North Norfolk District Council has signed up Balfour Beatty to deliver Cromer Phase 2 and the Mundesley Coastal Management flood defence scheme. The two schemes, awarded through the SCAPE Civil Engineering framework, are worth nearly £20m. The Cromer Phase 2 Scheme will see Balfour Beatty construct a new rock armour revetment on the Norfolk coast

The Considerate Constructors Scheme has recognised 51 outstanding individuals, exceptional sites and organisations at its new Leading Lights Awards. The awards are the Scheme’s latest initiative to recognise projects that have gone the extra mile to deliver positive results in any of the three areas of the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice: Respecting the Community,

Ardmore has been appointed by development managers LS Estates as main contractor for the retrofit of 5 Chancery Lane in central London. The £200m project will transform the building to provide 105,637 sq ft of Grade A office workspace. Construction work includes the demolition of the existing top floor and the incorporation of two new

Architectural workers have set-up the sector’s first ever branch in construction union Unite. The Section of Architectural Workers (SAW) – which was set up in 2019 as a democratic grassroots union – has now officially affiliated to Unite after forming a national branch earlier this month. Unite regional officer Declan Murphy said: “With the creation of

GMI Construction Group has secured a £27m contract to expand Leeds City College’s new Mabgate campus. The project will transform the once derelict site into around 70,000 sq ft of educational space. The development will create new learning spaces while contributing to the regeneration of the area and providing much-need community resources. Partial demolition of

Laing O’Rourke has secured the contract to deliver phase 1a of Oxford North’s £700m new innovation district to deliver the Red Hall, and the first two laboratory buildings. Oxford North life sciences district is being developed in joint venture by Thomas White Oxford, the development company of St John’s College, with Cadillac Fairview and Stanhope.

Housing association and local authority central procurement body Procurement for Housing is on the hunt for volumetric offsite firms to sign up to a £400m framework. PfH is working together with the Building Better alliance of 29 housing associations and councils to build a select list of suppliers. The MMC Category 1 Construction Systems framework has

Balfour Beatty has struck a deal with south Korean construction giant Hoban Group to work together on the design and delivery of large-scale onshore power transmission and distribution projects across the UK. It will work with Taihan Cable and Solution Co, a specialist cabling subsidiary of Hoban Group. The partnership will operate with a focus

Development partners Amro Partners and Flemyn have got the planning green light to transform the redundant Croydon Park Hotel site into a 33 and 36-storey build to rent scheme. The £220m Botanical House rental flats scheme, known as Botanical House, will deliver nearly 450 homes – a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments at

Graham Construction is to carry out the major transformation of one of the East Riding’s most congested road junctions. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has awarded the firm an £86.9m contract to deliver the A164 and Jock’s Lodge Improvement Scheme, which is set to begin in spring. The work will involve replacing the Jock’s Lodge