Contracts

Graham has been appointed to deliver infrastructure works for the Central Docks neighbourhood within Peel Waters’ £5bn Liverpool Waters development. The firm will act as principal contractor on the design-and-construct contract, covering roads, underground utilities and public realm across the 10.5-hectare site. Central Docks is the largest brownfield plot in…

The Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA) has said it indends to procure a new four-year framework covering public building construction, refurbishment, and associated civil infrastructure works across Wales. The framework, known as PB4, will be established by the LHC Procurement Group on behalf of WPA and is due to run from…

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks has awarded a £222.8m framework for the construction, refurbishment and restringing of overhead transmission lines across the region. The eight-year deal for five firms is split into two lots and covers overhead lines operating at 33kV, 110kV and 275kV. The scope includes asset replacement, uprating, emergency…

McLaren Construction has been chosen to build a long-planned indoor arena and hotel in Cardiff. The 16,500-capacity arena, part of the city’s Atlantic Wharf regeneration programme, will be developed by a consortium of entertainment firm Live Nation and Robertson Property. The scheme also includes a 182-room hotel and a public…

Network Rail has named four companies as preferred delivery partners on the £1.75bn Midlands Rail Hub programme. The alliance includes VolkerRail, Laing O’Rourke, AtkinsRéalis and Siemens Mobility. They will support the design and development of the major transport scheme alongside Network Rail, which is leading the project in collaboration with…

Fit-out specialist EE Smith Contracts has secured a contract worth more than £60m to deliver the envelope and full internal fit-out of a high-end residential scheme near Regent’s Park in London. Developer Domvs, working in a joint venture with Select Group, appointed the subcontractor to complete the next phase of…

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) has appointed 33 contractors to a £970m framework for housing repair and improvement works. The Multiple Elements of the Built Environment Framework runs from August 2025 to August 2029 and replaces an earlier three-lot deal expiring on 23 September. CHIC said it would…

Tier one contractor Bowmer & Kirkland has secured a £49.8m job to deliver the main works for a secondary school redevelopment in Cramlington, Northumberland. The job was awarded through a call-off under the Department for Education’s (DfE's) CF21 school construction framework. The project will see the replacement of existing facilities…

Scottish Power Transmission has awarded two strategic frameworks worth a combined £5.4bn for works to expand its onshore electricity infrastructure across central and southern Scotland. The substation and overhead line contracts will support Scottish Power’s Holistic Network Design programme, which aims to accelerate grid capacity to meet growing energy demand…

The next generation of the Southern Construction Framework is set to increase in value to reflect higher demand and the inclusion of lower-value workstreams, according to a preliminary market engagement notice published today (22 August). Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council have launched early market engagement for the sixth-generation…