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• Nmcn Building division fails to find buyer as 80 jobs lost

  07-10-2021 23:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators at nmcn have been unable to sell the group’s Building division leading to 80 redundancies.
  Grant Thornton were appointed administrators of the contractor in Wednesday and have since overseen the sale of the Water, Telecoms and Plant divisions safeguarding more than 1,500 jobs.
  The Infrastructure division is also set to be sold within the next few days.But joint administrator Rob Parker said: “It is, however, with regret, that due to a number of legacy contract issues,
  
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• Galliford Try buys nmcn water business for £1m

  07-10-2021 17:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has acquired all of nmcn’s £100m water business including Nomenca and Lintott for £1m in a deal which will save the jobs of 900 staff.
  Bill Hocking, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, said: “I am delighted to welcome the employees, clients and suppliers of nmcn Water to Galliford Try.“This acquisition is an excellent strategic fit with our existing business and will accelerate the growth of our successful Environment division, providing work with new cl
  
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• New Grenfell film aims to help construction change

  07-10-2021 15:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A film which explores the construction’s response to the Grenfell Tower disaster has been launched to encourage more open debate within the industry.
  Funded by Vivalda Group and produced award-winning filmmaker Hamlett Films, the 25-minute documentary is entitled ‘Behind the Façade’ and includes contributions from architects, specialist contractors, suppliers and those personally affected by the cladding crisis.
  The film seeks to encourage an honest debate within the con
  
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• Structure Tone looks to bounce back after £9.1m loss

  07-10-2021 14:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fit-out specialist Structure Tone is looking to bounce back strongly this year after racking-up pre-tax losses of £9.1m in 2020.
  Latest published results for the year to December 31 2020 show a pre-tax loss of £9.1m compared to £3.5m last time on turnover down to £84.6m from £103.7m.
  Structure Tone continued to be dogged by a number of legacy contracts “which had encountered design and programme issues.”The firm is now confident the write-downs are over
  
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• Go-ahead for £450m Sunderland battery gigafactory

  07-10-2021 13:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been approved by Sunderland City Council to build a £450m advanced car battery gigafactory next to Nissan Sunderland.
  Construction is now due to begin in 2022 to support battery production in 2024, and could unlock future investment of £1.8bn on the site to generate 35GWh capacity and 4,500 new jobs.
  Wates is understood to be in talks with lithium-ion batteries manufacturer Envision AESC to build the factory at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park in Washingt
  
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• 680 jobs saved as nmcn divisions sold to investor Svella

  07-10-2021 12:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private investment vehicle Svella has swooped to buy the telecoms, plant hire, transport and accommodation business divisions of contractor nmcn out of administration.
  The firm has been in the wings after revealling it June it planned a £24m refinancing to rescue nmcn.
  The deal secures over 680 jobs, although the future of the main civils and water divisions has still to be decided.Since nmcn announced its intention to appoint administrators on Monday, SVELLA has been working with administ
  
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• Silvertown Tunnel job hooks up with first private 5G network

  07-10-2021 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ferrovial has deployed one of the world’s first 5G private wireless networks at its Silvertown Tunnel construction site.
  For the Riverlinx Construction JV, comprising BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant, it will improve wireless connectivity within the tunnel, and boost site communications, access management and perimeter control.
  The superfast network will also be used for better environmental monitoring and real-time visualization of construction progress.
  At the same tim
  
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• HS2 shortlists Chinese rail giant for £300m catenary works

  07-10-2021 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has shortlisted a subsidiary of China’s state-owned giant railway group for the £300m job to install the overhead catenary system powering trains to operate at 360km/hr.
  The China Railway Electrification Engineering Group Co is up against rival bidders; Balfour Beatty; Colas Rail; and Rapide JV – a consortium of SPL Powerlines UK/INEO/Keltbray.
  It comes just a month after a major Turkish specialist rail contractor made the final three firms for HS2’s £275m
  
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• Mace and Willmott Dixon team up for healthcare jobs

  07-10-2021 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace Construct and Willmott Dixon Construction are forming a consortium to jointly target projects in the Government’s ambitious hospital programme.
  Mace’s contracting arm will work with Willmott Dixon Construction to support each other on major hospital projects.
  The consortium between the two contractors will be underpinned by an FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract.
  It will see the two firms collaborate, allowing them to deliver a wider range of healthcare construction projects than
  
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• London hospital job to be rebid after procurement rethink

  07-10-2021 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has decided to go out to competitive tender again for its new landmark Evelina London Children’s Hospital extension.
  The planned 290,000 sq ft hospital building, designed by Hawkins\Brown Architects and Bouygues-owned developer Linkcity, has just received planning.Bouygues UK which had a preconstruction team on the project had been widely expected to follow on with a main construction contract but the Trust has now decided to go ou
  
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• London hospital job to be rebid after Bouygues exits

  07-10-2021 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has decided to go out to competitive tender for its new landmark Evelina London Children’s Hospital extension.
  The planned 290,000 sq ft hospital building, designed by Hawkins\Brown Architects and Bouygues-owned developer Linkcity, has just received planning.Bouygues UK which had a preconstruction team on the project had been widely expected to follow on with a main construction contract but the Trust has now decided to go out to c
  
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