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8 March 2012
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£30 million shaved off Mersey Gateway job
Contractors shortlisted for the Mersey Gateway project have seen £30 million shaved of the value of the project. -
Apollo departs Welsh housing job
Property services contractor, Apollo has left a £700,000 Welsh contract amidst concerns from tenants over the quality of work. -
Arup, Costain to work on £10m Euston HS2 design
Arup has been given a £10m deal to produce preliminary designs for Euston Station with Costain employed to assist on infrastructure logistics. -
B&K leads Edinburgh hotel boom with £120m deal
Bowmer and Kirkland is to deliver a £120 million scheme to transform the former Scottish Provident headquarters in Edinburgh into a luxury hotel as the city’s leisure sector booms. -
Balfour Beatty 'big and ugly' enough to weather 2012, says McNaughton
Balfour Beatty will maintain construction margins above 2 per cent in 2012, chief operating officer Andrew McNaughton said this week. -
Balfour Beatty signs up to ethical accreditation system
Balfour Beatty has signed up to a new accreditation system used to evaluate whether companies display the right ethical policies. -
Big names line up for £500m Heron Plaza
Major contractors are at last preparing to fight it out to deliver Heron Plaza, the £500 million Four Seasons hotel and residential complex for Heron International in the City of London. -
Boris Johnson: I'll get Crossrail 2 commitment from Treasury
Savings of more than £1 billion to Crossrail prove that Crossrail 2 is affordable, Boris Johnson has told Construction News. -
Cameron plots 100k home boost with mortgage scheme launch
The Prime Minister David Cameron has today launched a government backed mortgage indemnity guarantee scheme which the industry believes could see 100,000 extra new home sales. -
Capita Symonds unveils Courage Brewery plan
The main construction package for a major redevelopment of the former Courage Brewery headquarters on the River Thames in Staines, Middlesex will come to market this summer. -
Carillion chosen for £120m Thameslink depot deal
Carillion has won a deal worth £120m to provide upgrade work to depots and stabling sites as part of Network Rail’s Thameslink programme. -
Chelsea FC should expand Stamford Bridge says council
Hammersmith and Fulham council has called on Chelsea Football Club to expand its current stadium at Stanford Bridge instead of moving. -
CNinsight 100: Latest movers six months on
Almost half of the CNinsight 100 has been updated with companies’ latest financial results, meaning considerable changes to the rankings originally published last September, as 94 firms shift places. -
Companies go for gold in this Olympic year
A huge congratulations to all those companies that have made the shortlist for this year’s Construction News Awards (see full shortlist). -
Construction output continues to slide
Output in the construction industry fell by more than 2 per cent in January 2012 compared to January 2011, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. -
Contractor sought for £25m Bath student complex
Bath Spa University is looking for a contractor to build the next phase of its £40 million modernisation programme. -
Contractors back existing supply chains over government portal
Contractors have insisted they will continue to prioritise existing supply chains despite signing up to an online portal to offer SMEs access to work on government contracts. -
Crossrail's Phyllis and Ada unveiled by transport secretary and London mayor
More than two thirds of the companies working on the construction of Crossrail’s western tunnel boring machines come from outside London, it was revealed today. -
DECC gives green light to £300m biomass station
A new £300m biomass power station has been given planning permission with up to 325 construction jobs set to be created. -
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England and Wales facing a 'pothole pandemic'
Shortfalls in funding led to 1.7 million potholes being filled last year in England and Wales, an action that is 20 times more expensive than planned maintenance, according to a report. -
Exclusive: Balfour continues academies domination as more winners revealed
Construction News can reveal that Clugston Construction, Interserve, Balfour Beatty and Bam Construct are the latest winners on the academies framework. -
Game changer: how safety wins in 2012
The seven-year build programme for the London 2012 Olympics has exploded one of the most pervasive myths in construction: that this industry is inevitably more dangerous to work in than any other. -
Government housebuilding policies won’t solve the problem
This week the government launched two policies: NewBuy and its expansion of Right to Buy, both of which were announced in November. -
Housing recovery puts Miller back in the black
All four divisions of the Miller Group returned a profit in 2011 for the first time in several years, the company revealed today. -
Irish government announces 275 schools projects in £1.25bn programme
More than 200 new school building projects will begin in Ireland over the next five years, in addition to 56 projects already announced this year. -
It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
Well not quite, you cannot say anything and hope that it will be understood by your audience in the way that you want it to be understood. -
J Reddington looks to create 300 jobs after reviving Olympics concrete firm
John Reddington has bought a Nottingham precast concrete firm which collapsed 18 months ago while working on the Olympics. -
Kier in talks to buy Stewart Milne's construction arm
Kier has confirmed it has entered into discussions with Aberdeen-based Stewart Milne Group over a possible acquisition of its construction arm. -
May Gurney appoints Mark Hazlewood as finance director
May Gurney has made Mark Hazlewood its group finance director following the resignation of Matt Stevens last month. -
Midas wins £12m Plymouth refurbishment job
Midas has won the £12 million contract to refurbish homes in the North Prospect estate for Plymouth council. -
Morgan Sindall nabs £70m Midlands town centre
Morgan Sindall has been appointed as main contractor on St Modwen’s £70 million new Longbridge town centre. -
Morgan Sindall wins place on £21m university framework
Morgan Sindall has won a place on a £21 million major works framework from the University of Sunderland. -
Morgan Sindall, McAlpine and Skanska battle for £1bn Slough deal
Slough Borough Council has entered into talks with three consortia hoping to become the town’s regeneration partner in a deal that could be worth up to £1 billion. -
Moves for rail concessions could see contractors swoop
The government has given its backing to a move which could see contractors take control of a major railway route. -
Narrative verdict for crane death duo, as parents weep in court
Liliana Alexa wept as the jury in the inquest into the death of her son, Michael, returned a “narrative verdict” to Westminster Coroner’s Court this afternoon. -
Nuclear construction threatens UK sovereignty, say campaigners
Willmott Dixon non-executive director, Jonathan Porritt has signed a letter to the Prime Minister claiming that the construction of two new nuclear power plants was handing UK energy policy to France. -
Osborne wins £225m housing repairs contract
Ascham Homes has appointed Osborne to maintain its 12,500 homes, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, a contract worth £225 million. -
Scottish government seeks backing for 300 shovel-ready projects
The Scottish government has appealed to the UK government to allow it to bring forward capital funding and unlock 300 ‘shovel-ready’ infrastructure projects. -
Second Luton Airport masterplan launched
The operator of London Luton Airport has released its masterplan for future capacity, weeks after a row broke out over the airport’s expansion plans. -
Shortlist announced for Construction News Awards 2012
CN has announced the shortlist for the Construction News Awards 2012. -
Skanksa beats McAlpine to £70m Telex House
Private equity fund manager MGPA has appointed Skanska to deliver a £70 million office scheme in Moorgate, Construction News understands. -
Social landlord seeks contractors for £500 million framework
Social landlord, A2Dominion is seeking contractors for its four-year, new-build framework for the South East. -
Subbie hit with £10k pay out for software piracy
A Blackpool based building services engineer has paid out £10,000 for the use of unlicensed software products published by Microsoft and Autodesk. -
Suspected construction-linked money laundering scam cracked by police
A suspected money laundering operation involving construction companies as fronts for a vast VAT scam has been uncovered by police. -
Transport department slammed over cuts to highways maintenance
The Department for Transport does not have a full understanding of the effect of budget reductions on road maintenance, according to a new report by the Public Accounts Committee. -
UK must seize chance for world-leading £100bn nuclear industry
The UK needs a nuclear advisory board and the right investment decisions to take advantage of a potential world-leading £100bn nuclear industry, according to the former government chief scientific advisor. -
UKGBC plots route to sustainable construction
The UK Green Building Council has announced plans to bring construction and property companies together to identify sustainable business opportunities. -
United House scores six new refurb contracts
United House has secured six new refurbishment contracts collectively worth £11 million, the company announced today. -
Waitrose looks for regional contractors in £1bn expansion
Waitrose will establish northern supply chains as it implements a £1bn expansion plan in the next three years.
