Daily briefing
National Construction News briefing: Friday 13 November 2026
15 stories from the last 24 hours, four 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
Former Fuuse chief executive Michael Gibson joins Amp EV as advisory board chair
Southport charge point installer Amp EV has appointed the former Fuuse chief executive to chair its advisory board and act as a consultant, months after he stepped down from the Lancaster software firm.
Farrells' THE BeCa towers on Old Kent Road take two residential high-rise awards
The practice said the 292-home Avanton scheme, which topped out this spring as the first phase of the Ruby Triangle masterplan in Southwark, was named Best Residential High Rise Development for London and the UK.
Ryder trainee cycles 180 miles from London to Paris for The Brain Tumour Charity
Emma Ansell, an architectural trainee at Ryder, joined Women in Property's all-women London to Paris ride in September, raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity and picking up an award along the way.
Department for Infrastructure sets out 140km active travel pipeline for Northern Ireland's towns
The Everyday Active Travel Urban Delivery Plan identifies more than 140km of priority walking, wheeling and cycling routes for delivery over 10 years, with almost 1,000km of further corridors earmarked beyond that.
Lovell partners with Carmarthenshire council on 84-home Dôl y Castell scheme
Carmarthenshire County Council has agreed a deal with Lovell for 84 mixed tenure homes off Ffordd Pentre in West Carmarthen, half of them affordable, with work on site expected to start in early 2027.
Stace reports Gateway 3 approval at Alperton Bus Depot after inspector registration setback
The consultancy, acting as independent certifier, contract administrator and cost consultant for Telford Homes, said the 461-home Brent scheme reached Gateway 3 and practical completion in July 2026.
GRAHAM joins Neighbourhood Health Forum as membership reaches 17 organisations
GRAHAM has become the latest member of the private sector grouping formed in November 2025 to work with Government and the NHS on neighbourhood health delivery and new PPP models.
Twelve nuclear organisations and ONR send joint reply to Chancellor's call for culture reform
The newly formed Nuclear Industry CEO Forum, led by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, has told the Treasury how the sector is tackling excessive risk aversion, proceduralism and reluctance to challenge established practice.
NOCN Group launches 1,000 Futures offering free employability courses to college learners
Construction awarding body NOCN Group is giving up to 1,000 learners a month's free access to four short online MicroLens courses, with three colleges and providers already signing up more than 300 people.
Procurement Group hears evidence for early contractor appointment on public projects
Constructing Excellence's Procurement Group, chaired by Trowers & Hamlins partner Rebecca Rees, heard from Scottish Water, the Centre for Construction Best Practice and Professor David Mosey on collaborative delivery and early involvement.
Edinburgh councillors back cut-down George Street scheme with asphalt replacing stone setts
The City of Edinburgh Council's Transport and Environment Committee has approved a revised George Street design that swaps natural stone setts for asphalt and cuts utility diversions, nine months after Full Council paused the scheme.
Ebbsfleet corporation submits plans for temporary creative hub beside Northfleet Station
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation has lodged a planning application to refurbish a former railway sub-station building and create workspace on safeguarded land next to Northfleet Station, with Nucleus Arts as preferred operator.
East West Rail consultation draws 5,374 responses as DCO submission set for autumn 2027
East West Railway Company has published a summary of feedback from its April to June 2026 route-wide consultation, pointing to changes at Bedford, Lidlington and Millbrook ahead of its Development Consent Order application.
RICS: housing sales outlook weakest since July 2023 as mortgage rates rise
The October RICS Residential Market Survey shows agreed sales, new instructions and price expectations all falling, days after the Bank of England raised Bank Rate to 4% and warned inflation could near 5%.
Environment Agency publishes long-term flood investment scenarios to 2125
The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios 2026 assess what flood and coastal erosion risk management in England could look like over 50 and 100 years, against 6.3 million properties already at risk.
This week
APM Project Management Awards
Takes place on Monday 16 November.
SkillBuild National Final
Starts on Wednesday 18 November.
WorldSkills UK National Finals
Starts on Wednesday 18 November.
WhatHouse? Awards
Takes place on Friday 20 November.
New figures
Construction output in numbers: September 2026
- Construction output index, September 2026
- 99.9
- Output growth on the previous month, September 2026
- 0.8%
- Job vacancies in construction, July to September 2026
- 27,000
Closing soon
The consultation closes at 9am on Monday 16 November 2026.
Public-sector buyers have 120 construction works tenders closing on Find a Tender between 6 and 19 November 2026, with the single-contract opportunities among them carrying estimates that add up to £926.8m, according to Cabinet Office open contracting data.
Wiltshire Council has the second-largest tender, the "HE1076 Wiltshire Council Machine Surfacing Term Contract", estimated at £200m excluding VAT, with a deadline of 12:00 on 19 November.
Promoters of rail, tram and harbour schemes in Wales will face a three-month statutory decision deadline on Transport and Works Act applications from 20 November 2026, after the Welsh Government consented to UK regulations rewriting the procedure.
Largest construction works tenders closing 13 to 26 November 2026
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.