The City of London has named the winners of its general major construction framework covering projects across the capital. A dozen firms secured places on the two lot framework that will run for four years and covers an estate of more than 800 properties, both inside and outside of the Square Mile. Projects £4.6m-£15m 8build, Geoffrey […]
Keltbray, working for Costain Skanska Joint Venture, has completed demolition and site clearance work on a key site for the new HS2 London terminus at Euston. The clearance of the buildings to the west of the station forms a major part of enabling works ahead of main construction works to be delivered by Mace Dragados […]
The start of main civils work on HS2 has been put back from June to allow more time for contractors to pare down final delivery costs. Main civils was originally planned to start in in November 2018. This slipped to March before being extended to June in order to provide suppliers with additional time to optimise […]
Homes for rent developer Moda has agreed on a deal with John Sisk & Son to start work on a 42-storey skyscraper in Birmingham. The 483-apartment tower has been designed exclusively for rent, offering hotel level service and a 200m running track around the podium building roof – one of the first in UK housing. […]
A year of project delays and restructuring at Byrne Group saw the concrete to fit-out specialist run up £8.2m of losses last year. But Byrne Group predicted it would bounce back into the black this year on the strength of major orders in London. Reporting on results for the year ended June 2018, chief executive […]
Contractors have completed the biggest demolition challenge on the HS2 project so far, clearing a big site near Old Oak Common in west London for a long tunnel crossover box. The six-month site clearance delivered by HS2’s London enabling works contractor, a Costain Skanska joint venture and subcontractor McGee, saw eight separate buildings torn down, with […]
Tottenham have confirmed their delayed new stadium will host its first Premier League fixture next month. Mace was due to finish the new ground by last September but it will now be ready by the first week of April. Spurs first opponents will depend on the progress of Brighton in the FA Cup. If Brighton […]
A joint venture of Clugston and French specialist CNIM has won the contract for a £210m energy-from-waste plant at Grangemouth in Scotland. The Earls Gate Energy Centre (EGEC) will convert 216,000t waste a year – the equivalent of about 20% of Scotland’s total landfilled household waste – into energy, producing 79 gigawatt hours (GWh) of […]
Edinburgh City Council has named the preferred bidder to deliver its £200m tram extension to Newhaven. A three-way joint venture between Farrans, Sacyr of Spain and Neopul of Brazil, is set to secure a £90m main works contract to design and construct the new route from York Place to Newhaven. If council chiefs vote to proceed with the project […]
Nottingham Forest have revealed plans to redevelop the City Ground in a move that will see it become the largest stadium in the East Midlands. The club have been drawing up redevelopment plans for 18 months with the aim of starting at the end of next season. Plans include building a new Peter Taylor Stand […]