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Citigroup's office in Canary Wharf is set to undergo a major refurbishment. The US-headquartered bank has decided to refurbish rather than demolish the 20-year-old, 42-storey tower, which it claimed will save nearly 100,000 tonnes of embodied carbon. The upgrade will result in the tower having a BREEAM Excellent rating, with…

A gigafactory being built by ISG has secured £1.7bn in investment and the backing of the prime minister. Investor abrdn and logistics developer Tritax have joined up to commit £1.7bn to the project. The government has also tabled an offer to invest in the project. The exact amount has not…

Warwick District Council and Coventry City Council have approved the outline plans for a gigafactory in the West Midlands. The facility, which will produce batteries for electric vehicles, will have 530,000 square metres of floor space and is expected to receive further planning approval in March 2022. West Midlands Gigafactory…

ISG chief executive chief Paul Cossell is on track to succeed Osborne’s Andy Steele as the chairperson of Build UK. Cossell is expected to be formally voted into the position at a general meeting on 11 January. He has been serving on Build UK's board as contractor director and was…

ISG has been appointed to a £21m project to revamp and modernise the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. ISG will add new seats to expand the velodrome’s capacity and add a new glazed track barrier, install the latest technology for track timing and photo finishes and install a digital display…

Paul Cossell is stepping down as ISG chief executive after leading the firm for six years. Cossell (pictured with Blowers) will end his stint as CEO in January next year but remain with ISG in an executive role and become vice chair. Matt Blowers, ISG’s current chief operations officer, will…

ISG topped the league tables in September after it secured a £100m job to revamp Barclays’ headquarters in Canary Wharf. The contractor beat Morgan Sindall to the top spot last month, putting pen to paper on £271.1m worth of contracts according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan, which compiles the data.…

The new Compton and Edrich stands were officially opened last week at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Situated either side of the ground’s media centre, the stands hold 11,600 people, increasing the overall capacity of Lord’s by 2,600 to a total of almost 32,000. Built by ISG and designed by architect WilkinsonEyre…

ISG has begun work on a giant 253-acre plant for electrical-vehicle batteries in Northumberland. The factory for Britishvolt is expected to become the UK’s first full-scale ‘gigafactory’. At full capacity, it is expected to have the production capability for the delivery of cells for 300,000 electric-vehicle battery packs per year.…

McLaren topped the contract wins league table in July thanks to a new residential focus scheme in London. The construction group has signed up to deliver British Land’s 136,000 square foot Aldgate Place phase two scheme in Tower Hamlets for £72m (pictured). The build contract, which will include the construction…