British Land has finalised a deal with Wates to transform its landmark Printworks site at Canada Water in London into offices and a cultural venue. The plan will reinstate and create a permanent music venue in one half of the large former Printworks building, the other half will deliver next-generation sustainable workspace and retail, known
Around nine out of 10 contractors say their biggest headache is now industry supply chain fragility. Fear of supply chain failure now dominates all other concerns like labour availability and materials cost and supply, according to consultant RLB’s annual procurement trends report. But widespread concern about the supply chain in construction has pushed clients towards
Three leading specialists have joined forces to form an alliance to help deliver major infrastructure schemes more collaboratively. The Shropshire Alliance consists of locally based firms Beaver Bridges, Chasetown Civil Engineering and Foundation Piling. The alliance members have a combined turnover of £250m and will aim is to “create something greater than the sum of
Wates has launched a new dedicated service for social landlords to tackle the damp and mouldy homes epidemic, estimated to impact 160,000 social homes in England. The new Healthy Homes service will see Wates deliver bespoke programmes of work, using both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain. This will help social landlords to
A dozen contractors and unions Unite and GMB have signed labour agreements with EDF for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. The site-wide deal described as ‘best in class’ by all signatories sets pay and conditions for the site, which will cover up to 8,000 workers at peak construction. Details have
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has won a legal challenge in the High Court after it was refused a domestic search warrant as part of a construction cartel investigation. Last October the CMA applied for warrants to search business and domestic premises as part of its investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct regarding the supply
British Land has appointed McLaren Construction to build a four-storye last mile logistics hub for Southwark and central London. It will be the first of British Land’s pipeline of urban logistics projects in Greater London with a development value of £1.3bn. The 140,000 sq ft building on a 0.78 hectare site on Mandela Way will
JV North is warning house building will slow unless funding certainty is given beyond the current Affordable Homes Programme end date. With less than two years left of the 2021/26 Affordable Homes Programme, JV North says developments of over 50 homes or those that take longer than 12 months are now at risk. Usually government-funded
Another three divisions of the Osborne group have filed notices of intention to appoint an administrator. The Enquirer broke the news last week that main business Geoffrey Osborne had filed an administration notice after an 18-month restructuring programme and attempts to secure new funding. Now a further three divisions – Osborne Construction Ltd, Osborne Group
Contractor RG Group has signed another major building job with client Olympian Homes to deliver 519 build to rent flats on the banks of the River Tyne between the Redheugh and King Edward VII bridges in Newcastle. It is RG Group’s fourth major project with Olympian following earlier awards in Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham. The
