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• Shortlist announced for the Construction Marketing Awards 2018

  16-10-2018 19:11
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• Mick George lays foundations for construction trainees

  16-10-2018 16:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mick George Ltd is completing the earthworks on a new college building in Northamptonshire which will train the next generation of construction workers.
  Kier is main contractor on the £4.75m Advanced Construction Engineering (ACE) Centre at the Booth Lane Campus of Northampton College.
  The project is scheduled for completion in Q3, 2019.
  It will help train builders, plumbers and decorators, as well as pioneering new techniques aimed at equipping the workforce of the future with the very la
  
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• Bellway sets aside almost £6m for post-Grenfell recladsd

  16-10-2018 10:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  House builder Bellway has set aside nearly £6m to pay for recladding work to schemes found to fail rain screen fire tests.
  The house builder said it had a small number of developments where aluminium composite materials were used. 
  Bellway said it would finance recladding costs as it revealed record results this morning with pre-tax profit up 14% to £641m on revenue ahead 16% to just shy of £3bn.Chief Executive Jason Honeyman said: “While we received Buildi
  
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• Galliford Try JV starts £20m Burton-on-Trent flood defence job

  16-10-2018 09:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try in joint venture with Black & Veatch is to start work on a £20m contract to design and build an improved flood defence scheme at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire.
  The work involves the repair, replacement and raising of about 4km of flood defence embankments and walls that will protect 4,500 homes from seepage and overtopping by the River Trent.The protected zone also includes a caravan park, library and leisure centre, allotments, golf course, industrial estate, Tes
  
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• Banks cut lending to construction firms

  16-10-2018 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  Banks have been steadily cutting lending to construction companies over the last six months.
  Latest figures from the Bank of England show that lending from banks to firms in key sub-sectors, including house building, commercial construction and civil engineering has recorded the longest period of decline since 2011.
  The developing construction credit squeeze follows the collapse of Carillion and growing unease about the impact of Brexit on housing and commercial property.During the per
  
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• North Midland scoops £225m South West Water alliance deal

  16-10-2018 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  South West Water has named its partners for the H5O Alliance to deliver its capital works programme over the next control period.
  North Midland Construction will be the main construction delivery partner over AMP7, supported by consultant Stantec UK on design and cost consultant ChandlerKBS.
  The deal is expected to be worth around £25-£45m a year to NMC, equating to up to £225m, while Stantec UK could receive fees over the period of up to £50m.South West Water may also ap
  
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• ISG wins £26m Wolverhampton Uni college rebid

  16-10-2018 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  The University of Wolverhampton has agreed a £26m contract with ISG to deliver its new School of Architecture and Built Environment at the former Springfield Brewery site.
  Wates had signed a pre-construction services agreement for the project last year but this failed to advance after the University designed to redesign the scheme.
  Plans for the School of Architecture form the largest part of the first phase of the £100m redevelopment of the city centre site to create
  
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• New firm set up at same address as South Eastern Electrical

  16-10-2018 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  A new company has been set up at the same address as South Eastern Electrical which filed for administration last week.
  Companies House records show that a new firm called SEE Contracts was incorporated last month.
  SEE Contracts has an address in Hainault, Essex which is the same as South Eastern Electrical.The two directors of the new venture are Jamie Davey and Patrick Davey who are also directors of South Eastern Electrical.
  Both firms also share the same company secretary.The specialisms of
  
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• Metal Yapi wins major facade package from Mace

  16-10-2018 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Façade specialist Metal Yapi UK has secured its largest contract to date for Mace at the former Olympic Athlete’s Village site in Stratford.
  The £180m East Village N06 scheme has been designed by architects Hawkins Brown.
  It will see Metal Yapi UK deliver over 22,000 square metres of unitised façade, as well as balconies and sliding door systems to two residential towers of 26 and 31 storeys, and two ten storey pavilions.N06 will be built by Mace on one of the last rema
  
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• TfL and Pocket Living tie-up for cheap London homes

  16-10-2018 01:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  Transport for London has struck a deal with affordable homes specialist Pocket Living to build out several sites.
  Pocket Living, will build around 125 one bedroom homes on TfL sites, which will then be sold outright to buyers at a discount from the open market value.
  Pocket homes are targeted specifically at local singles and couples, who earn too much to qualify for social housing, but are priced out of the open market.They own 100 per cent of their property from day one. In the future when Poc
  
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• Staffordshire Uni submits plan for £40m skills hub

  16-10-2018 01:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Staffordshire University has submitted plans for its £40m Catalyst building as prequals have been returned by contractors.
  The Catalyst Building, which is part-funded by the Office for Students, will take the place of the Brindley Building on the University’s Stoke-on-Trent campus.
  Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is working with University and Mace as project manager to deliver the project.The brick building will house an apprenticeships and digital skills hub, a new library
  
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• Staffordshire Uni submits plan for £40m

  16-10-2018 01:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Staffordshire University has submitted plans for its £40m Catalyst building as prequals have been returned by contractors.
  The Catalyst Building, which is part-funded by the Office for Students, will take the place of the Brindley Building on the University’s Stoke-on-Trent campus.
  Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is working with University and Mace as project manager to deliver the project.The brick building will house an apprenticeships and digital skills hub, a new library
  
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