4 April, 2013 | Exclusive: The race for a joint Crossrail Network Rail deal to design and build 13 stations at the western portion of Crossrail’s Acton Main Line to Maidenhead route is all the way down to three bidders, but a freelance is absolutely not awarded until the fall. Not yet a …
Slow going but contractors shortlisted for faculty building programme
Six contractors had been shortlisted by the dep. for Education for the £2bn Priority School Building Programme. However, local authorities have hit out at delays to the programme, and plenty of schools are still none the wiser when their approved work will actually start. The government deploy the £2bn Priority School Building Programme after …
‘Benefit cuts will fund UK infrastructure’, George Osborne tells CN
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Five in race for £50m Camden housing project
5 April, 2013 | Exclusive: Five major contractors have lined up for a £50m project to construct 290 homes in Camden, north London. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine for as low as £12 a month! Need help Call …
Go-ahead for £1.5bn White City scheme
Developers Helical Bar and Aviva Investors have gotten planning permission for his or her Brickfields development, a 1.55 million sq ft residential-led scheme at the former Dairy Crest site at White City in west London. The 11-acre site can have 1,150 new homes, 210,000 sq ft of offices and approximately 60,000 sq ft of retail, …
James Wates appointed Wates chairman as Drechsler plans 2013 exit
5 April, 2013 | James Wates will replace Paul Drechsler as chairman of Wates Group this month, with Mr Drechsler could also be set to step down as chief executive of the firm on the end of 2013. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for fast and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and …
Record construction orders for Miller
Housing sales are up and the development order book is at a record high of £1.5bn. Profit before tax was £6.6m for the year to 31 December 2012. This came at the back of a £30.4m loss in 2011 before exceptional items. Group revenue was up 5% to £619.9m. The main drivers behind the increased …
Infrastructure suffers steep drop in work in March
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Three bidders pip May Gurney on £780m Norfolk deal
2 April, 2013 | May Gurney lost out at the re-bidding for the Norfolk roads maintenance contract worth as much as £780 million after being outscored by three bidders, the council said today. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine …
Sorry but we needed to use the blacklist says Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty ran reference checks with the now-defunct Consulting Association on approximately 15,000 construction workers between 2004 and 2008. Mr Peasland told the Scottish Affairs select committee, that’s investigating the level of blacklisting inside the construction industry, that Balfour Beatty checked the credentials of employees because they feared “harassment and bullying” by some workers, coercing …