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• Liverpool student block developer goes under

  22-10-2021 11:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers across the North West are braced to lose millions after the company behind the 16-storey Natex student accommodation scheme in Liverpool fell into administration.
  Mount Group Student Natex was developing the £45m scheme which was due for completion in December.
  The company is now in the hands of administrators Mazars but the wider Mount Group remains unaffected.Mount Group Student Natex was incorporated in 2016 and work started on the 574-bed scheme in 2019 wit
  
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• £35m Nottingham art school gets green light

  22-10-2021 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a £35m university building in Nottingham city centre have been given the planning go-ahead
  Work will start early next year on the nine-storey block, which will house Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design.
  Bowmer & Kirkland and GF Tomlinson are understood to be in the bidding for the project which has been designed by architect Hawkins Brown.The planned building at 40–42 Shakespeare Street will provide a variety of workspaces for designing and
  
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• HS2 downsizes Euston station to save costs

  22-10-2021 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 is sliming down the planned Euston station terminus in a bid to save cost and programme time.
  The station will now move to a simpler 10 platform design from the originally planned 11 platforms.
  This will allow the station main contractor joint venture Mace Dragados to build the £2.6bn project in a single stage, rather than two stages as originally envisaged.
  The changes are far less dramatic than some in the industry feared after a 15-month review seeking cost-saving options and e
  
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• Murphy trials AI warning cameras at site danger zones

  22-10-2021 07:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Murphy & Sons is trialling the latest artificial intelligence site cameras to increase worker safety on its sites.
  The camera warning system monitors key exclusion zones and restricted plant and people zones on sites sounding an alarm if workers intrude on the danger zone.
  The technology also has the potential to be used to monitor for other potential health and safety issues such as incorrect PPE usage and trip hazards.
  The sensors have analytical and machine learning capabilities that
  
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• Accountant being investigated over nmcn audit

  22-10-2021 00:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regulators at the Financial Reporting Council have launched an investigation into the auditing of nmcn by accountant BDO.
  The probe will examine consolidated financial statements of the contractor for the year ended 31 December 2019.
  BDO resigned as nmcn’s auditor in July 2020 after ten years in the role.Results for 2019 showed increases in pre-tax profit to £10.3m on turnover up at £404m.
  But within 18 months estimated losses had hit £43m leading to the contractor’
  
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