Project Reports

Project: Lancer Square Client: CIT Group Main contractor: Mace Contract type: Design and build Piling contractor: JRL Groundworks and superstructure: Getjar Architect: Squire & Partners Start date: June 2018 End date: December 2020 “It’s like buying a Rolex,” says Mace associate director, construction lead Sam Yell. “You don’t want to…

A Welsh valley town, seemingly an unlikely spot for a specialist care hospital, was in fact the perfect opportunity for Laing O’Rourke to enact its offsite mantra.

A housing scheme with new-build and Grade II-listed elements is set to revive a site left derelict for decades.

Despite the recent turmoil in retail, a bold regeneration scheme in the Greater Manchester town is designed to buck the trend by centering development on driving footfall

Late, over-budget and fraught with problems… stadium builds certainly have a bad reputation, but is it warranted? CN finds huge strides have been made in the sector over the past 20 years.

Cameroon may no longer be hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but the Japoma Stadium is still set to be delivered to the original, tight schedule.

Since the 1991 Taylor report, which made all-seater stadiums a requirement for top division football clubs, seven new stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more have been built. CN details how these big projects have struggled to meet their original deadlines and seen costs escalate.

A year on from Carillion’s demise, Construction News visits Birmingham to uncover how Argent raced around the clock to keep its Paradise Circus scheme on track.

The contractor is giving voice to a council-backed redevelopment of the South Wales Valley town, in the shape of £40m multi-use scheme.

Construction News takes a tour of a mega-project with HS2 Old Oak Common project director Matthew Botelle to find out how it will be built.