Cashflow issues stemming from a contract dispute at the end of 2019, compounded by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, resulted in the Manchester-based construction firm appointing FRP Advisory as administrators last month.
Work has begun to knock down the Base building near the University of Manchester on Oxford Road and replace it with a five-storey, 91,000 sq ft workspace for computer engineering, manufacturing, science and technology companies.
Contractor Westfields Construction has reached the highest point at The Gate and The Stile residential buildings at developer Far East Consortium’s £200m Meadowside development in Manchester.
Construction services firm Bowmer + Kirkland has been appointed as the main contractor to build Manchester Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, and to refurbish the John Dalton complex.
Contractor Domis is preparing to start construction of the developer’s 17-storey office building on Back Turner Street in Manchester after the city council approved a construction management plan.
The contractor has finished refurbishing 51,000 sq ft of offices at Boultbee Brooks Real Estate’s Mosley Street building in Manchester, having replaced now-defunct Styles & Wood last year.
The under-construction Manchester arts venue has received £21m from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and Arts Council England, intended to help offset a string of challenges that have led to mounting costs and project delays.
Work to create a 6.5-acre public park under the first phase of the Manchester mixed-use scheme has begun, while the build of 320,000 sq ft of offices will start next year.
Russell WBHO is to build a 90,000 sq ft chilled warehouse at the fruit & vegetable supplier’s East Manchester base to facilitate the company’s expansion.
The contractor is to install three laboratories and offices on the sixth floor of the University of Manchester's £150m Henry Royce Institute on Upper Brook Street, creating a sustainable materials research centre.
