Buildings

Peabody has provisionally selected five contractors, including Wates and Kier, for £1bn worth of maintenance and repair contracts, as part of an overhaul aimed at reversing its underperformance in London. The housing association launched a tender last year in an effort to improve its maintenance services following repeated failures in…

HG Construction has been selected to build a £69m build-to-rent scheme on a former car park in Leeds. The contractor will deliver 375 homes for McLaren Living, McClaren Group’s build-to-rent development arm. Construction is expected to complete in early 2027. Designed by architects Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher, the BeckYard scheme…

The University of Cumbria has advertised a fresh deal to build its new campus in Carlisle city centre after Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) walked away from the delayed scheme. The Hertfordshire-headquartered contractor said in March 2022 that it had been named as sole contractor on the £78m Citadels project (pictured)…

Major contractors have called for a clear focus on construction during the campaign period that began with yesterday’s announcement of a general election on 4 July. Prime minister Rishi Sunak caught many political commentators by surprise by calling voters to the ballot box six months before the end of the…

Amey, Aecom and WSP are among six contractors to have scooped places on a £90m engineering design framework in Northern Ireland. They join Jacobs, RPS Ireland and AtkinsRealis on the Department for Infrastructure’s (DFI’s) Major Works Planning, Assessment and Delivery Framework. The deal will see the successful firms work on…

John Sisk & Son has confirmed that it is building the new North Stand for Manchester City FC’s Etihad Stadium. Construction News reported last July that the contractor was in talks about the £300m job. Today’s announcement is Sisk's first official recognition that a main contract has been signed. The…

Mace has been confirmed as main contractor on a bumper job to redevelop a central London office block. Construction News understands that the deal is worth around £100m. The contractor will turn 100 New Bridge Street into a multipurpose site consisting of 194,000 square feet of office space and more than…

Firms under police investigation over the construction of Grenfell Tower are unlikely to find out if they face charges before the end of 2026, according to official prosecutors. The Metropolitan Police expects to receive the Grenfell Inquiry’s phase two report later this year. It will then need “at least between…

Plans have been submitted that will see Bow Goods Yard in Stratford become “the belly of London”, with the creation of a major new rail hub capable of transporting up to 3.5 million tonnes of construction material to sites across the capital. The Network Rail scheme will see the yard…

Bam has won a £33m deal to build a secondary school in Kent. The Dutch-owned contractor will construct a 750-pupil replacement facility for Orchards Academy in Swanley. The project will see Bam deliver new classrooms along with indoor and outdoor sports spaces on the operational site of the existing school.…