Daily briefing
National Construction News briefing: Thursday 22 October 2026
15 stories from the last 24 hours, one event or deadline today, one date for the week ahead, new figures from our data trackers and four closing dates from our recent stories.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Glasgow approves £100m Wyndford regeneration for 401 affordable homes
Glasgow City Council has granted planning consent for Wheatley's £100m Wyndford scheme in Maryhill, with CCG (Scotland) set to build 343 social rent and 58 mid-market rent homes from spring 2027.
David Horne named integrated chief customer and commercial officer for Britain's railway
The LNER managing director will sit on the executive teams of both Network Rail and DfT Operator from November, leading a single customer and commercial strategy ahead of Great British Railways.
CIOB names 29 winners in first Hub Recognition Awards
The Chartered Institute of Building has named 29 winners in its inaugural Hub Recognition Awards, a scheme run through its local hubs with Rising Star and Outstanding Contribution categories.
Buro Happold led CFD modelling for Yale study on plant biofilters that could cut indoor CO2 below outdoor lev…
Buro Happold ran about 100 computational fluid dynamics simulations for a Yale-led study that found plant-based biofiltration could take indoor CO2 below outdoor levels, something ventilation alone cannot do.
NHBC adds coastal locations chapter to 2027 Technical Standards
The warranty provider will publish the 2027 edition in January, with a new chapter on specifying materials in salt-laden coastal environments and only 5.6% of clauses taking a new technical position.
LED ceiling light rejected at border over serious fire risk, OPSS reports
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has published a report on a China-made LED ceiling light, model JM6001, rejected at the border over an incorrect supply cord that could overheat, in a case notified by Local Authority Trading Standards.
DfT releases £220m incentive funding as councils project 7,000 miles of resurfacing
The Department for Transport has released £220m of performance-linked road maintenance funding to English councils, as provisional transparency reports project a record £4.9bn spend and more preventative work in 2026-27.
AtkinsRéalis designs unveiled for four-storey Northstowe Town Hub as planning bid goes in
South Cambridgeshire District Council has lodged a planning application for a 4,000 sq m health, library and community building at the Cambridgeshire new town, designed by AtkinsRéalis through a Pagabo framework.
NFB warns employer shortage could undermine £625m Construction Jobs Plan
The National Federation of Builders has questioned whether enough employers will be able to take on learners after the government published its Construction Jobs Plan, which backs training for up to 60,000 workers.
RIBA tells members to re-key 2026 CPD into MyARB after ruling out database link
The institute said data protection law and a pledge to keep AI and text-parsers away from members' private CPD records led it to keep its system separate from the regulator's for this renewal cycle.
Egger's Timberpak marks 25 years supplying recycled wood to UK chipboard plants
The Egger (UK) subsidiary says it has processed 4.1 million tonnes of waste wood since January 2000 and now holds licensed capacity of 625,000 tonnes a year across four sites.
Peabody sets 2031 deadline for all rented homes to reach EPC C in new five-year strategy
The housing association's 2026-31 Sustainability Strategy and Climate Transition Plan commits to EPC C or better across its rented stock, with every directorate given its own sustainability action plan for the first time.
BGF takes minority stake in Harley Haddow as McLuskey steps up to chief executive
The growth investor has completed a multi-million-pound minority investment in the Edinburgh engineering consultancy to fund organic expansion and acquisitions, with a new chief executive and a non-executive chair appointed.
Sunbelt Rentals UK & Ireland and Trackunit win IAPA digital award at 2026 ceremony in Istanbul
The joint data programme took the Digital Development Award at the 2026 International Awards for Powered Access in Istanbul, with JLG/Power Towers' LiftPod and HSS Training's Debbie Forbes also among the winners.
Ambition North Wales sets up supplier directory to feed Clean Energy Fund projects
The regional body is building a searchable Renewables Supplier Database of North Wales installers and fabric contractors as its Clean Energy Fund fields about 100 enquiries for solar, storage and EV charging projects.
Today
RICS UK Awards
Takes place today at Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge.
This week
NHBC Pride in the Job Awards
Takes place on Friday 23 October.
New figures
Construction tenders closing: 23 October to 5 November 2026
- Open tenders closing
- 139
- Estimated value
- £676.1 million
- Buyers
- 113
Closing soon
Public-sector buyers have 121 construction works tenders closing on Find a Tender between 9 and 22 October 2026, with the 105 single contracts that carry an estimate valued at £431.0 million in total, according to Cabinet Office open data.
TrustMark's own consultation on its Scheme Provider model closes on 27 October 2026.
Largest construction works tenders closing 16 to 29 October 2026
NOCN Group has opened a new round of its Foundation's Skills Innovation Grant programme, offering grants of £500 to £15,000 for pilot training projects, with applications closing on 15 December and a webinar for applicants on 3 November.
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.