Glencar is to build a £30m office and lab project at Chesterford Research Park near Cambridge. The 60,000 sq ft Sidney Sussex is designed by architect BCRI and will sit within the 250-acre parkland Cambridge life sciences cluster. Sustainability is at the core of the design, with renewable energy sources, efficient structural uses, and daylighting

Berkeley Homes has got the go-ahead to build over 600 homes at a former gas works site in Bath next to the River Avon. The firm is bringing forward the £270m scheme on Windsor Bridge Road in Twerton. Works will start with demolition and extensive remediation of the site, including works to the existing river

Tenders are due back by the end of this week to rebuild a car park at Luton Airport which was destroyed in a major blaze last year. Some of the industry’s biggest names will be vying for the job awarded under the Crown Commercial Service Construction Works and Associated Services framework. The Enquirer understands the

Kier’s FM business Kier Places is splitting into three clear business streams in a fresh five-year plan for growth. The business led by managing director Jamie McKechnie will now operate across three distinct client-focused areas: Building Solutions; Residential Solutions; Workplace Solutions The reorganisation will also see Kier extend its geographical reach to the south coast

Developer Regal London has submitted a revised planning application for a mixed-use development at Orchard Wharf in London Docklands. The scheme next to the mouth of the River Lea on the northside of the Thames will comprise a safeguarded wharf and logistic centre, over 200 affordable flats and nearly accomodation for 1,400 students. Regal also

Rivals of collapsed hard surface repair specialist Merlin are joining forces to help staff and contractors hit by the firm’s demise. Around 100 Merlin Repair Specialists staff are looking for new jobs while contractors have been left in limbo for repair and resurfacing work on sites. Now fellow specialists Prymo and LS Surface Repairs are

Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a construction site in east London. In dramatic scenes, a worker presumed to be the crane operator sought refuge at the end of a boom as thick black smoke engulfed his crane. The broke out at contractor Bouygues’ Makers Yard residential scheme, near Silvertown Way

Statom Group North Limited has landed the major civil engineering works package to transform Ardersier Port just east of Inverness. Port owner Haventus is transforming Scotland’s largest brownfield port into a facility for the deployment and servicing of offshore wind installations. Civils work will last until October 2025 and the Enquirer understands the package is

Vistry has struck a deal to build around 1,750 homes for the private rented sector. The homes with a development value of £580m will be owned by Blackstone Real Estate and Regis, while being managed by Leaf Living. The portfolio, concentrated in the south east, will come from building out plots in Vistry’s former house