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Winvic has taken over as the main contractor on a logistics mega-development that was being built by Buckingham Group for developer Segro. Buckingham, which went into administration in August, was awarded a £140m contract in 2020 to build the first four buildings at Segro Park Coventry: units 3A, 4A, 4B…

A local authority in the West Midlands has advertised for contractors to deliver £1bn worth of residential construction work. Wolverhampton City Council published an official notice of its housing development framework on 8 December. Tasks to be delivered through the agreement include land remediation, feasibility studies, design work and the…

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has ordered Morgan Sindall to improve its health and safety practices after a crane accident at a nuclear site. On 21 August, a crane rail was dropped from a crane controlled by Morgan Sindall at the Devonshire Dock complex at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The shipyard,…

A worker was hospitalised after two railway-maintenance vehicles collided on the High Speed 1 line last month, it has emerged. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), which investigates rail accidents in the UK, launched a probe of the incident that happened near Strood in Kent on 16 November. Shortly after…

A parliamentary building completed just 22 years ago requires multimillion-pound refurbishment works due to design failings, according to a newspaper report. A study commissioned by the authorities in charge of Portcullis House has called for temporary and permanent works to make it safe, the Guardian writes. Designed by Hopkins and…

HS2 has published details of its procurement pipeline for the next 18 months, worth more than £1bn in total. More than 300 work packages are up for grabs, ranging in value from £1m to more than £500m. HS2 has provided information on the procurement start date and estimated value. Some…

Contractors are being sought for a four-year £300m road-surfacing and planing framework in North Yorkshire. NY Highways, a subsidiary of North Yorkshire Council, has opened bids for the work on the county’s 5,800 miles of road. The company was formed as a highways-maintenance supplier in 2021 by the former North…

Berkeley Group has said it is not currently investing in new projects amid an “uncertain, unpredictable and burdensome” environment for new housing development. Despite this, the firm said it will target £1.5bn in pre-tax profit and aim to maintain net cash above £400m over the next few years, to 30…

A plant-hire company has successfully challenged HM Revenue and Customs over value-added tax on red diesel, a decision its trade association has said could have far-reaching consequences for the industry. Glasgow-based GAP Group appealed HMRC’s decision to tax the red diesel in its plant machinery from March 2017 to March…

A property vehicle half-owned by Urban Splash is pursuing a claim of £21m from consultancy Arcadis over delays to a housing scheme in Salford, Greater Manchester. The dispute relates to work on the three-block Upton phase of the Irwell Riverside scheme near Trinity Way, being developed by special purpose vehicle…