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Framework winners named on Peel Ports £750m deal

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

Covering up to eight years, the new construction and civils frameworks span 8 regional lots and one national major works package. The goal is to boost delivery performance, drive innovation, and help Peel Ports hit its 2040 net zero target. Winners include tier one players and regional specialists, with multiple contractors sharing lots on high-value ports like Liverpool, Sheerness, Greenock, and Dublin.
Bouygues seals £119m deal for twin college builds in Wales

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

Work starts this month on the Barry Waterfront Campus and a new Advanced Technology Centre at Cardiff Airport, both due to complete by mid-2027. Designed by Sheppard Robson, the Barry site will deliver a vocational hub for up to 900 students, complete with a working salon and training restaurant open to the public. The Advanced Technology Centre will cater for 2,000 learners and focus on AI, robotics, composites and net-zero tech.
Plans unveiled for 1million sq ft commercial scheme

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Grant Prior

Forge Point will be a 77-acre employment park near to junction 3 of the M180 in Scunthorpe. Hargreaves Land is offering design & build opportunities as well as individual plot sales and has appointed property consultants PPH Commercial and Avison Young as joint marketing agents. Brady Harrison, development surveyor at Hargreaves Land, said: “We are delighted to bring Forge Point to the market and thereby offering a range of development opportunities for investors, developers and owner occupiers.
Reeves pledges £15.6bn for regional transport

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a £15.6bn five-year package today to fund tram, train and bus upgrades across eight metro mayor regions. The move sees Reeves break with Treasury tradition by ditching the Green Book rules, long slammed for favouring the South East. A new value-for-money model will help unlock investment for areas overlooked under previous governments.
Kier ditches diesel for hydrogen in green major site power trial

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

The 12-month test at the £250m Bridgwater Tidal Barrier scheme in Somerset is assessing whether off-grid sites can run their welfare and office facilities on a combination of solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells and battery storage. From January to April, the system clocked up 16,000 kWh of clean power — with over 6,600 kWh from solar, 9,100 kWh from hydrogen, and just 300kWh drawn from back-up batteries.
Wates gets start date for Victoria Tower restoration

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Grant Prior

Wates will repair the stonework on the exterior of the Tower to minimise the risk of stone fall. It will also encompass other elements such as conservation works to the window glazing, roof and flagpole. The last significant works on Victoria Tower were completed in the early 1990s. Since 2018 there have been multiple incidents of stone fall from the exterior of Victoria Tower. The work is currently scheduled to be completed around 2031 with a contract value of £132.7m, including VAT.
MPs back Sellafield delivery shake-up but costs spiralling to £136bn

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

But a Public Accounts Committee report on the clean-up warns that the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site remains dangerously behind schedule, with the total clean-up bill now heading for a staggering £136bn. The PAC said the new Programme and Project Partners (PPP) model introduced by Sellafield is showing early signs of success, with four out of five major projects approved since 2018 now on track to meet original time and budget expectations.
Fraudster ordered to pay back £80k to contractors

4 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Grant Prior

Stephanni Houston, 41, of Ayr, was sentenced to 38 months in prison in November 2023 for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction companies over four years. Kilmarnock Sheriff Court made a confiscation order in the sum of £81,589.86 and recorded that the benefit of criminal conduct was £516,268.98. The confiscation order can be revisited if further assets are identified in the future to be paid towards the full amount that was determined as the benefit of the crime.
Willmott Dixon bags hat-trick of leisure centre energy retrofits

4 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

The revamp covers centres in Hitchin, Royston and Letchworth, and is one of the region’s biggest carbon-cutting leisure projects. This latest deal follows on from a similar retrofit package of work in Oxford, where a four-centre decarbonisation scheme cut emissions by 56%. Work will include ripping out old gas boilers and replacing them with air source heat pumps, fitting solar panels, new glazing, insulation and air handling units, plus a suite of energy-saving kit.
Section 106 agreements now taking an average of 16 months

4 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Grant Prior

New analysis by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) highlights serious delays in the infrastructure agreement process, with 76% of local authorities reporting average negotiation timescales exceeding 12 months. S106 agreements set out the contributions developers must make to support the local community, such as funding for schools, roads, public spaces, and affordable housing.