McLaren is understood to be set to sign a contract to build what will be one of the biggest data centres in London. The Enquirer understands McLaren has fought off competition from Sisk to land the deal for Ada Infrastructure in London’s Silvertown. Ada – which is the data center platform of GLP Capital Partners
Developer Berkeley Group’s St William division has got the planning green light to restore the UK’s largest surviving cluster of Victorian gas holders to create 2,100 new homes within the heritage site. The Bromley by Bow Gasworks site in east London comprises seven disused Grade II listed gasholders. Seven gasholder frames will contain 10-storey blocks
ISG has bagged the job to convert Coventry’s former IKEA store into a new cultural centre for the city. The firm is understood to have secured with a £44m bid the vast store repurposing job on Croft Way. Designed by architect Buttress, The City Centre Cultural Gateway, provide a new home for nationally recognised collections managed
Firms are being called up for a second time to bid for the prestigious job to restore the building fabric of The Palace of Westminster’s tallest tower. The initial contest to deliver the £95m restoration of the 99m tall Victoria Tower got underway in March last year but had to be called off because of
The country’s biggest house builders have signed up to a major new initiative to support wildlife on their new developments. The Homes for Nature commitment will see a bird-nesting brick or box installed for every new home built, as well as hedgehog highways created as standard on every new development taken through planning from September
The country’s biggest house builders have signed up to a major new initiative to support wildlife on their new developments. The Homes for Nature commitment will see a bird-nesting brick or box installed for every new home built, as well as hedgehog highways created as standard on every new development taken through planning from September
Plans for seven residential blocks in an inner city area of Birmingham have gained outline planning approval. Developer Rochda Group is leading the plan to the revitalise a derelict 7.1-acre site of former railway sidings at Winson Green with just over 450 flats. Designed by Whittam Cox Architects, the development will provide a mix of
Tech giant Microsoft has bought a 48-acre site at the former Skelton Grange power station site near Leeds to build another hyperscale datacentre as it ramps up investment in the UK. Over the next three years, Microsoft plans to spend £2.5bn on expanding its next-generation AI datacenter infrastructure, bringing more than 20,000 of the most
Infrastructure contractor M Group is being sold to another private equity firm after six years of strong growth. Existing owner PAI Partners will sell the business, formerly called Morrison Utility Services, to CVC Fund IX in a deal expected to complete this autumn. CVC said it aimed to work closely with M Group Services’ management
A Berkshire contractor has been fined £30,000 after a father-of-four was electrocuted. Levi Alleyne – known as ‘Chunky’ – lost his life while delivering crushed concrete at a construction site in Reading, on 16 November 2020. Alleyne, 41, was killed after the crane arm of his lorry came into close contact with an overhead power
