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Three people have been arrested as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into alleged £3m bribes linked to a Microsoft data centre project in the Netherlands. The SFO said the individuals were detained for questioning during dawn raids on five properties across London, Kent, Surrey and Somerset on…

Tender prices are set to rise on the back of mounting labour costs, according to the latest industry forecast. In its quarterly report on the UK construction market, Mace’s consultancy arm said workforce shortages remained a hurdle for the industry, with labour costs rising by 1.6 per cent in the…

Mace is to redevelop Euston Tower in central London for developer British Land. Construction News understands the contractor has been selected by the client to transform the office building near Regent’s Park. Camden Council last week granted planning consent for the venture, which is designed to attract science and technology firms.…

Mace has officially won a £140m job to deliver a 180-metre extension to a pier at London Gatwick, it has been announced. The Pier 6 deal will see the contractor deliver eight aircraft gates next to the airport’s runways. A statement from the airport said the changes would help give…

The Department for Business and Trade has named former Mace executive-turned-MP Mike Reader as its business champion for construction. The Labour representative for Northampton South said he will host a series of events in Westminster to hear from the industry. Reader was elected last summer after a long campaign undertaken…

A major green energy contract helped propel Bouygues to the top of the monthly contractor league table for January. The contractor bagged a £170m job to develop Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) in the Humber Estuary. This and two other projects took Bouygues to the summit in January, with a…

By Thames Menteth A void up to 4 metres deep has formed next to a construction site in London Bridge, where Mace is building a new tower block with a deep basement. According to Construction News’ sister title Ground Engineering, the void on Fenning Street appeared on 7 January and…

HS2 has submitted design changes for its Curzon Street station to Birmingham City Council. Outline planning permission for the terminus was granted in 2020, with a Mace-Dragados joint venture being awarded the £570m job the following year and early works starting in 2024. Application papers recently submitted to the local authority…

Mace has formally been appointed on the £92.6m main construction contract to build a new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECWMF). The contractor has helped draw up designs for the new building, at Reading University’s Whiteknights Campus, after being appointed on a pre-construction services agreement in…

Mace and client Sky have won a legal case against their insurers over a £56m bill to fix a problem roof on a building at the TV company’s headquarters. Mace was the main contractor on Sky Central, built at the Sky Campus in Osterley, West London, from 2014 to 2016,…