Author Archives: Will Ing

Graham has taken over a £44m former ISG project to turn a former retail outlet into a cultural hub. The City Centre Cultural Gateway project is set to see a seven-storey former Ikea store in Coventry retrofitted with gallery and collections space, as well as a cafe, library, dance studio,…

Alun Griffiths has begun a consultation with staff following a “strategic review of the business” caused by “recent challenges” including financial performance.  In October 2023, the Welsh civils contractor reported turnover of £301m and a £20m pre-tax loss for the year to 31 December 2022 – its fourth consecutive year…

A High Court ruling has denied a housebuilder access to details of a contractor’s sister companies’ assets before liability is decided in an £85m building defects case. A judge last week ruled that three Ardmore companies do not have to surrender financial information and other documents to BDW Trading, Barratt…

A departing trade body boss and a new tier one director were among the big people moves in construction over the past seven days.  The National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) announced that its chief executive Duncan Rudall will depart in late May, after 22 months in the job. The…

Network Rail has been fined £3.41m following the death of a track worker in Surbiton.  Tyler Byrne died after being struck by a passenger train on 9 February 2021. He had been working as part of a four-man team undertaking track inspections while trains were running in both directions.  The…

A public spending watchdog has said HS2’s construction contracts are “extremely poor value for money” and is “unconvinced” they can be renegotiated to achieve significant savings. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) described HS2 as a “cycle of repeated failure” and “a casebook example of how not to run a major…

Taylor Wimpey has raised its expected fire safety costs by £88m, while its pre-tax profit has dropped by a third in its latest full-year results.  The housebuilder said it now expected to spend £333m fixing historic fire safety defects, with increased costs partially due to “a small number of new buildings”…

More than 200 jobs have been saved after a specialist energy-sector contractor was bought out of administration. Wakefield-based contractor TEi Ltd called in administrators from Teneo on 7 March - but on the same day, its business and assets were sold to Titan Bidco Limited for an undisclosed sum. "The…

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has outlined plans to retain its current level of support for apprenticeships despite Mark Farmer’s review saying some levy money should be diverted.  In its strategic plan for 2025-29 published on Tuesday (25 February), the industry training board pledged to support an extra 15,000…

JJ Rhatigan has signed an £84m contract to build a major housing development in Ealing, west London.  The UK arm of the Ireland-based contractor will start building the 296-home Twyford Abbey scheme for Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group, in March, as initial groundworks have been completed.  The…