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Four contractors have been selected to deliver major highways and civil engineering work across the Midlands. Balfour Beatty, Eurovia, Galliford Try and Morgan Sindall are now set to share a £500m work pipeline under the revamped Midlands Highway Alliance Medium Schemes Framework 3. The new framework, which is to be used by 21 local authorities across the […]

London developer Fenton Whelan is in talks with firms to start its £450m luxury residential scheme of 57 flats in Kensington, central London. 190,000 sq ft Park Modern residential scheme will kick-start regeneration of the Queensway area The 190,000 sq ft mixed-use development, known as Park Modern, will boast views across Kensington Gardens onto Kensington […]

Birmingham Airport is seeking to appoint a main contractor to undertake the construction of its Terminal 3 Extension project. The scope of the project known as TE18 involves the construction of a three-storey extension to the existing terminal building and refurbishment of existing toilet facilities within the terminal building. This will involve demolition of existing slabs and […]

Canary Wharf Contractors is preparing to start work next year on the second phase of the vast Wood Wharf scheme in London Docklands. Phase 2 of Wood Wharf development represented with transparent blocks The group is pressing ahead with the 700,000 sq ft next major phase despite concerns about Brexit and softening of the residential […]

After decades of delays and U-turns, MPs have finally voted to back the Heathrow Airport expansion plan. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2021 MPs voted 415 to 119 in support of the third runway plan which will cost at least £14bn to build. The historic vote clears the way for Heathrow to submit an application for […]

Highways England is advancing plans to deliver all the smart motorway programme through a single alliance arrangement. Alliancing will be used for the firt time in the road industry to deliver the future smart motorway programme Radical plans to adopt a full alliance model for all smart motorway work over the next 10 years will […]

The Rail Regulator has told Network Rail to ramp up its spending on renewals over the next five years to 2024. The Office of Rail and Road has called on Network Rail to allocate an extra £1bn to replace worn out assets bringing total spend up to £18bn over control period 6. This extra spend […]

Lendlease and US property giant Starwood have bought out the development rights for the 62-acre Silvertown Quays redevelopment in East London’s Royal Docks. Redevelopment of Millennium Mills will still form the centrepiece of phase 1 The partners will replace the Silvertown Partnership consortium of Chelsfield Properties, First Base and Macquarie Capital, which was selected as development partner […]

United Living has hired former Wates Residential managing director Joanne Jamieson to head its North and Midlands operation as it launches a new business division targeting the private rented sector. Jamieson takes over from Charlie Dunn, who has been in post as managing director for United Living North over the last three years. Dunn now […]

Government has finally approved a £14bn plan to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The government’s economic sub-committee, chaired by Prime Minister Theresa May, presented the plans to her Cabinet, which approved them in full. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said it was a historic moment. MPs will be asked to vote on the expansion plans […]