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• Galliford Try bags £30m Almacantar London resi job

  20-03-2017 17:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try has landed a £30m mixed tenure housing project in Westminster for London developer Almacantar.
  Demolition work starts this week to clear the way for the 76 apartment and townhouse scheme with groundfloor shops on Edgware Road. 
  The project known as Lyons Place has been designed by Farrells, whose London office is also located in the neighbourhood.Over half the homes will be affordable homes, with landscaped courtyards, balconies and terraces. In addit
  
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• Travelodge unveils £125m hotel investment plans

  20-03-2017 14:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Travelodge has confirmed details of its latest £125m expansion programme with 15 new hotels planned across the UK this year.
  The sites will be developed by third party investors and the group also started construction today on its largest ever new build in the City of London.
  The 395 room property in Middlesex Street backed by investor Freshwater is expected to open in 2018 and the main contractor is Tolent.Peter Gowers, Travelodge Chief Executive said: “The march of the low-cost hot
  
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• Wates profit jumps 17% to £35m

  20-03-2017 09:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Steady growth in profits at privately-owned builder Wates saw the firm end the year with over £190m in cash, up 50% on the previous year.
  Pre-tax profits rose 17% to £35m in 2016 on a similar turnover rise to £1.53bn. The 20% uplift in revenue was driven by 40% growth in construction turnover, mainly from the full integration of SES Engineering Services.
  Andrew Davies, chief executive of Wates, said the firm was now focussed on maintaining steady growth
  
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• London City Road tower gets green light

  20-03-2017 09:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Another major high-rise project has received planning on the the expanding City Road high-rise corridor in central London.
  The 22-storey tower designed by architect AHMM is the latest build to rent flats scheme to get the go-ahead in central London.
  The 225 City Road scheme, which will contain over 100 flats, joins around six towers either under construction or built along the corridor to Old Street round about.
  Berkeley Group is also well advanced on its twin towers  scheme of ne
  
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• Record response rates for Enquirer advertisers

  20-03-2017 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Advertisers on the Enquirer have enjoyed a record month of results as the industry’s shift online gathers pace.
  Google Analytics for the last four weeks show that display advertisers on the site generated nearly 12,500 click throughs on their ads.
  At an average viewing time of 1 minute 16 seconds that means potential customers spent 260 hours looking at  advertisers’ websites after clicking through via the Enquirer.That is on top of the huge branding benefits of ads being seen a
  
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• Plans go in for new 6,000 home Hampshire Garden Village

  20-03-2017 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developers have submitted an outline planning application for a new 6,000 home community in Hampshire.
  Buckland Development Limited is behind the scheme for the new community at Welborne just north of Fareham.
  BDL’s Chairman, Mark Thistlethwayte, said: “This represents years of hard work and effort from BDL and our extensive team of technical consultants – it will set the framework for future development.“Ours is a very different approach to development, centred on a cons
  
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• A2Dominion names London £90m repairs team

  20-03-2017 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  Housing association A2Dominion has selected its line-up of firms for a £90m repairs frameworks covering housing in London and the South East.
  Mulalley, Chas Berger & Son and recently formed asset management specialist Pyramid Plus have come up trumps featuring on both the internal and external repairs programme panels.
  The planned repairs framework, worth £35.6m, will deliver planned programmes such as kitchen and bathroom replacements while the cycl
  
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• Durkan on the hunt for new subcontractors

  20-03-2017 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Durkan is looking to place deals worth £4m with subcontractors and suppliers on its latest mixed use scheme in Aylesbury.
  The contractor has linked up with Constructionline to host a supplier engagement event next week.
  Durkan has signed a deal with Aylesbury Vale District Council to build the five storey scheme containing retail, food and beverage outlets on the ground floor, and 36 two bed units and 11 one bed units above ground floor.Durkan is looking for firms with experience in: Brick
  
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• Bidding starts for £20m Magnox station cover-up

  20-03-2017 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bidding is about to start for the £20m project to cocoon the Hunterston A Magnox nuclear power station on the west coast of Scotland.
  The two hexagonal-shaped 64m tall reactor buildings will be cloaked in an aluminium standing seam cladding system fitted directly to the building.
  This will protect the Ayrshire coast buildings when it is left in a 50 year care and maintenance phase before a five-year final site clearance programme starts in 2075.The contractor will also need to remove
  
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