National Grid is starting the hunt for civils and major project contractors to deliver the onshore infrastructure to connect 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. The energy distributor has released three frameworks to the market to deliver plans for major power line links and high voltage direct current converter stations to hook up the offshore

Four iconic cooling towers at Cheshire’s Fiddlers Ferry power station were brought down on Sunday morning in a single explosive demolition by civil engineering and groundworks specialists P.P. O’Connor. The blowdown took just seconds but was the culmination of months of extensive planning to ensure safety standards were upheld and hazardous materials were removed before

A further two companies have been fined after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site in Warrington. Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36, and another worker were using ropes to install a lightning protection system to the front of an office block being converted into flats. Vincent, who was from Stoke-on-Trent,

A construction worker was taken to hospital last Friday after an accident at a new £300m new offshore wind factory being built in Teesside. K2 Construction Management are overseeing work on the job for South Korean steel manufacturer SeAH Wind. A spokesperson the company told the Yorkshire Post: “There was an incident on December resulting

The developer behind a major luxury flats scheme in Salford is claiming damages of £21m from engineering consultant Arcadis after a 10-storey concrete core had to be demolished during the construction programme. Property Alliance Group, the developer behind the now completed Manchester Uptown scheme beside the river Irwell is seeking compensation after the concrete core

Cardiff City Council has picked Wates Construction as its development partner for a major council housing estate rebuild in Grangetown in Cardiff. The council picked the firm for the £80m rebuild scheme despite it being the only firm to tender for the redevelopment of the Channel View estate. The council said it alerted over 20

Collapsed M&E specialist Michael J Lonsdale went into administration in October owing £64.8m to suppliers and subcontractors. The scale of the firm’s debts were highlighted in a report from administrator Begbies Traynor seen by the Enquirer. The company’s fall sent shock waves through the industry with Lonsdale ranked in the top 10 M&E firm’s nationally

Brentwood Borough Council has granted planning permission for the £780m Dunton Hills Garden Village. The planning application, submitted by CEG, includes 3,700 new homes, three care homes, a village centre and two neighbourhood hubs which will provide easy access to shops, facilities and services. There will also be three primary schools, a secondary school, children’s

National Health Service England has started the hunt for a consultant to take up the role of over-arching programme delivery partner for the Government New Hospital Programme. The selected firm will be tasked with getting back on track the revised programme to build 32 new hospitals by 2030. This will include bringing design, programme and

HS2 has brought in cost consultant Gardiner and Theobald to help conduct a commercial review on the Phase 1 Main Works Civils Contracts. The firm has been signed up for six months to deliver the review amid soaring delivery costs on the project. G&T’s appointment comes after HS2’s latest forecasts of costs showed the MWCC