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M Group lands £110m ScottishPower transmission upgrade contract
ScottishPower Energy Networks has awarded M Group a £110m contract to modernise a major 400kV electricity transmission route across central and southern Scotland. The contract will see M Group refurbish more than 70km of overhead transmission line along the Strathaven to Smeaton corridor, linking South Lanarkshire with East Lothian. Originally constructed in the 1960s, the route will undergo a full upgrade including the installation of almost one million metres of high-capaci
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Aug 121 min read
Balfour Beatty raises 2026 outlook after strong first-half performance
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
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Aug 121 min read
Portsmouth selects ECF for 2,300-home City Centre North regeneration
Portsmouth City Council has selected ECF as its preferred regeneration partner for the next stage of the City Centre North redevelopment, which is set to deliver up to 2,300 new homes. The wider scheme will also include new commercial space, leisure facilities and public realm as part of a major transformation of the city centre. ECF is a partnership between Homes England’s National Housing Bank, L&G Asset Management and Muse, and is targeting the delivery of 17,000 homes and
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Aug 121 min read
Kier signs £99m Derwent London office redevelopment
Kier has signed a £99m contract to deliver the redevelopment of Holden House on Oxford Street for Derwent London, marking its second major office scheme for the developer in the West End. The project will see Kier carry out a retained façade redevelopment of the prominent building on the corner of Oxford Street and Rathbone Place, opposite Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth line station. The eight-storey development will provide around 135,000 sq ft of commercial space, comprisin
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Aug 121 min read
Bargate Creates Marketing Manager Role, as Housebuilder Celebrates 20 Years
Hampshire-headquartered Bargate has appointed Natalie Williams in the newly created role of marketing manager. Natalie will be responsible for managing the five-star HBF housebuilder’s marketing department, online and offline campaigns, marketing collateral and content creation to promote its live residential sites. Last year, the multi-award-winning regional housebuilder – which was established in 2006 – launched its 100th development, unveiled a refreshed brand and new be
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Aug 113 min read
Humberside Police launches £10m estates improvement framework
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside has launched a £10m construction framework covering estates improvement works across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. The framework will support a range of construction projects across Humberside Police’s operational estate, including police stations, emergency service buildings and wider property improvement works. The procurement is divided into two value-based lots: Lot 1 — £50,000 to £500,000 projects, with an esti
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Aug 101 min read
ESPO launches £16.7m highways materials framework for Leicester and Leicestershire
ESPO has launched a £16.7m framework for the supply of asphalt, aggregates, surface dressing materials and ready-mixed concrete to Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council. The four-year framework is scheduled to run from 3 November 2026 to 2 November 2030 and has an estimated value of £16.67m excluding VAT. The procurement is divided into four lots covering: Asphalt materials Stone, aggregates and topsoil Surface dressing chippings and reprocessing Ready-mixe
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Aug 101 min read
Castle Point launches £12.8m temporary accommodation development tender
Castle Point Borough Council has launched a £12.8m design and build tender for a new temporary accommodation development in Thundersley, Essex. The scheme will see an experienced contractor appointed to complete the design from RIBA Stage 3 Plus, before delivering construction, testing, commissioning, certification and handover of the completed development. The contract also includes responsibility for statutory compliance, utility diversions, abnormal connection upgrades and
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Aug 101 min read
65% Sold at Cameron Homes’ £6.2m Scholars Court Development in Malvern, Worcestershire
11 out of the 16 homes at Cameron Homes’ £6.2m Scholars Court development, in the historic Worcestershire spa town of Malvern, have been sold ahead of the plots being ready to move into. Located off Geraldine Road, the prime 2.1-acre site benefits from views of the Malvern Hills, with footpaths and hiking trails in easy reach. Featuring solar PV panels to generate green energy and EV chargers, the remaining detached and semi-detached new homes are priced from £325,000 - £56
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Aug 102 min read
£455m housing retrofit and planned works framework gets underway in Wales
Procurement for Housing Cymru’s £455m Decarbonisation, Retrofit and Planned Works Framework is scheduled to commence today, creating a major programme of housing improvement work across Wales. The framework has an estimated value of £455m excluding VAT and is designed to support social landlords with decarbonisation, energy efficiency and planned investment programmes. Its published programme gives a start date of 10 August 2026, initially running until August 2028 with an ex
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Aug 101 min read
Farrans appointed to build new Stansted Airport skylink walkways
Farrans has been appointed to deliver new passenger skylink walkways at London Stansted Airport as part of the airport’s wider transformation programme. The new structures will create direct pedestrian connections between the main terminal and existing satellite buildings housing departure and arrival gates. Their construction will allow Stansted’s existing track transit people mover system to be decommissioned, freeing up space for future phases of terminal expansion towards
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Aug 91 min read
Kier lands £265m Maple Lodge wastewater upgrade role
Kier has secured a key role on Thames Water’s £265m upgrade of Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works in Hertfordshire, marking its largest wastewater project to date. The contractor has signed an £8.7m early contractor involvement agreement to help develop the AMP8 scheme ahead of the main construction phase. Kier will work with Thames Water and the project design team to finalise the design, manage delivery risks and prepare the programme for construction. Located at Maple Cros
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Aug 71 min read
Redford Developments Hires Phil Partridge as Finance Director
Redford Developments has appointed industry expert Phil Partridge as Finance Director, signalling an ambitious growth plan for the Warwickshire-based property and development firm that has been established for less than 12 months. Phil joins from Lovell Partnerships Ltd, which is Morgan Sindall Group plc’s partnerships and housebuilding division. As Head of Finance, he was a key member of the senior management team, supporting strategy and decision making, whilst maintainin
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Aug 73 min read
Orbit launches £1.44bn planned investment and remediation contracts
Orbit Group has launched procurement for five regional property improvement contracts worth a combined £1.44bn, covering planned upgrades, remediation and major works across its housing stock in the Midlands, East and South of England. The programme will include the replacement and improvement of kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors and compliance equipment, alongside works delivered through Orbit’s decarbonisation programme. Contractors will also undertake investigation, desi
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Aug 61 min read
Dragados appointed to develop plans for new West Suffolk Hospital
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has signed contracts with Dragados to develop detailed designs for the replacement West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds. The international contractor will work alongside the Trust and the Government’s New Hospital Programme as the scheme moves into its next design and development stage. The proposed hospital will be built at Hardwick Manor, where the Trust has already acquired the site and secured outline planning permission. Dragados wil
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Aug 61 min read
Panattoni submits plans for 1.04m sq ft Maidstone logistics park
Panattoni has submitted a hybrid planning application for a major new industrial and logistics development in Maidstone, Kent, with the potential to deliver more than 1.04 million sq ft of employment space. The proposals include detailed planning permission for Phase One, comprising two speculative units of 100,000 sq ft and 150,000 sq ft, while outline consent is being sought for the second phase, allowing occupiers to develop bespoke built-to-suit facilities. Located on a 7
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Aug 61 min read
Yorkshire Water launches market engagement for £3bn AMP9 and AMP10 framework
Yorkshire Water has launched early market engagement for a £3bn infrastructure works programme covering AMP9 and AMP10 across its regional water and wastewater network. The proposed framework is expected to run for 10 years, from April 2028 to March 2038, with annual expenditure of around £330m. The programme will cover major strategic infrastructure projects alongside customer-facing improvements across Yorkshire Water’s distribution and wastewater networks. Indicative works
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Aug 61 min read
Bovis signs contract to deliver new North Manchester General Hospital
Bovis has signed the contract to deliver the redevelopment of North Manchester General Hospital, including a new 598-bed acute hospital and standalone outpatient facility. The project forms part of the Government’s New Hospital Programme and will be delivered for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust across the existing 28-hectare hospital site. Bovis will construct the new acute hospital and outpatient centre, alongside refurbishment works to retained buildings across t
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Aug 51 min read
Oxford Trust opens £9m laboratory and office development
The Oxford Trust has officially opened its new £9m Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, providing 17,000 sq ft of laboratory and office space for growing science and technology businesses. The two-storey facility was formally opened on 17 July and includes CL2 laboratory accommodation, office space and a dedicated STEM resources room. The building has been developed for science and technology start-ups, SMEs and scale-up companies, while also expand
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Aug 51 min read
Glencar starts work on 91,245 sq ft industrial facility at SEGRO Park Coventry
Glencar has commenced construction of a new 91,245 sq ft Grade A industrial and logistics facility at SEGRO Park Coventry following its appointment by SEGRO. The design and build project will deliver Unit 3C, a purpose-built industrial and logistics facility within the 215-acre SEGRO Park Coventry, located south of Coventry Airport. The new facility has already been pre-let to Volvo Group, which recently announced a £24m investment to establish a new Regional Distribution Cen
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Aug 51 min read
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