Altrad Support Services and Kaefer UK & Ireland have signed a £180m deal to deliver access solutions, insulation and painting services on major projects at Sellafield. The 15-year framework agreement is the final award of 10 key delivery partners to join the Programme and Project Partners enterprise. The last of the key delivery partner frameworks

Leading housing association A2Dominion is laying off half its development team in a change of plan to rein in new house building developments. A2Dominion said it would now focus on improvements to existing stock and intensification projects on existing sites, in part funded by targetted stock sales. The policy switch would move the social housing

The NHS in Devon has cancelled plans for a new Health and Wellbeing Centre in Teignmouth after construction costs more than doubled since proposals were luanched. When the NHS consulted on plans to relocate the most well-used services from Teignmouth Community Hospital to a new health and wellbeing centre in the middle of town in

Plans for a pivotal element of the wider £2.5bn, 252-acre Crescent Salford masterplan have been approved by the local council. Proposals for the Crescent Innovation scheme are backed by the Crescent partnership of Salford City Council, the University of Salford, and ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General, and Muse. The

Homes England, Keepmoat and Capital&Centric have signed an agreement to deliver 3,000 homes and a new town centre in Northstowe near Cambridge. The agreement for the next phase of the new town development will pave the way to build 3,000 homes, 50% of which will be affordable. The project will also include up to 50,000

Laing O’Rourke Deputy Chair Des O’Rourke has died aged 75. The O’Rourke family confirmed his passing in a short statement on Wednesday. The family statement said: “It is with deep sadness that Des O’Rourke’s family confirm his passing earlier today. “Des had been ill for a short period, and he passed away surrounded by his

Plans have been unveiled for what is being billed as the largest office building transformation in the world at Canary Wharf in London. The striking overhaul of the iconic HSBC tower at 8 Canada Square will see large chunks of the upper floorplate removed to create a spectacular high-rise roof terrace. The cost of the

Developer Regal London has sealed financing to start construction of a near 1,000-bed student accommodation scheme close to Wembley Stadium in London. Building work now is expected to begin at the end of this year to welcome the first student at the start of the academic year 2027/28. Regal’s in-house construction arm Regal Construction will

Kier has delivered a strong year of trading and finally turned a corner on its historic debt burden In a year-end trading statement this morning chief executive Andrew Davies said average month-end debt had been slashed to £115m from £234m a year ago. Davies said progress on eradicating the contractor’s debts was ahead of expectations

The developer of two apartment blocks on the giant Liverpool Waters site has hit out at the cost of connections to utilities on the scheme. Romal Capital has brought forward the first two schemes on Peel Land and Property’s Central Docks in Liverpool and is set to build another 330 homes at its West Waterloo