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• Glencar bags 780,000 sq ft Coventry logistics park

  25-10-2021 19:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Bericote Properties has picked expanding specialist shed contractor Glencar for a 780,000 sq ft of speculative industrial park across three new units at a site in Coventry.
  Demolition of the existing buildings at the site to be known as Coventry Logistics Park has got underway.
  The project, due to complete by the summer of next year, will feature three units of 484,000 sq ft, 251,000 sq ft and 47,000 sq ft, which have been designed by architect Corstorphine & Wright.All the un
  
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• Tolent boss to leave as losses hit £8.3m

  25-10-2021 15:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tolent CEO Andy McLeod is stepping down at the end of next month after the North East contractor reported losses of £8.3m.
  Current COO Paul Webster will take over from McLeod with immediate effect while CFO Andy Clark will also be leaving with an experienced replacement expected to join early in the new year.
  Craig Anderson, non-executive chairman, said: “I very much look forward to working with Paul and the rest of the team as Tolent enters a new stage in its development and wish th
  
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• £1.7bn Blue Eden project refloats Swansea tidal energy plan

  25-10-2021 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A £1.7bn project placing Wales at the forefront of renewable energy innovation has been revealed by an international consortium.
  The ambitious project proposed for Swansea’s waterfront refloats stalled tidal lagoon renewable energy plans, featuring underwater turbines generating 320 megawatts from the 9.5km structure.
  Blue Eden will be sited along an extensive area of land and water, to the south of the Prince of Wales Dock
  It will also feature 1,500 waterfront homes as well as 150 f
  
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• Chancellor to detail £7bn spending pledge for local transport

  25-10-2021 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak is planning to detail plans in the Autumn spending review on Wednesday to pump £7bn in local transport improvements in Midlands and Northern cities.
  The pledge will amount to around £1.5bn or 20% of actual extra new cash to supplement previous spending commitments on infrastructure in the regions over the next five years.
  It will be directed at areas outside of London to level up transport with new train and station upgrades and the expansion of trams, with &po
  
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• Weston Homes plans £100m London flats scheme

  25-10-2021 07:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volume house builder Weston Homes has bought part of a former textiles dyeing factory complex in south east London for a £100m multi-storey flats scheme.
  The 4.6 acre Dylon factory site will be transformed with a 254 apartments scheme with, undercroft basement parking, and children’s play space  within landscaped gardens.
  The site already benefits from full planning consent, granted last Spring, allowing construction to start in late 2022 with a 20 month build programme.It
  
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• Cladding panels “dislodged” from McAlpine hotel job

  25-10-2021 06:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Roads around a Hilton hotel being built by Sir Robert McAlpine in Woking were closed last week when cladding panels became “dislodged”.
  Following the incident at the £540m Victoria Square development Cllr Ayesha Azad, Leader of Woking Borough Council, said on Friday: “I can confirm that following Wednesday’s incident, which saw a small number of exterior panels dislodged from the hotel development, senior officers from Woking Borough Council met with representatives
  
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• New home starts slump 27% amid labour and materials crisis

  25-10-2021 00:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Concrete evidence is emerging that widespread materials and labour shortages are stifling new housing starts.
  Fresh figures from the National House Building Council show that new homes registrations slumped 27% in the third quarter to 33,780 albeit from a 14-year record high of 46,440 in the second quarter.
  The fall was also partly attributed to housing associations prioritising remedial works like fire safety measures ahead of building affordable rented homes.New home registration returns also
  
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