Hackney Council has appointed Ardmore to deliver the final phase of its Britannia residential-led regeneration scheme next to Shoreditch Park. The £154m design and build contract will see Ardmore deliver 371 mixed-tenure units within four residential buildings of up to 25 storeys. The scheme will include 81 affordable homes available for social rent and

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a preliminary investigation into materials giant Hanson’s proposed takeover of earthmoving and demolition waste recycling contractor Mick George Group. Hanson announced plans to buy the £220m turnover business eight months ago and said that it aimed to strengthen its circular materials offer while complementing its existing aggregates and

Diversified concrete, demolition and piling contractor Morrisroe has suffered its first major trading loss as a group after concrete and rebar price hikes squeezed fixed-price jobs. Traditionally star performers within the group A J Morrisroe & Sons, Kingscote Plant and GSS Piling all plunged into the red. Turnover at the Hertfordshire-based group remained broadly static

Construction buyers reported a return to industry growth in July as a rise in commercial work saw output hit its highest level in five months. The bellwether S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 51.7 in July – up from 48.9 in June. Robust increases in commercial building (index at 54.4) and

More than 300 scaffolders working at the Hinkley Point site are now planning a day a week on unofficial strike action after downing tools on Wednesday. The scaffolders working for BYLOR are understood to be angry about pay rates and shift patterns on the site. One told the Enquirer: “Things have been bubbling for a

Cladding contractor FK Construction has been told to hand back £1.69m to ISG it was awarded in a High Court enforcement of an adjudication decision. The move is the latest twist in a long-running payment dispute between the specialist and ISG. Earlier this year FK won a High Court ruling enforcing an adjudication requiring ISG

Heathrow has kickstarted a ground-breaking new trial to explore the viability of lower carbon concrete for runways and taxiways. The trial has been designed to test the concrete’s durability and longevity in a true-to-life airport setting and is one of the first of its kind at any airport in the world. It is the first

One of Scotland’s leading independent schools has got the planning go-ahead for a pioneering domed education building that will lead in the development of low embodied carbon construction. Robertson Construction will build the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA) in central Scotland. Designed by Eden Project architect Grimshaw, the domed educational center in Dollar, near Stirling is