Contracts

McAleer & Rushe has won a £60m contract to build two student accommodation blocks in the East Midlands. The Belfast-headquartered contractor was appointed by developer Future Generation to deliver a total of 943 student bedrooms for Loughborough and Nottingham universities. Luxurio in Loughborough will have 458 student rooms, 1,702 square…

Byrne Group has won the contract to build a £150m technology hub for Santander in Milton Keynes. The £203m-turnover contractor has begun work on the Unity Place campus, close to Milton Keynes Central station, which will act as a digital banking innovation centre. The eight-storey building will span four blocks,…

Laing O’Rourke has been revealed as the preferred contractor for Everton Football Club’s new 52,000-capacity stadium. The Premier League club revealed it is set to sign a preconstruction services agreement (PCSA) for a design and build contract, after what it described as a “competitive procurement process.” Everton and Laing O’Rourke…

An Atlanta-based movie studios company is in talks to build a £150m state-of-the-art film studio in Reading, Berkshire. Blackhall Studios wants to build its first UK facility at the Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP), which is owned by the University of Reading. The Department of International Trade (DIT) said its…

Kier, Morgan Sindall and Interserve are among firms appointed to the £1bn South West Wales Regional Contractors Framework. Run by Carmarthenshire County Council, the four-year framework can be used organisations in the public and private sector throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea. Projects included in the…

Durkan has secured the £126m contract to deliver the second phase of a 303-home mixed-use Peabody development in south-east London. The Hertfordshire-based developer is currently building phase 1 of Southmere Village, which is part of Peabody's 30-year Thamesmead regeneration project. The new deal will see Durkan build 303 homes across three blocks…

Laing O'Rourke and Wates are among winning contractors to have been named on the Department for Education's £3bn modular schools framework for England. The framework, which opened in June and covers school design and build projects using offsite methods, is divided into two lots. Lot one is for larger projects…

A new £10.5bn NHS-led framework has opened for tenders. The seven-year Public Sector Construction Works framework is being operated by NHS Shared Business Services and is open for healthcare and other public services to use. It is divided into five lots for jobs valued from under £2.5m to more than…

Kier, Wates and Higgins are among the 41 firms appointed to a £2bn framework led by London-based housing association Hyde Group. The framework primarily covers new-build residential projects but will also include commercial and retail developments. It is formed of eight lots split by price and region with the final…

McLaren has secured a £130m contract with Quintain to build its fourth project at the developer’s £2bn Wembley Park estate. The contractor will deliver three blocks across two plots featuring 396 build-to-rent homes, 1,000 square metres of retail space, with 1,200 square metres also earmarked for a GP surgery. Main…