Construction firm Lendlease has commenced construction on new £286m prison in Leicestershire, UK.
Austrian construction company Porr announced that it has completed excavation work for the construction of the 80m Franklinturm building to be located in Zurich, Switzerland.
Poland’s Ferrero Polska has awarded a contract to Eiffage Polska Budownictwo, a unit of France’s Eiffage Construction, for the construction of two expansions of the production plant in Belsk Duży near Grójec.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to finance Ukraine-based food retailer Novus Group with $100m for the construction of a new green distribution centre in Kyiv along with new stores across Ukraine.
UK-based Capital Land Property Group has received planning consent from Swindon Borough Council to deliver more than 1,550 homes as part of the transformation of the eastern side of Swindon, UK.
Eiffage via its subsidiary, in a consortium with BESIX and In Advance, has secured a contract to build the new headquarters of RTBF, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation public service broadcaster, in Brussels, Belgium.
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by the London Borough of Enfield to provide project and cost management services for its Meridian Water infrastructure works.
UK-based construction firm Kier Group has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to build a £24.7m project at Dover Grammar School for Boys in the UK.
Sanctuary Housing Association’s development arm Sanctuary Homes has selected Higgins to design and construct 120 new homes in Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, England.
UK-based Morrison Construction has secured a contract from Angus Council to deliver Arbroath (Brothock Water) Flood Protection Scheme in Scotland, UK.
UK-based housing developer Inland Homes has announced that one of its divisions has entered into agreements to acquire and develop the 36.7-acre Cavalry Barracks in Hounslow West London.
Willmott Dixon, a property developer, has won a £23.8m contract to make enhancement to three schools including Q3 Academy Langley, West Bromwich Collegiate Academy and Bristnall Hall Academy, Sandwell, Midlands in the UK.
Willmott Dixon, a UK-based property developer, has been selected by Woking Borough Council for the construction of Hale End Court, an independent living and extra care housing facilities in Surrey, the UK.
Willmott Dixon has completed and handed over the first phase of the campus transformation of Oaklands College in Hertfordshire, UK.
Finnish construction firm YIT has entered into a contract with the municipality of Sodankylä in Northern Finland to build a multi-purpose school building and maintain the property for 20 years.
Southvalley Estate, a part of MCR Property Group, has unveiled plans for a mixed-use development, Northern Gateway, in Manchester, UK.
Interserve Construction is set to begin construction on the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital in Walsall, England.
The plans have been cancelled to build a £500m athletes village for the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham, UK.
The Building business of the UK-based construction firm Galliford Try has secured an order to construct a £105m build-to-rent development in Leeds, UK.
The UK government has announced the completion of its new flagship hub, Queen Elizabeth House, in Edinburgh.