A concrete joint on the HS2 Colne Valley viaduct is being drilled out this week after two giant segments on the crossing were misaligned. Main contractor Align JV – made up of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick – started remedial work on Monday and hopes to get back on on track with
The Serious Fraud Office raided three residences on Wednesday and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as part of its investigation into collapsed property developer Signature Group. The business attracted over a thousand UK and international investors in the redevelopment of iconic landmarks including Belfast’s Scottish Mutual Building and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff.
Tendering is starting to refresh the line-up of firms for a major London and Home Counties public sector housing framework for new build and retrofit work. London’s Haringey Borough Council is handling the procurement of the £3bn framework, which has been reshaped to allocate places for SME firms as well as bigger players in the
BAM has signed a pre-construction deal to bring forward the first major RAAC school rebuild project. The firm will build a new school for St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham under a deal expected to cost around £46m. BAM Construction and its design team, Ryder Architecture has started work to fast-track the design of the
Housing and Building Safety Minister Lee Rowley has met council chiefs to press them to step up action against building owners who fail to fix medium and high-rise buildings with safety issues. The Government has handed £8m to councils to boost enforcement teams to force rogue building owners to act swiftly. The meeting follows successful
Strip-out and demolition specialist Type Ten Limited has gone into liquidation owing its supply chain more than £1.5m. The scale of the Essex-based contractor’s debts has been revealed in a Companies House update from the liquidator who took charge of the company earlier this month. Type Ten has been in business since 2011 working on
Construction products and services supplier Conquip Engineering Group has launched a flexible, end-to-end after-sales solution that gives customers and projects a range of benefits and assurance in compliance, safety, performance, efficiency and sustainability. Under the new brand name, Conquip Covered, and direct from the manufacturer, Conquip offers LOLER and PUWER inspections and reports, repair and
The government has approved controversial plans to build a £300m energy from waste incinerator in Wisbech on the Cambridgeshire-Norfolk border. Developer MVV Environment said that up to half a million tonnes of waste will be diverted from landfill, generating over 50 megawatts of electricity and the opportunity to supply steam to local factories. The decision
Multiplex has started work on a £190m contract to build the tallest new residential tower currently under development in prime central London. An international real estate consortium led by Native Land is behind the £3bn Bankside Yards scheme where the latest high-rise, currently known as Building 2, will be 50-storeys containing 250 apartments. Mutliplex has
The development arm of contractor McLaren has submitted fresh plans for the redevelopment of Broad Street Mall in Reading town centre. McLaren Living’s new plans build upon the previous consent for 400 homes and a hotel by previous developer Moorgarth before the Covid pandemic. The revised plan will see the redevelopment of the southern part
