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National Grid picks £1.2bn transmission partners

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:33:00 +0100

National Grid has appointed Balfour Beatty, M Group, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Murphy and OTW as delivery partners for 1,000km of overhead line upgrades worth £1.2bn.

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Graham to deliver 3,200 homes in Lincoln

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:34:00 +0100

Graham has been appointed by the City of Lincoln Council to design and construct the next phase of its Charterholme project, which aims to deliver 3,200 new homes.

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Portakabin HQ for Workdry group

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0100

Portakabin will deliver a three-storey office building for the Workdry Group's headquarters in Hampshire, using 66 bespoke modules and aiming to demonstrate modern methods of construction (MMoC) techniques.

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Amey launches long lasting barriers with Hill & Smith VRS

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:22:00 +0100

Amey has partnered with Hill & Smith VRS to launch an innovative barrier system on National Highways maintenance projects that promises to reduce the need for repairs and reduce roadworks.

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Pallet Loop demonstrates circularity success

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100

After two years in operation, recovery scheme The Pallet Loop says it has issued more than 3 million pallets and collected 1.8 million after use, paying £1.4m back to users such as British Gypsum, Wienerberger, Barratt Redrow and CEMEX.

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Morgan Sindall to build new Royal Engineers facilities

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:46:00 +0100

As the Royal Engineers move to new facilities at Cattterick, Morgan Sindall has started work on new facilities at the garrison; 1,300 new homes will be built at their former barracks under plans developed by Homes England.

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Chartway completes low carbon Ebbsfleet neighbourhood

The Construction Index — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:37:00 +0100

Chartway Partnerships Group, partnering with Packaged Living and Moat, has completed Alkerden 5B, a neighbourhood of Ebbsfleet Garden Village, including 47 Octopus 'Zero bills' homes with solar panels and Tesla battery storage.

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Planning pays off for NG Bailey

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:08:00 +0100

NG Bailey has reported turnover of £707m in the year to 27 February 2026, up from £662m, with profits up at £21.2m from £15m, and an order book of £1.7bn, citing the successful implementation of a new strategic plan and launch of a new built environment division.

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Holcim supplies sustainable concrete in Digbeth

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:41:00 +0100

Holcim UK has won a competitive tender to supply sustainable readymix concrete to the Smithfield Lofts development in Digbeth, Birmingham.

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Bouygues picked for Jersey hospital

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:34:00 +0100

Bouygues UK has been appointed as lead contractor for main works on the Overdale Acute Hospital project in Jersey, through the island's New Healthcare Facilities Programme (NHFP).

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GMI selected for South Shields refurbishment

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:27:00 +0100

GMI Construction Group will deliver the refurbishment of the Customs House in South Shields, a Grade II listed building.

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JCT appoints drafting chair

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:10:00 +0100

Standard contracts body JCT has appointed Michelmores' Anna Wood as chair of its drafting sub committee, as Clyde & Co's Victoria Peckett steps down.

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Amey picked for TfL framework

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:58:00 +0100

Amey has been appointed to Transport for London's £700m Infrastructure Improvement Framework, where its will work alongside Costain and Dragados on station upgrades, tram infrastructure, and access improvements.

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Severn Trent selects Barhale for stormwater upgrade

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:47:00 +0100

Severn Trent Water has appointed Barhale to deliver a £9.5m stormwater management scheme in Silverdale, near Stoke-on-Trent.

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AtkinsRéalis appointed to Hampshire framework

The Construction Index — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:29:00 +0100

AtkinsRéalis has been appointed to Hampshire County Council's new four year civil engineering, highways and transportation framework.

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Cullross submits Western Harbour, Edinburgh, plans

The Construction Index — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:35:00 +0100

Cullross has submitted a planning application for 212 homes at Western Harbour to the City of Edinburgh council, with affordable homes on the site due to be managed by Wheatley Group.

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Smith Scott Mullan goes employee-owned

The Construction Index — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:12:00 +0100

Scottish architecture firm Smith Scott Mullan will move into employee ownership, after owners Graham Acheson, Eugene Mullan and Rick McCluggage transferred their shares into an employee ownership trust.

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Investcorp acquires Smart Managed Solutions

The Construction Index — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:06:00 +0100

Alternative investor Investcorp has acquired UK mechanical and electrical facilities management company Smart Managed Solutions, and plans complementary acquisitions in the sector.

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Ramboll picked for £3.5bn framework

The Construction Index — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:42:00 +0100

Ramboll has been appointed to the UK government's Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS 2) framework, which has an estimated total value of £3.5bn.

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Kier to continue tidal barrier scheme

The Construction Index — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:17:00 +0100

The Environment Agency and Somerset Council have awarded Kier a £101m construction continuation contract for work on the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier, as the Haven SeaSeven jack up barge departs the site.

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Geobear appoints commercial director

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:38:00 +0100

Geotechnical specialist Geobear has appointed Jon Chevin as commercial and infrastructure director.

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Novus starts Loughborough STEM campus transformation

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:29:00 +0100

Fit out contractor Novus Property Solutions has started work on a £4.2m contract at Loughborough University to turn two buildings into a specialist digitally-focused facility.

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Sunderland signs Sunniside pre-development agreement

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:11:00 +0100

Sunderland City Council has signed a pre-development agreement with Muse, under Pagabo's developer led framework, to oversee development of a masterplan for Sunniside that could deliver a thousand new homes.

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Teesside CCS moves forward with pipework deal

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:52:00 +0100

Energy minister Michael Shanks visited Teesside, as local pipework company Cavendish celebrated winning one of the latest contracts on the planned East Coast Cluster.

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Ashbrook places £18m JCB order

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:39:00 +0100

Ashbrook has placed an £18m order for almost 270 machines from JCB, including the company’s first ever X Series tracked excavators, alongside Loadall telehandlers, site dumpers, and compaction equipment, through Gunn JCB.

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Nixon Hire extends with partner networks

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:28:00 +0100

Accommodation, modular building and renewable energy supplier NIxon Hire has launched a strategic partner network with Safer Group, Minster, Ritesim, Elite GSS and others, allowing it to extend the services it offers to clients.

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New homes delivered with low carbon funding

The Construction Index — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:13:00 +0100

Developer Eutopia Homes has marked the completion of Isca Gardens, an Exeter development delivered by Living Heritage, and financed by Ingenious, using a mechanism that rebates funding costs when carbon targets are met.

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Sunbelt protects celebrating Arsenal fans

The Construction Index — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:16:00 +0100

A new barrier system from Sunbelt Rentals was used to manage a 37,000 capacity Champions League Final screening, and winner Arsenal's subsequent open-top bus tour.

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Watkin Jones refurbishes Reading PBSA

The Construction Index — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:42:00 +0100

Aprirose Real Estate has selected Watkin Jones' Refresh to refurbish a recently acquired purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Reading.

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Global buys Pier, goes modular

The Construction Index — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:28:00 +0100

Scottish energy and infrastructure specialist Global has acquired Pier Solutions, and will launch a new division, Global Modular, its first move into modular construction.

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