
Construction Industry News
McLaren to refurbish Colmore Gate tower
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760340792_townscape-colmore.jpg Colmore Gate Ashtrom Properties (APUK) has appointed McLaren Construction as construction manager…
Renew makes powerline acquisition
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760337683_emerald-power.jpg Some of Emerald Power’s MEWPs Renew subsidiary Excalon Holdings, which provides electrical and…
Prison sentence for illegal gas work
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2023/07/1689840392_gas-safe-register.jpg An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found that Neil Burton carried out…
Willmott Dixon breaks ground on £140m Plymouth hospital scheme
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760333235_derriford-groundbreaking.jpg Hospital volunteers led the groundbreaking event Derriford Hospital’s new emergency care…
Arcadis lands healthcare work
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760333275_stethoscope.png Arcadis has been brought on board in a consultancy capacity for the Airedale, Royal Cornwall and…
G&H wins £12m MEP contract for Harrogate hospital
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760333028_l-r-steven-fry-from-morgan-sindall-with-rob-woodward-from-gh.jpg Morgan Sindall project manager Steven Fry (left) with…
Three share £2.9bn Sellafield infrastructure works
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760089958_sellafield-site-aerial-2025-1-cropped.jpg The Sellafield site Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain and Hochtief (UK)…
Affinity Water names AMP8 and AMP9 contractors
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2022/12/1671438267_barhale-1.jpg Barhale features on both lots Barhale and J Browne appear in both lots of Affinity Water’s next…
NHS consults on £750m framework renewal
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/06/1748928711_hospitalbed.jpg NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the second generation of its public sector…
Ibstock struggles with headwinds
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/03/1741163294_joe-hudson-ibstock.jpg Ibstock chief executive Joe Hudson A trading update today from Ibstock, manufacturer of bricks,…
Losses mount as OCU builds revenue
Saint-Gobain names Chaldecott’s successor
Kier brings in Laing O’Rourke director to run construction
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1760013086_martin-staehr.jpg Martin Staehr Martin Staehr will join Kier from Laing O’Rourke in January 2026 to succeed Stuart…
Planning applications start to gather pace
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759995986_planning-index.jpg Planning Portal’s Planning Application Index for Q3 2025 shows a strong uptick Planning Portal, the…
WSP completes £281m Ricardo acquisition
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/06/1749631728_ricardo.jpg Ricardo’s HQ in Shoreham-by-Sea WSP announced in June that it had agreed a deal to take over London…
Breakthrough for house-builders in north Sussex
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2018/04/1524030414_1523623438-bricklaying2.jpg Time to get building again in the Arun Valley A deal has been agreed on water abstraction…
GF Tomlinson adds to healthcare portfolio
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759990976_bentley-primary-care-centre.jpg The steel-framed building has been designed by P+HS Architects The new Bentley Primary…
Pallet movers to build £80m HQ
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759990677_barberry-pallex-hq-1068×528.jpeg CGI of the approved development Hinckley & Bosworth Council has approved plans…
McLaren gets going on Cardiff Arena
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759990389_cardiff-arena.jpg Designed by stadium specialist Populous, Cardiff Arena is being developed by Cardiff Council in…
International arbitrators list now available again
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759990282_icaa-logo.jpg The International Construction Arbitrators Association – the ICAA – has been launched to help those in a…
US bank plans £350m Bournemouth campus expansion
US bank JPMorganChase is planning to put up a new office building and upgrade it facilities in Bournemouth. JPMorganChase has been operating in Bournemouth since 1986 and, with 5,300 employees on…
Bowmer & Kirkland plans digital transformation
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759906373_john-foster-bandk.jpg John Foster, Bowmer & Kirkland’s business improvement director John Foster has joined…
Winvic lands Carlsberg Britvic depot
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759904158_winvic-carlsberg-britvic-and-the-developement-team.jpg Stakeholders line up for photocall to mark start of works…
Costain wins £70m Trawsfynydd reduction works
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759903992_trawsfynydd-nuclear-power-station—reactor-buildings-in-current-state.-credit—nrs.jpg The Trawsfynydd reactor…
Strip-out completes on Bristol’s Brabazon Hangars
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759903818_ytl-arena-bristol-220925-1088.jpg The Brabazon Hangars were the original UK home of Concorde Demolition contractor John…
£9m refurb for Wolverhampton police station
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759903657_wolverhampton-police-station-refurb.jpg Henry Brothers Construction project manager Les Neary (left) on site with chief…
Glencar picked for new East Midlands business park
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759903582_vgp-park-east-midlands-cgi.png CGI of VGP Park East Midlands VGP Park East Midlands is planned to become an 835,000 sq…
Another modular builder on the brink
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759822403_daniel-close-lancing.jpg Boutique Modern’s development in Daniel Close, Lancing, was due for handover early next…
Hill plans Ickleford Mill conversion
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759820671_ickleford-mill.png Ickleford Mill The Hill Group has completed the acquisition of Ickleford Mill, a 9.17 acre…
Lanes fined £800k after jet hose fatality
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/assets/news_articles/2025/10/1759819093_jetting-vehicle-300×230.png Lanes’ jetting tanker On 10th December 2022 Miguel Galvao was working as a drainage…