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• Loopy skyscraper plan for New York

  24-03-2017 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  A New York architect is floating designs for a striking hairpin-shaped tower next to central park that would stand out as the longest building in the world rather than one of the tallest.Concepts for what is being called The Big Bend propose a slender arched structure that would measure 1.22km in length from end to end, effectively nearly double the height of towers like the Burj Khalifa.It would straddle another building on Billionaire’s Row on 57th Street, creating a world-class str
  
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• Robertson to deliver £45m Newcastle NHS Trust works

  26-04-2024 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Robertson Construction North East has clinched a deal to deliver a three-year capital works programme for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
  The £45m programme of capital projects will predominantly take place at the  and the Royal Victoria Infirmary sites.
  Projects include theatre and ward refurbishment programmes, clinical improvements, public facing refurbishments and critical infrastructure/backlog maintenance upgrades.Neil Kennedy, commercial director, Robert
  
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• Osborne staff start looking for new jobs

  26-04-2024 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Osborne have started looking for new jobs.
  Workers at the stricken contractor have taken to LinkedIn looking for new roles following events at the firm.
  Main business Geoffrey Osborne filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator last week with other group companies following suit shortly afterwards.Osborne said it is currently in talks with interested parties “with the ambition that aspects of the business will be sold and will continue to trade.”
  But yesterday gr
  
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• Tide gets go-ahead for London 412 student flats scheme

  26-04-2024 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volumetric developer Tide has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 412 student rooms scheme in West Ealing, London.
  The Hastings Road scheme will transform the underutilised retail site into a mixed-use development with student rooms, communal and commercial spaces.
  The project will be delivered using Tide’s precision-manufacturing volumetric units, which help to reduce construction programmes by up to 50% while also cutting embodied carbon.The volumetric units are built
  
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• Green light for £75m Friar Gate Goods Yard in Derby

  26-04-2024 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Derby City Council approved plans yesterday for Wavensmere Homes and Clowes Developments’ £75m redevelopment of the city’s historic Friar Gate Goods Yard.
  Construction is now scheduled to start this summer to transform two landmark Grade II listed buildings into over 110,000 sq ft of commercial space alongside 276 new build homes.
  Restoration of the 19th Century Bonded Warehouse and Engine House will deliver a total of 111,275 sq ft of flexible offices, health and fitness space
  
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• Ventilation deal could hike product prices for contractors

  26-04-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Officials at the Competition and Markets Authority are warning that contractors could face price rises for ventilation products.
  The watchdog has completed an initial Phase 1 investigation after Lindab International AB’s purchase last October of HAS-Vent Holdings Limited raised competition concerns in relation to the supply of circular ducts and fittings.
  Lindab is a ventilation company primarily active in the UK through subsidiaries Lindab Limited and Ductmann Limited which both manufactu
  
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• Winners named for £2bn Healthy Homes framework

  26-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Midlands and southern housing procurement group, Central Housing Investment Consortium, has named the consultant and contractors to have secured places on its £2bn retrofit and building safety works framework for social homes.
  The Healthy Homes Framework is intended to help deliver net zero and building safety targets for the sector.
  It will provide the social housing sector with consultancy services, fabric first measures, ventilation systems, renewable energy and heat systems, house refu
  
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• Plan rejected for 42-storey tower above historic building

  26-04-2024 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Councillors in Birmingham have unanimously rejected plans to build a 42-storey skyscraper on top of a Grade-II listed former hospital.
  The proposal for the city centre site involved building 300 flats directly above the Grade II-listed former Royal Orthopaedic Hospital building in 80 Broad Street.
  At a planning committee meeting yesterday Conservative councillor Gareth Moore branded the scheme as ludicrous.He said: “This is utterly bonkers. The idea you can stick a 42-storey tower blo
  
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• Plan lodged for tallest skyscraper outside London

  25-04-2024 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Salboy has lodged plans for a dominating residential skyscraper in central Manchester that would be the tallest outside of London.
  The next phase of its Viadux scheme off Great Bridgewater Street will now see construction of two residential towers of 76 and 23 storeys containing a total of 915 apartments.
  Architect simpsonhaugh supported by M&E consultant Ridge and structural engineer Renaissance have designed the scheme.
  The distinctive tower facade has been profiled to reduce win
  
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• Curo starts £170m race for new homes framework

  25-04-2024 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bath-based housing association Curo is on the hunt for contractors to deliver an estimated £170m house building programme over the next four years.
  Curo manages close to 14,000 homes for more than 25,000 people across the West of England.
  It plans to build between 250 and 300 new social homes every year over the next five years and deliver between 100 and 200 private market sales annually.The housing association is planing to set up a panel of preferred contractors and developers to call o
  
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• Adrian Bloor targets 1,000 homes-a-year

  25-04-2024 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HarperCrewe – a UK challenger housebuilder led by experienced industry operator Adrian Bloor –is targeting construction of 1,000 homes a year after receiving an investment boost.
  The firm has confirmed a significant strategic investment from funders TPG Angelo Gordon and Ridgeback Group who have previously acquired nine UK build-to-rent assets worth £800.
  HarperCrewe was founded by Adrian Bloor – former CEO of the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK, Bloor Home
  
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• Gove approves major Cambridge North mixed-use scheme

  25-04-2024 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead to build 425 flats along with five commercial buildings near Cambridge North station.
  The decision to call in the scheme followed South Cambridgeshire District Council’s rejection of Chesterton Partnership’s plan for the mixed-use development on the 17-hectare former railway sidings site.
  The development partnership, involving Network Rail, DB Cargo and Brookgate, used architects Acme an
  
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• Gove approves controversial Cambridge North mixed-use scheme

  25-04-2024 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Homes and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead for plans to build 425 flats along with five commercial buildings for life sciences and tech labs and offices near Cambridge North station.
  The decision to call in the scheme followed South Cambridgeshire District Council’s rejection of Chesterton Partnership’s plan for the mixed-use development on the 17-hectare former railway sidings site.
  The development partnership, involving Network R
  
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• Pontins holiday park to house Sizewell C builders

  25-04-2024 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Pontins holiday park has been earmarked for transformation into accommodation for 500 construction workers building the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
  Plans have been agreed between Sizewell C and Pontins Pakefield near Lowestoft, Suffolk as preparations continue to start the £20bn power project.
  A company spokesperson told the BBC: “At peak construction, Sizewell C will require a workforce of 7,900 people with at least a third coming from the local area.“Those workers liv
  
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• Housing firm fined £528,000 after cable strike

  25-04-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post struck an underground cable suffering burns to his face.
  The MHS Homes employee and a colleague had been tasked by the company to repair three fence posts in a back garden of a tenant on 10 January 2023.
  They had already repaired two of the posts and started on a third, when one of the workers struck an underground electrical cable as he tried to break through some concrete using a breaker.The
  
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• JCT launches latest contract updates

  24-04-2024 11:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  JCT has announced the latest release of all contracts from the Design and Build Contract family as part of the launch of its 2024 Edition of contracts.​Design and Build 2024 contracts are available to purchase from JCT’s online store and are available in hardcopy, JCT On Demand digital, and via the JCT Construct digital subscription service.
  ​The 2024 Edition of the Design and Build Contract family includes:Design and Build Contract (DB 2024)
  Design and Build Contract Guide (DB
  
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• Unions win HS2 site access battle at Old Oak Common job

  24-04-2024 09:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 joint venture Balfour Beatty, Vinca, SYSTRA has finally agreed to allow construction union officials access to its HS2 Old Oak Common construction site.The agreement secures the right of Unite officials to visit the project’s inductions and rest facilities to talk to all the workers on the site during their breaks, in order to deal with any concerns or worries they may have.The access deal was signed after a two-year campaign by Unite, which included regular demonstrations, leafl
  
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• Pagabo reveals 56 winners of latest £1.6bn retrofit deal

  24-04-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pagabo has announced the 56 suppliers appointed to its new £1.6bn Decarbonisation Solutions Framework.
  The framework provider recently launched its healthcare specific decarbonisation deal, and this latest instalment will support public sector organisations completing building works in all other sectors.
  Kingston upon Hull City Council (HCC) is serving as the contracting authority for the framework, which will run for four years.Suppliers appointed can provide a “complete business so
  
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• Contractors jack 1,100t viaduct into place in 13-hour operation

  24-04-2024 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian steelwork specialist Victor Buyck has jacked in a 1,100 tonne steel viaduct on HS2’s complex Delta Junction project.
  Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the firm 13 hours using push-pull jacking to install the 158m-long viaduct over two M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.The operation was completed 10 hours ahead of schedule by a 25-strong Victor Buyck team, enabling the motorway link roads to be opened earlier than planned.
  The ‘East M42-M6 Link Viaduct&rsq
  
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• Go-ahead for £100m Liverpool Love Lane flats

  24-04-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Widnes-based Sourced Development Group and partner Network Rail have been given the green light to build over 500 flats in four blocks just outside Liverpool city centre.
  The distinctive pink/red-clad blocks will be built on four former car park plots of land at Love Lane and Pall Mall in the Vauxhall area, with buildings ranging from nine to 11 storeys.
  BDP designed the project with M&E consultant Steven A Hunt & Associates. Two of the blocks will be built above existing Network Rail-ow
  
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• Berkeley subbies face six weeks without payments

  24-04-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley Group is moving to a new finance system which could leave its supply chain facing six weeks without payment this summer.
  Subcontractors have been sent emails from the house building giant warning about disruption to payments.
  It said: “As some of you will be aware, Berkeley Group have started to introduce a new Finance, Procurement and Subcontract application throughout its businesses.“There will be some disruption caused by this and we are anticipating not being able to rai
  
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• Mace poaches Ramboll chief to be Head of Engineering

  23-04-2024 12:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has lured consultant Ramboll’s head of London buildings Martin Feakes to take the role of group head of civil and structural engineering.
  In his new role, Feakes will lead on developing the discipline of civil and structural engineering across the group.
  His responsibilities will include setting the platform for engineering on projects and programmes, supporting design teams with buildability advice, as well as embedding Construction to Production (C2P) and optimising construction eng
  
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• Wates wins former Daily Mail printworks transformation

  23-04-2024 12:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Land has finalised a deal with Wates to transform its landmark Printworks site at Canada Water in London into offices and a cultural venue.
  The plan will reinstate and create a permanent music venue in one half of the large former Printworks building, the other half will deliver next-generation sustainable workspace and retail, known as The Grand Press.
  The designs, led by architects Hawkins\Brown, seek to maintain the building’s volume and character while creating a highly sustain
  
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• Fear of supply chain failures boosting collaboration

  23-04-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Around nine out of 10 contractors say the biggest headache they currently face is industry supply chain fragility.
  Fear of supply chain failure now dominates all other concerns like labour availability and materials cost and supply, according to consultant RLB’s annual procurement trends report.
  But widespread concern about the supply chain in construction has pushed clients towards greater collaboration with contractors.
  Contractors are also seeing an improved appetite for sharing more ri
  
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• Subcontractors form alliance for major civils jobs

  23-04-2024 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Three leading specialists have joined forces to form an alliance to help deliver major infrastructure schemes more collaboratively.
  The Shropshire Alliance consists of locally based firms Beaver Bridges, Chasetown Civil Engineering and Foundation Piling.
  The alliance members have a combined turnover of £250m and will aim is to “create something greater than the sum of its parts, delivering more efficient and cost-effective  development outcomes to the benefit of the communities
  
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• Higgins wins £75m Peabody Passive House job

  23-04-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing association Peabody has appointed Higgins Partnerships to build 189 affordable, low-energy homes at Deptford Landings in south east London.
  The £75m scheme will be one of the largest single-phase Passive House projects in the UK and will see residents benefitting from reduced energy costs and a significant improvement in comfort and air quality.
  It will be made up of three eight-storey buildings designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).The homes will be part of a
  
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• Wates sets up business to target 160,000 mouldy social homes

  23-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has launched a new dedicated service for social landlords to tackle the damp and mouldy homes epidemic, estimated to impact 160,000 social homes in England.
  The new Healthy Homes service will see Wates deliver bespoke programmes of work, using both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain.
  This will help social landlords to address repairs before they become legal disputes, reducing legal fees and resulting in happy and safe residents.
  Wates said it had already signed six social h
  
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• Wates set up business to target 160,000 mouldy social homes

  23-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has launched a new dedicated service for social landlords to tackle the damp and mouldy homes epidemic, estimated to impact 160,000 social homes in England.
  The new Healthy Homes service will see Wates deliver bespoke programmes of work, using both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain.
  This will help social landlords to address repairs before they become legal disputes, reducing legal fees and resulting in happy and safe residents.
  Wates said it had already signed six social h
  
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• Contractors and unions sign Sizewell C working agreement

  22-04-2024 21:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A dozen contractors and unions Unite and GMB have signed labour agreements with EDF for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk.
  The site-wide deal described as ‘best in class’ by all signatories sets pay and conditions for the site, which will cover up to 8,000 workers at peak construction.
  Details have still to emerge, but the new deal is said to offer better sick pay and parental leave terms than agreed in 2013 for the Hinkley Point C site.The three Solidar
  
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• Contractors and unions agree Sizewell C working deal

  22-04-2024 21:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A dozen contractors and unions Unite and GMB have signed labour agreements with EDF for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk.
  The site-wide deal described as ‘best in class’ by all signatories sets pay and conditions for the site, which will cover up to 8,000 workers at peak construction.
  Details have still to emerge, but the new deal is said to offer better sick pay and parental leave terms than agreed in 2013 for the Hinkley Point C site.The three Solidar
  
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