construction news

Winners of a decommissioning services framework worth up yo £400m at Dounreay have been revealed. Work at the Scottish nuclear site will include construction of a size reduction facility, shaft and silo decommissioning and demolition of historic active laboratories....

Portsmouth City Council is on the hunt for a contractor to deliver a £110m phased programme of works to strengthen the seafront at Southsea. A planning application is due to be submitted next month following public consultation and outline designs being drawn up. The...

The Guinness Partnership has bought a 900-plus home development site with full planning permission at Leeds South Bank. The development will be The Guinness Partnership’s biggest single consented residential scheme in its 129-year existence. North West developer X1...

We keep a keen-eye at the Enquirer on appointments at major contractors and projects. And they reveal a not-so-merry-go-round of talent at the industry’s biggest players. Of course most managers on the carousel do a decent job. But it’s pretty hard to fall-off...

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has named its preferred panel of firms to deliver a £70m upgrade programme over the next seven years. The winning firms could also see the work programme swell to over £200m if The Royal Veterinary College, The School...

Specialist infrastructure provider, blu-3, has been awarded the utilities package for the new Southend Airport Business Park development. The company has been appointed to work on the project with support from specialist supply chain partners, R&D Ltd, who will...

Former Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme challenged a decision to withhold part of his bonus just months before it was confirmed the project would bust its budget and miss its opening date. The details are revealed in a London Assembly report into the...

Morrison Construction has been confirmed as replacement contractor on a restoration job in Aberdeenshire where the original builder went bust. Morrison will restart work next week on the £3m Saltoun Square project in Fraserburgh. Work came to a halt last November when...