Author Archives: Greg Pitcher

Network Rail has named a raft of big-name contractors on a panel to deliver £3.5bn of infrastructure works in the East of England. The operating body appointed 15 firms including Morgan Sindall, Amey and Bam to its Eastern Routes Partnership (ERP). The framework will deliver key infrastructure improvement works throughout…

Rolls-Royce has appointed Balfour Beatty as construction partner to double the size of an industrial complex used for key components of nuclear attack submarines. The aerospace and defence manufacturer selected the contractor to deliver expansion of its Raynesway site in Derby in line with increased demand from the Ministry of…

A fresh tender notice for the job to repair Parliament’s Victoria Tower will be published next month, authorities have confirmed. The corporate officers of the House of Lords and House of Commons have published an early engagement notice for the long-awaited Victoria Tower scheme. Work to repair Parliament’s tallest structure…

The UK arm of US contracting giant Structure Tone has reported its first pre-tax profit for six years. London-based Structure Tone Ltd, whose back catalogue includes a major overhaul of One Westferry Circus in the city, posted a pre-tax profit of £1.3m for the 2023 calendar year. This followed cumulative…

A carpentry firm has been fined £8,000 after a 22-year-old died when struck by falling material at a construction site in Cambridgeshire, according to the health and safety watchdog. KM Carpentry Contractors, based in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, was also ordered to pay almost £7,000 in costs after pleading guilty to…

Northampton-based Winvic Construction is to design and build an industrial facility at the mammoth Segro Logistics Park in the East Midlands town. The contractor was named to deliver the 111,000 square metre project for global supply chain giant Yusen Logistics. As well as a ground-floor warehouse, the facility will include…

Amazon has revealed plans to build a £500m fulfilment centre in the East Midlands. The online retail giant will create the huge depot at the Segro Logistics Park in Northampton. Along with three floors of robotic product-picking technology, the centre will provide jobs for up to 2,000 people. It will…

Changes to plans for Hinkley Point C could face new planning hurdles, it has emerged. A Somerset Council report indicated that amendments to the nuclear project’s development consent order (DCO) were expected to be put through a rigorous process next year. Project backer EDF launched its own consultation in January…

A tidal barrage, a hospital and tens of thousands of homes have moved closer to construction with the results of 10 mayoral elections held across the UK last week. Labour politicians made a near-clean sweep on the back of manifestos including a raft of major building projects. In London, Labour…

The amount of construction materials being purchased each day across the UK has fallen by almost a tenth in just a year, data has revealed. April’s Builders Merchant Building Index report showed that like-for-like sales plummeted by 9.2 per cent in the year to February 2024. Set up and run…