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• 90 jobs axed as Scottish M&E firm collapses

  15-11-2021 15:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scottish mechanical and electrical contractor Weir & McQuiston (Scotland) has fallen into administration with the loss of 93 jobs.
  Administrators from Azets blamed both the pandemic followed by labour and material shortages for the collapse of the family-owned specialist contractor.
  The Wishaw-based business trading as WMQ Building Services, was founded in 1976 and provided services for the commercial, industrial and residential sectors.The business expanded rapidly on the back of the growin
  
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• Galliford Try raids rivals for key highways appointments

  15-11-2021 14:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try’s Highways business has made two new key appointments from industry rivals.
  Alison Chippington is set to become the new Pre-Construction Director for the highways division with responsibility for all aspects of work-winning, tender strategies, pre-contract and bid management.
  Chippington joins from Morgan Sindall where she was most recently Head of Bid Management and Proposals following a 31-year career at the firm.Ondrej Humplik has taken the role of Partnership Director for
  
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• Former Bowmer & Kirkland chairman dies

  15-11-2021 14:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former Bowmer & Kirkland chairman, John Kirkland OBE, has died.
  John was trained at John Laing during the 1950s to gain wider industry experience and in 1967 joined the family business founded by his grandfather Robert Kirkland and Alfred Bowmer in 1923.
  He assumed responsibility as chairman in 1976 and remained chairman for 43 years until in 2019 he was succeeded by his son Jack.For the past three years he, along with his brother Robert, has been a life president of the company guiding and
  
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• Bid race starts for £600m northern ethical busines framework

  15-11-2021 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A north west pro-social business procurement group has started the hunt for firms to fill spots on its next-generation construction framework.
  The Rise Construction Framework will consist of 17 work/service categories offering different value bands to attract both major and SME bidders for both civils and building projects.
  Valued at around £600m across all work/service bands it will be open to public clients across the North West, North Wales and Yorkshire and Humberside regions.Main cont
  
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• Vistry poised to start 439-homes site near Northampton

  15-11-2021 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry Group is getting ready to start construction on the first phase of more than 400 homes near Northampton next year.
  The Western Gate project in Harpole just needs reserved matters planning consent before work can start on new homes and a new school which the house building is contributing £6m towards,
  The planning decision is expected at the end of the year with the section 106 agreement including community contributions towards the primary school, local centre, play facilities, a li
  
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• B&K revealed as mystery buyer for failed Robinson Structures

  15-11-2021 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bowmer & Kirkland is understood to be the mystery buyer for the assets of stricken Derby steelwork contractor Robinson Structures sold in a pre-pack administration last week.
  The main contractor’s steelwork and timber business, B&K Structures, which also based in Derby is understood to have bought the business although there still has been no official confirmation of the deal.
  The acquisition, which saved 68 Robinson jobs, represents the largest single investment in the firm’
  
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• Major steelwork firm warns project delays will hit profits

  15-11-2021 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Structural steelwork specialist Billington has warned forecast profit for this year will fall below expectations due to the impact of materials and labour supply constraints on project completions.
  The firm had previously warned several months ago that the precise outturn for the current financial year depended on the timing of certain key contracts, combined with any potential impact from continuing material price inflation and supply chain constraints.
  Mark Smith, CEO of Billington, said
  
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• HE Simm names new MD for engineering arm in the south

  15-11-2021 00:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Family-owned M&E contractor HE Simm Group has appointed Phoenix ME operations director Marcus Wallis to head up its Engineering division in the south.
  Wallis started his career in the industry following the completion of an electrical apprenticeship with Drake & Skull.
  He has held director level roles in a number of companies, including Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Mace, before moving to London-based Phoenix ME in 2018.In his new role at MD in the south, Wallis will be part of the g
  
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