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AUGUST 4, 2025

Group chief executive Cathal O’Rourke said: “Our drive to create a more resilient and productive construction industry continues. We are leading the way on modern methods of construction and digital engineering, enabling us to deliver projects with greater precision and efficiency and improving safety on site. Got a story?

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JULY 14, 2025

CGI of Brewery Gardens, with its red brick facade Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group, has appointed Graham as main contractor for the transformation of the former Boddingtons Brewery site on Great Ducie Street in central Manchester.

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JULY 24, 2025

Morgan Sindall won the construction contract for the £65m project after a competitive tendering process through the Pagabo framework last year. Demolition and clearance of the site will take place in phases over the next nine months, preparing it for construction to start next year.

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JUNE 10, 2025

Eighty of the homes will be new build and delivered using modular construction, while the rest will be created by converting the site’s original Grade II listed pump house building in Bedfordwell Road, which has been derelict for many years. Of these, 20 will be for shared ownership and the remainder for affordable rent. Got a story?

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JULY 29, 2025

Drone shot of two-thirds of Greek Street rail bridge during assembly trials in Ireland Concrete components that will form a new £20m railway bridge and roundabout in Stockport are now travelling over the Irish sea ready for the project’s main construction phase next week.

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JULY 7, 2025

Breaking ground at RAF Cosford Modular construction specialist Reds10 has moved on site to start to putting together a new Officers’ Mess annex of 50 en-suite bedsits at RAF Cosford under a a £12m contract for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

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JUNE 25, 2025

When Barnes reopens in 2027, the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s expanded community services will continue to operate from both sites, supporting accessibility across the borough. New owner for Cubby Construction 18 hours Local investors have agreed a deal to take over Carlisle-based of Cubby Construction Limited.

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JUNE 8, 2025

The Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is set to carry out 500 inspection visits to construction sites across Northern Ireland to raise awareness of the dangers of silica. Silica is a naturally occurring mineral found in varying amounts in most rock, sand and clay as well as in bricks and concrete.

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JUNE 15, 2025

Deeley contracts manager Jamie Travis, site manager Eamonn Gorman, Bloor Homes’ regional MD Paul Degg and Deeley construction director Steve Turner do that Westlife thing Deeley Construction is putting up an 18,500 sq ft, two-storey building that will provide offices for 50 Bloor Homes staff in Lichfield.

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AUGUST 11, 2025

The Dacorum Investment Partnership is a 50/50 joint venture established to support the council’s ambitions to increase the supply of affordable housing, realise strategic town centre and neighbourhood regeneration sites, and secure long-term income streams for the council. Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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JULY 24, 2025

Higgins Partnerships has been appointed by Milton Keynes City Council to redevelop the former Cripps Lodge sheltered housing site in Netherfield, Buckinghamshire. The £30m development will transform the former care facility site into 66 council homes, including bungalows, two- and three-storey houses and a split-level apartment building.

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JULY 1, 2025

Following the receipt of a Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licence last week, main contractor Esh Construction will begin setting up the site compound on the former Rank Hovis site in Hull from Monday 7 th July, in preparation for the repair works on Drypool Bridge.

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JULY 30, 2025

ADEPT is the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport, representing municipal engineers. The Broad Lane site will test innovative materials in the binder course, while Willenhall Lane will trial materials in the surface course. Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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JULY 21, 2025

Construction News Sizewell C gets green light with £38bn final investment decision 7 hours Government agrees final investment for Sizewell C nuclear plant but keeps only minority stake. AER recruits MD for site hut division 7 hours Welfare 4 Hire, part of the AER Rents Group, has a new managing director.

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AUGUST 7, 2025

Construction News Mace selected for £1.1bn British Library development 8 hours Mace has been appointed construction manager for the £1.1 billion new development of the British Library’s St Pancras site in London. Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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AUGUST 3, 2025

Glancy Nichols designs for the Bill House site Developer Pickstock Group wants to transform the Bill House site on Soho Hill into a mixed-use community, to help reinvigorate the wider area. It is proposed that the site will get 115 new houses and flats alongside an 80-bed care home. Gross development value is put at £48.5m.

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JUNE 22, 2025

the Howden relief road plan East Riding of Yorkshire Council has awarded the main construction contract for the planned Howden relief road scheme to Aureos, the company previously known as Keltbray Infrastructure Services until its private equity buyout last year.

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JULY 8, 2025

Set across a two-storey building, the project includes the construction of 23 classroom spaces, a wellbeing centre, canteen, various multi-use spaces and supporting areas across the two floors, and a hydrotherapy pool on the ground floor. The entire school site will be enclosed by a secure boundary fencing. Got a story?

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JUNE 29, 2025

Breaking ground on the National Centre for Child Health Technology Henry Boot Construction has broken ground on the National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) in Sheffield. Enabling and site establishment works are now complete, and steel installation starts this week. Completion is expected before the end of 2026.

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JUNE 17, 2025

Costain previously constructed the Stublach solution mining plant near to the planned hydrogen storage facility The Keuper gas storage project (KGSP) is an underground hydrogen storage facility in Northwich, Cheshire.

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JUNE 12, 2025

The new venue will bring leisure and library services together in a single, modern site with new features to make our services accessible to all ages and abilities and support community wellbeing.” The project team also includes Axiom (project management), DPP (planning consultancy) and GT3 Architects (lead designers). Got a story?

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AUGUST 4, 2025

Roger Bullivant will have four piling rigs on site at peak Kier Construction was a £683.8m Kier has been on site since October 2023 carrying out early works to remediate the complex brownfield site, which once housed a gas works, for the main construction process.

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JUNE 17, 2025

CGI of Grahams planned Hydepark Street block, Glasgow Glasgow City Council has approved the construction of Graham’s 410-bed student accommodation development in the city’s Anderston area. The wider project team also includes Iceni Projects as planning consultant and Etive Engineers as structural and civil engineer.

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JULY 20, 2025

The project will deliver five new warehouse and industrial units ranging in size from 3,229 sq ft to 4,606 sq ft, following planning approval from North West Leicestershire District Council. AER recruits MD for site hut division 7 hours Welfare 4 Hire, part of the AER Rents Group, has a new managing director. Got a story?

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JUNE 26, 2025

The Green Plant Academy has been designed to specialise in training on zero-emission equipment, providing career development while also helping the construction industry further transition to cleaner ways of working and ultimately address the climate emergency.

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JUNE 11, 2025

The planned 6,700 sqm seven-storey building, Nicholas Hare Architects, will replace current premises that are deemed no longer fit for purpose. The planned 6,700 sqm seven-storey building, Nicholas Hare Architects, will replace current premises that are deemed no longer fit for purpose. Complete is due in 2027. Got a story?

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JULY 2, 2025

the Revolution Battery will make HGs tower cranes much cheaper to run After convincing trials, HG Construction has gone ahead and bought a Revolution Battery from Dumarey Green Power to reduce its cranes ’ diesel consumption. HG worked with Dumarey Green Power to run trials on its Moritsch crane fleet at two London sites earlier this year.

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JUNE 25, 2025

Investment group Svella expects to complete the solvent acquisition of Cubby Construction within the next few days. It bought the telecoms, plant hire , transport and site accommodation divisions of NMCN in 2021 and then Aberla Energy and Aberla Utilities in 2022.

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AUGUST 7, 2025

Barking Riverside Limited is a joint venture between the mayor of London’s office and L&Q, redeveloping the site of Barking power station site – an area the size of Hyde Park – with 20,000 houses and flats. A new outline planning application was submitted in 2024 and is due to be determined in 2026.

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AUGUST 10, 2025

Alperton footbridge has been designed by Aecom architect Erik Behrens Aecom has designed a bridge over the Grand Union Canal in Alperton, near Wembley, as part of a £5m regeneration plan. The work is being delivered through Perfect Circle, a partnership between Aecom, Pick Everard, Gleeds and via the Scape consultancy framework. Got a story?

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JUNE 24, 2025

The site, next to the Arnold Estate, between London Bridge and Bermondsey stations, will be the first development project under the council’s emerging affordable housing supplementary planning guidance. But subject to planning, construction is expected to start around mid-2026, with completion targeted for 2029.

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AUGUST 11, 2025

Demolition works at the centre are set to start in the coming weeks, subject to final planning approval, with the works having already been approved at a council meeting in July. Enabling works, including asbestos removal, have already been completed, which will allow works on the rebuild to proceed at pace.

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AUGUST 4, 2025

Artists impression of the Clore Manor Care Home that is now under construction in north London Farrans Construction is building the six-storey Clore Manor Care Home on the south side of the Great North Way in the London Borough of Barnet, on a site previously occupied by a smaller three-storey care home.

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AUGUST 3, 2025

Image: Spaceworks] The Department for Education has signed terms with Willmott Dixon Construction for the demolition of buildings at Durham Academy and reconstruction of facilities. Construction News Management buyout for Scottish plant hirer 4 hours Scottish plant hire company AB2K, formerly AB 2000, is under new ownership.

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JULY 29, 2025

The development is based around the old Grade-2 listed Ellesmere railway station buildings SJ Roberts Construction has been appointed by Housing Plus Group to build a 64-plot mixed tenure development on a brownfield site in the Shropshire town of Ellesmere. Associated infrastructure works will also be carried out.

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AUGUST 7, 2025

Enabling works on the site at Great Maze Pond have begun, with building work scheduled to start in June 2026. Construction is expected to finish by the end of 2028, and the centre to open in spring 2029. billion new development of the British Library’s St Pancras site in London. Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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JULY 31, 2025

Main contractor Amiri Construction broke ground this week under a £16m contract, with the new landmark is expected to complete in 2026. CGI of Infinity Labs at Southampton Science Park Infinity Labs will provide 3,400 sqm of new laboratory space at the entrance to the Southampton Science Park. Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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