Firms alerted to £850m in highways work
FIXEDD Liverpool City Council has put contractors on alert for £850m in planned highways work. The authority has launched…
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End of the road for Merseyside envelope specialist
A Merseyside-based facade specialist that worked on the Oxford Science Park has entered liquidation. Complete Facade Systems (CFS),…
Tier one firms picked for £2bn housing framework
CN100 contractors Equans, Morgan Sindall, Seddon and Wates have joined a swathe of smaller firms to land places…
Adrian Bloor targets 1,000 homes-a-year
HarperCrewe – a UK challenger housebuilder led by experienced industry operator Adrian Bloor –is targeting construction of 1,000…
Housing firm fined £528,000 after cable strike
A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post struck…
Curo starts £170m race for new homes framework
Bath-based housing association Curo is on the hunt for contractors to deliver an estimated £170m house building programme…
Gove approves major Cambridge North mixed-use scheme
Homes and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead for plans to…
Pontins holiday park to house Sizewell C builders
A Pontins holiday park has been earmarked for transformation into accommodation for 500 construction workers building the Sizewell…
Plan lodged for tallest skyscraper outside London
Developer Salboy has lodged plans for a dominating residential skyscraper in central Manchester that would be the tallest…
UK construction activity March 2024: Housing
Project-starts and detailed planning approvals fell against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, main contract awards…