Contracts
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Manchester has submitted its latest Piccadilly Gardens transformation for planning. Galliford Try is already appointed to the 2.3-acre public-realm programme.
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Taylor Woodrow joins Devon’s refreshed four-year highways surfacing framework programme. The £54m package covers resurfacing, reconstruction, patching, and pavement recycling.
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Costain will deliver £150m of Thames Water wastewater upgrades regionwide. The AMP8 programme covers 15 treatment sites and runs through 2030.
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Hospital builders are opening East of England supply-chain engagement opportunities. A Norwich event on 17 September will connect regional suppliers with construction partners appointed to five first-wave New Hospital Programme schemes.
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Evesham’s Riverside demolition proposal reaches the planning committee this week. Wychavon wants to clear the shopping centre and multi-storey car park before appointing partners for a wider mixed-use town-centre redevelopment.
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Haworth Tompkins will refurbish four Natural History Museum visitor galleries. The £1.84m design commission forms part of a wider programme to renew the Grade I-listed South Kensington estate before its 150th anniversary.
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R G Carter expects growth after delayed projects hit turnover. The privately owned contractor enters 2026 with a stronger order book, £80m cash, and no borrowings despite lower annual revenue and profit.
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Stockport has approved two major school rebuilding projects for delivery. Bramhall High and Moorfield Primary can now advance through phased construction programmes designed around schools that must remain operational.
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Barton’s link road has reached its major utility diversion phase. Almost £1m has been approved to relocate water, drainage, broadband, and telecoms infrastructure before the main civils programme advances.
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Developers have submitted plans for Great Yarmouth’s £150m Quayside scheme. The mixed-use waterfront project would combine outlet retail, leisure, a hotel, housing, public realm, and new transport connections.