Author Archives: Ian Weinfass

The government’s long-delayed Integrated Rail Plan will not be published until November, according to reports. The document – which is due to set out how new rail lines, including HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), will be integrated – was expected to be announced alongside next week’s Spending Review, but…

The end of Interserve plc’s administration process remains uncertain amid ongoing delays of the disposal of shares in a Qatari subsidiary. A new administrators’ progress report from EY Parthenon about the former listed construction giant released this week states that its work will not be completed by its next deadline,…

The government plans to allow the 305 metre-high Tulip Tower to be built in the City of London. According to the Sunday Telegraph (£), Whitehall officials are preparing to back the City of London Corporation, which approved the J Safra Group scheme in April 2019. The future of the Foster…

John Sisk & Son has announced that CEO Steve Bowcott is to step down after more than six years in the role. Paul Brown (pictured), who has been chief operating officer for the UK and civil engineering since late 2019, will succeed Bowcott at the helm of the Dublin-headquartered firm…

Morgan Sindall has been unveiled as main contractor on the first phase of an 800-home scheme in Newham, east London. The residential-led regeneration project – called Manor Road Quarter – based on the site of a former retail park in Canning Town, includes a 32-storey tower and will total 355…

A building firm has been fined after exposing its labourers to asbestos during a shop conversion. MS Properties (Northern), of Bradford, West Yorkshire, failed to carry out an asbestos survey before starting on the job in Hull. Its team removed 1,000 square metres of asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling tiles,…

Strabag has won a contract to produce precast elements for HS2’s London tunnels. The contractor, which is in a joint venture with Costain and Skanska to deliver tunnels on phase one, is to turn an old oil rig-fabrication site at Hartlepool Dock into a facility making concrete segments. The Austrian…

The owner of London’s O2 Arena has accused the body deciding on the proposed MSG Sphere in Stratford of undermining public trust in the planning process. Solicitors for US firm AEG have written to the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), stating that its actions have “undermine[d] the transparency of, and…

Contractors must have the capacity to build future roads in a carbon-neutral way, and this needs to be demonstrated within the next few years, according to the head of National Highways. Nick Harris (pictured), chief executive of the body formerly known as Highways England, said this will be the overwhelming…

Amey has poached a senior leader at Skanska to lead its rail infrastructure operations. James Holmes will become rail sector director at the firm. Amey said in a statement said that he will be tasked with leading the strategic focus and development of the business, including working with clients and…