Construction Enquirer

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

The four-year deal for social housing and wider public sector buildings across the UK will cover installation of air and ground source heat pumps, electric heating, solar panels, battery storage, insulation, ventilation, and whole-house retrofit packages. The not-for-profit housing procurement body is targeting SMEs and larger contractors to join the framework, which is expected to go out to tender on 23 May.

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

Joint developers McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate have selected Allies and Morrison as lead masterplanner for the 45-hectare site, working alongside international landscape firm Grant Associates. The design appointments mark a major step forward for the £2.5bn scheme, which is being brought forward with landowners Homes England and Network Rail Property.

3 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Grant Prior

Documents filed at Companies House by administrator FRP Advisory reveal the scale of debts at the Surrey based contractor which has built more more than 300 industrial sheds with a combined value of over £1bn since the company was founded in 1994. Hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers were left holding unpaid invoices when Marbank went down and those bills are now worthless with unsecured creditors likely to receive nothing.

6 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

Giant tunnel boring machine Mary Ann smashed through at Washwood Heath today, marking the end of a 652-day drive beneath the M6, River Tame, and critical National Grid infrastructure – all completed without disruption. The 125m-long TBM was launched in July 2023 by Balfour Beatty Vinci. Its crew of 450 specialist tunnellers worked around the clock to steer the 1,600-tonne machine through complex ground conditions at depths of up to 40m.

6 days ago | constructionenquirer.com | Aaron Morby

The Mace Dragados JV, working with Arcadis, WSP and lead architect Grimshaw made the change to meet tougher fire safety rules and cut future maintenance costs. Birmingham City Council’s planning committee signed off on the updated design after reviewing a report highlighting value for money, technical complexities, and engineering constraints as key drivers behind the design tweaks.