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• Sigmat strengthens technical team

  09-04-2021 12:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leeds based offsite specialists Sigmat have announced the appointment of two new directors to further strengthen their leadership team.
  Offsite innovator and sustainability veteran Nick Milestone joins the team as Engineering Director and structural engineering specialist Tim Doubell will take up the newly created post of R&D Director.
  Both join the team with a wealth of experience across a variety of offsite disciplines and have worked across a multitude of industry sectors, including landm
  
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• Contractor moves to four-day-week to boost work/life balance

  09-04-2021 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Edinburgh contractor Orocco will become one of the industry’s first firms to implement a four-day working week for all staff.
  The move sees the 42-strong workforce get Fridays off to improve their work/life balance from next month.
  The company specialises in high-end building and renovation projects and also includes a bespoke joinery manufacturing workshop MadeByOrocco as part of its core business.The full team of skilled trades, painters, decorators and office staff are all set to take u
  
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• Bids invited for £540m JV North contractors framework

  09-04-2021 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The JV North consortium of housing associations has fired the starting gun on the race for places on its new-build contractors framework.
  It is one of the biggest developers of new social homes in the UK and forecasts that £540m of work will be placed by its members through to April 2025.
  The framework will be split into three main project value lots: up to £4m; £4m-£10m and £10m plus, with firms battling for eight spots on the smaller lots and six places on the maj
  
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• Contractor jailed for filling old quarry with hazardous waste

  09-04-2021 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A rogue contractor has been jailed for allowing thousands of tonnes of waste to be illegally deposited at a former limestone quarry in Somerset.
  Mark Foley, of Cardiff, was jailed for two years and three months for illegally disposing of 100,000 tonnes of waste at Stowey Quarry, near Chew Valley reservoir.
  The offence happened during 2016, sparking an intensive investigation by the Environment Agency into the management of the site.
  The illegal operation, which accepted waste from around England
  
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• £250m South East Consortium housing framework winners

  09-04-2021 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing procurement group, the South East Consortium has confirmed its new partner contractors to deliver new build projects for the next three years.
  Newcomers to the major projects lot include Vistry Partnerships, Wates while Durkan, Higgins and Osborne drop out.
  The framework is geared toward mainly new build housing but can be used for other building projects and its expected to be worth £250m.
  The SEC Framework is used by over 40 local authorities and housing associations to procure w
  
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• £250m South East Consortium housing framework

  09-04-2021 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing procurement group, the South East Consortium has confirmed its new partner contractors to deliver new build projects for the next three years.
  Newcomers to the major projects lot include Vistry Partnerships, Wates while Durkan, Higgins and Osborne drop out.
  The framework is geared toward mainly new build housing but can be used for other building projects and its expected to be worth £250m.
  The SEC Framework is used by over 40 local authorities and housing associations to procure w
  
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• Scaffolding collapses on top floor of apartment site

  09-04-2021 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scaffolding collapsed on the fifth floor of a luxury apartment block under construction in Glasgow yesterday during high winds.
  Roads around the £30m Park Quadrant site were closed when scaffolding collapsed on the top floor but no-one was injured during the incident.
  A spokesperson for developer Ambassador Developments Park Quadrant Ltd told The Herald: “A section of scaffolding on our Park District development has sustained damage from high winds this afternoon.“No one has be
  
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