Buildings

Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to deliver a dual-tower high rise in the City of London in a deal reported as being worth £500m. The tier one contractor today announced it had won the job at 2 Finsbury Avenue from client Broadgate, a joint venture between British Land and…

Countryside Partnerships has been named as the replacement contractor on a 215-home development in Cheshire. Lane End Developments, which went into administration in April 2023 after takeover talks failed, was due to deliver the circa £41m Pavilion Park scheme in Helsby for housing association Onward Homes. Onward Homes announced this…

Keltbray has landed the piling work package for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s new 29-storey hotel. The engineering specialist confirmed that it had started on site, making preparations for the foundations. The facility was initially approved as part of the permission granted for the £1bn Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2016, but…

The owner of the Crooked House pub has said it was demolished because of health and safety concerns partly caused by members of the public taking souvenirs from the building. In a planning appeal against an order to rebuild the venue, known as Britain’s wonkiest pub, exactly as it was…

Ardmore has paused work on part of a £75m development in east London while the council investigates reports of a chemical smell. The contractor stopped piling work at a site on the Hackney Yards scheme in Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, after nearby residents complained about air quality, according to a…

The Environment Agency (EA) has objected to the building of a £300m cancer hospital in Cambridge, to be constructed by Laing O’Rourke, over fears that the development could be a drain on the local area’s supply of drinking water. The Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH), one of 40 new hospitals…

The University of Greenwich is looking for contractors to join a £300m major-works framework. A contract notice published by the institution said it aims to appoint between three and five suppliers for new build, rebuild and refurbishment projects across its three campuses. Properties owned by the south London university include…

Industry leaders have highlighted project delays caused by heavy rain after construction output declined in February. The latest Office for National Statistics data points to reversed fortunes for the construction sector, after last month’s figures reported a return to growth. Overall output fell by 1.9 per cent during the month,…

Kier has been confirmed as the facilities management (FM) provider at a major new hospital in Cardiff. The contractor’s Kier Places arm will carry out the work at the Velindre Cancer Centre (pictured) for a period of 25 years, starting in 2027. Its duties will include mechanical and electrical maintenance,…

Vinci Building has signed a £138m contract to build a 12,700 square metre open-die forge in Sheffield for a firm owned by the Ministry of Defence. The firm has been appointed as delivery partner on the scheme, which will create the UK’s largest such facility at Sheffield Forgemasters, a steel…