Weekly News
Mace appointed for 30-storey City of London tower
Hertshten Properties has appointed Mace to deliver its 85 Gracechurch Street office development in London’s Square Mile. Designed by architect Woods Bagot, …
Steelwork installed for £350 million cable factory
British Steel has supplied over 2,000t of structural steelwork for the construction of Sumitomo Electric’s high voltage cable factory at the Port of Nigg, …
Work underway on transformational Ardrossan development
Main contractor Morgan Sindall has started preliminary work on Ardrossan Community Campus, the first phase of a wider redevelopment masterplan. Being built on …
New music venue for Sheffield city centre
Willmott Dixon has been selected by Sheffield City Council to deliver the £14.4 million Event Central, a landmark project that will repurpose a former retail …
LSE signs up McLaren for major Passivhaus scheme
The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) has appointed McLaren Construction for the £100M retrofit and extension of 35 Lincoln’s Inn …
HS2 construction team get ready for mega steel bridge installation
Weighing 1,631t and measuring 112m in length, an assembled steel bridge will be manoeuvred into place during a series of nighttime operations starting on …
Tewkesbury steel-framed designer outlet opens its doors
The Cotswolds Designer Outlet near Tewkesbury has been officially opened after main contractor Bouygues UK handed over the project to regional developer and …
Excellent logistics boost for Wolverhampton
Work has begun on converting a former brownfield site in Bilston, Wolverhampton, into a new 15-acre logistics park. Known as Foundry Business Park, the scheme …
Contracts signed for British Library extension
Mace has been appointed as construction manager for the £1.1bn British Library extension scheme. Working with development manager Stanhope, the company will …
New surgical centre for Guy’s Hospital
McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed as main contractor for a new surgical centre at the Guys and St Thomas’ hospital site in south London. The …
