Contracts

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 had now been adopted. Geoffrey…

An extra £40bn of work than originally anticipated could be up for grabs under the next iteration of the UK Government’s flagship construction framework. The Crown Commercial Service yesterday (4 February 2026) released an edited pipeline notice for its Construction Works and Associated Services 3 framework, which is set to…

A judge is set to rule on whether individual firms in unincorporated joint ventures can independently commence and enforce adjudication proceedings. A High Court ruling on a £24m Hinkley Point C (HPC) adjudication could set a landmark precedent for dispute resolution in large infrastructure joint venture (JV) projects. In the…

A Kier job to build a new £60m mental health hospital has been delayed due to rain and a subcontractor's collapse, with the facility now expected to open by the end of the year. The FTSE-250 contractor had originally said it expected construction of the new 54-bed Combe Valley Hospital…

Bowmer & Kirkland has been confirmed as main contractor to build one of the largest film studios in Europe, but questions remain over the £450m government-backed project as a new investor is yet to be confirmed. Plans for the 1.5 million square foot Crown Works Studios in Sunderland has faced…

Willmott Dixon has been named as the preferred bidder to build a £31m Passivhaus leisure centre in Surrey that has been delayed amid unfavourable market conditions. Waverley Borough Council originally said construction work on Cranleigh Leisure Centre would start this autumn after it obtained planning permission in March. However, in…

A new contract model for nuclear fusion construction projects launched this week could be used on future UK schemes, a legal expert has said. The Collaborative Contract for Integrated Fusion Project Delivery was developed by EU organisation Fusion for Energy (F4E) and King's College London's Centre of Construction Law and…

McLaren Living and Heim Global Investor have appointed Winvic as contractor on a £130m build-to-rent scheme in central Birmingham. The development, named Oasis, will deliver 456 one- and two-bedroom homes on Kent Street, close to Birmingham’s cultural quarter. It will also feature a gym, residents’ lounge, co-working areas, and external…

The value of a refurbishment and modernisation framework led by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has increased by 50 per cent due to higher-than-anticipated demand. The four-year Refurbishment and Modernisation Framework Agreement, which was originally valued at £100m when it was originally awarded, will now be worth £150m. It began…

MPs and peers have called on ministers to take “radical action” to tackle the “systemic” problems that dog major infrastructure schemes such as HS2. In a new 36-page report, published on Wednesday (12 November), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Project Delivery laid out a string of recommendations for the…