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• Graham consortium wins £400m Manchester job

  26-07-2024 19:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Viridis consortium of Equitix, Graham and Derwent FM has been selected as preferred bidder and delivery partner for the next phase of the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus.
  The £400m deal will be developed under a Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) model.
  The University and Viridis will now work together to develop its DBFO delivery plans with the aim of reaching financial close by summer 2025.On completion, the wider Fallowfield campus will offer up to 5,400 s
  
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• Morgan Sindall to build former Willmott Dixon leisure job

  26-07-2024 15:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has been appointed to build a Newcastle leisure centre job which Willmott Dixon walked away from last year after failing to agree a final price amid rising construction costs.
  Willmott Dixon agreed to complete enabling works under the preconstruction agreement at the West Denton leisure centre while Newcastle City Council looked for a new contractor.
  The council has now confirmed Morgan Sindall will complete the project with main construction set to start “within weeks&rdquo
  
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• Village centre approved for 6,000-home new town plan

  26-07-2024 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to build a 6,000 home New Town in Hampshire look set to finally take-off after plans for a village centre at its core were given the thumbs up.
  Construction of Welborne Village Centre is now expected to start this autumn and will include a school GP surgery and pharmacy, a nursery, a pub/hotel, cafes, shops, and sports facilities.
  The Centre will be the initial hub of the Welborne community and will provide essential amenities to residents an from an early stage of the development.The Vill
  
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• Keltbray looking to sell infrastructure business

  26-07-2024 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Keltbray is understood to be in advanced talks to sell its infrastructure division.
  Industry sources told the Enquirer earlier this week: “It’s an open secret that a deal is being done and the firm is being broken up.”
  Keltbray declined to say any more than “we never comment on market speculation of this nature.”It is understood that the infrastructure arm will be sold and headed up by existing chief executive Darren James.
  Any deal would leave behind the building b
  
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• Unite buys London site to fast-track 444-bed student scheme

  26-07-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student rooms developer Unite has bought a site in south London with planning already in place to fast-track  a 444-bed scheme.
  The move swells Unite Students’ London development pipeline which now totals 3,200 beds for delivery over the next five years at a cost of over £800m.
  Unite said it would start demolition shortly to advance the latest Borough High Street scheme in Southwark, known as King’s Place.Thye site was formerly owned by Southwark Homes which brought in Se
  
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• CITB awards £2.5m of contracts to management consultant

  26-07-2024 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Industry training body CITB has awarded contracts worth £2.5m in the last year to a firm to provide “project leadership and management consultancy “.
  The contracts awarded to Matt Hamnett & Associates Limited (MH&A) include a £1.4m deal for Scotland to “deliver project leadership and management consultancy in Scotland and deliver the transformation programme agreed with CITB.”
  A similar £554,000 deal has been signed with MH&A in England along
  
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• £3m fine after cherry picker demolition death

  26-07-2024 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A recycling company has been fined £3m after a man died and another was seriously injured while decommissioning a North Sea gas rig.
  Stephen Picken, 62, and Mark Kumar were working for Veolia ES (UK) Limited at an onshore facility in Great Yarmouth.
  Both men were working as demolition operatives also known as “Top Men”, undertaking the decommissioning and dismantlement of offshore structures.On 17 October 2019, the two workers were removing an overhanging piece of metal pipewor
  
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• Innovative viaduct building method used for first time in UK

  26-07-2024 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 contractors are using a specialist cantilever process for the first time in the UK to build viaduct spans at the scheme’s complex Delta junction in the West Midlands.
  The viaduct intersection is being built by Balfour Beatty VINCI, using a method initially developed by Campenon Bernard, now part of Vinci.
  The River Tame West Viaducts presently under construction carry three rail tracks in total and form the northern tip of the planned Delta junction, which will require nine viaducts to
  
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• “Scrap CITB” say three quarters of construction firms

  25-07-2024 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Nearly three quarters of construction firms want to scrap the training levy and the CITB according to a major new survey.
  The research was conducted by Survation and commissioned by payroll giant Hudson Contract who are embroiled in an on-going legal dispute with the CITB over levy payments.
  A total of 1,042 companies responded to the survey with 74% of those currently paying wanting to scrap the levy and the CITB.The results come ahead of the CITB’s levy-raising powers expiring when it wi
  
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• BAM plans wave of job cuts at UK Construction arm

  25-07-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at BAM Construction are facing a round of job cuts after the Dutch parent group revealed this morning that Manchester’s delayed Co-op arena job plunged the UK construction business £19.5m into the red in the first six months of the year.
  Royal BAM Group said it had suffered a ‘substantial loss’ on the project in its latest reported group results for the first half of 2024.
  Conversel,y BAM Nuttall, the UK civil engineering business delivered strong profits more than
  
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• Father and son sentenced over covid construction loan fraud

  25-07-2024 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Bristol builder who overstated the income from his construction companies to secure two Covid Bounce Back Loans totalling £100,000 has been handed a suspended jaul sentence.
  James Leslie, 45, of Dundry, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for 18 months, when he appeared at Bristol Crown Court this week.
  His father William Leslie, 74, and of the same address, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud in June after making a second Bounce Back Loan application for the Logan Housing L
  
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• Robot tunnel builder goes into administration

  25-07-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A company that pioneered a way of building tunnels entirely with robots has gone into administration.
  HyperTunnel developed the automated construction method at its research facility in the North Hampshire Downs where it unveiled the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure in 2022.
  It claimed to build tunnels more than 10 times faster and at half the cost of conventional techniques using a fleet of ‘hyperBot’ robots.The system was adopted last year by con
  
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• Wates to build £86m Guildford Council housing scheme

  25-07-2024 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates Group has agreed a partnership deal with Guildford Borough Council to develop a site in the heart of the Surrey town
  The £86m Guildford Park Road development will transform a car park site into an urban neighbourhood of 248 homes with 40% affordable housing.
  The council is committing up to £40m from the Housing Revenue Account to buy the affordable housing, adding to the 5,000 council homes it already owns and manages.
  The initial proposals include 98 new affordable rent and sh
  
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• Carbon negative asphalt trialled on M11

  25-07-2024 07:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Skanska and Tarmac are trialling on the M11 a promising aggregate incorporated into asphalt that permanently takes carbon out of the atmosphere.
  The replacement carbon-negative aggregate has the potential to significantly lower the carbon footprint of asphalt by making it C02 absorbing.
  This ‘next generation’ construction material is being tested on the northbound carriageway of the M11 in Essex during essential resurfacing and maintenance work between junctions 7 and 8.Here it will
  
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• £100m Prestwich Village revival approved

  24-07-2024 23:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bury Council has approved plans for the £100m-plus transformation of the Longfield Centre site in Prestwich town centre.
  A joint venture between regeneration specialist Muse and Bury Council will deliver spaces for new local shops, public spaces, community facilities, and much-needed new homes at the site off Bury New Road.
  The plans involve building a community hub including a library and health centre, a market hall and new village square and around 200 new homes.Car parking in the centr
  
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• Green light for York Central civil service office hub

  24-07-2024 11:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A plan for a major office hub for civil servants at the York Central redevelopment scheme has got the thumbs up from local planners.
  The application to construct a 195,000 sq ft government hub is being driven by the Government Property Agency. Designed by a team from Atkins, the six-storey building will feature solar panels, air source heat pumps and a green roof
  York Central is one of the largest brownfield sites in the UK, and is located next to the city’s railway station.It is is being
  
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• Piling specialist Van Elle sees housing orders rise 30%

  24-07-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Piling and groundwork specialist Van Elle has seen an uptick in the housing market with orders 30% ahead of the same period a year ago.
  Chief executive Mark Cutler said while he remained cautious about prospects for a housing recovery in the year ahead the early indications were very positive.
  Reporting resilient results for the year to April with pre-tax profit and revenue steady at £5.6m and £140m respectively, he said: “We start the new financial year with a strong order boo
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins £61m deal for new Army dog unit

  24-07-2024 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon has been appointed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to deliver a £61m estate investment for the British Army at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland in the East Midlands.
  Work will include construction of a new home for the 1 Military Working Dogs regiment.
  The project procured through the Crown Commercial Service framework will create 15 new buildings – 11 of which will be brand new with four being refurbished or retrofit – and will enable the disposal of
  
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• Profits rise at Esh Group with more to come

  24-07-2024 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North of England private contractor Esh Group has posted a 50% increase in pre-tax profit for 2023 with bosses confident of prospects for the rest of this year.
  Latest results for Esh show pre-tax profits up to £3.1m from £2m last year while turnover remained flat at £261m and the order book hit a record £1.6bn.
  The firm’s portfolio centres on work for local authorities, utility and environmental companies, registered affordable housing providers and the private hou
  
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• Beck Interiors files administration notice

  24-07-2024 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Luxury fit out specialist Beck Interiors has filed a court notice to appoint administrators.
  Subcontractors have been reporting payment problems for weeks at jobs run by the Surrey based business.
  One subbie working with the firm in Scotland said: “Sites in Scotland were cleared two weeks ago with subcontractors removing materials beforehand due to persistent delays in payments.“We also heard there have been redundancies at their joinery shop and a string of winding-up petitions issu
  
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• Stockport advances 4,000-home Town Centre East plan

  24-07-2024 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Stockport Council has begun the procurement process for consultants for the latest phase in its £1bn regeneration programme.
  The council aims to appoint a team of consultants for the 4,000-home Town Centre East Strategic Regeneration Framework by early September.
  Town Centre East forms an area bounded by the A6 to the west, the M60 to the north, St Mary’s Way to the east, and Hempshaw Lane to the south, encompassing approximately 280 acres.The plans for Town Centre East will build on
  
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• Blenheim House Construction enters administration

  23-07-2024 19:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction has confirmed it has entered administration just six months after it reported its first loss in 26 years of trading.
  Insolvency specialist Evelyn Partners has taken control of the business, which was founded in 1996 and earned revenue of £87m in 2023, employing over 80 staff.
  These accounts reveal over £13m was owed to trade creditors.Adam Stephens, partner at Evelyn Partners and lead joint administrator of Blenheim House Constructi
  
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• HS2 to spend £100m shutting sites where work never started

  23-07-2024 15:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 will need to spend £100m and take three years closing down sites for the cancelled Phase 2 leg despite construction never starting on them.
  The costs are revealed in a National Audit Office report into the response to last October’s decision by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to can Phase 2 connecting Birmingham with Leeds and Manchester.
  The report states: “HS2 Ltd needs to efficiently and safely decommission and close down Phase 2 construction sites.“Although no s
  
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• Southern Housing to rationalise supply chain following merger

  23-07-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Southern Housing Group is planning to renew its housing delivery partner frameworks following a merger with Optivo around 18 months ago.
  The expanded social housing landlord now owns over 80,000 homes and serves 167,000 residents across London, the South East, the Midlands and the Isle of Wight.
  Refurbishment and new build works are currently delivered through around 20 contracts, with works split by element and geographical area.The housing association said it hopes to rationalise this with a n
  
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• Go-ahead for £850m North London estate rebuild

  23-07-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ambitious plans to redevelop a North London estate in Edmonton with 2,000 new homes have got the go-ahead.
  Enfield Council now aims to enter a contract with a principal contractor in the autumn for the phased redevelopment of the Joyce Avenue and Snell’s Park Estates.
  Over a 20-year period, 795 homes will be replaced by the new homes, half of which will be genuinely affordable.The entire redevelopment, which includes a community centre, nursery, energy centre, parks and landscaping, is exp
  
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• Decision delayed on 52-storey Isle of Dogs tower

  23-07-2024 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planners in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets have called for more time to consider planning for a residential skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs in London Docklands.
  Hong Kong private equity firm Gaw Capital and development manager City & Docklands plan to build a 52-storey tower with around 460-flats on the site of low-level office buildings at 4-5 Harbour Exchange Square.
  Designed by Make Architects, the One East Point project has been recommended for approval but a decision has been delaye
  
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• Worker paralysed in 30ft fall during electricity pylon demolition

  23-07-2024 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wood Transmission and Distribution Limited has been fined £240,000 after a man was left paralysed from the chest down after falling from an electricity pylon during demolition work.
  Gavin Pugh, from Bangor in North Wales, was 35 at the time of the incident and employed as a linesman by Wood Transmission and Distribution Limited. He had been demolishing and replacing electricity pylons in East Staffordshire when he fell more than 30 feet on 6 April 2022.
  Birmingham Magistrates Court was tol
  
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• CR Construction wins £210m Manchester towers

  23-07-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Far East Consortium (FEC) has appointed CR Construction to deliver the next phase of 895 homes on its £4bn Victoria North regeneration project.
  CR Construction is currently working on FEC’s neighbouring 634-home Victoria Riverside development which is due to complete in early 2025.
  The contractor will now deliver the next phase of Red Bank Riverside on plots NT02 & NT03 on Dantzic Street, which will include a collection of three towers reaching 20, 31 and 34 storeys-hig
  
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• ISG sale imminent as buyers set-up UK holding company

  23-07-2024 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The sale of ISG to an overseas buyer is imminent after the prospective purchasers set-up a new holding company to facilitate the deal.
  The Enquirer understands a company called Antipodean Holdings Limited will be the vehicle for the new buyer.
  It was registered two months ago at Companies House with two equal shareholders – South African Andre Redinger and Australian James Overton.Redinger, 53, is founder and group managing director of Millhouse – a South African based manufacturer o
  
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• Mace lands £184m Oxford Science Park contract

  22-07-2024 11:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has been awarded a £184m contract to deliver the next phase of The Oxford Science Park.
  The Daubeny Project will see the construction of three new laboratory and office buildings adding another 400,500 sq ft to the park which is majority owned by Magdalen College, Oxford.
  The new buildings will feature biodiverse landscaping, extensive photo-voltaic energy generation and optimised building orientation for natural light and energy efficiency.Mace, in collaboration with the client and t
  
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• House builder Hill Group tops £1bn turnover

  22-07-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private house builder The Hill Group has surpassed revenues of £1bn for the first time and posted record pre-tax profit of £70m, up from £66m.
  The results were flattered by a 15-month reporting period to March 2024 after Hill decided to extend its reporting period to align its financial year-end with that of its many joint venture partners.
  Over this period, Hill delivered 2,886 new homes and considerably expanded its development pipeline, which now stands at 12,900 homes with
  
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• Man suffers multiple fractures in HS2 accident

  22-07-2024 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An engineering firm has been fined £52,500 after an employee suffered a fractured skull, hip, jaw and pelvis, while working at a HS2 construction site in Hertfordshire.
  The man, employed as a mechanical engineer by EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd, had been repairing a conveyor at the site on Chalfont Lane, West Hyde when he fell 11 metres on 20 November 2022.
  Stair treads had been removed in the conveyor’s stairway to ensure it could be supported by a crane during the repair work,
  
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• Sir Robert McAlpine clinches £4bn Somerset gigafactory

  22-07-2024 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine has struck a deal to build the first of three major units at UK’s biggest planned EV battery factory at Bridgwater in Somerset.Tata-owned Agratas confirmed this morning that the contractor has signed a pre-construction agreement to deliver Building One, comprising 2.6m sq ft of built area.Rival bidders are understood to have included Wates and ISG.Sir Robert McAlpine will now start preparations for mega-project, which will employ 2,100 workers at peak construction, many
  
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• Plans in for £64m Suffolk A12 upgrade

  22-07-2024 07:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Suffolk County Council has submitted plans for a £64m series of road improvements to the A12 have been Lowestoft and Ipswich.
  The scheme will see upgrades to the key roundabouts from the A14 at Seven Hills, east of Ipswich, north to the A1152 at Woods Lane.
  Elsewhere, a new dual carriageway section will replace the existing single carriageway bottleneck at Seckford Hall between the B1438 and B1079.If given the green light, it is hoped construction work will begin in mid-2025 and be complet
  
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• Higgins wins 360 new homes job in south London

  22-07-2024 07:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Higgins has clinched a deal with London’s Lambeth Council to build more than 360 new homes in the heart of Brixton.The council is set to work with Higgins on the second phase of development in Somerleyton Road under proposals for a net-zero development of 363 new homes, of which 195 homes would be affordable.This is still subject to planning permission being granted. Pre-planning and resident engagement work is due to begin in Autumn 2024. The scheme could cost over £120m to deliver.
  
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• Kier starts £48m Ealing high school job

  22-07-2024 06:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Department for Education has given Kier the go-ahead to deliver the redevelopment of Northolt High School in the London Borough of Ealing.
  Under the £48m project, existing school buildings on site will be demolished to make space for the new facility which will accommodate over 1,130 pupils.
  David Rowsell, managing director at Kier Construction London, said that the new school will be designed and constructed over two phases, using Kier’s K-School design platform, and will be net
  
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• Go-ahead for Milton Keynes’ largest private rental project

  19-07-2024 09:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Build to Rent developer PLATFORM_ has got the planning go-ahead to build a 20-storey block of private rental flats in Milton Keynes city centre.
  The 335 flats project will be built close to Milton Keynes Central station, on the central spine road of Midsummer Boulevard and includes three outdoor terraces for residents.
  Jean-Marc Vandevivere, CEO at the developer, said: “Importantly, PLATFORM_ will contribute to bridging the gap between supply and demand of high-quality homes in the city-ce
  
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• Sellafield partnership appoints final key delivery partners

  19-07-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Altrad Support Services and Kaefer UK & Ireland have signed a £180m deal to deliver access solutions, insulation and painting services on major projects at Sellafield.
  The 15-year framework agreement is the final award of 10 key delivery partners to join the Programme and Project Partners enterprise.
  The last of the key delivery partner frameworks are part of the partnership’s multi-project procurement model, which has established long-term relationships with key supply partners
  
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• A2Dominion reins in new-build and cuts development team

  19-07-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leading housing association A2Dominion is laying off half its development team in a change of plan to rein in new house building developments.
  A2Dominion said it would now focus on improvements to existing stock and intensification projects on existing sites, in part funded by targetted stock sales.
  The policy switch would move the social housing landlord away from new developments, particularly those for private sale via its FABRICA brand.
  It comes after the housing regulator downgraded A2Domin
  
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• Health centre canned as build costs double in four years

  19-07-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The NHS in Devon has cancelled plans for a new Health and Wellbeing Centre in Teignmouth after construction costs more than doubled since proposals were luanched.
  When the NHS consulted on plans to relocate the most well-used services from Teignmouth Community Hospital to a new health and wellbeing centre in the middle of town in autumn 2020, the estimated cost was about £8m. Current cost estimates have risen to about £19m.
  Steve Moore, Chief Executive Officer of NHS Devon said: &ldq
  
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• Plans approved for major phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent

  19-07-2024 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a pivotal element of the wider £2.5bn, 252-acre Crescent Salford masterplan have been approved by the local council.
  Proposals for the Crescent Innovation scheme are backed by the Crescent partnership of Salford City Council, the University of Salford, and ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General, and Muse.
  The scheme comprises 933 new homes, 1.7m sq ft of new commercial innovation, academic, and research floorspace, active ground-floor space, and a
  
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• Deal to kick-start 3,000-home Northstowe town centre

  19-07-2024 00:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  Homes England, Keepmoat and Capital&Centric have signed an agreement to deliver 3,000 homes and a new town centre in Northstowe near Cambridge.
  The agreement for the next phase of the new town development will pave the way to build 3,000 homes, 50% of which will be affordable.
  The project will also include up to 50,000 sq m of commercial floorspace including shops, workspace and community facilities.
  The town centre will include a 30m-wide high street, green spaces and a market hall alongsid
  
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• Family confirm death of Des O’Rourke

  18-07-2024 15:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke Deputy Chair Des O’Rourke has died aged 75.
  The O’Rourke family confirmed his passing in a short statement on Wednesday night.
  The family statement said: “It is with deep sadness that Des O’Rourke’s family confirm his passing earlier today.“Des had been ill for a short period, and he passed away surrounded by his immediate and extended family.
  “The O’Rourke family now asks for privacy at this time to allow us to come to terms w
  
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• Striking new-look for Canary Wharf HSBC tower

  18-07-2024 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plan have been unveiled for what is being billed as the largest office building transformation in the world at Canary Wharf in London.
  The striking transformation the iconic HSBC tower at 8 Canada Square will see large chunks of the upper floorplate removed to create a huge high-rise roof terrace.
  The cost of the ambitious project has not been revealed but is expected to be somewhere between £400m and £800m, with the project set to begin in 2027, following the expiry of the current H
  
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• Regal to start Wembley 1000-bed student scheme

  18-07-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Regal has sealed financing to start construction of a near 1,000-bed student accommodation scheme close to Wembley Stadium in London.
  Building work now is expected to begin at the end of this year to welcome the first students at the start of the academic year 2027/28.
  Regal’s in-house construction arm Regal Construction will manage the  programme to construct two buildings rising to 20 and 22 storeys on railway land parallel to Wembley High Road.
  The Wembley Greenaway stude
  
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• Regal London to start Wembley 1000-bed student scheme

  18-07-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Regal London has sealed financing to start construction of a near 1,000-bed student accommodation scheme close to Wembley Stadium in London.
  Building work now is expected to begin at the end of this year to welcome the first student at the start of the academic year 2027/28.
  Regal’s in-house construction arm Regal Construction will manage the  programme to construct two buildings rising to 20 and 22 storeys on railway land parallel to Wembley High Road.
  The Wembley Greenaway
  
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• Kier halves debt to £115m after strong trading year

  18-07-2024 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has delivered a strong year of trading and finally turned a corner on its historic debt burden
  In a year-end trading statement this morning chief executive Andrew Davies said average month-end debt had been slashed to £115m from £234m a year ago.
  Davies said progress on eradicating the contractor’s debts was ahead of expectations after a strong operational performance.
  Kier also ended the financial year to June with an order book ahead by 7% at £10.8m.
  “The gro
  
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• VolkerFitzpatrick lands Piccadilly Line upgrade deal

  18-07-2024 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by Transport for London to work on new maintenance facilities at its Cockfosters Depot as part of the Piccadilly Line Upgrade.
  The firm has signed an Early Contractor Involvement deal through Pagabo’s civil engineering and infrastructure framework.
  Paul Lilley, Divisional Director, Rail and Depots said: “We are delighted to be starting our first contract procured through Pagabo’s civil engineering and infrastructure framework by offering sup
  
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• Developer blasts “unfair” power charges on huge Liverpool site

  18-07-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The developer of two apartment blocks on the giant Liverpool Waters site has hit out at the cost of connections to utilities on the scheme.
  Romal Capital has brought forward the first two schemes on Peel Land and Property’s Central Docks in Liverpool and is set to build another 330 homes at its West Waterloo Place development (pictured).
  But Romal bosses have been unhappy with charges levied by Peel to power-up construction sites and the completed developments.The company says site sales t
  
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• Breyer Group bags £163m housing repair deal

  18-07-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kingston Council in Greater London has awarded the Breyer Group a £163m housing repairs, maintenance and capital works contract covering more than 6,000 properties.
  The programme of works will feature a wide range of repairs, gas maintenance and servicing, void property improvements, planned investment works and mechanical and electrical works, which will be carried out by all three divisions within Breyer’s business – Roofing, Repair and Renew.
  The initial contract period is f
  
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