Buildings
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Preston Tram Bridge has reopened after an £8m rebuild project. The 130-metre crossing restores an active-travel route over the River Ribble between Preston and South Ribble.
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A2Dominion will invest £16m in warmer homes and resilience upgrades. The programme covers insulation, heating, ventilation, damp prevention, energy performance, and climate-adaptation measures across its housing stock.
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Housebuilders face another warning over cumulative new-home delivery cost pressures. HBF says taxes, regulation, labour, materials, and site requirements have added around £76,000 to the average cost of building a home.
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Staticus has secured the façade package for Vista South Bank. The contract adds a major closed-cavity façade scope to one of London’s largest commercial redevelopment schemes.
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AFC Bournemouth has secured planning approval for Vitality Stadium’s expansion. The scheme will increase capacity beyond 20,000 seats while requiring careful construction sequencing around a live Premier League venue.
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Glencar has secured another South East industrial logistics construction assignment. The contractor will deliver Link, Aylesbury, a five-unit Grade A development totalling around 192,000 sq ft and targeting BREEAM Excellent and EPC A ratings.
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McLaren has started main construction at Fairbanks Studios in Elstree. The former BBC Elstree Centre is being transformed into a 266,000 sq ft production campus for high-end television and independent film.
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Heathrow’s expansion planning costs are heading towards another major threshold. The third runway planning application could cost up to £800m before submission, underlining the growing front-end burden attached to nationally significant infrastructure.
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Barbican renewal packages are moving towards a major procurement phase. More than £357m of work is being prepared across MEP systems, core infrastructure, the Conservatory, foyers, performance spaces, staff areas, and public realm.
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Minerva House shows how refurbishments can expose hidden delivery risk. GPE has linked a £14 million cost increase to site complexity and supply chain failures.