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Places for People Group has launched procurement for a £294.8m national groundworks framework, creating opportunities for contractors across England and Scotland over the next four years. The framework will support Places for People and PfP Developments, covering groundworks packages for new residential developments across 13 regional lots. Up to 78 contractors will be appointed, with a maximum of six suppliers per lot. Suppliers can bid for multiple regions, with no limit on

Nottingham City Council has launched a £3m design and build tender for the replacement of a rail gantry carrying high-pressure steam pipework and electrical connections serving the city’s district heating network. The contract will see a single contractor appointed to complete the RIBA Stage 4 design, construction, commissioning and installation of a new rail gantry before demolishing the existing structure. The project supports Nottingham’s district heating network, which su

Planning permission has been granted for the major retrofit and extension of 10 Great Pulteney Street in Soho, with Morris+Company’s low-carbon redevelopment set to retain around 85% of the existing building structure. Designed for Global Holdings Management Group, the scheme will transform a collection of 1960s and 1990s office buildings into a modern workplace while significantly reducing embodied carbon through Morris+Company’s ‘Radical Retention’ approach. Located within

Planning permission has been granted for a new affordable housing development in Southwark that will deliver 152 homes for key workers close to London Bridge. The scheme, which will be delivered by Bouygues UK in partnership with Southwark Council, is designed to provide affordable accommodation for essential workers including NHS staff, teachers, firefighters, police officers and social workers. Alongside the new homes, the development will include a community centre, new la

Planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment of the former Stretford Memorial Hospital site in Greater Manchester, paving the way for 35 new homes on the long-vacant brownfield site. Trafford Council’s Planning Committee unanimously approved proposals for the scheme, which will deliver 29 three and four-bedroom family homes alongside six two-bedroom apartments created through the refurbishment of Basford House, a locally significant heritage building. The develo

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

Kier Construction has started work on two new-build schools worth a combined £29 million, delivering modern learning environments in Cowbridge and Sennybridge. The projects will replace ageing school buildings with new energy-efficient facilities and form part of the Welsh Government's Sustainable Communities for Learning programme. At Ysgol Iolo Morganwg in Cowbridge, pupil capacity will double from 210 to 420 places, while the development will also include an adult educatio

Sheffield Hallam University has launched a £4.5 million framework to appoint a single Project Support Partner (PSP) to support the delivery of minor works, refurbishment and estate improvement projects across its campus estate. The successful consultancy partner will work alongside the University's Estates & Facilities team and its appointed Campus Works Partner to plan, develop and deliver a wide range of projects, from routine maintenance works through to schemes valued at

New Forest District Council has launched a £7.16 million housing maintenance framework, creating opportunities for contractors across 11 specialist workstreams covering repairs, refurbishment and maintenance of residential properties and council assets. The multi-contractor framework will support the council's housing maintenance operations, delivering reactive repairs to social housing, void property refurbishments and maintenance works across other council facilities, inclu

The London Borough of Camden has launched a £250,000 consultancy tender to appoint an architect-led multidisciplinary team for the redevelopment of Argyle Primary School, supporting the co-location of Thomas Coram Maintained Nursery School. The successful consultancy team will deliver full professional services across RIBA Stages 2–7, taking the project from detailed design through statutory approvals, procurement, construction and handover. The scheme will reconfigure the ex