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• Miller Homes fined £200,000 for polluting dyke

  24-11-2021 15:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Miller Homes has been fined £200,000 after polluting a Huddersfield watercourse for more than 1km.
  The house builder appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court this week where it pleaded guilty to polluting a tributary of Grimescar Dyke with silt at Lindley Park on 8 February 2018.
  It was fined £200,000, ordered to pay costs of more than £8,500 and a victim surcharge of £170.The court heard that Miller Homes Limited purchased the land for a residential housing development
  
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• RSK swoops for Yorkshire surveying specialist

  24-11-2021 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fast-expanding RSK Group has bought Yorkshire-based surveying specialist Centara.
  The 60-staff firm provides surveying and engineering services to the UK rail, engineering, construction, utilities and electricity transmission sectors.
  It counts Balfour Beatty, Mace, National Grid and Network Rail among its key clients.
  Centara will join RSK’s Geosciences and Engineering division.In the last five years, acquisition-hungry RSK has bought over 60 companies in the environmental, engineeri
  
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• Farrans to build £30m rotating Glasgow footbridge

  24-11-2021 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Farrans is set to be confirmed for the contract to build a £30m pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Clyde to link Govan and Partick.
  Glasgow City Council is expected to confirm the appointment of Farrans this week to build the rotating pivot bridge despite a £12m jump in the project’s budget due for the most part to soaring steel prices.Work is expected to begin on site in January, with the bridge, which will connect Water Row with Pointhouse Quay, finished by the end
  
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• Brickability buys renewable energy specialist

  24-11-2021 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction materials distributor Brickability Group has bought renewable energy specialist HBS NE Limited for £5.5m.
  HBS specialises in the design, supply, installation and maintenance of solar PV, battery storage and electric vehicle charging technologies.
  The firm is well established in the house building, construction, commercial and industrial and public sectors.Through its product brand UPOWA, HBS provides products for housing developers to ensure they achieve compliance  with
  
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• Former Amey director takes reins at renamed SSE Contracting

  24-11-2021 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Enerveo, previously known as SSE Contracting, has hired former Amey director Zak Houlahan as its new chief executive officer, following the death of former CEO Stuart Chaston in August from Covid.
  Houlaham brings 15 years of senior management experience in a range of industries, including waste management, aviation infrastructure and most latterly in local Government contracts as national business director for Environmental Services at Amey.
  Neil Kirkby, Enerveo Executive Chair, said “Zak
  
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• Quinn Infrastructure staff looking for new jobs

  24-11-2021 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Quinn Infrastructure Services are looking for new jobs after the firm stopped working on sites.
  The Enquirer understands staff were sent home last week and employees have been discussing the situation on LinkedIn while looking for new work opportunities.
  One construction manager posted: “Looking for new job, unfortunately QIS has gone into administration so new position required.”And a director added: “So,after 13 years of working for Quinn Infrastructure the journey h
  
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• Quinn Infrastructure goes into administration

  24-11-2021 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Quinn Infrastructure Services are looking for new jobs after the firm called in administrators.
  The Enquirer understands staff were sent home last week and administrators from John P Fisher are now in charge of the company.
  One construction manager posted on LinkedIn: “Looking for new job, unfortunately QIS has gone into administration so new position required.”And a director added: “So,after 13 years of working for Quinn Infrastructure the journey has finally come to
  
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• Bouygues wins £30m Swansea zero carbon office

  24-11-2021 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK has signed the contract with Swansea Council to build a carbon zero office development in the city centre.
  The firm will break ground in the coming weeks on the site of the former Oceana nightclub at 71/72 The Kingsway.
  Set for completion in the summer of 2023, the five-storey development will include 114,000 sq ft of commercial floorspace.The developments will include two underground levels with new links between The Kingsway and Oxford Street.
  John Boughton, regional managing direc
  
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• Sisk names new UK framework director

  24-11-2021 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sisk has secured the return of Rebecca Hartshorn to take up the role of UK framework director.
  She re-joins Sisk from Bowmer & Kirkland where she was Strategic Framework Lead.
  Before that she previously worked at Sisk from 2017 for two years, when she held the roles of bid manager and pre-construction manager.Hartshorn will be based in our Solihull office and will work closely with the Scape team after Sisk was appointed to work on projects worth £75m and above across En
  
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