Contracts

Bouygues UK has been awarded a £119m contract to build two new campuses in the Welsh town of Barry. Work on the Barry Waterfront Campus (BWC) and the Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) will begin in June with a completion date of summer 2027. The educational facilities, developed by the Welsh…

British Land has appointed Bam to deliver a £100m overhaul of a skyscraper in the City of London. The developer named the contractor for its "green transformation" of 34-storey Broadgate Tower near Liverpool Street station. Bam beat Wates, 8Build and McLaren to the job, according to data intelligence provider Glenigan.…

Milestone Infrastructure has secured an £840m roads maintenance deal in Oxfordshire. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm will look after more than 4,800km of highways following a contract award announced on Friday (21 March). The deal from Oxfordshire County Council will start on 1 April and run to 2033, with a possible extension…

Southern Housing is seeking contractors for up to £1.7bn worth of projects over the next 20 years. The housing association’s official tender notice for its Capital Investment Works 2026 to 2046 framework shows 10 lots covering a range of tasks across London, Sussex and Kent. The main packages involve external…

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn has pushed back against suggestions by HS2 bosses that construction contracts on the London to Birmingham rail scheme could be renegotiated. In December, Construction News reported comments made to MPs by HS2 chief financial officer Alan Foster, saying that contractors accepted that the legal agreements…

Morgan Sindall has been named as the preferred contractor to build a £61m science laboratory and workspace in Liverpool. The 117,190 net sq ft development will be located at Paddington Village in the city’s Knowledge Quarter. Client Sciontec said it would work with Morgan Sindall to refine the project’s technical…

Graham has taken over a £44m former ISG project to turn a former retail outlet into a cultural hub. The City Centre Cultural Gateway project is set to see a seven-storey former Ikea store in Coventry retrofitted with gallery and collections space, as well as a cafe, library, dance studio,…

Clancy has landed a £250m deal to deliver reactive and proactive repair services for Southern Water. The agreement will see the Middlesex-based contractor respond to emergency calls, support leakage reduction, work with housing developers and businesses, and install water meters. The contract covers the AMP8 control period, beginning this October…

Bowmer & Kirkland has scooped a deal to build two industrial units within a £100m development in the West Midlands. The Derbyshire-headquartered contractor will deliver a 23,500 square metre building and a smaller 1,650 square metre structure on the Spark scheme in Walsall. Both are set for completion later this…

Six large contractors will deliver large construction jobs for the University of Glasgow after winning places on a £500m framework. CN100 firms Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try, John Graham, McLaughlin & Harvey, Morgan Sindall and Robertson were named on Lot 3 of the institution's Construction Framework. This will see the six…