Balfour Beatty has been forced to push-back the completion date of its £16m contract to repair the UK’s highest railway. The Scottish Government’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) agency has confirmed the Cairngorm furnicular will
Month: August 2021
18 firms win £220m Yorkshire civils framework
Eighteen regional contractors have secured places on a civil engineering framework for the seven councils forming the Yorkshire Highways Alliance including North Yorkshire County Council The works for complete or part construction and civil engineering
Plan for major Leeds high-rise student and events scheme
Developer Downing will submit ambitious plans in the autumn for a major student accommodation and events scheme in Leeds city centre, adjacent to the Leeds First Direct Arena. It will seek detailed planning consent for
Durkan wins Peabody £85m flats job in south London
Housing association Peabody has appointed Durkan to begin construction of a housing scheme in Lambeth, south London. Over the next three years, Durkan will construct 134 new homes and over 45,000 square metres of commercial space at
Digital Builder Ep 18: 3 Key Takeaways on Prefabrication in Construction
There’s a common misconception around prefabrication—that it amounts to bland, cookie-cutter boxes rolling off an assembly line. But the truth is that prefabrication techniques can allow design teams to produce beautiful, innovative designs that meet
Seven win £14bn next-generation Scape frameworks
Scape has named its seven favoured contractors to deliver up to £14bn of projects through its next-generation suite of construction frameworks. Graham, Kier, McLaughlin & Harvey, Mace, Morgan Sindall, Sisk and Willmott Dixon have been
£40m Preston leisure scheme funding deal
Long-awaited plans to revamp Preston city centre with a £40m cinema and leisure complex will finally move to construction after councillors agreed a funding package for the project. The new development, called ‘Animate’, will be
Cost of skilled site labour jumps 3.6% in one month
The cost of skilled labour on site increased by 3.6% last month as inflationary pressures cranked-up in the construction supply chain. New payroll data from Hudson Contract show average weekly earnings for self-employed tradespeople rose
Midgard wins £70m Manchester private rental tower
Build to rent specialist Packaged Living has picked JRL-owned main contractor Midgard to build its high-rise scheme of 352 flats in the developing Piccadilly East area of Manchester. ‘The Castings’ scheme consists of four stepped
Groundwork vets hit by white finger outbreak
Civils contractor Peter Duffy Ltd has been fined £40,000 after multiple employees were diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration (HAVS). Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that the company reported seven cases of HAVS between November 2016 and