Buildings
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National Highways has cancelled Skanska’s A46 Newark Bypass contract package. The decision leaves the consented East Midlands road scheme facing renewed procurement uncertainty.
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Cemex cement has been specified for Benidorm’s TM Tower development. The lower-carbon product will be used in the foundations and structure of the 64-storey residential skyscraper.
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Vinci has secured a major New Reims Hospital contract package. The €210m project will add a 58,000 sq m clinical building to the live hospital campus.
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Affordable housing delivery faces renewed pressure from grant reprofiling plans. Housing associations warn that early SAHP funding changes could reduce starts by around 17,000 homes.
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Short Construction is expanding across residential, commercial, and healthcare projects. Adrian Short, founder and MD at Short Construction, discusses client priorities, regional market conditions, team growth, and the stability contractors need next.
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Scotland’s Monklands hospital rebuild has been sent back for redesign. Ministers rejected the £2.1bn business case, leaving the healthcare project facing a major delivery reset.
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Universal’s Bedford resort has moved into contractor mobilisation in earnest. The scheme brings major building, civils, logistics, and transport works into one of the UK’s largest privately backed construction programmes.
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Tungsten has appointed Magrock for a Bristol industrial estate scheme. The five-unit Filton development targets BREEAM Excellent and EPC A.
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Robertson has started construction on the UK’s next national supercomputer. The Edinburgh facility will combine research infrastructure with heat recovery.
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GLA Land and Property is seeking a London markets partner. The £220m Albert Island scheme will relocate Billingsgate and Smithfield.