Contracts
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Natural Power will investigate two Scottish wind farms’ ground conditions. The work will inform turbine foundations, access routes, drainage, earthworks, and detailed design at Ourack and Quantans Hill.
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Government contracts will give local benefits twice their previous weighting. The revised rules take effect in January 2027 and change tender evaluation, reporting, and workforce commitments.
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Gatwick’s northern runway scheme has now cleared another legal challenge. The Court of Appeal refused permission to contest the development consent decision on every ground advanced.
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North Manchester’s hospital rebuild will begin with new outpatient facilities. Bovis is expected to start construction in 2027, before the wider hospital programme advances through its principal delivery phases.
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Orbit has opened procurement for its £1.435 billion housing programme. Five regional contracts will cover planned upgrades, remediation, decarbonisation, compliance work, and complex major projects.
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Yorkshire Water is shaping a £3bn decade-long infrastructure delivery framework. Supplier feedback will influence its lotting, commercial, incentive, and collaboration model before formal procurement begins.
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PORR has started assembling Łódź’s high-speed rail tunnel boring machine. Excavation of the 4.6km twin-track route is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of 2027.
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GMI will build Nuneaton’s new library and business centre project. The £17.3m design-and-build award moves the former Royal Mail site into its main construction phase.
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Kori will redevelop Chiswick’s former police station into retirement housing. The 50-home extra-care scheme is scheduled to start in September and complete by the end of 2028.
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GRAHAM will deliver Oxfordshire’s final major Didcot infrastructure construction package. The 3.6km route includes railway and Thames bridges, new junctions, and segregated walking and cycling facilities.