Construction news

• Massive Stewart Milne development goes into administration

  26-11-2021 14:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A subsidiary of Stewart Milne Group overseeing the planned construction of 3,100 homes near Aberdeen has gone into administration.
  FRP Advisory is now running Countesswells Development Limited (CDL) which was overseeing work at the Countesswells new town.
  Around 900 homes and several commercial properties and community facilities have been built or are under construction on the site.A spokeswoman for CDL told the Press & Journal: “We are extremely disappointed that CDL, set up to deliv
  
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• Ex-Laing O’Rourke boss to head rejigged BAM UK business

  26-11-2021 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Royal BAM has rejigged its operational structure to concentrate on just two dedicated growth businesses in the UK and Ireland, and the Netherlands.Its remaining businesses in Germany and Belgium will be managed for value with operational cuts and divestments.Royal BAM will also set its sights on investing to become a top-three contractor in the UK and Ireland as part of the new business focus.This new structure will replace the existing group business lines, which were split down construction, p
  
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• Rocks smash site huts as quarry blast goes wrong

  26-11-2021 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Breedon Trading Ltd has been fined £300,000 after blasting work at a Welsh quarry sent rocks flying into site buildings and beyond the danger zone.
  Llandudno Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 15 January 2020, a blast at Cwt-y-Bugail Quarry in Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales saw flyrock from the operation land 270m away, puncture the roof of an occupied work shed and put a hole in the outside pane of the occupied manager’s office skylight window.
  An HSE investigation found
  
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• Cut-price home builds quadruple maintenance cost

  26-11-2021 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing associations could be paying over four times more in average annual housing maintenance after skrimping on building budgets.
  That is the conclusion of an in-depth study by a leading cost consultant mapping average maintenance cost data supplied by 20 registered housing providers in London over an eight-year period.
  Developer/ builder Mount Anvil commissioned Arcadis to attempt to quantify the true cost of lower quality new build against later operational costs.
  Killian Hurley, founder an
  
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• Robertson submits £150m Cardiff Arena plan

  26-11-2021 00:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Robertson Construction-led consortium has submitted a hybrid planning application for the regeneration of Atlantic Wharf in Cardiff.
  A detailed application has gone in for phase one of the Butetown regeneration plan being promoted by the city council.  This sees the delivery of a new 17,000-capacity arena, hotel and associated parking.
  The new arena has been designed to host the biggest names in the music industry, family shows, comedy, and sporting events.It is anticipated
  
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