Hundreds of people living in council housing in Aberdeen are being told to leave their homes because they contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels. The city council is writing to tenants after a structural engineers report recommended they be relocated to alternative accommodation because of fears the concrete panels could fail. Last year a survey

Stantec has been selected to provide integrated design services for Tata Group’s global battery business Agratas who are planning a £4bn battery cell manufacturing facility on the Gravity Smart Campus in Bridgwater, Somerset. The new advanced manufacturing facility, comprising three separate buildings with associated ancillary structures, will create up to 4,000 jobs on site over

Bouygues-owned contractor Equans Regeneration has pulled out of bidding for housing association new build work after plunging to a £146m operating loss. Colin Macpherson, chief executive at Equans UK, blamed cost inflation, supply chain failures, legislative changes and  ‘unsustainably low levels of return’ across the industry for its problems. He said the social housing business

Contractor Graham has started enabling works to regenerate the Lakes Estate in Milton Keynes. It will build almost 200 new council homes, a nursery, community centre and retail space and was appointed under an intensive two-stage tender using the Pagabo framework. The Lakes Estate is located at the southernmost end of Milton Keynes, on the

Volumetric modular house builder TopHat has started a round of redundancies as part of a cost-cutting drive. The Enquirer understands that around 70 roles are at risk with consultation now underway. The Goldman Sachs-backed business has been trading since 2016 with investors – who also include Aviva and Persimmon – pumping in £200m of funding

Plans for the £1bn redevelopment of the Carpenter Housing Estate near the Queen Elizabeth Park in East London. Newham Council will deliver 2,022 homes through its wholly-owned housing company Populo Living. Masterplan for Carpenter Estate redevelopment Around 300 existing homes nearly half of the existing estate will be retrofitted to create the borough’s first Green

Costain has completed a major trial of electric vans on major project sites. The pilot, in partnership with Enterprise Flex E-Rent, tested the use of electric vehicles (EVs) on three projects – the Preston Western Distributor Road scheme in Lancashire, the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross project near Truro in Cornwall and the A12 widening

The country’s second biggest house builder Taylor Wimpey has seen build cost inflation almost disappear so far this year. The firm said the prevailing underlying annualised build cost inflation on new tenders was now running at 1%. And this had been pinned down to zero when taking into account savings arising from the house builder’s value

Bedfordshire based Rye Demolition has gone into administration. The specialist is now in the hands of administrators from Voscap Ltd. Rye Demolition was established in 2006 by Managing Director Simon Barlow and has built up a strong reputation across London and the South East of England. Latest accounts for the company for the year to

Developer and volumetric offsite specialist Tide Construction has secured a forward funding deal to start work on a 32-storey co-living tower in West London. The 462-unit tower will be operated by Outpost Management under its Enclave brand, after agreeing a £105m funding deal. It is the third asset to be acquired by the firm’s joint