Buildings
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Afcons Infrastructure has been selected for a Croatian rail project. The €677m package covers reconstruction, second-track construction, overhead electrification, signalling, and telecoms works.
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Greater Manchester’s Metrolink renewal programme is entering another phase. Track, drainage, foundation, sleeper, ballast, and alignment works will affect the Oldham-Rochdale line later this month.
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Panattoni will deliver a speculative Wakefield logistics development scheme. The 500,000 sq ft cross-docked facility will target BREEAM Outstanding and net zero carbon in construction.
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Tower Hamlets is preparing a major housing works procurement programme. The borough plans eight contracts supporting its 10-year capital investment strategy, with early market engagement now underway before formal tendering begins.
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HS2 has awarded a major Birmingham depot and control-centre contract. Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure and Aureos Rail will deliver the £856m Washwood Heath operational hub, supporting future testing, maintenance, and control of the high-speed railway.
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Holcim, Paebbl, and GOLDBECK have delivered a commercial-scale industrial floor slab in Germany using carbon-storing ready-mix concrete, replacing 15% of traditional cement with Paebbl Rebond.
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Werner Sobek has engineered a double-skin facade for Vienna’s DC Tower 2, integrating around 12,000 sq m of photovoltaic modules into the high-rise building envelope.
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Royal BAM Group has reported higher first-quarter revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with its order book holding at €13bn and UK construction performance supported by disciplined tendering and stronger execution.
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Winvic led April’s contract-awards league after securing a major East Midlands logistics project near Junction 21 of the M1, with the wider monthly table showing a softer market for new orders.
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Arlington Real Estate has secured approval for West Hartford Park, a 126-acre employment development near Cramlington that could deliver more than 1m sq ft of industrial, manufacturing, logistics, and innovation space.