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McLaughlin & Harvey has secured a £70m main contract to redevelop Thavies Inn House at Holborn Circus in central London for Evans Randall Investors. The project will replace the existing 1950s building with a substantially larger commercial development, with main construction scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026 following demolition works by Erith Contractors. Designed by WilkinsonEyre, the scheme will provide around 90,000 sq ft of prime office space alongside 2,

Geberit has launched its new technical hub, an online space bringing together essential technical, compliance and product information for its piping products and systems, helping architects, engineers and specifiers find the information they need quickly and specify with confidence. The launch comes as the construction industry continues to place greater importance on the accessibility, accuracy and traceability of product information. With requirements around building safety

GRAHAM Building has secured a £50m contract to rebuild Cranbourne Secondary School in Basingstoke, replacing ageing buildings including blocks affected by RAAC. The project will deliver a new 10,000 sq m secondary school on the existing Wessex Close site, with early works already underway and main foundation works due to begin this autumn. The redevelopment will replace seven existing buildings and create a new two and three-storey facility bringing teaching, specialist learn

A £67.2m financing package has been agreed to support construction of Harlech Court, a 30-storey build-to-rent development in Cardiff. Close Brothers Property Finance has provided the facility to Draycott Group for the 340-home residential scheme, which is currently under construction in the Welsh capital. Harlech Court is set to become one of the tallest buildings in Wales and represents Draycott Group’s largest development to date. Construction is already progressing on sit

Lendlease and The Crown Estate have submitted plans for the final phase of Stratford Cross in east London, bringing forward around 2,000 new homes as part of the wider mixed-use regeneration programme. The proposals will expand the established Stratford Cross district, which already includes commercial, cultural and education uses. The new phase will place a strong emphasis on residential development, adding around 2,000 homes within the wider masterplan. The scheme forms par

Wavensmere Homes’ £150m Wolverhampton Canalside South development is preparing to welcome its first residents. An initial tranche of 30 family homes are ready to move into at the 17-acre former British Steel site and Crane Foundry, which had lain derelict since 2009. 50% of the 378 family houses at the city centre regeneration scheme have already been sold off-plan to owner-occupiers and investors, with 131 plots purchased by global real estate investment company, Kennedy Wil

BSN Group Construction has started work on a major refurbishment and extension programme at the University of Wolverhampton’s Springfield Campus. The project includes a substantial extension and refurbishment of Block A, incorporating the adaptive reuse of the existing Grade II listed building. Works will also include the full refurbishment of Block H, alongside a new-build extension and the creation of a new engineering workshop for students and staff. The scheme forms part

Bouygues UK has secured a £64m contract to rebuild Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School in Crawley under the Government’s School Rebuilding Programme. Work is due to start this month on the phased redevelopment of the West Sussex school, which will remain operational throughout construction. The main element of the scheme is a new 9,300 sq m three-storey teaching building on land to the south of the existing campus. Pupils and staff will move into the new building before the ex

Plans have been submitted for the refurbishment and extension of 11 Baker Street in London, with the scheme set to deliver a major upgrade of the existing commercial building. The project is being brought forward by 3RE Capital Ventures, with Core Five acting as cost consultant. The proposals include the reconstruction and extension of the building’s upper floors, a completely renewed façade and upgraded end-of-trip facilities. The scheme will also transition the building to

Anglian Water has selected Ferrovial Construction, MWH Treatment, VolkerFitzpatrick and VolkerStevin Infrastructure for a major infrastructure delivery framework worth up to £3bn. The framework will support Anglian Water’s capital investment programme as it upgrades water and wastewater infrastructure to respond to population growth and climate change across its operating region. The procurement has been split across two contracts, each carrying an estimated value of £1.5bn.

Costain has secured around £150m of wastewater treatment upgrade work from Thames Water across 15 sites in the South and South East of England. The programme forms part of Thames Water’s wider investment plan to upgrade more than 250 sewage treatment and sewer sites between 2025 and 2030. Costain will divide delivery across eastern and western regions, each overseen by a regional senior project manager. The eastern programme covers sites at Barkway, Brentwood, Long Reach, Lit

Birmingham-headquartered urban regeneration specialist Wavensmere Homes has appointed Ryan Pritchard as a technical manager to bolster the team supporting its major construction projects. Established in 2016, Wavensmere’s live projects have a collective GDV of over £400m. The five major developments currently under construction are seeing circa £3.5m per month spent on brownfield regeneration. An additional three major Midlands schemes are at the planning or pre-construction

GRAHAM has signed a three-year, group-wide agreement with materials management platform MukAway, rolling the system out across its infrastructure projects in the UK and Ireland. Developed by MA EnviroTech Group, MukAway will become GRAHAM’s primary platform for managing material movements across its live construction sites. The system is designed to provide contractors with greater visibility over the movement, reuse and disposal of construction materials, particularly across

Plans are progressing for a major retrofit of 1 Embankment Place in central London, with around 90% of the existing structure expected to be retained while the building is upgraded to provide approximately 35,000 sq m of Grade A workspace. The scheme is being brought forward by Bridgemont, with Hopkins Architects leading the redesign of the landmark office building above Charing Cross Station. Originally completed in 1991 and designed by the Terry Farrell Partnership, the bui

Balfour Beatty has raised its full-year guidance after reporting higher revenue, profit and cash generation during the first half of 2026, supported by growth in US buildings and UK power transmission. Group revenue increased to £5.56bn during the six months, up from £5.15bn in the same period last year. Underlying profit from the group’s earnings-based businesses rose to £153m, compared with £108m in the first half of 2025, while total underlying profit from operations incre

Balfour Beatty VINCI has welcomed a new cohort of welding operative apprentices who will help deliver the Curzon Approaches – the series of viaducts connecting HS2 services to Birmingham's Curzon Street Station. Created in partnership with supply chain partners Martifer and AA Euro, the programme has recruited 10 new apprentices to help tackle the UK's welding skills shortage while creating long-term career opportunities for local people. The vacancies were promoted through J