Balfour Beatty has hired Alstom Transportation’s UK managing director Nick Crossfield to become new chief executive of UK Construction operations. Crossfield, a mechanical engineer, will join later this year and be responsible for the strategic leadership of the UK construction business, reporting directly to group chief executive Leo Quinn. He fills the vacancy created when

London Legacy Development Corporation and Ballymore have secured detailed planning for 700 flats in a quartet of towers next to the new V&A East Museum building on Stratford Waterfront in East London. Designed by Howells alongside O’Donnell+Tuomey and LDA Design, the family of four blocks of flats will rise to 27 storeys. Set within Queen

Developer S Harrison has given Ogilvie Construction the go-ahead work on the conversion of a 1970s office block into a new 157-bedroom hotel in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh. Following part demolition of the existing Osborne House building, two new accommodation wings will be built to the rear, together with a new storey above the existing

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service battled a major blaze at a residential tower under construction in Staines, Surrey on Wednesday. Huge plumes of smoke were spotted pouring from the top floor of a new apartment complex being built in the town centre. The fire was bought under control within a few hours but road closures

Wokingham Borough Council has appointed a third contractor to finish the Carnival Place residential development after the first two went bust. Original contractor Mid Group went into administration in 2022 while building the 55-apartment scheme. The council then appointed Geoffrey Osborne to finish the job but they also went under in April. Now Newbury based

Southern Water has awarded Costain’s joint venture with MWH Treatment a £65m bundle of sewage and water treatment works upgrades. The work will run until late 2025 and will see the CMDP joint venture improve the resilience of the local water supply and upgrade wastewater treatment works at Testwood near Southampton, and Burham in Kent.

BAM has started anther round of redundancies at its construction division. The Enquirer revealed in March that up to 40 jobs were at risk as BAM started consultation on job losses at its London and Western regions. The contractor confirmed this is a separate round of cuts with a similar number of jobs at risk

Hertfordshire based contractor ARJ Construction went into administration owing more than £9m to subcontractors and suppliers. The scale of the Stevenage based firm’s debts are revealed in an update from administrators at FRP Advisory who took over the business in April. ARJ had been in business since 1991 specialising in projects from £10m to £60m