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Work to repair parliament’s tallest structure, the Victoria Tower, faces a year’s delay due to a botched procurement process, Construction News can reveal. Last May, parliamentary authorities launched a tender for a £95m job to repair the tower’s crumbling masonry, windows, cast-iron roof, rainwater drainage and flagpole. However, bidders for…

Bowmer & Kirkland, GMI and Vinci are among 20 companies to have secured places on a £260m construction works framework with the University of Manchester. The firms were chosen under a four-year deal to carry out works across the university’s estate, include demolition, new-build, refurbishment and decoration, as well as…

Countryside Partnerships has been named as the replacement contractor on a 215-home development in Cheshire. Lane End Developments, which went into administration in April 2023 after takeover talks failed, was due to deliver the circa £41m Pavilion Park scheme in Helsby for housing association Onward Homes. Onward Homes announced this…

Keltbray has landed the piling work package for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s new 29-storey hotel. The engineering specialist confirmed that it had started on site, making preparations for the foundations. The facility was initially approved as part of the permission granted for the £1bn Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2016, but…

The University of Greenwich is looking for contractors to join a £300m major-works framework. A contract notice published by the institution said it aims to appoint between three and five suppliers for new build, rebuild and refurbishment projects across its three campuses. Properties owned by the south London university include…

Kier has been confirmed as the facilities management (FM) provider at a major new hospital in Cardiff. The contractor’s Kier Places arm will carry out the work at the Velindre Cancer Centre (pictured) for a period of 25 years, starting in 2027. Its duties will include mechanical and electrical maintenance,…

Balfour Beatty has signed a £119m deal to build a flagship net-zero Scottish prison – with the total scheme cost now four times the original estimated price. The tier one contractor was appointed to a preconstruction contract for the 18,500 square metres HMP Highland in Inverness in 2022. Balfour Beatty…

Kier has announced that it will help develop small modular reactors (SMR) with US firm X-Energy. The contractor has signed a memorandum of understanding with X-Energy and Babcock subsidiary Cavendish Nuclear to collaborate on the new technology. The firms will have access to £3.34m from the UK Government Future Nuclear…

The Environment Agency has alerted contractors to a £3bn framework it will take to market next year. The sustainability watchdog said a formal contract notice for its Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 (CDF2) would be published in March 2025. Selected contractors will deliver asset management activities across the agency’s infrastructure portfolio.…

Maritime infrastructure giant Peel Ports is seeking contractors for £750m of work. The organisation, which owns and operates six key facilities around the UK and Ireland, posted an official notice of its general and marine construction frameworks. The deals will deliver design-and-build services and last for eight years. A North…