Buildings

Wates Residential has been appointed to develop more than 300 homes for Brent Council. The contractor will build 304 homes on two separate sites, on a contract worth £100m, according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The majority of the homes will be built on the site of a former school,…

ISG has been appointed to refurbish hundreds of cells at a major prison – to bring them back into use. The £61m contract involves ISG refurbishing 300 single prison cells at HMP Birmingham so that they can be used again, and is part of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) bumper…

The director of a rogue asbestos removal firm has been jailed after putting his employees and customers at serious risk of exposure to cancer. Daniel Luke Cockcroft, director of London-based Asbestos Boss, was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment for failing to ensure the material was removed safely. The firm, also…

Parliament has begun the search for a contractor to refurbish the historic 160-year-old Victoria Tower within the Houses of Parliament. Potential suppliers have been invited to an industry event by the House of Lords on 24 March to provide an overview of the project, which will involve fully scaffolding the…

Ardmore has landed a £200m job to deliver seven residential blocks in West Kensington. The scheme will see 462 apartments built on the corner of West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road on top of an existing multistorey car park. The tallest of the seven towers, at 33 storeys, will be…

Kier, Morgan Sindall and Lendlease are among the big winners on a £2.5bn construction framework announced by the Ministry of Justice. The five-year framework covers new builds, refurbishment, maintenance and minor works across three value lots. For the national lot – projects worth £10m to £30m, with a total value…

A London council has said it remains “committed” to building a major new leisure centre, but is revising its plans after the estimated construction cost doubled to nearly £80m.  Kingston Council said the new town centre facility will still go ahead but that it cannot commit to a timeframe, as…

The University of Manchester has launched a search for contractors to fulfil a £260m, four-year construction-works framework. The university published a tender notice for the framework, which will run until 2027 for various construction works across the university’s estate. These include demolition, new build, refurbishment, decoration, as well as landscaping…

Manchester City Council has approved plans for a 41-storey residential tower in Salford. Manchester-based developer and builder Renaker secured permission for the Parkside scheme, which will contain 518 flats, as the third and final building in its Greengate scheme. As well as one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses, Parkside…

The government may have to row back on its pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030 in the face of a pending black hole in public finances. According to the Financial Times, officials are poring over planned projects to determine which could potentially be shelved in the wake of…