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• L&Q unveils £15bn building plan after mega-merger

  06-12-2016 23:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  L&Q and East Thames housing associations have completed their mega-merger and sealed a £2.6bn financing package to fund an ambitious house building plan.
  L&Q has pledged to up construction rates at Barking Riverside to 600 homes a year
  The newly-merged housing association has unveiled plans to invest £15bn over the next 10 years on a massive housing building programme in the south east.
  Previously both organisations had a combined 43,000 development pipeline. After&
  
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• Network Rail loses sole control of track maintenance

  06-12-2016 15:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has started to strip full control of rail maintenance from Network Rail to hand it to railway operators.
  Transport secretary Chris Grayling today said he wanted the publicly-owned Network Rail to share responsibility for running the tracks with private train operators.
  Under plans announced today track maintenance will also now be undertaken by Virgin and Southern for the first time.
  He believes the plan will incentivise the private operators, which rely on the tracks being i
  
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• Terraced homes plan above Manchester housing blocks

  06-12-2016 15:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer DeTrafford Estates has submitted plans for a residential-led mixed-use scheme of 419 homes in Manchester.The plan for the Ellesmere Street site Castfield will see four new residential brick buildings rising from 8 to 16 storeys around the perimeter of the site with a smaller building within the enclosed square.
  The new building blocks will echo the site’s former Brewery and warehouse buildings and offer around 30,000 sq ft of commercial space at street level.
  These 
  
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• Payment reporting to start in April after one year delay

  06-12-2016 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Large companies will be required to publish details on how quickly they pay their suppliers, under draft regulations released by Small Business Minister Margot James.
  The Government has now confirmed the new regulations will come into force from April 2017, a year later than originally planned.
  Under the ‘Duty to Report’ rule, large firms and limited liability partnerships, will be required to publicly report twice yearly on their payment practices and performance.
  This will include
  
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• Wigan council hunts for schools builders

  06-12-2016 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Wigan Council is renewing its panel of builders to deliver a backlog of schools repairs and new buildings.
  The council expects to spend around £50m over the next four years to 2021. This will be split into around £15m small works up to £1m and around £35m of total spending on projects worth £1m-£5m.
  Ten firms were previously selected for the panel four years ago when its ambitious £275m BSF school programme was culled by then education secretar
  
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• Construction worker hit in face with crowbar

  06-12-2016 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  A contractor from Northallerton has been fined after a worker was hit in the face by a crowbar during concrete work on a hotel job.
  Durham Crown Court heard how Walter Thompson (Contractors) Limited (WTL) was Principal Contractor for the 47 bedroom extension of the Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham.
  During the installation of concrete floor slabs a worker was struck in the jaw by a crowbar when it became trapped between two of the slabs.He suffered a head injury, including lacerations to his head and
  
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• Leeds plans three new stations and airport rail link

  06-12-2016 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leeds Bradford airport is to get its own dedicated train station, as part of a £270m overhaul of the city’s transport system.
  The new parkway station would be built on the existing Leeds to Harrogate line, connecting to the wider rail network.
  Two other new stations are also proposed at White Rose Shopping Centre and Office Park and at Thorpe Park to support job creation and housing growth along the East Leeds Extension.
  The new stations would be part-funded from the £173.5m of
  
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• Wolseley sees UK revenue fall as job cuts consultation continues

  06-12-2016 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plumbing and builders’ merchant chain Wolseley confirmed a 2.9% fall in UK revenue today as it continued with plans to shut 80 branches and a major distribution centre laying off up to 800 staff.
  The firm unveiled the UK streamlining strategy in September which will cost £100m.
  An Interim Management Statement today for the three months to October 31 2016 showed UK revenues for the quarter were 2.9% down on last year at £499m while trading profit dipped £2m to £
  
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• Crossrail sparks return to work as New Year strike ballot looms

  06-12-2016 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Industrial action by Crossrail electricians came to an end this morning as the team at Tottenham Court Road returned to work.
  Around 60 M&E workers for Crown House at the Tottenham Court Road site “cabined-up” last Wednesday after claims the company was refusing to recognise their shop steward and tried to move him onto another job.
  Electricians staged another protest on Friday and refused to go into work again yesterday with further action due today.But the sparks agreed to go b
  
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• Crossrail action intensifies as sparks call “indefinite strike”

  06-12-2016 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Industrial action by Crossrail electricians has moved into its second week as the sparks set up a strike fund for supporters to back their protest.
  Around 60 M&E workers for Crown House at the Tottenham Court Road site “cabined-up” last Wednesday after claims the company was refusing to recognise their shop steward and tried to move him onto another job.
  Electricians staged another protest on Friday and refused to go into work again yesterday with fuurther action due today.The En
  
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• 22 Bishopsgate lowered over crane clash fear with planes

  06-12-2016 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Fresh plans have been submitted to trim four floors from the 22 Bishopsgate tower under construction in London because of fears cranes will interfere with flights into city airport.
  Planned new flat-top 22 Bishopsgate tower, next to taller proposed 1 Undershaft, after building lowered by 22m
  The AXA-led development consortium has chopped 22m from the originally consented scheme, cutting off the stepped apex to create a flat-top skyscraper.
  Planning documents lodged with the City of London reveal
  
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