A joint venture between Amey and Sir Robert McAlpine has got the green light to transform a key motorway junction in Cheshire. Work will get underway next year after the JV signed off a £35.5m design and build contract to remodel junction 19 of the M6, near Knutsford. The project involves building a new bridge through […]
VolkerFitzpatrick has been awarded the contract to complete Network Rail’s upgrade of east London stations for Crossrail. The deal worth almost £20m will deliver upgrades at Romford and Ilford stations including improved entrances and step free access. Ilford station will benefit from a new station building, replacing the existing entrance on Cranbrook Road. At Romford […]
Balfour Beatty has reached a major milestone at the Hinkley Point C project with the start of tunnelling for the nuclear reactor’s cooling system. The firm is now installing the first prefabricated nuclear-grade concrete segments of the 38,000 needed to support the three underground marine tunnels. Tunnelling at up to 33m below the Bristol Channel […]
York City Council has confirmed John Sisk as its partner to deliver essential infrastructure for the vast regeneration scheme around the railway station. As tipped by the Enquirer, Sisk will now work up detailed designs for a spine road, access bridge and rail link that will be essential to deliver a new commercial and residential district. […]
We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Best Company to work for up to 20 Employees for the 2019 IRP Awards 2019. The IRP Awards were created to honour the achievements and raise awareness of the exceptional work within the recruitment industry. They are a benchmark for the industry’s brightest […]
Plans to sign off the contract with Balfour Beatty to complete the Midland Metropolitan hospital have been delayed. Sandwell and West Midlands Hospital Trust revealed that it is now fighting to meet a December restart date for final completion works to begin. The trust said it was now counting on getting full sign-off for the […]
Construction buyers have reported the sharpest drop in new work since March 2009. The latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index for August registered 45 – down slightly from 45.3 in July and below the 50 no-change threshold for the fourth consecutive month. New orders received by construction companies have dropped in each month […]
The first phase of the HS2 from London and Birmingham will be delayed by up to five years, Transport Minister Grant Shapps revealed today. The expected full cost of the project has also soared from £62bn to £88bn at today’s prices. The latest revelation that costs have spiralled and the project is already seriously behind […]
Procurement group North West Construction Hub has rejigged its preferred contractors on its medium value projects framework. BAM, Seddon and Vinci have bowed out while the Casey Group, Harry Fairclough Construction, Robertson and Warden join the panel for the first time. The third generation framework is estimated to be worth up to £1bn. Firms will […]