Contracts
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Esh Construction has started preparatory works on Elland’s access package. Two pedestrian and cycle bridges will improve connections between Elland, West Vale, Riverside Park, and a planned railway station.
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South Wales authorities have opened a £270m highways works framework. The six-year opportunity covers structures, surfacing, active travel, drainage, lighting, maintenance, and emergency repairs.
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SBS is expanding occupied-home retrofit delivery across the Midlands region. Thousands of social homes will receive insulation, solar, ventilation, window, door, and hot-water improvements by 2028.
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Skanska will build Kristianstad University’s new city-centre campus by 2029. The 25,000 sq m scheme includes one of Sweden’s largest concrete-component reuse programmes.
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Two regional contractors have secured places on Leicestershire’s maintenance framework. The agreement provides operatives, vehicles, plant, and additional delivery capacity for up to four years.
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HS2 has completed the main structure of Burton Green tunnel. Landscaping, fire protection, access works, and Greenway reinstatement will now continue across the Warwickshire site.
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Mace will return to transform London’s former riverside City Hall. The redevelopment will expand the building, replace its façade and services, and reshape the surrounding public realm.
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Europe’s largest tunnelling machine will drive beneath the Thames estuary. The 16.4m-diameter TBM is due to begin excavating the Lower Thames Crossing’s twin road tunnels in 2028.
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Dunkirk has begun major construction on its container expansion programme. The €303m scheme will add deep-water berths and double the port’s handling capacity.
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Hinkley Point C has appointed two independent decommissioning plan verifiers. Turner & Townsend and NUVIA will examine cost, risk, technical feasibility, and waste assumptions.