Westminster City Council is finally pressing ahead with plans to rebuild the Ebury Bridge Estate in Pimlico located next to the £1bn Chelsea Barracks scheme. The council plans to invite tenders for the £350m project to redevelop the 1930s Belgravia estate next month after first earmarking it for regeneration eight years ago. Ebury Bridge Estate… Continue reading Wait over for £340m Belgravia council estate rebuild

We keep a keen-eye at the Enquirer on appointments at major contractors and projects. And they reveal a not-so-merry-go-round of talent at the industry’s biggest players. Of course most managers on the carousel do a decent job. But it’s pretty hard to fall-off even if your performance leaves a lot to be desired. The same… Continue reading Opinion: Lack of talent at the top is hurting construction

The Guinness Partnership has bought a 900-plus home development site with full planning permission at Leeds South Bank. The development will be The Guinness Partnership’s biggest single consented residential scheme in its 129-year existence. North West developer X1 Developments sold the Hunslet Road near Leeds Docks and the Royal Armouries Museum to the housing association. The… Continue reading Guinness plans largest ever homes scheme in Leeds

Winners of a decommissioning services framework worth up yo £400m at Dounreay have been revealed. Work at the Scottish nuclear site will include construction of a size reduction facility, shaft and silo decommissioning and demolition of historic active laboratories. Six framework contracts have been awarded, bringing together the capabilities of at least 28 companies and… Continue reading Winners unveiled for £400m Dounreay decommissioning

Portsmouth City Council is on the hunt for a contractor to deliver a £110m phased programme of works to strengthen the seafront at Southsea. A planning application is due to be submitted next month following public consultation and outline designs being drawn up. The scheme covers 4.5km of coastline from the Long Curtain Moat in… Continue reading Call-up for £110m Southsea seafront defence job

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has named its preferred panel of firms to deliver a £70m upgrade programme over the next seven years. The winning firms could also see the work programme swell to over £200m if The Royal Veterinary College, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and Birkbeck… Continue reading Eight placed on £200m London Universities framework

Specialist infrastructure provider, blu-3, has been awarded the utilities package for the new Southend Airport Business Park development. The company has been appointed to work on the project with support from specialist supply chain partners, R&D Ltd, who will work on cable testing and Water Hygiene Solutions Ltd who will assist on water pressure and… Continue reading Blu-3 lands utilities package at Southend Airport Business Park

Former Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme challenged a decision to withhold part of his bonus just months before it was confirmed the project would bust its budget and miss its opening date. The details are revealed in a London Assembly report into the “tarnished” scheme. The report confirms that Wolstenholme was paid performance bonuses of… Continue reading Ex-Crossrail chief Wolstenholme wanted more bonus cash

Morrison Construction has been confirmed as replacement contractor on a restoration job in Aberdeenshire where the original builder went bust. Morrison will restart work next week on the £3m Saltoun Square project in Fraserburgh. Work came to a halt last November when original contractor A.D. Walker went into administration. The project was originally approved by… Continue reading Morrison takes on refurb job from failed contractor