The government has injected an extra £1.3bn to support the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast. Representing the largest funding package to date, the cash will allow early construction works to continue ahead of a final investment decision later this year. The funding from existing budgets will support ongoing preparatory

The number of construction firms judged to be in danger of collapse leapt a third at the end of last year. Previously high inflation followed by higher interest rates and a slowdown in construction activity has left thousands of construction firms in critical financial distress. The latest Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert report for the

The race for a giant data centre in London’s Silvertown is understood to be down to two. The Enquirer understands McLaren and Mace are going head-to-head for the £400m job for developer GLP – formerly known as Gazeley. Work will transform an eight hectare site on North Woolwich Road into a major data centre across

Piling specialist Aarsleff Ground Engineering has returned to full profitability after exiting loss-making ground beam installation four years ago. The business is back to full growth mode raising revenue a third to £79m in the year to September 2023, generating pre-tax profit of £7.6m, up from £3.9m in the prior year Managing director Kevin Hague

Construction materials distributor Brickability has bought facade and roofing contractor Topek Southern Limited (TSL) for £48m.  Brickability’s latest buy follows the £45m acquisition of Glasgow-based cladding contractor Group Topek Holdings three months ago and expands Brickability’s reach into the South allowing it to offer a countrywide cladding and remediation service. Established in 2009, Hampshire-based TSL

The University of Manchester has gained outline planning for a reworked next phase of its Fallowfield student campus. The 3,300-bed next phase, designed by Sheppard Robson, would result in up to 5,400 beds across the Fallowfield campus on completion. Latest proposal involve taller buildings than those that surround it up to 15 storeys. Vinci built

A strike involving thousands of construction workers at energy sites across the UK has been called off after they accepted a ‘whopping’ pay offer. More than 3,000 workers at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth and Mossmorran Oil Refineries, as well as at Sellafield Nuclear Facility had voted in favour of industrial action. But they accepted a

An innovative robot-construction tunnel method is to be used to dig a 20m pedestrian underpass below a test railway line in South Wales. The automated construction method builds tunnels more than 10 times faster and at half the cost of conventional techniques. HyperTunnel technology uses swarm robotics to effectively 3D print an supporting arch structure in

Google has confirmed plans to build a giant £800m new data centre in Hertfordshire. Work will transform a 33 acre site in Waltham Cross which Google purchased in 2020. Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google said: “The Waltham Cross data centre represents our latest investment in the

Key Construction is set to start work later this month to replace the outpatients building at Haywood Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent. The Birmingham based contractor has landed the £27m deal after the original building containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete was demolished last November by specialist Armac. The scheme was originally due to be built by Tilbury