The construction arm of Bolton-based Seddon Group edged back into profit last year following 2022’s £15m loss blamed on construction inflation and subcontractor failures Chief executive Jonathan Seddon said the construction arm was maintaining a conscious limit on the number of large contracts it entered into while growing specialist workstreams with shorter project times. He
A dozen construction chiefs have set out a blueprint for the next Government to deliver infrastructure growth and boost the wider economy. The plan calls on the next Government to implement a dozen reforms to deliver an unprecedented 244 projects that form the UK’s ambitious pipeline. The hit list of reforms calls for a more
Local contractor Andrew Scott Ltd has been appointed to finish the £135m Copr Bay development in Swansea. Parts of the mixed-use scheme were left unfinished when main contractor Buckingham Group went into administration last September after completing most of the job. Willmott Dixon was drafted-in shortly after to finish the car park and some snagging
London construction group JRL has submitted plans to build a 28-storey build-to-rent tower in Manchester. The £75m project close to Piccadilly station on Sparkle Street will provide around 360 flats and requires demolition of low rise commercial units before work can get underway. It is JRL’s first development project in Manchester and will see the
House builders Springfield Properties and Barratt Developments have entered into a partnership to accelerate the delivery of a new 3,042-home village at Durieshill, on the outskirts of Stirling. Springfield is supplying the land, having driven the development through the design and planning process while Barratt will lead the provision of an ambitious infrastructure programme across
Staff at hard surface repair specialist Merlin are looking for new jobs. A number of the firm’s 100 workers took to LinkedIn over the weekend after being suddenly let go by the Manchester based contractor. Merlin Repair Specialists has a nationwide team of technicians who specialise in the repair and resurfacing of damaged manufactured interior
Safety campaigners held a vigil last Friday for a construction worker killed at the Camden Goods Yard site in north London. Berkeley Group company St George is developing the 600+ new homes site where the fatality occurred. The Enquirer understands the victim was hit by an asphalt paving lorry. Construction union Unite and campaigners from
Steel producer ArcelorMittal is warning that its rebar facility supplying 30% of UK needs may have to close as a result of a planned new business park at Chatham Docks. Developer Peel Waters last night gained planning consent from Medway council to transform the 18 acre waterfront industrial estate at Chatham Docks into a new
Eighteen firms have secured spots on a £600m Welsh construction framework to be used for school buildings and public sector projects by six North Wales authorities. The North Wales Construction Partnership, led by Denbighshire County Council, is the third-generation major public framework for the region. Five firms Read Construction, Wynne Construction, Kier, Morgan Sindall and
Galliford Try has secured two big Government contracts for an immigration centre in Oxfordshire and the next phase expansion of the defence intelligence estate at RAF Wyton, together worth £101m. First, the group’s Building Southern business has reached financial close with the Home Office for a £70m project to reopen Campsfield House immigration removal centre
