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Plan in for Stansted Airport Terminal extension

Plans announced to extend the terminal building

The operator intends to increase terminal space by roughly a quarter while replicating the existing terminal building design. The existing building will...
Council considers options after contractor's collapse

Clients consider options after Westridge collapse

With a £64 million annual revenue, the contractor specialised in projects up to £15 million in the South East's housing, education, healthcare,...
£19m race for Twycross Zoo orangutan hub

Millon dollar race for Twycross Zoo orangutan hub

The National Science and Conservation Centre will be a purpose-built complex in Leicestershire, adjacent to Twycross Zoo. The zoo has received full...
Laing O’Rourke to build £120m hospital and research centre

Laing O’Rouke signs pre-con for £220m Cambridge hospital

After the approval of a joint venture between John Laing and the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Laing O'Rourke will construct the...
Police probe death of Ferrovial Heathrow worker

Ferrovial construction worker dies after Heathrow Collision

At Heathrow Airport, a worker with Ferrovial Construction was killed when he collided with a passenger bus. The victim, a guy in...
Roofing boss jailed after worker dies in five-metre fall

Roofer Jailed after worker fell more than 16 feet to his Death

Following the death of Andrei-Ionel Hutanu in 2019, Patrick McCarthy was sentenced to 14 months in prison. No scaffolding or other safeguards...
Plan for Teesworks hotel and shopping complex

Teesworks hotel and shops plan revealed

It is being built to accommodate the thousands of construction workers who will be coming to Teesworks as major projects get underway...
Demolition underway for £135m Wigan revamp

Demolition starts on £135m Wigan Galleries scheme

Cityheart, Wigan Council's strategic development partner, has authorised the commencement of enabling works on the £135 million Galleries shopping complex redevelopment proposal in the...

JRL construction group gets green light for £62m Luton resi scheme

The Cumberland Street project in Luton town centre will include three main blocks, the tallest of which will be 21 storeys, with the others...
Kier wins Newport healthcare project for £28m

Kier wins Newport healthcare project for £28m

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has selected Kier to build a £28 million Health and Wellbeing Centre in Newport. The new Ringland center...
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