Contracts

Costain has left “one of the most critical road upgrades in the north of England” less than a year after its appointment by National Highways. The contractor was named alongside Balfour Beatty, Kier and Keltbray on the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project in October, with the firms appointed to work…

Contractors are being sought for £4.5bn-worth of initial work, as part of a major overhaul of the UK’s electricity network.   National Grid issued a contract notice for its Great Grid Upgrade Partnership, covering electricity transmission infrastructure work due by 2030.  The London-based utilities giant described it as the “largest overhaul…

NHS Wales has begun a search for supply chain contract partners to work on a £592m pipeline of work over four years. Successful bidders will win places on the second-generation NHS Building for Wales framework. The framework is divided into two lots. Four contractors will be appointed to each lot…

The procurement of a major £8bn public works framework has begun. The framework is being compiled by Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust for a four-year period and covers works including infrastructure, demolition, housing, retrofit and construction. Contractors are being sought across 171 lots, which are also broken down into…

Glencar has been appointed to build the new £150m Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre (MITC) in Oxfordshire. Construction of the MITC at Harwell Campus will begin this year with the facility expected to become operational in 2025, subject to planning and regulatory approvals. The deal follows a decision last month…

Balfour Beatty has won a contract with NHS Highland for two projects in Caithness. As the principal supply chain partner and managing contractor for the Lochaber and Caithness hospitals redesign projects, Balfour will lead the design and construction of a new hospital in Fort William as well as the refurbishment…

Balfour Beatty has won a £97m contract to provide coastal defences to communities in Wales. The contractor is set to deliver two coastal defence schemes on behalf of Denbighshire County Council. The schemes have been awarded through the Scape civil engineering framework. The Central Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme will see…

Balfour Beatty is set to lose control of highways maintenance in Herefordshire, with the county outlining plans to bring the work in-house. The UK’s largest contractor won a £200m contract from the council in in 2013. The deal covers highways maintenance and improvement works, street lighting, public parks and open…

Value-engineering in the finishes, fitout and interiors sector is an “especially insidious” approach by tier one contractors to preserve their profit margins at the specialist’s expense, a report has found. In Procurement in the Finishes, Fit-Out and Interiors Sector, Stuart Green, professor at the University of Reading, said the £10bn…

Network Rail has picked four firms to work on its renewals jobs in the South of England over the next decade. Within the renewals portfolio – which is expected to be worth up to £9bn from 2024 to 2034 – VolkerFitzpatrick will work on buildings and civils, Octavius on electrification…