Buildings

Galliford Try has been picked to build the £69m Paisley Grammar Community Campus.  The contractor will deliver facilities for up to 1,380 pupils, including all-weather sports pitches, a 300-seat theatre, a dance studio, teaching kitchens and music suites.  The scheme, designed by Ryder Architecture, received planning permission in January and…

The Green Party has said demolition work should require a full planning application, unless already included in a local development order. In its 46-page manifesto released on Wednesday (12 June), the party said it would tighten the rules around demolition if it enters government after the general election on 4…

Contractors have been alerted to a bumper workload to keep the Palace of Westminster safe. A new £1.5bn framework will help “prevent future deterioration” of the site’s mechanical, electrical, public health, fire and life safety systems, as well as its building fabric, roofing and stonework, according to a prior information…

The cost of a major cancer centre in Cardiff has ballooned by £300m in the 18 months it took to confirm the appointment of a special purpose vehicle. The contract to design, build, finance and maintain the project was initially priced at £562m when it went to tender in 2021.…

Bouygues has been picked to build a health facility in west London to speed up the diagnosis of cancer and other illnesses. The UK arm of the French firm was named as lead contractor for the design and build of the Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex University Hospital. Chelsea…

Glencar has taken over the construction of a life sciences building near Cambridge from collapsed contractor Readie. Readie was appointed last November to build the Sidney Sussex building in Chesterford Research Park, but went into administration three months later. Glencar will now finish the 5,500 square metre building, having restarted…

Bam has started constructing the first non-residential building in the £8bn regeneration of Brent Cross, west London. Related Argent and Barnet Council appointed Bam to build the 14-storey office block, known as 3 Copper Square. Bam and Related Argent have not revealed the construction value of the project. The scheme…

Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out on a Bouygues UK construction site in east London. Emergency crews were called at around 8.30am on Tuesday to the Hallsville Quarter regeneration site in Canning Town, where a ground floor commercial unit was on fire. Ten fire…

JRL has submitted plans for a new residential block in Manchester city centre. The firm’s contracting arm, Midgard, will build the housing block if it receives planning approval. The scheme would provide 359 homes in total across a part-10-storey, part-28-storey building in Sparkle Street, near Manchester Piccadilly Station. JRL has…

An Irish government official has accused Bam of backtracking on a promise to complete a new national children’s hospital in Dublin this year. Eamonn Quinn, head of major capital projects in the country’s Department of Health, said the contractor should “meet its commitments” on the troubled project. Bam was appointed…