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ISG is set to build a £300m Buckinghamshire prison approved by housing secretary Michael Gove, Construction News can reveal. Gove rubber-stamped plans for a new 1,468-capacity Category C prison at HMP Grendon on Tuesday (30 January), following a recommendation from a planning inspector. Buckinghamshire Council had refused the plans, but…

ISG has been appointed to a major life sciences retrofit job in London’s King’s Cross. Hong Kong developer Nan Fung Group has appointed the contractor to redevelop Regent Quarter, close to King’s Cross Station. The first phase, due for completion in late 2025, will see the contractor adapt the Jahn…

ISG has denied “unsubstantiated, wholly inaccurate and false claims” about its financial health. A spokesperson for the UK’s fifth-largest contractor said the company had organised meetings with clients and consultants to relay “facts and truth” about its financial position, following rumours about the state of its finances. “Some six to…

A new contractor is being sought for a £9.1m special educational needs (SEN) school project in Wales after the construction phase was put on hold. Last year, ISG was commissioned to complete the design for the 64-place replacement of Brynllywarch Hall School in Newtown following a competitive tender process that…

Multiplex topped the contracts league table for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years in September, thanks to two London wins, according to data compiled by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The Australian multinational landed the £450m main contract for the super-prime St John’s Wood Square project, which involves demolition…

ISG has been picked for a £155m programme to deliver 780 prison places across three sites. The contractor will build Category D houseblocks with 60 single-occupancy rooms, as well as ancillary rooms, for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) via a FAC-1 Alliance contract. ISG was selected via the Crown Commercial…

ISG failed to deliver a £21.6m college in West Sussex before the start of term due to labour-supply issues, a council meeting has heard. The contractor was set to deliver the 100-pupil-capacity Woodlands Meed College building, for students with special educational needs, in time for the start of the new…

ISG was the biggest contractor by spend for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the latest financial year, Construction News can reveal. CN obtained data on the MoJ’s spending in 2022/23 under the Freedom of Information Act. The spend includes that by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and HM Prison…

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of work on Eastern Green Link…

ISG Retail has been ordered to comply with an adjudicator’s decision that it should pay a roofing and cladding subcontractor £1.692m plus interest in a contract dispute. FK Construction took ISG to court after ISG failed to comply with an adjudicator’s February decision that the payment should be made in…