The ACORN consortium has achieved financial close for the £180m Velindre Cancer Centre project in Cardiff. Contractor Sacyr UK will now start work on the 350,000 sq ft specialist cancer hospital, which is being bought forward using the Welsh Government’s new public private partnership model. Velindre University NHS Trust appointed the ACORN consortium to deliver
Materials supplier Breedon has bought Midlands road surfacing contractor Phoenix as it continues to build up its Surfacing Solutions operation. The latest deal follows the successful integration of Minster Surfacing last year, and the 2022 acquisition of Thomas Bow, a surfacing and civil engineering contractor based in the East Midlands. With a £24m annual turnover,
Former Costain highways chief Simon Ellison will join infrastructure engineering specialist Renew next month. He will take up the role as rail sector director, joining Renew’s senior management team His appointment will ensure a smooth transition with Andries Liebenberg, who will retire at the end of this year after eight years in the role. Ellison
Manchester social housing framework specialist Procure Plus is extending its social housing upkeep framework into the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside. The new installation and repair framework agreement has been valued at being worth £866m over four years and builds on a similar framework covering the North West. It will cover a range of specialist
East London-based concrete specialist Kilnbridge saw turnover jump nearly a quarter to £120m last year as big HS2 jobs moved to peak construction. The revenue growth in the year to June 2023 was also accompanied by improved operating margins at 5% helping to lift pre-tax profit by just over 60% to £6.4m. The improved performance
Crane and plant hire companies are up-in-arms after police forces across the country banned them from moving kit on the roads this Easter. Mobile cranes and some larger plant are covered by Special Types General Orders (STGO) which restrict the hours they can be transported mainly during peak traffic times. But a growing number of
A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester. Stephen Davies, 59, had set up Cavendish Winchester Ltd with the sole purpose of refurbishing the Winnall Close commercial unit into student rental accommodation. His co-director Neil Bolton, 56, was
Buckinghamshire County Council has agreed to an extra £33m funding for Galliford Try’s South East Aylesbury Link Road project as expected costs soar to £147m for the scheme. When work started on phase 1 of the new mile-long dual carriageway in Aylesbury the project was expected to cost £114m. Being built in stages, the road
Labour rates on construction sites last month moved closer to the all-time high seen at the end of 2023. Latest figures from the industry’s biggest payroll provider show average earnings for self-employed tradespeople increased to £1,017 per week during February – almost the same as the December peak of £1,044. Hudson Contract said this followed
Network Rail has named the four firms it will use to deliver a planned £490m programme of major projects in its north west and central territory for control period 7. The deal completes the award of a flight of frameworks set up covering the “Backbone of Britain” route over the next five years and sees
