A cyclist was involved in a fatal collision with a construction lorry outside a Keltbray site in central London on Wednesday morning. The victim, in his early 20s, is understood to have been riding an e-bike when he collided with a tipper truck leaving the Network Building on Tottenham Court Road where Keltbray is currently
Public sector development partner hub South West Scotland has rejigged its construction partnership agreements with Tier 1 partners. The refresh sees Balfour Beatty signed up for the first time with other previous partners retained for another three years. These include BAM Construction, Kier, Morgan Sindall and Morrison Construction. The Hub also announced new second-level partners
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of another company director following its investigation into illegal cartel behaviour within the demolition industry. Nicholas Brown, now Managing Director of the Brown and Mason Group, was a director of Brown and Mason Limited at the time the illegal cartel activity took place. Following a
London’s Camden Council is advancing plans for a £470m mixed-use scheme near Kings Cross to provide 350 homes and 200,000 sqft of commercial space. The development plan is focused on regenerating two nearby former light industrial sites at Camley Street and Cedar Way covering around 3.56 acres. The development plans which include Camden building 135
The Government has added five hospital projects to its £20bn building programme due to the risk of structural collapse because of weak concrete. It will prioritise rebuilding the five hospitals by 2030, which used limited life-span reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RACC) now at the end of its design life. As a result of this reprioritisation,
Vinci Construction UK has issued a warning to subcontractors and suppliers who are being targeted by fraudsters posing as representatives of the contractor. The alert states: “It has come to our attention that several suppliers have been defrauded of materials and services by fraudsters impersonating VINCI Construction UK. “The impersonation is relatively sophisticated and is
Jaguar Land Rover is set to confirm plans to build a giant car battery factory in Somerset. The UK Government is poised to seal a deal with the car manufacturer owner Tata to build the gigafactory near Bridgwater, according to BBC reports. It is reported that the £1bn car battery factory could get as much
Staffordshire based contractor Quantum Construction went down owing 267 suppliers more than £4m. An update filed at Companies House by liquidator Quantuma Advisory revealed the scale of the debts at the business when it collapsed in April. Unsecured trade creditors have been left holding unpaid invoices totalling £4.3m while Quantum also owed its 24 staff
Healthcare developer Montpelier Estates has gained planning for an 85-bed dementia care home, located within Peel L&P’s Trafford Waters £1bn masterplan in Greater Manchester. The project forms part of the first wave of 350 homes to come forward at Peel’s mixed-use development, which has outline planning to build 3,000 homes, a primary school, hotels, offices
Birmingham City council has nodded through plans for the 150m long HS2 viaduct into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station. The structure including a 25m-high curved truss set to become a new feature on the city’s skyline. Birmingham City Council have approved the design of the Curzon No.2 viaduct, which is the tallest structure in the
