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Bouygues has been picked to build a health facility in west London to speed up the diagnosis of cancer and other illnesses. The UK arm of the French firm was named as lead contractor for the design and build of the Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex University Hospital. Chelsea…

John Sisk scooped top spot in the May league table after winning a bumper job at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium. The £300m job, which will see Sisk build a new North Stand at the 53,000-seat stadium, sees Sisk take its first gold spot of 2024, according to construction data firm…

Glencar has taken over the construction of a life sciences building near Cambridge from collapsed contractor Readie. Readie was appointed last November to build the Sidney Sussex building in Chesterford Research Park, but went into administration three months later. Glencar will now finish the 5,500 square metre building, having restarted…

Bam has started constructing the first non-residential building in the £8bn regeneration of Brent Cross, west London. Related Argent and Barnet Council appointed Bam to build the 14-storey office block, known as 3 Copper Square. Bam and Related Argent have not revealed the construction value of the project. The scheme…

Tide Construction has reported a fall in pre-tax profit despite an 11 per cent jump in revenue.  The London-based company, which specialises in building high-density residential schemes using modular methods, has reported a pre-tax profit of £7.1m for the year ending 31 August 2023 - down from £11.1m a year…

Construction bodies have slammed Nigel Farage for “laughable” claims about migration and the sector. Industry leaders dismissed Farage’s claim that the construction sector does not need any workers from abroad and the “myth” that builders are “unskilled”. They described remarks by the Reform UK leader as “incorrect”, arguing that he…

United Utilities has named seven partners to help deliver £3bn of major infrastructure work.  Kier, Murphy and Costain have been picked by the North West water company alongside C2V (a VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture), Mott Macdonald Bentley and MWH Treatment.  The works form part of United Utilities’ £13.7bn investment plan for…

Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out on a Bouygues UK construction site in east London. Emergency crews were called at around 8.30am on Tuesday to the Hallsville Quarter regeneration site in Canning Town, where a ground floor commercial unit was on fire. Ten fire…

Construction administrations crept up again last month, but experts suggest greater client confidence could improve conditions in the near future. Twenty-three construction firms went under in May, according to Creditsafe. The latest toll brings the total number of failed construction firms this year so far to 115, down from 154…

Seddon Group has returned to profit after imposing tighter cost control and limiting its exposure to new long-term contracts. Turnover rose by 4.4 per cent from £153.9m in 2022 to £160.7m the following year, the Bolton-based firm’s latest accounts show. This generated a pre-tax profit of £1.6m compared with a…