Buildings

Firms are being sought for a £6bn build-only utilities framework in the North West. Warrington-based United Utilities will hand out 17 contracts under the 10-year deal, which is part of a significantly expanded asset-management plan that could see the company's portfolio of work reach £14bn by 2035. Seven agreements will…

Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have landed a £225m prison-building contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The trio has been appointed to provide 1,200 new prison places across the UK with a focus on spatial efficiency, carbon reduction and rehabilitation. The firms are all adding to their prison workloads,…

Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) top builder in the past two financial years, Construction News can reveal. Data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act shows that the Derbyshire-headquartered firm – the UK's 12th-largest contractor by turnover according to the CN100 2022 – was paid £409m…

Housebuilders have given a warm welcome to government plans to scrap regulations aimed at mitigating river pollution in a move ministers said could allow thousands more homes to be built in the next decade. An amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill repealing EU-era requirements for nutrient neutrality on…

Galliford Try Construction, Keltbray Highways and Colas are among 15 firms appointed to a £355m Sheffield City Council civils framework. The YORcivil3 South and West Area Contractors Framework Agreement is for construction works to serve public bodies and third-sector organisations primarily in Yorkshire & the Humber. Jobs involved are principally…

Wates has picked up the job to build the first of four new neighbourhoods on the site of Sunderland’s former brewery, taking over from collapsed contractor Tolent. Sunderland City Council announced Wates' appointment as preferred contractor for the scheme, which will see it complete the partially built 135-home Vaux housing…

Procurement consultancy solutions firm Prosper has begun the search for contractors to work on new-build projects in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The £250m multi-supplier framework opportunity notice, released yesterday (24 August), states that the successful contractors will primarily be used for new-build residential projects, but the tender also includes commercial,…

ISG was the biggest contractor by spend for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the latest financial year, Construction News can reveal. CN obtained data on the MoJ’s spending in 2022/23 under the Freedom of Information Act. The spend includes that by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and HM Prison…

The developer behind the regeneration of a former gasworks in east London has announced its intention to redesign the scheme, claiming that inflation and second-staircase regulations have made the original plans less viable. Planning permission was granted to St William Homes (a member of the Berkeley Group) in July 2021…

The owners of three major stadiums are awaiting the outcome of efforts to sell Buckingham Group, as progress on the projects remains in limbo. Last week the contractor, which employs around 660 people, announced it had ceased trading after filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators. The notice gives…