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National Construction News briefing: Monday 12 October 2026
Two stories from the last 24 hours, three dates for the week ahead, new figures from our data trackers and five closing dates from our recent stories.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Dandara starts work on 191-home Muse scheme in Milton Keynes Western Expansion Area
The housebuilder has broken ground at Whitehouse on a mix of open market, affordable and single-family rental homes, with Cross Keys Homes taking the affordable element and first sales due in November.
Government sets 200,000-property flood protection target as £4.2bn programme gets under way
Defra has set a target for 200,000 properties to gain better flood protection by March 2029, launched a Flood Action Online advice hub and convened a resilience taskforce that meets for the first time on 14 October.
This week
British Construction and Infrastructure Awards
Takes place on Wednesday 14 October.
Highways UK
Starts on Wednesday 14 October.
RIBA Stirling Prize
Takes place on Thursday 15 October.
New figures
Construction contracts awarded: 5 to 11 October 2026
- Contracts
- 156
- Total stated value
- £340.3 million
- Buyers
- 88
Closing soon
Northern Ireland Housing Executive is seeking tenders for "Response Maintenance and Improvement Works", estimated at £95,931,041 excluding VAT, with a deadline of 15:00 on 12 October 2026.
The consultation closes on Friday 16 October 2026.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited's ITT for the Provision of Repairs Services Tender, valued at £32,197,500 including VAT, also closes on 16 October at 12:00.
Largest construction works tenders closing 5 to 18 October 2026
That consultation runs until 21 October.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story National Construction News has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.