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Caddick Construction has appointed Paul Sykes as Regional Managing Director for the East Midlands, signalling a strategic move to expand its presence across the region. Sykes joins from Bowmer + Kirkland, where he spent over three decades progressing through the business to a senior leadership role, most recently leading its North West operations. A quantity surveyor by background, Sykes has delivered a range of high-profile schemes throughout his career, including major Midl

Henry Brothers has been appointed to deliver a £10.3 million Joint Asset Workshop and Stores facility at Darby House in Wellingborough. The project, commissioned by the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, will bring together fleet management operations for Northamptonshire Police and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service into a single, modern facility. Construction is already underway, with completion scheduled for June 2027. The scheme will deliver a two

Owl Homes Ltd has acquired a new development site at Shipley Lakeside, bringing forward plans for a residential scheme of approximately 105 homes. A planning application has now been submitted, with the proposed development forming part of the wider Shipley Lakeside masterplan — a well-established and highly regarded residential area in Derbyshire. The acquisition represents a strategically important addition to Owl Homes’ pipeline, reinforcing its growth across the Midlands

Pure Data Centres and SEGRO have secured planning approval for a major £1bn hyperscale data centre at Premier Park in west London. Approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, the scheme will see the redevelopment of a redundant warehouse into a high-capacity, next-generation digital infrastructure facility. The 72MW development will deliver a three-storey, liquid-cooled data centre spanning 22,365 sq m, designed by Scott Brownrigg. The scheme will include:

Panattoni has officially started construction on a large-scale speculative warehouse at Manton Wood Distribution Park in Worksop, marking the next phase of logistics development in the region. The scheme, known as Panattoni Worksop 460, will deliver a 462,000 sq ft distribution facility designed to meet growing occupier demand for high-specification logistics space in a strategically connected UK location. The development will provide: 441,699 sq ft of warehouse space 18m eav

VINCI Construction has acquired Liverpool-based developer ION Property Group in a move that will merge the two businesses into a consolidated regeneration platform. ION, originally founded in 1990 as Neptune Developments, has worked closely with VINCI on a number of UK regeneration schemes in recent years, including projects in Coventry and Chester. The newly combined venture will operate under the name ION Developments and be based at the Port of Liverpool Building, bringing

Manchester based civil engineering specialists PL Infrastructure has delivered full infrastructure packages simultaneously across three data centre projects and is on site at a fourth as the company emerges as one of the UK’s most in demand civils contractors in the sector. With active schemes across the North West and more being tendered for, PL Infrastructure has delivered acombined programme of works valued at £9 million, reinforcing a track record in data centre civils th

The House of Commons has awarded a major building services contract to Willmott Dixon Construction for the lifecycle replacement of MEP systems at Portcullis House in Westminster. The project will see the replacement and upgrade of life-expired mechanical, electrical and public health systems across the building, including heating, cooling, water, fire and ventilation infrastructure. Procured via a call-off from a framework agreement, the contract adopts a two-stage delivery

Enfield Council has awarded a £61 million contract to The Hill Group for the delivery of new homes at the Upton and Raynham Estate in London. The contract was procured via a call-off from the Notting Hill Genesis Development Contractors Framework, following a mini-competition process. The works will include the completion of detailed design (RIBA Stages 4 and 5) alongside the construction of a mix of apartments and houses, forming part of a wider estate regeneration programme

Vistry Group has commenced work on a major regeneration scheme at the former City Hospital site on Dudley Road in Birmingham, delivering 750 new homes across a mix of tenures. The scheme brings together a range of delivery partners including Midland Heart and Leaf Living to support a large-scale, mixed-tenure residential development. Midland Heart will deliver and manage 154 affordable homes, including 102 for affordable rent and 52 for shared ownership. Leaf Living will brin

Residents are moving into 69 new affordable homes in Brentford following completion of a regeneration scheme in the London Borough of Hounslow. The development sits on London Road opposite Syon Park and has transformed a former Royal Mail sorting depot into two new residential buildings delivering 100% affordable housing. The scheme provides a mix of tenures including: 32 homes for London Affordable Rent 27 Shared Ownership homes (marketed as Post House) 10 London Living Rent

Goram Homes and Vistry Group have signed a partnership agreement to deliver the landmark Hengrove Park development in South Bristol, unlocking a major residential-led regeneration scheme on the former Whitchurch Airport site. The project will deliver a new neighbourhood of 1,435 homes, with around 50% designated as affordable housing, alongside a mix of community, commercial and green infrastructure. Hengrove Park is one of the largest regeneration schemes planned in Bristol

Prescient Capital has secured funding to deliver a new £60m Grade A office development in Leeds, bringing forward a major commercial scheme in the city’s West End. The project, known as 31 Wellington Street, will replace the former Wellington Plaza building, which has now been demolished. The site sits directly opposite Wellington Place, within one of Leeds’ key business districts. A £27m loan from BGO will support the delivery of the nine-storey development, which will provi

The construction industry moves fast — but opportunity rarely appears all at once. Projects are often visible long before they reach the market. Planning applications, approvals, contractor appointments, and early-stage developments all signal future work… but these signals are usually scattered across multiple sources and difficult to track in real time. ConstructNet Pro has been created to solve that problem. What is ConstructNet Pro? ConstructNet Pro is a UK-focused constr

Panattoni has commenced speculative construction of a 538,000+ sq ft logistics facility at Panattoni Park Coventry, located at Junction 3 of the M6 within the UK’s “Golden Triangle”. The scheme is one of the largest speculative logistics developments currently underway in the Midlands, with completion targeted for Q1 2027. Positioned in a prime distribution location, the site benefits from immediate motorway access and connectivity to the wider M6 and M1 corridors, enabling a

Krol Corlett has been named Highly Commended Contractor of the Year at the Sunday Express Construction and Property Awards 2026, recognising the company’s continued commitment to quality delivery across its national portfolio. The award highlights Krol Corlett’s consistent approach to delivering high standards from pre-construction through to project completion, underpinned by strong collaboration with clients, consultants and supply chain partners. With a focus on quality, v

Redford Developments Ltd has acquired the former Nationwide headquarters building on Pipers Way in central south Swindon. The 3.8ha (9.4-acre) vacant site benefits from a draft allocation in the emerging Local Plan for up to 228 new homes. The 200,000 sq ft Wakefield House building, multi-storey car park and extensive grounds, sits within the Pipers Way regeneration area, located only a mile from Swindon’s upmarket Old Town district. The site is at the heart of a strategic

Vistry North West Midlands has secured Reserved Matters approval for 547 dwellings as part of Phase 1 of the wider Rugeley Power Station redevelopment — a major brownfield regeneration scheme spanning Cannock Chase and Lichfield District. The wider masterplan will deliver over 2,000 new homes, alongside: new public open space sports and play facilities a local centre employment uses This latest approval represents a significant milestone in bringing forward one of the region’

We’re pleased to share that outline planning permission has been secured for a landscape-led residential scheme of up to 90 new homes at Bucks Green, Rudgwick (Horsham). The approved scheme, brought forward on behalf of Welbeck Land Limited, exceeds the emerging Horsham Local Plan allocation of 60 homes and extends beyond the draft site boundary. Led by ECE Planning, the proposal successfully navigated a complex planning context, including policy constraints, technical consid

Bauer Technologies has been appointed to provide specialist support to GRAHAM for the Belfast Harbour D3 Berth Development, a significant marine infrastructure project that will enhance port capacity and operational capability at one of the UK’s key logistics hubs. Commissioned by Belfast Harbour, the scheme involves the construction of a new combi wall quay structure, formed using over 100driven tubular piles, ranging from 30 to 40 metres in length and 1829mm in diameter. Ba