Author Archives: Greg Pitcher

Wates, Graham and Midgard are among the big winners after housing association A2Dominon awarded places on a £900m construction framework. Hertfordshire-based firm Midgard – part of the JRL Group – secured spots on all nine lots of the four-year agreement, which will be used for a range of new-build and…

Almost 100,000 small construction businesses are in financial difficulty, a business recovery specialist has warned. Analysis of Begbies Traynor’s Red Flag Alert data service, carried out by its Real Business Rescue operation, found that 96,067 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the building sector were in “significant financial distress” in…

Contractors are being invited to join a new £1.8bn framework covering building and infrastructure works in the North West. Procure Partnerships and Oldham Council have invited bids for the North West Contractor Framework. Due to come into operation on 1 April next year, the deal will replace an existing agreement,…

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has revealed plans for a construction works framework worth up to £3.5bn. The department in charge of prisons and courts has published a prior information notice for its Constructor Services Framework. Expected to be worth £2.5bn over its first five years, the deal could be…

As the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire approaches, Greg Pitcher examines whether construction work is much better today than at the time of the tragedy