Costain has received a series of adjudication decisions following a contract bust-up with National Grid. The contractor and client parted ways in June 2020 more…
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Sellar in talks for next £1.5bn London station project
Developer Sellar Property is in talks with Network Rail for a landmark redevelopment at London’s Liverpool Street Station. The proposed major project is at an…
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14-storey tower built in record time by offsite specialist
British Offsite has completed construction to the topping-out stage of a 14-storey residential tower in Southend “in just a few months”. The £53m (GDV) Victoria…
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Contractor sentenced after asbestos toilet blunder
A contractor has been handed 100 hours community service and ten days Rehabilitation Activity after labourers disturbed asbestos and worked dangerously at height while refurbishing…
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London Square deal for three new towers at Nine Elms Park
Developer London Square has struck a series of deals at the Nine Elms Park site in south west London which will see the construction of…
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Groundworker suffers burns during poorly planned dig
A contractor and its groundworks subbie have been fined £400,000 after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm.…
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Eutopia Homes lands deal for Gloucester £70m resi scheme
Brownfield developer Eutopia Homes has acquired an 8-acre brownfield site in central Gloucester for a £70m residential-led regeneration project. Eutopia Homes is planning on bringing…
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Hill gets nod for 420-home East Cambridge phase 2
Hill Group and joint venture partner Marshall have secured planning for the 420-home second phase of the Marleigh development in East Cambridge. This new phase…
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Keltbray raids Skanska Cementation for piling boss
Keltbray has lured Skanska Cementations’s Paul Wiltcher to take up the role of operations director at its piling division. Wiltcher spent nearly five years as…
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Berkeley starts picking team for Plumstead regen scheme
The first raft of specialists has been lined-up for Berkeley’s latest major regeneration project in south east London to transform the former historic home of…
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