Laing O’Rourke has lifted into place the final concrete terracing panel, completing the structural work within the bowl of Everton Stadium. The final piece of the huge jigsaw has been lowered into place in the east stand, ending 18-months of complex work since the first concrete terrace was positioned in August 2022. And with all
HS2’s London tunnels contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture has launched the third tunnel boring machine to be used to dig part of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel under the outskirts of the capital. The tunnel will be constructed using a total of four TBM’s in two phases – known as ‘Northolt Tunnel West’ and ‘Northolt Tunnel East’. Two
Willmott Dixon is understood to be on the verge of winning the next major phase of work at Manchester Science Park. Construction intelligence and market leads specialist Barbour ABI said the development is worth £75m. The Enquirer understands that Willmott Dixon is in the final stages of negotiation with developer Bruntwood SciTech – a 50/50
The investigation into the Didcot Power Station demolition disaster, which killed four men, has still not found any answers for the bereaved families on the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. A joint investigation between Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive is ongoing into the deaths of Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable
Three major dualling schemes of the A47 around Norwich can now proceed after environmental campaigners failed to block the scheme in the High Court. Three Court of Appeal judges upheld the original decisions by the Transport Secretary to grant development consent back in August 2022. The legal action has delayed the trio of dualling projects
Westminster City Council has selected Mount Anvil as the preferred joint venture partner for flagship housing estate renewal project around Marylebone’s Church Street market area in London. that will see the kickstart of the London borough’s largest regeneration scheme. The partnership will deliver more than 400 new homes near Edgware Road on Site A, transforming
The Stewart Milne Group collapsed last month owing suppliers and subcontractors £153m. The scale of the firm’s debts are revealed in a Companies House update from administrator Teneo which shows the house builder also owed the Bank of Scotland £107.9m. Administrator Teneo said so far 1,375 unsecured creditors had come forward but more are expected
Railway pension fund manager Railpen has named Skanska and Morgan Sindall as main contractors for its first two major developments in Cambridge. Skanska has taken the biggest of the two schemes, clinching a £200m contract to build what is set to be the most sustainable speculative office scheme outside of London. Architect AHMM has designed
Another bumper year at Morgan Sindall’s construction, infrastructure and fit-out operations saw the firm deliver record profits and turnover despite a loss at the property services business. Revenue across the group jumped 14% to top £4bn for the first time, while pre-tax profit soared by nearly 70% to £144m. Even in the face of inflationary
The City of London Corporation has revealed construction work is revving up across the Square Mile as investors start returning to the Capital’s financial centre. A new heat map of construction sites show over 9m sq ft of floorspace being delivered over the next few years, equivalent to the floorspace of around 10 ‘Cheesegrater’ buildings,
