The Government finally has granted development consent for the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine dualling. Delivery partners Balfour Beatty, Kier and Keltbray are now waiting for the green light to start the project, which is to be delivered under an enterprise-wide collaborative working agreement. The firms will upgrade the remaining 18 miles of single-carriageway sections and

Galliford Try has been selected by Wigan Council’s development partner Cityheart to undertake the first phase of construction of the Wigan Galleries shopping centre redevelopment. The £135m town centre scheme is one of Greater Manchester’s most ambitious regeneration projects and will deliver new homes, leisure and retail facilities as well as a modern market, food

Experienced tunneling teams on HS2 have complained about site conditions and welfare on the project. The workers have been in contact with construction union Unite and the Enquirer to share their concerns about working on the London tunnels for Skanska Costain STRABAG (SCS) joint venture. One veteran tunneler said: “I’ve worked all around the world

John Murphy & Son shot to the top of the contracts league last month on the strength of the award of the Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel contract. It shares the estimated £1.3bn order with joint venture partner Bam Nuttall but edged ahead of its partner in the rankings with an extra small project award.

Plans for a tram system running between Leeds and Bradford have been set out today by West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin. The mayor said work on two lines, serving Leeds and Bradford, could begin in 2028 with Government backing. It is most significant step towards realising the city’s mass transit dream since the Trolleybus scheme was scrapped eight

Henry Boot’s development arm has secured planning approval for 200,000 sq ft office scheme in the St John’s District of Manchester city centre. The developer is now seeking a joint venture partner to deliver its Grade A office scheme. Situated on the corner of New Quay Street and Gartside Street, the Colloco building will rise

Strong trading at Kier in the first six months of the year saw the contractor reinstate dividend payments for the first time in five years and slash its average monthly net debt by over £100m. Both construction and infrastructure divisions grew strongly in the six months to the end of December, with infrastructure driving the

Alun Griffiths Contractors has told North Somerset Council it has decided not to build the Banwell bypass. The contractor was due to start main construction work this spring on the £57m scheme which has been delayed by a series of cost increases and is being mainly funded through Home England’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. The Secretary

Winvic Construction has clinched the first contract in the redevelopment of the former Honda car plant in Swindon. Industrial and logistics park developer Panattoni is behind the £900m plan that will see the vast old car plant demolished to make way for 7.2m sq ft of logistics and manufacturing space. Demolition work has just got

The water regulator has cleared Thames Water to invest £400m in upgrading two London water treatment works to secure drinking water supplies.   The deal with Ofwat allows it to take forward several schemes at Coppermills and Hampton water treatment works. Works will involve replacing ageing infrastructure and building new treatment capabilities. The full programme