A combination of stormy weather and falls in private new build housing tipped construction back into decline in October. Monthly construction output fell 0.5% in volume terms during the month after a brief respite of 0.4% growth in September. The contraction in monthly output came solely from a decrease in new work (1.7% fall), partially
Construction work has finally started to transform Liverpool’s former Littlewoods building into a film and TV campus. Developers Capital&Centric have begun work to prepare the iconic building for restoration after it has stood empty for decades. A remediation team will now carry-out a comprehensive strip out of the buildings and secure their structural integrity, preparing
Plans for 280 flats to be built in the centre of Preston have been formally submitted to the local city council. Three new building blocks will replace some of the existing buildings within the development site at 127-131 Church Street within the heart of the town centre. The main two-part block will rise from four
A team of 90 specialist engineers have completed the assembly of HS2’s latest giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will start digging the second bore of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year. In an assembly operation to move sections of the machine into a 12-metre deep launch pit, two 600 tonne cranes
GRAHAM has been awarded the contract to deliver a £22.7m upgrade of Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns by East Renfrewshire Council. Construction will start on site next month as GRAHAM’s engineering team transform the route from a winding, single carriage road to a straighter road with a new active travel route and waterside
Kier won more work from the government than any other company in the UK during the last financial year. Analysis by procurement data specialist Tussell shows Kier secured public sector contracts worth £1.4bn in the year to March 2023. That put it top of the league of “strategic suppliers” to the government who do so
The Government has set out an ambitious plan to raise the use of timber in the construction of homes and buildings. It has published a roadmap to boost the safe use of sustainable UK timber in construction while planting forests to increase domestic timber supply. By planting forests and stimulating construction it aims to reduce emissions
Taylor Woodrow has been awarded the £120m strategic infrastructure contract for Enfield Council’s £6bn Meridian Water regeneration scheme. The new infrastructure will be the foundation for the construction of thousands of new homes, businesses, and communal spaces for the local Edmonton community. It covers an extensive range of works including the naturalisation of Pymmes Brook,
London-based developer Manner has submitted plans for 550-bed student tower at a historic cotton mill site in Manchester. Designed by architect Hodder + Partners, the project on Cambridge Street will preserve much of the existing brick façade of the 19th Century Hotspur Press building with a 35-storey tower built behind it. The project is the
HS2 has published details of over 300 work packages its construction partners will procure in the next 18 months. Robin Lapish, HS2’s supply chain lead said: “Forward planning is absolutely crucial for businesses, so we’ve worked closely with our stations and civils contractors to develop a simple procurement pipeline setting out what we’ll need and
