Groundworks contractor Tamdown stands to lose £2m if modular housing contractor ilke Homes falls into administration. Its AIM-listed parent company Nexus issued a profit warning to the market following Construction Enquirer’s report yesterday that Ilke Homes has file a notice of intent to appoint an administrator. The notice holds creditors at bay for 1o days
Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), the largest independent merchant group in the South of England, has acquired Roofing Gear to expand its specialist roofing division by a further three branches and adding another £6m turnover to the Group. Established 19 years ago, Roofing Gear has three strategically located branches in Yeovil, Dorchester and Poole providing
Specialist access equipment supplier Adastra Access Ltd has gone into administration with the loss of 38 jobs. Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from Interpath Advisory took charge of the Glasgow based business yesterday. Adastra provided mast climbing work platforms and suspended cradles to main contractors operating across commercial and residential construction, maintenance and refurbishment. Interpath
London house builder Berkeley Group has applied the brakes to production of modular homes from its new factory at Northfleet, Kent. The firm this morning said it noted “the decision of other parties to exit the industry due to the costs and efficiency impact of regulatory and planning uncertainty on a stable production pipeline.” Announcing
Southern Water Services has started the hunt for partner contractors to deliver £466m of wastewater network projects for the AMP8 investment programme between 2025-2030. The south of England water company is anticipating that AMP8 will be the largest investment programme it has ever undertaken. Southern Water is aiming to establish collaborative contracts with network service
Modular house builder ilke Homes has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator as a deadline to save the cash-strapped business approaches. The notice protects ilke from creditor action while it seeks a buyer after production was halted across its sites and factory last week. The Enquirer understands that ilke is being offered
A Ferrovial Construction worker has died following a collision with a passenger bus while working at Heathrow Airport. The Enquirer has learnt that the accident took place last Tuesday and the victim, a man in his 60s, subsequently died in hospital two days later Ferrovial said: “It is with great sadness that we can confirm
Network Rail has started the hunt for firms to deliver £490m of large project works for control period 7 in its north west and central territory. Procurement chiefs aim to let several frameworks covering the “Backbone of Britain” route and this latest tender round covers procurement phase two known as Framework Category A. Procurement for
Sir Robert McAlpine has announced the adoption of ground-breaking AI technology platform Buildots, as its preferred partner. Buildots will automatically analyse data from Sir Robert McAlpine sites across the UK, captured by wearable 360-degree cameras. Using AI and computer vision, it generates true-to-life project progress reports, identifying risks of delays and opportunities for productivity gains,
Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway has launched a trio of new corporate brochures to showcase areas of its UK scaffolding and access sector business. The first is a heritage scaffolding brochure, showing the leading scaffolding firm’s expertise and experience in managing access on the UK’s premier historical construction and renovation projects, like Manchester Town Hall, Wentworth
