Weekly coverage of the building projects, housing schemes, contracts and skills stories that shape work for trades and homeowners across Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Hartlepool and Darlington. Prefer to listen? The Teesside Trade Podcast rounds up the week's stories in ten minutes.
5 October 2026
Reds10 has begun work on 152 modular prison places at HMP Kirklevington Grange, its largest Rapid Deployment Cells project to date and the first where it is principal works contractor, covering power, utilities and groundworks as well as the buildings.
28 September 2026
Darlington Borough Council has approved Homes by Esh's plans for 230 homes at Burtree Garden Village in Faverdale, the latest phase of a 2,000-home development set to run for the next two decades.
21 September 2026
Tees Valley Lithium has been offered up to £18.3m from the Government's DRIVE35 fund towards its £185m refinery at Billingham Chemical Complex, a project expected to support around 1,100 construction jobs.
14 September 2026
Stockton Council's planning committee has approved three linked applications from Avant Homes North East for 394 homes at Tithebarns Fields near Harrowgate Lane, a key part of the West Stockton Sustainable Urban Extension.
7 September 2026
Capital&Centric has released details of the first phase of its Middlehaven neighbourhood in Middlesbrough, with 462 homes proposed and a public consultation on 10 September.
31 August 2026
Tees Valley's Apprenticeship Levy Matching Service has pledged nearly £1.8m from 11 donor firms, funding 89 apprentices, with £600,000 still available.
24 August 2026
MGL Demolition has started taking down the six-storey former Golden Eagle hotel in Thornaby after a year-long asbestos strip-out, finishing in autumn.
24 August 2026
The Commercial on Middlesbrough Road has an alcohol licence for a 42-room hotel aimed at Teesworks and freeport contractors, with 13 jobs initially.
24 August 2026
Tees Valley Combined Authority has appointed Stantec to lead a 20-year spatial strategy for housing, infrastructure and industry.
17 August 2026
Seventeen apprentices start electrical, mechanical and structural roles at British Steel's Northern mills next month, part of a 70-strong intake.
17 August 2026
BAM has started construction on the £13m Skinningrove flood scheme, replacing Stone Row Bridge and protecting more than 100 homes.
17 August 2026
Two housing applications have landed with Stockton Council in a week: up to 160 homes off Darlington Back Lane and 12 affordable homes in Norton.
7 August 2026
Esh Construction has delivered the £23m urban park reconnecting Stockton High Street with the riverside, with a large timber play area now starting.
3 August 2026
Construction has begun on a £9m development of 40 affordable-rent homes in Thorntree, led by housing provider Thirteen with RE:GEN North East and Homes England.
22 July 2026
Alfor Aviation has signed a 50-year deal for an aircraft conversion campus at Teesside Airport, with hangars, warehouses and offices to begin soon.
21 July 2026
PD Ports has commissioned a 675kW solar PV system on the largest warehouse roof on the Tees Bulks Quay, with 2,000 panels and 20km of cabling.
15 July 2026
The CITB says UK construction must recruit 41,000 extra workers a year to 2030, and Teesside's trades are already stretched across live schemes.
9 July 2026
Stockton councillors approved Stonebridge Homes' 243-home Wynyard Park scheme by the chair's casting vote, with solar panels and EV charging throughout.
1 July 2026
Barratt Homes has secured reserved matters approval for 323 homes on a 17.8-hectare site east and west of Saltburn Lane in Skelton, East Cleveland.
18 June 2026
Redcar Bulk Terminal's deep-water quay upgrade is complete and the first NZT Power equipment is on site, as Cavendish Northern wins a piping contract.