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• Scaffolding giant Palmers back under British ownership

  20-01-2017 10:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The UK’s oldest scaffolding and access specialist Palmers is now British owned.
  Former German owners XERVON GmbH launched a sell off of some of their non-EU businesses post the Brexit vote.
  Businessman Colin Butt moved quickly to seal a deal and form Palmers Scaffolding UK Limited.The company employs 300 staff with a turnover last year of £15.3m.
  Palmers will continue to offer scaffolding and access solutions across the UK operationally from its local branches in Vauxhall, Belvedere,
  
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• Ealing set for first major office scheme in a decade

  20-01-2017 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Commercial Estate Group has gained planning permission for the first major office development in the west London borough of Ealing for almost a decade.
  The a 170,000 sq ft office development will rival office space in the West of London as well as Central London.
  Demolition is due to commence in April paving the way for CEG to invest around £50m in the building project, which also includes some local  improvements.Nick Lee, Head of Commercial Development at CEG, said: &
  
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• Subbies under attack from new breed of aggressive QS

  20-01-2017 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Subbies are coming under pressure on site from a new breed of “super aggressive” quantity surveyors employed by main contractors.
  A number of specialists have been in touch with the Enquirer to voice their concerns over deteriorating relationships.
  One said: “It’s like these QSs are making bonuses on the back of how much they can scalp off us.“It’s pretty depressing at the moment. There’s certainly a new breed of younger QS who are drilled by the main co
  
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• Asbestos analyst fakes air testing certificates

  20-01-2017 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  An asbestos analyst has been fined after he falsified an asbestos air clearance certificate on a construction site in Manchester.
  Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, on November 19 2015, Barrie Lyons, a trained asbestos analyst with 29 years of experience, was contracted to carry out the final inspection and air testing, following removal work at a city centre site.
  Lyons’ task included a thorough examination of the area where asbestos had been removed. He also had a ser
  
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• Mott MacDonald names new managing director

  20-01-2017 01:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  Consultant Mott MacDonald has appointed executive board director Mike Haigh as group managing director of its £1.6bn global business.
  He will be responsible for the day-to-day management and operational performance of the employee-owned business with 16,000 staff working across engineering, management and development consultancy.
  Haigh’s career with Mott MacDonald goes back to 1981 when he joined as a graduate engineer working on international projects in the water sector.
  He de
  
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• Barratt finance boss exits after 15 months

  20-01-2017 00:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Barratt chief financial officer has suddenly left the business a week after Britain’s biggest house builder reported a sharp drop in the number of homes it built in London last year.
  Neil Cooper, a former finance director at Bovis Homes, had joined Barratt in November 2015 from William Hill, the bookmaker.
  His abrupt departure was said by insiders to have been due to a lack of chemistry with other senior members of the team.Chief Executive Officer David Thomas, who previously held the
  
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