Wates and Turner & Townsend have been appointed by client Envision AESC to lead the design and project manage construction of its £450m car battery gigafactory in Sunderland. The factory will be built at the
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Greystar JV targets London for £1.8bn build to rent homes push
Property investor Greystar Real Estate has teamed up with a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to develop build to rent housing in London and its commuter towns. The JV plans to spend £1.8bn on
Renaker submits plan for Manchester tower quartet
Manchester developer and builder Renaker has submitted plans for its next major high-rise scheme in the city estimated to have a £750m development value. The Trinity Islands scheme consists of four towers from 39 to
Midgard bags world’s tallest octagonal resi tower job
JRL-owned main contractor Midgard has scooped the job to construct the world’s tallest pure octagonal residential building at the Paradise site in Birmingham. Under a 44-month contract Hertfordshire-based Midgard will now demolish the existing 77
First pier poured for UK’s longest rail viaduct – video
Construction of the UK’s longest railway bridge has taken a major step forward with completion of the first of 56 giant concrete piers to support the Colne Valley Viaduct as it crosses a series of
Race starts for Sellafield £250m steelwork and cladding deal
Sellafield’s project delivery team is starting the hunt for two key delivery partners for a combined steelwork and cladding package worth nearly £250m over 18 years. The tender is the latest to hit the market
Skanska wins £53m Slough data centre job
Skanska has signed a £53m contract to build a new data center in Slough for developer Virtus. The LONDON11 data centre design and build job includes fit-out of six new data halls, construction of external
Balfour Beatty US arm to pay £49m over military housing fraud
Balfour Beatty’s US operation has been ordered to pay out £49m after pleading guilty to major fraud on its military housing maintenance contract. The Balfour Beatty Communities pay-out is made up of £25m in fines and £24m
M Group buys Babcock power lines arm for £50m
Infrastructure specialist contractor M Group Services has bought Babcock’s Overhead Line Power business for £50m. Following the acquisition, the business will be rebranded to form part of Morrison Energy Services, sitting alongside and enhancing existing
52 jobs axed as industrial coating specialist goes under
Staffordshire-based specialist Industrial Coating Services has fallen into administration with the loss of 52 jobs. ICS, which specialised in the surface preparation and application of protective coatings, suffered from critical cash flow issues arising from a