Joshua Stein | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:15:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Joshua Stein | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mace scoops £184m life sciences hub job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/mace/mace-scoops-184m-life-sciences-hub-job-22-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/mace/mace-scoops-184m-life-sciences-hub-job-22-07-2024/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:15:35 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502762 Mace has signed on the dotted line to develop more than 400,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in Oxford. The contractor will construct three buildings in total at the Oxford Science Park, for £184m. Mace said it designed features of the development, known…

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Scottish Water hunts contractor for £285m facility https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/scottish-water-hunts-contractor-for-285m-facility-18-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/scottish-water-hunts-contractor-for-285m-facility-18-07-2024/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:05 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502516 Scottish Water is on the lookout for contractors to build a bumper processing facility in Scotland. The water company is in the early stages of its search, and is looking for proposals to take on the mammoth project in central Scotland, which will process around…

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Morgan Sindall picks up £32m waste recycling job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/morgan-sindall/morgan-sindall-picks-up-32m-waste-recycling-job-17-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/morgan-sindall/morgan-sindall-picks-up-32m-waste-recycling-job-17-07-2024/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:04:18 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502479 Morgan Sindall has been awarded a £32m job to develop a household waste recycling centre in Walsall. The contractor will build the new centre on a six-hectare site in the West Midlands town. The site will also include a waste transfer centre. The entire site…

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Steel specialist reports small profit drop amid market contraction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/steel-specialist-reports-small-profit-drop-amid-market-contraction-17-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/steel-specialist-reports-small-profit-drop-amid-market-contraction-17-07-2024/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:00:50 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502358 Steel specialist J&D Pierce has reported a small drop in profit following tough market conditions. The Ayrshire-based specialist, which delivered structural steelwork for Liverpool Football Club’s £80m Anfield Road stand revamp (pictured) last year, tabled a pre-tax profit of £13.3m in the year to 31…

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Henry Boot nabs GMI boss as new MD https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/henry-boot-nabs-gmi-boss-as-new-md-16-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/henry-boot-nabs-gmi-boss-as-new-md-16-07-2024/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:30:42 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502405 Henry Boot Construction has appointed the current chief executive of GMI Construction as its new managing director. Lee Powell, who has  spent more than three years as GMI’s boss, will join Henry Boot in January 2025. He will replace Tony Shaw, who is set to…

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Kier scoops £47m London college revamp https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/kier/kier-scoops-47m-london-college-revamp-16-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/kier/kier-scoops-47m-london-college-revamp-16-07-2024/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:52:46 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502394 Kier has been picked to redevelop a college campus in London. The contractor will demolish the current Greenwich campus belonging to London South East Colleges (LSEC) and develop a new 5,654 square metre site in its place. The £47m project will include classrooms, wellbeing spaces,…

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‘Market rallying’ government set to drive construction growth https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/data/market-rallying-government-set-to-drive-construction-growth-15-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/data/market-rallying-government-set-to-drive-construction-growth-15-07-2024/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:16:32 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502335 The “seismic” outcome of the general election is expected to boost key parts of the construction industry. In particular, strong improvements should come in the private housing, retail and office refurbishment sectors, according to Glenigan’s construction industry forecast for 2024-26. Although the data specialist warned…

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Skanska scoops £105m office development https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/skanska/skanska-scoops-105m-office-development-15-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/skanska/skanska-scoops-105m-office-development-15-07-2024/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:53:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502308 Skanska has secured the contract to replace a nine-storey office block overlooking London’s River Thames, involving the reconstruction of the retained century-old facade. The Swedish contractor will design and build the 12,100 square metre flexible workspace for Baola Properties at 7 Millbank (pictured). The facade,…

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Barratt puts aside £192m for building remediation https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/barratt-puts-aside-fresh-192m-for-building-remediation-10-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/barratt-puts-aside-fresh-192m-for-building-remediation-10-07-2024/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:17:11 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502112 Barratt Developments has put aside £192m to remediate dangerous buildings. In a trading update published this morning (10 July), the housebuilder said the “legacy property” sum includes £61.9m relating to increased contingency for fixing fire safety and external wall systems, from the first quarter of…

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Balfour scoops £185m Highlands dualling job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/balfour-beatty/balfour-scoops-185m-highlands-dualling-job-10-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/balfour-beatty/balfour-scoops-185m-highlands-dualling-job-10-07-2024/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:02:24 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502102 Balfour Beatty has nabbed a bumper job to dual part of the A9 in Scotland. The contract, worth £184.7m, will cover a 9.6km stretch of road between Tomatin and Moy. Once complete, there will be around 33km of continuous dual carriageway stretching from Inverness to…

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