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• Energy and transport costs blamed for new steel price hike

  01-10-2021 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Steel has blamed soaring energy and transport costs for a fresh £30 a tonne hike in structural steel from today.The producer said it was imposing a new temporary steel price surcharge because it could no longer absorb rising energy and haulier costs in the UK.
  It is the first major industry supplier to respond with a new round of price hikes in the face of the present gas price and transport crisis.In a statement to customers this week, it said: “As you will no doubt be aware
  
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• Worker paralysed in Watford stadium concrete floor collapse

  01-10-2021 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A contractor has been fined after a worker was paralysed after falling 11 metres down a stairwell at a football stadium when the concrete floor he was working on collapsed.
  Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard that on 14 June 2016, workers were constructing a new hospitality and seating stand at the stadium of Watford Football Club.
  The concrete floor and associated formwork collapsed causing a number of workers to fall.Most of the workers were able to cling to the structure to escape ser
  
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• Hinkley Point workforce to soar a third to 8,500 – video tour

  01-10-2021 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hinkley Point C has reached the halfway mark for construction and is on track to open on time.
  Nigel Cann, delivery director for the nuclear power station build, said planned works are now 49% complete as the massive project reached the halfway point this week.
  Five years after getting the go-ahead, the number of people across Britain now working on the Hinkley Point C power station has reached 22,000.
  The growing number includes 6,300 on site, compared to just 1,500 at the height of the pandemi
  
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• Contractor race starts for £1bn Victoria green office scheme

  01-10-2021 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers behind the 105 Victoria Street scheme have committed to go ahead with the largest speculative office project to come forward in London since the pandemic.
  Welput, the specialist central London office fund managed by BentallGreenOak (BGO), is now looking for a contractor for the 470,000 sq ft ultra-sustainable commercial building with a gross development value of £1bn.
  The development will deploy new innovations in ultra-low carbon construction to ensure carbon emitted through th
  
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• Go-ahead for £60m Stockport’s Weir Mill flats

  01-10-2021 07:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Capital & Centric has got the planning thumbs up to start its £60m mixed-use community project at Weir Mill in Stockport.
  The developer plans to breathe new life into the derelict town centre site with a 253 flats scheme, with 87 within the existing mill buildings and 167 in the two new buildings.There will be 24,000 sq ft of commercial space including the West Shed, which will become a new indoor space with exposed brick, vaulted arches and sky lights.
  The two-year construct
  
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• HS2 tunnellers clock up first mile under Chilterns

  01-10-2021 00:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2’s first TBM drive has passed the one-mile mark cutting through a mix of chalk and flint beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London.
  Launched in May, TBM Florence is one of two identical machines excavating the twin 10-mile-long tunnels.
  During her first mile, Florence and her crew have installed more than 5,500 separate segments, each weighing around 8.5 tonnes.A second machine, named ‘Cecilia’ is a short way behind, with both TBMs expected to break out in around t
  
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