Building sector | Latest contracts and projects news | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:57:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Building sector | Latest contracts and projects news | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Main contractor appointed for £40m Norfolk prep school job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/main-contractor-appointed-for-40m-norfolk-prep-school-job-18-02-2026/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:01:57 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538508 Independent school Gresham’s has appointed Pentaco Construction as main contractor for its £40m prep school development. The Norfolk school said Pentaco would deliver the design-and-build contract to relocate the existing prep school to the new Dyson Campus, formerly Holt Hall. The £40m scheme is backed…

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]]> Graham to build Northern Irish forensics facility https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/graham-to-build-northern-irish-forensics-facility-17-02-2026/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:33:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538396 Graham has secured a £69.7m job to deliver a new forensic science facility for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. The scheme, known as Project Atlas, will provide 10,400 square metres of new office and laboratory space for Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) within…

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]]> Ferrovial JV wins £80m sewage treatment works job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/ferrovial-jv-wins-80m-sewage-treatment-works-job-17-02-2026/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:50:25 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538390 Ferrovial has secured an £80m contract from Thames Water to upgrade the Slough Sewage Treatment Works in Berkshire. The Spanish contractor’s UK arm will deliver the scheme for client Thames Water through an integrated joint venture (JV) between Ferrovial Construction and sister firm Cadagua, Ferrovial’s…

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]]> MTX scoops £79m Welsh health hub contract https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/mtx-scoops-79m-welsh-health-hub-contract-16-02-2026/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:02:14 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538234 Modular healthcare specialist MTX Contracts has been appointed to design and build a major diagnostics and treatment centre in south-east Wales. The contractor is working on the redevelopment of the former British Airways Avionics Engineering site in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to create the Llantrisant…

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]]> Graham wins £286m student accommodation job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/graham-wins-286m-student-accommodation-job-16-02-2026/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:52:27 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538227 Graham has signed a £286m contract to redevelop the Cambridge Halls student accommodation at Manchester Metropolitan University. The scheme, which secured planning permission in August 2025, will deliver 2,302 student bedrooms on the university’s All Saints Campus in Hulme. It is being brought forward through…

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]]> Kier lands £35m Bristol Temple Meads gateway job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/kier-lands-35m-bristol-temple-meads-gateway-job-13-02-2026/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:04:35 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538153 Kier Construction has been named as winner of a £35m contract to deliver the Southern Gateway scheme at Bristol Temple Meads station. Bristol Temple Quarter LLP has chosen Kier under an open procedure to act as main contractor on the project, which forms part of…

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]]> London council tightens contractor checks after Osborne collapse https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538085 Contractors seeking to do business with the City of Westminster will face more scrutiny and stricter safeguards following the collapse of Geoffrey Osborne. A report by the council’s Audit and Performance Committee on learning lessons from the firm’s demise said a number of robust measures…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/feed/ 0 Network Rail trails £450m Scotland electrification framework https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/network-rail-trails-450m-scotland-electrification-framework-12-02-2026/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:13:42 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538063 Network Rail has launched early market engagement for a £450m single-supplier electrification framework covering projects across Scotland. The framework will support the development, delivery, entry into service and handback of overhead line and traction power systems under Scotland’s railway decarbonisation programme. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited…

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]]> Skanska scoops £273m City of London office job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/skanska/skanska-scoops-273m-city-of-london-office-job-10-02-2026/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:49:26 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537891 Skanska UK has secured a £273m construction contract to redevelop One Appold Street in the City of London. The building, originally constructed in the 1980s as part of the Broadgate estate, is being refurbished rather than demolished. The works are retaining the existing concrete and…

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]]> JRL wins £68.4m Brent resi job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/jrl-wins-68-4m-brent-resi-job-09-02-2026/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:43:49 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537810 JRL Group has been awarded a £68.4m contract by Clarion Housing Group to deliver 180 affordable homes in Brent, north London. The appointment followed Clarion’s completion of the land purchase at Stonebridge Park, providing a route to deliver a scheme near the existing Argenta House…

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