Buildings

More than 80 windowpanes are set to be refitted after they were installed inside-out during remediation work on one of the first high-rise estates evacuated following the Grenfell Tower fire. The windows were affected by the issue during a £77m remediation job to London Borough of Camden’s Chalcots Estate, causing…

Morrison Construction has been named as preferred contractor for a school renovation and extension job in Midlothian, Scotland. Midlothian Council selected the Galliford Try subsidiary to redevelop Penicuik High School. The local authority is seeking planning permission to add an extension to the 1930s building, which has a B listing…

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.…

British Land has appointed Bam to deliver a £100m overhaul of a skyscraper in the City of London. The developer named the contractor for its "green transformation" of 34-storey Broadgate Tower near Liverpool Street station. Bam beat Wates, 8Build and McLaren to the job, according to data intelligence provider Glenigan.…

Milestone Infrastructure has secured an £840m roads maintenance deal in Oxfordshire. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm will look after more than 4,800km of highways following a contract award announced on Friday (21 March). The deal from Oxfordshire County Council will start on 1 April and run to 2033, with a possible extension…

Data centre jobs are expected to drive commercial construction growth in the next two years, according to two new reports. PWC’s construction and housebuilding outlook, which covers 2025-27, said commercial activity’s decline in 2024 was softened by data centre growth, most notably Google’s £800m project in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire (pictured).…

Plans for the UK’s largest film studio, which would have been built by collapsed contractor ISG, have officially been scrapped. The £700m Sunset Waltham Cross Studios project, just off the M25 in Hertfordshire, was meant to be developed by Blackstone and US-studio firm Hudson Pacific Properties. Announced in 2021, the…

A Wates joint venture (JV) has rejigged its approach to kickstarting a 1,380-home estate regeneration project in Essex after fire safety rules delayed progress on plans for tall buildings. The contractor-developer, along with its JV partner Havering Council, is currently redesigning high-rise buildings on the Waterloo Estate regeneration project in…

Southern Housing is seeking contractors for up to £1.7bn worth of projects over the next 20 years. The housing association’s official tender notice for its Capital Investment Works 2026 to 2046 framework shows 10 lots covering a range of tasks across London, Sussex and Kent. The main packages involve external…

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn has pushed back against suggestions by HS2 bosses that construction contracts on the London to Birmingham rail scheme could be renegotiated. In December, Construction News reported comments made to MPs by HS2 chief financial officer Alan Foster, saying that contractors accepted that the legal agreements…