Keltbray has secured a £12m extension to its current C1 Shaft contract for the HS2 Align joint venture. The deal builds on awards for the first two ventilation shafts on the project in August at
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Wates confirmed winner of £450m car battery gigafactory
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
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
Crackdown on directors who fold firms to rip-off creditors
Rogue bosses who dissolve their companies to rip-off staff, creditors and the taxpayer can now be disqualified from being a director. The Insolvency Service has been granted new powers to tackle unfit directors who place
Southern Rail starts hunt for £3bn signalling and track partners
Network Rail’s southern region has alerted firms to a forthecomming bid race to find two partners for a new 10-year-plus deal to deliver signalling and track across the territory. The region is hoping for step-change
Ameon lands £10m M&E package on twin Leeds towers
Building services specialist Ameon has landed a £10m mechanical and electrical contract from John Sisk & Son at Latitude Purple – the Hub Group’s twin-tower residential development in Leeds city centre. Ameon will start on
Firms on notice for 20-year Suffolk highways upkeep deal
Suffolk County Council is calling up firms for market engagement feedback ahead of inviting bids for a long-term highways maintenance deal worth up to £1bn. Kier currently holds the contract, which is a 10-year deal
Worker loses leg after demolition roof collapse
A self-employed builder has been fined £20,000 after a contractor working for him had to have his leg amputated after a single-story roof he was demolishing by hand collapsed at a site in Cobham, Surrey.
Cabinet Office review calls time on ‘wasteful’ frameworks
An independent Cabinet Office review into the proliferation and use of frameworks in construction has called for a complete overhaul of the system to end wasted time and costs for bidders. The review conducted by
Scape puts firms on alert for £4bn net zero civils deal
Procurement body Scape is preparing to open bidding in February for spots on its third generation civil engineering framework. The new enlarged format puts net zero carbon construction and work for local SMEs at the