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• Wernick Hire units awarded green accolade

  26-05-2023 19:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wernick Hire’s Greenspace Sureguard units have achieved a generic Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘A’*.
  This rating will help their clients lower their carbon footprint and also reduce their energy bills.
  When compared to part eco units over a year of use, these cabins save 2.3 tonnes of KgCO2, equating to a reduction of 84%. A week’s comparison for same units found a typical saving of 226 kWh of electric and 43.98kg of carbon.
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• Cyclist dies in lorry collision outside Keltbray site

  26-05-2023 12:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A cyclist was involved in a fatal collision with a construction lorry outside a Keltbray site in central London on Wednesday morning.
  The victim, in his early 20s, is understood to have been riding an e-bike when he collided with a tipper truck leaving the Network Building on Tottenham Court Road where Keltbray is currently carrying our demolition and groundworks for client Derwent.
  A company statement said: “Keltbray is aware that early on Wednesday 24th May, a road traffic accident occur
  
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• Scottish South West Hub names new partners

  26-05-2023 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Public sector development partner hub South West Scotland has rejigged its construction partnership agreements with Tier 1 partners.
  The refresh sees Balfour Beatty signed up for the first time with other previous partners retained for another three years.
  These include BAM Construction, Kier, Morgan Sindall and Morrison Construction.The Hub also announced its second-level partners for projects up to £10m: Ashleigh (Scotland), CCG (Scotland), Cruden Building Scotland, Linear Design & C
  
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• Solar panels set to cover commercial buildings

  26-05-2023 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government is considering plans to install solar power panels across the rooftops of commercial buildings.
  Its new Solar Taskforce met yesterday and highlighted the untapped potential of commercial buildings, schools, warehouses and car parks to generate solar power.
  Chris Hewett, chief executive of Solar Energy UK and co-chair of the Taskforce, said: “Installing rooftop solar power, whether at residential or commercial scale, is one of the best investments available, offering dramatic
  
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• RC frame specialist Getjar revenue tops £100m again

  26-05-2023 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hertfordshire-based concrete frame specialist Getjar achieved a 48% jump in revenue to £108m last year.
  While the firm restored revenue to pre-pandemic levels, its profit margin almost halved to 3.5% eroded by material and labour rises on fixed-price jobs.
  This resulted in pre-tax profit slipping by nearly a fifth to £3.8m in the year to August 2022.
  Chairman Michael Masterson said that labour shortages continued to be challenging due to Brexit rules limiting the availability of trad
  
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• Another demolition director banned after bid rigging probe

  26-05-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of another company director following its investigation into illegal cartel behaviour within the demolition industry.
  Nicholas Brown, now Managing Director of the Brown and Mason Group, was a director of Brown and Mason Limited at the time the illegal cartel activity took place.
  Following a number of admissions, Brown has been disqualified for a period of seven years.He admitted being personally involved in two breaches
  
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• London’s Camden Council advances £470m King’s Cross scheme

  26-05-2023 08:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Camden Council is advancing plans for a £470m mixed-use scheme near Kings Cross to provide 350 homes and 200,000 sqft of commercial space.
  The development plan is focused on regenerating two nearby former light industrial sites at Camley Street and Cedar Way covering around 3.56 acres.
  The development plans which include Camden building 135 council homes will be anchored on receipts from the development of private flats and office space for companies in life sciences and tec
  
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• Five hospitals at risk of collapse added to new build programme

  25-05-2023 17:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has added five hospital projects to its £20bn building programme due to the risk of structural collapse because of weak concrete.
  It will prioritise rebuilding the five hospitals by 2030, which used limited life-span reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RACC) now at the end of its design life.
  As a result of this reprioritisation, as well as the rising cost of construction materials, up to eight schemes that were originally due to be constructed towards the end of the dec
  
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• Vinci issues fraud alert to suppliers

  25-05-2023 11:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci Construction UK has issued a warning to subcontractors and suppliers who are being targeted by fraudsters posing as representatives of the contractor.
  The alert states: “It has come to our attention that several suppliers have been defrauded of materials and services by fraudsters impersonating VINCI Construction UK.
  “The impersonation is relatively sophisticated and is conducted via telephone and e-mail correspondence. This fraudulent correspondence is branded with the name an
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover set to build huge gigafactory in Somerset

  25-05-2023 09:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Jaguar Land Rover is set to confirm plans to build a giant car battery factory in Somerset.
  The UK Government is poised to seal a deal with the car manufacturer owner Tata to build the gigafactory near Bridgwater, according to BBC reports.
  It is reported that the £1bn car battery factory could get as much as £500m of public support.
  Gravity business park, a 600-acre former Royal Ordnance Factory site.
  It would be located at the Gravity business park, a 600-acre business park campus c
  
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• Quantum Construction collapse costs suppliers £4.3m

  25-05-2023 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staffordshire based contractor Quantum Construction went down owing 267 suppliers more than £4m.
  An update filed at Companies House by liquidator Quantuma Advisory revealed the scale of the debts at the business when it collapsed in April.
  Unsecured trade creditors have been left holding unpaid invoices totalling £4.3m while Quantum also owed its 24 staff £194,000 in unpaid wages.The firm had been in business since 2002 working on new build and refurbishment projects across the
  
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• Green light for Trafford Waters 85-bed care home

  25-05-2023 07:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Healthcare developer Montpelier Estates has gained planning for an 85-bed dementia care home, located within Peel L&P’s Trafford Waters £1bn masterplan in Greater Manchester. 
  The project forms part of the first wave of 350 homes to come forward at Peel’s mixed-use development, which has outline planning to build 3,000 homes, a primary school, hotels, offices and a 20-acre public park.
  Anna Ciesielska, Director of Montpelier Estates said: “We are very pleased wit
  
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• Go-ahead for Brum iconic curved truss HS2 bridge

  25-05-2023 01:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham City council has nodded through plans for the 150m long HS2 viaduct into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station.
  The structure including a 25m-high curved truss set to become a new feature on the city’s skyline.
  Birmingham City Council have approved the design of the Curzon No.2 viaduct, which is the tallest structure in the sequence of viaducts and structures that make up the Curzon Street Approaches taking HS2 trains into Birmingham.The bridge consists of a gently curved
  
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• Fusion21 awards £300m building and refurb framework

  24-05-2023 18:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Procurement body Fusion21 has awarded 61 firms spots on its national refurbishment, construction, new build and modular buildings framework.
  The four-year deal is estimated to be worth £305m and has been developed to support public sector organisations, including housing, education, and healthcare providers to deliver construction programmes.
  The framework offers internal and external refurbishment, construction, new build and modular buildings with nearly two-thirds of places secured by S
  
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• New Flannery piling kit makes major impact for Morgan Sindall

  24-05-2023 16:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is the latest main contractor to benefit from Flannery’s Brextor Pile Milling technology.
  The system not only reduces safety risks by limiting people plant interface, but it also reduces costs due to increased productivity and also through reducing damage to the piles thanks to the unique process of ‘milling’ the internal and external pile. Removing the breaking forces means that any unwanted cracking to the pile is minimised.
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• Tender race starts for £95m Victoria Tower repair job

  24-05-2023 15:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A formal contract notice has been issued for the restoration work on The Palace of Westminster’s tallest tower.
  The cost of the works is now estimated at £95m for the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project.
  A maximum of five suppliers will be shortlisted to qualify for the Invitation to Tender stage, which is anticipated to commence in September with the works planned to start in late 2024.One contractor will be appointed under a single-stage contract to deliver two phases of work. Pha
  
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• Wates regional MD joins McLaughlin & Harvey

  24-05-2023 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaughlin & Harvey has recruited John Carlin as a Regional Director as its looks to expand across central England.
  Carlin has spent most of the last seven years at Wates where he was Regional Managing Director for Construction Midlands. Before that he worked for nearly 20 years for Bowmer & Kirkland.
  A proven leader in the construction industry, with over 40 years of experience, John has held Director and Managing Director roles in national and regional businesses for the last 20 years.
  
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• Aggregate Industries buys big Midlands concrete block maker

  24-05-2023 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building materials supplier Aggregate Industries has bought leading Midlands aggregate concrete block maker Besblock
  The acquisition of Telford-based Besblock will see Aggregate Industries expand its existing products with more sustainable block products like Besblock’s ‘Star Performer’ cellular hollow block for large and medium-sized housebuilders across the Midlands.
  The acquisition will also provide a platform for further growth opportunities outside of the region.Through it
  
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• Supply chain owed £3.8m after collapse of London builder

  24-05-2023 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London-based refurb and building specialist ME Construction went into administration owing subcontractors and suppliers nearly £4m.
  An update from administrator FRP Advisory showed more than 300 trade creditors were owed £3.8m when the firm went under in March.
  Its civils arm MEC Groundworks also went into liquidation owing more than £100,000 to unsecured creditors.Suppliers left holding unpaid invoices are unlikely to receive a penny for their debts.
  The firm was founded in 20
  
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• McAlpine starts Paradise Birmingham green office

  24-05-2023 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer MEPC has given Sir Robert McAlpine the green light to start phase 2 office building at the £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham scheme.
  The 10-storey office project, Three Chamberlain Square, forms a key part of phase two which also includes a 17-storey hotel at the south western corner of the development.
  Following site clearance, MPB Structures is preparing to start foundations for McAlpine.Scheduled to open in 2025, Three Chamberlain Square was awarded planning permission by Birmingham
  
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• HG Construction hits record revenue but profit slides

  24-05-2023 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hertfordshire-based HG Construction delivered a third year of strong growth to achieve record revenue last year, up 38% to £336m.
  But pre-tax profit slid to £15m from £25m the year before in the face of a turbulent market and unpredictability of material and labour prices.
  As a result operating margins halved from around 10% to 4.6% last year.The design and build contractor said it has strengthened its risk management protocols towards price stability, tender validity, inflatio
  
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• Ferrovial Construction UK suffers £30m loss

  23-05-2023 16:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ferrovial Construction UK suffered a £30m loss last year after making provisions for forecast losses on the Silvertown tunnel project in East London.
  The firm revealed total provisions of £54m on the project for the year ending 31 December 2022. This figure is made up of £19.6m for defects and warranties and £31.3m forecasted losses.
  Ferrovial said the forecast losses were driven by inflation in materials and labour markets against the constraint of a fixed price contract
  
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• Ferrovial Construction UK plunges to £30m loss

  23-05-2023 16:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ferrovial Construction UK suffered a £30m loss last year after big provisions for forecast losses on the £2bn Silvertown Tunnel project in East London.
  The firm revealed total provisions of £54m on the project for the year ending 31 December 2022. This figure is made up of £19.6m for defects and warranties and £31.3m of forecasted losses.
  Ferrovial said the expected losses were driven by inflation in materials and labour markets against the constraint of a fixed pri
  
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• Helical to start £100m London office refurb job

  23-05-2023 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London developer Helical confirmed this morning that it is pressing ahead with a major office revamp job near Blackfriars Station in the capital.
  Mace is understood to be lined up to build the 100 New Bridge Street project, which will now get underway in November with Keltbray carrying out demolition.
  It is one of several major schemes to being going ahead in the Fleet Street area of London, creating a mini boom in the area.
  As part of the redevelopment of the 1990s office building, located
  
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• Contractor collapse causes losses at Watkin Jones

  23-05-2023 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Watkin Jones suffered a loss in the six months to March 31 2023 as its balance sheet was hit by the collapse of the main contractor on a scheme in Exeter and the cost of making 10% of staff redundant.
  Half year results for the build-to-rent specialist show a pre-tax loss of £800,000 compared to £16.6m last time as turnover dropped to £153.9m from £193m.
  But Watkins Jones is confident of a second half recovery as it confirmed the forward sale of a 819 bed scheme in Bristol
  
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• Barratt board requests chairman John Allan resigns

  23-05-2023 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barratt chairman John Allan is to step down early at the end of next month, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour at his other chairmanship with retailer Tesco.
  This morning Barratt confirmed that Allan would be replaced by Caroline Silver Chair designate with effect from 1 June rather than September as originally planned.
  Allan is understood to have decided to leave prematurely at the request of the board which decided it was in the best interests of Barratt to accelerate the planned
  
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• Barratt board requests chairman John Alan resigns

  23-05-2023 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barratt chairman John Alan is to step down early at the end of next month, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour at his other chairmanship with retailer Tesco.
  This morning Barratt confirmed that Alan would be replaced by Caroline Silver Chair designate with effect from 1 June rather than September as originally planned.He is understood to have decided to leave prematurely at the request of the board which decided it was in the best interests of Barratt to accelerate the planned trans
  
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• London office revamps rise to all-time high

  23-05-2023 01:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London has seen a record volume of office refurbishment starts in the six months to March.
  According to Deloitte’s Summer 2023 London Office Crane Survey the race to avoid stranded assets has seen 37 office refurbishments start covering 3.2m sq ft.
  This increase has been driven by a need to reach the anticipated Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) regulations to achieve Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) B rating by 2030.
  Demand is shifting to the highest quality space, with employ
  
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• T&T strengthens UK team with new MDs

  22-05-2023 17:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Turner & Townsend has strengthened its senior team across the UK, with a trio of promotions to support future growth and ambitions.
  The UK senior leadership shake-up will see James Corrigan promoted to UK managing director of Infrastructure. Before he headed up the Programme Advisory division in the UK, which under his leadership grew from a team of 40 to 130, focussing on the effective set up of major projects and programmes.
  Simon Arnold becomes UK managing director of Real Estate Project
  
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• VolkerStevin seals deal to start Sunderland footbridge

  22-05-2023 16:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  VolkerStevin has agreed terms to deliver Sunderland’s £31m ‘smart pedestrian and cycle bridge’ project crossing the Wear.
  Work will now start work within weeks on the high-level crossing, which will connect both sides of the Wear at Riverside Sunderland.
  It will be fitted with creative lighting and augmented reality, allowing people to use their smartphones to see virtual displays that council bosses say will create ‘an experience that will really bring to life the
  
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• Skanska gets start date for delayed £507m A428 dualling job

  22-05-2023 15:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highways has given contractor Skanska a start date for the delayed A428 Black Cat dualling job after legal proceedings against the scheme came to an end.
  Last week the Court of Appeal refused climate campaign group Transport Action Network’s final available legal challenge to planning consent for the 19km dualling job from the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to the A428 Caxton Gibbet in Cambridgeshire.
  With the legal process now over, National Highways will begin putting p
  
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• Balfour wins £42m Little Horsted substation contract

  22-05-2023 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has secured a £42m contract from National Grid to construct the Little Horsted Substation Grid Supply Point in East Sussex.
  The two-year contract will see Balfour Beatty design and build a new 400 kilovolt substation as well as two new terminal towers which will support electrical conductors transmitting high-voltage electricity to the Little Horsted Substation Grid Supply Point.
  Once complete, the new substation will form a key part of National Grid’s ‘Little Ho
  
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• Over 800 schools granted £450m for refurbs

  22-05-2023 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Over 1,000 school building improvement projects will receive the green light today as part of plans to boost the condition of the school estate.
  In total 859 academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools every region of the country will receive a share of a £456m pot created to help refurbish and repair school buildings.
  The funding will ensure that pupils can learn in safe, warm and energy-efficient classrooms.Overall, the government has committed £1.8bn of capital fund
  
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• Project pros in construction see salaries rise 10%

  22-05-2023 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The average base salary for project professionals in construction has risen by 10% in the last two years to become one of the highest paid sectors in the UK.
  The 2023 Association for Project Management (APM) Salary and Market Trends Survey reveals project professionals in construction currently receive an average salary of £57,500 – a rise of 10% from £52,500 in 2021.
  The construction sector is joint second in the latest annual rankings alongside consultancy, hospitality and te
  
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• HMRC strike hits construction subbies

  22-05-2023 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction subcontractors are reporting long delays and even being cut off from HMRC’s CIS helpline as 400 tax workers continue strikes organised by the PSC union.
  The 400 HMRC customer service advisers are planning more action this week with industrial action set to last until June 2.
  Ian Anfield, managing director of Hudson Contract, said: “Thankfully online verification of subcontractors under CIS has not been affected yet, but those wishing to newly register and those needing t
  
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• Record number of firms win £600m MMC framework

  22-05-2023 07:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thirty-two firms have bagged a spot on a £600m modern methods of construction framework for new home building.
  Procurement body LHC has awarded the four-year framework, which is the successor to its offsite construction of new homes framework – NH2.
  This involved a dozen firms but the nationwide 3rd generation framework has been expanded and includes a mix of offsite modular specialists as well as larger builders like Beard, R G Carter and Vistry Partnerships.NH3 MMC new homes framew
  
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• Demolition worker hurt in platform collapse

  21-05-2023 23:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henry Construction Projects Limited  has been fined £234,000 after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in Kensington in London.
  Ovidiu Dobra was working for Henry Construction Projects Limited at a building site on Kensington High Street when the incident happened on 2 March 2021.
  Dobra, 51 at the time, was working on the ten-foot high platform when it collapsed. He sustained serious injuries to both legs which has left him with ongoing long-ter
  
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• Next five-year railway plan to double earthworks spend

  21-05-2023 23:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has set out its planned spend and prioritise for the next five years under the CP7 spending programme.
  Among its top priorities are finding £3.8bn in efficiency gains on work programmes, equating to around 10% savings.
  It is also ramping up work programmes to improve network resilience in the face of climate change with spending in embankment works and drawing set to double to £1.8bn from 2024-29.
  This will see the creation of dedicated earthworks and drainage teams, and
  
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• Water industry pledges £10bn spend to stem sewage spills

  19-05-2023 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Water companies have pledged to invest £10bn to reduce waste outflows after apologising for dumping billions of litres of sewage in rivers and seas
  To put things right, the industry is planning to make the largest ever investment in storm overflows as part of a major programme to reduce spills.
  If approved by regulators, water companies aim to deliver a massive transformation programme across 350,000 miles of sewer.A detailed National Overflows Plan will be published later this summer, exp
  
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• ECF picked for £250m Stockport regeneration

  19-05-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stockport Mayoral Development has signed up The English Cities Fund as its joint venture partner to develop an eight-acre site, known as Stockport 8, in the town centre.
  Stockport MDC and ECF will invest over £250m to transform Stockport centre with 1,200 new homes, alongside retail, leisure, and office space.
  Lord Kerslake, Chair of Stockport MDC, said “Work to deliver the Town Centre West masterplan is continuing at pace, with a number of our landmark schemes such as the Interchang
  
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• Speedy rules out fraud after £20m of kit goes missing

  18-05-2023 18:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Speedy has ruled out fraud following an investigation after £20m of kit was discovered “missing” earlier this year.
  The hire giant launched a probe in February after a count-up of its kit revealed a £20.4m stock deficit in smaller site items like scaffolding towers, fencing and non-mechanical plant.
  In its latest update Speedy said: “Following completion of the investigation the Board has concluded that the issue resulted from problems with the company’s contr
  
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• Go-ahead for major Nottingham bioscience project

  18-05-2023 12:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Conygar has secured planning for a major bioscience facility at Nottingham’s Island Quarter.
  Two buildings connected at the upper levels by glazed link will provide 245,000 sq ft of laboratory and office space.
  Designed by CPMG Architects, the Poplar Street project is subject to the documenting of the section 106 agreement.Robert Ware, Chief Executive of Conygar, said: “We are delighted that the next phase of development has been approved.
  “Nottingham is already home
  
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• Breedon swoops for roads surfacing contractor

  18-05-2023 10:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aggregates giant Breedon has bought Lincolnshire-based surfacing and civil engineering firm, Minster Group.
  Founded in Lincoln in 1999, Minster works for the Ministry of Defence resurfacing runways and airfields for the RAF as well as repairing roads across Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and London.
  The majority stake in Minister includes civil engineers Minster Surfacing and Alliance Recycling.The deal will enable Breedon to grow its presence in the East of Eng
  
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• LSE plans £400m London flagship student hall scheme

  18-05-2023 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The London School of Economics is advancing plans to build a flagship halls of residence on London’s Bankside.
  It is understood to be planning to demolish existing Bankside House halls next to the Tate Modern gallery to make way for a larger complex.
  The university revealed the plan as it launched the hunt for a joint venture development partner to steer the plans for the £400m project.
  Plans remain sketchy but it is understood the new student accommodation complex will need to be de
  
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• HS2 job cuts continue as another section delayed

  18-05-2023 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Workers on another major section of HS2 in the Midlands are being stood down as rephasing of the route continues to put hundreds of jobs in jeopardy.
  Site sources told the Enquirer that workers on the Balfour Beatty Vinci section between Birmingham and Litchfield were told this week that non-critical works are being brought to a “safe stop” on the route.
  One said: “The workforce was given notice this week that resources will be reduced over the coming weeks on the jobs known as
  
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• Fire safety provisions push Durkan to £9.3m loss

  18-05-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South East housing contractor and developer Durkan plunged to a £9.3m pre-tax loss last year after provisions for legacy fire safety remediation works.
  The business also experienced margin and turnover decline at an operational level due to economic headwinds.
  Group turnover of £132m (2021:£137.5m) fell short of initial forecasts for the year with delays to project start dates due to cost inflation pressures and programme movements.
  Durkan also took the decision not to progress
  
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• Civils firms warn over drop in roads and prelim workloads

  18-05-2023 00:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civils contractors are reporting cooling workloads in the roads and preliminary housing works sectors after several years of roaring growth.
  While the civils sector experienced its 10th consecutive quarter of growth this year, according to the latest workload survey by trade body CECA, the slump in new housing and motorway work is sounding early alarm bells.
  CECA chief executive Alasdair Reisner said evidence of falling orders for traditional bellwethers for civil engineering activity should con
  
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• Skanska names new building services division MD

  17-05-2023 14:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Dan Williams has been appointed as managing director of Skanska UK’s building services operating unit.
  Williams moves into the managing director role from his current position of operations director, where he was responsible for facilities management operations in the healthcare, local authority and commercial office sectors.
  Prior to that, Williams held a number of senior roles within the MEP side of the business, having joined Skanska in 2001 from college, as part of a student engineer p
  
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• HS2 to hold bidders day for subcontractors

  17-05-2023 13:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 is planning a meet the main contractor bidders day ahead of the next tranche of subcontract work tenders to progress civil engineering works and station fit-outs.
  To showcase the next stream of package work opportunities due out this summer, HS2 and its main contractors are inviting firms to the event being held in Manchester or online for those unable to attend.
  The ‘Meet the Contractor’ event is designed to help businesses understand how to get ‘HS2-ready’ so they a
  
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• Countryside to rebuild London’s South Kilburn estate

  17-05-2023 12:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North London’s Brent Council has selected Countryside Partnerships as its preferred bidder to build over 200 new homes on the South Kilburn estate.
  This is the second Countryside Partnerships project in South Kilburn and will sit alongside the North West Quarter development, together delivering 547 homes.
  The South Kilburn estate’s existing buildings – Neville House, Winterleys, 113-128 Carlton House and Carlton Hall – will be demolished shortly.
  The new scheme prioritise
  
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