UK News | Latest Construction News - Part 10
Friday, May 3, 2024

London councils sign the modular housing supply deal

Irish modular housing manufacturer Extraspace Solutions has won a £40m contract to supply a group of London boroughs with temporary accommodation for the homeless. Extraspace...
JCB major product launch for spring planned with stage V compliance

JCB temporarily ceased machinery production in the UK

JCB in a statement yesterday said that the stoppage in production of machinery is under way until the end of next week. This halt...
Inflation added £23bn to the cost of construction last year

Inflation ‘adds £23bn to annual construction output costs’

This is the first time annual construction value has surpassed £200 billion, representing a 15% increase in nominal terms over 2021 output...
Railway news

A 50% rise in civils design costs of HS2 phase 2

HS2 extends its civils design and environmental services contracts for Birmingham to Leeds and Manchester routes by 50%. The originally expected costs for design...
Garden village in Darlington gets £43m infrastructure cash

Government puts £43m towards Darlington Burtree Garden Village

Over a 20-year period, 2,000 new houses will be constructed on the site, along with up to 200,000 square metres of commercial...
Morgan Sindall gets approval for science block construction at Salford University

Morgan Sindall gets approval for science block construction at Salford University

The construction of Science block at the Peel Park Campus, Salford University got an endorsement to begin with Morgan Sindall planning at the central...
Inland Homes losses now set to hit £91m

Losses at troubled Inland Homes to top £90m

In a trading update released in September of last year, the housebuilder forewarned that losses would total £37.1 million as it began...
oil and gas news

Petrol prices to rise in UK after drone attack on Saudi Arabia oil plant

A huge drone attack on the world's largest oil plant in Saudi Arabia could lead a rise in petrol prices in the UK by...

Delancey submits £400m King’s Cross lab plans

Located at the Knowledge Development and Innovation District, the limited space is located next to the disused York Street subway station.
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