Contracts

Kier has announced that it will help develop small modular reactors (SMR) with US firm X-Energy. The contractor has signed a memorandum of understanding with X-Energy and Babcock subsidiary Cavendish Nuclear to collaborate on the new technology. The firms will have access to £3.34m from the UK Government Future Nuclear…

The Environment Agency has alerted contractors to a £3bn framework it will take to market next year. The sustainability watchdog said a formal contract notice for its Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 (CDF2) would be published in March 2025. Selected contractors will deliver asset management activities across the agency’s infrastructure portfolio.…

Maritime infrastructure giant Peel Ports is seeking contractors for £750m of work. The organisation, which owns and operates six key facilities around the UK and Ireland, posted an official notice of its general and marine construction frameworks. The deals will deliver design-and-build services and last for eight years. A North…

Network Rail has appointed four firms to deliver £490m of construction works over the next five years. The national infrastructure operator selected the contractors for its North West and Central Region Control Period 7 Framework A. The deal will cover large projects across that part of the country between 1…

McAleer & Rushe has secured a £76m deal to build an integrated retirement community in Kent. The Northern Irish contractor will deliver 167 later-living apartments in Royal Tunbridge Wells for the Retirement Villages Group (RVG). Sited on a former cinema plot in the town, the scheme will see one and…

Laing O'Rourke is in line to build a major new facility as part of a £200m upgrade of health infrastructure in West Yorkshire. The contractor was named as preferred partner to deliver the design stage of a four-storey clinical building at Calderdale Royal Hospital. A new accident and emergency department…

Construction firms will enjoy another nine months on a £1bn framework that had been due to expire next month. In 2020, Wates and 15 other firms, including 13 SMEs, were appointed to the North and Mid-Wales Residential Construction Framework, with a four-year lifespan. But the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA) and…

A council has announced it will consider the mental health policies of construction companies during procurement, in a bid to tackle the industry’s high suicide rate. Halton Borough Council, near Liverpool, will now require main contractors to outline in their bids for jobs how they will look after the mental…

Norfolk County Council has put contractors on notice for a £500m highways contract. A prior information notice published on 13 March outlines that the local authority is seeking a contractor to focus on highway maintenance. The firm would also be expected to carry out other infrastructure work including drainage, and…

JJ Rhatigan has been selected for a £49m London scheme containing a co-living homes and women-only housing. The UK arm of the Ireland-headquartered contractor was appointed by developer HUB to deliver Yardhouse, the redevelopment of two buildings in White City, west London, for housing association Women’s Pioneer Housing (WPH). The…