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• HS2 launches first Midlands TMB

  02-12-2021 19:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 contractor BBV has launched the first tunnel boring machine on the Midlands section of the high-speed rail route.
  Around 170 engineers have been working on the 2,000 tonne, 125m-long TBM during its construction and assembly.
  An expert tunnelling team will now work around the clock in shifts to operate TBM Dorothy for around five months as it excavates the first bore of a one-mile tunnel under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
  Dorothy cutterhead being lifted into place
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• HS2 launches first Midlands TBM

  02-12-2021 19:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 contractor BBV has launched the first tunnel boring machine on the Midlands section of the high-speed rail route.
  Around 170 engineers have been working on the 2,000 tonne, 125m-long TBM during its construction and assembly.
  An expert tunnelling team will now work around the clock in shifts to operate TBM Dorothy for around five months as it excavates the first bore of a one-mile tunnel under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
  Dorothy cutterhead being lifted into place
  This is set to be t
  
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• Trio shortlisted for third £115m A9 dualling project

  02-12-2021 15:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport for Scotland has shortlisted three firms for the third upgrade contract on the £3bn A9 dualling project.
  Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, John Graham Construction and Wills Bros Civil Engineering project will now fight it out to upgrade the 9.6 km stretch of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy.
  Transport Scotland anticipates that the construction contract will be awarded in the second half of 2022.The shortlist was announced as critical enabling works were completed involvi
  
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• Plan for £2bn Edinburgh West Town

  02-12-2021 14:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A development consortium is advancing plans for a 7,000-home new town on a 200-acre site beside Edinburgh Airport.
  Developer West Town Edinburgh is now moving forward with its plans for the £2bn ‘West Town’ following guidelines set out by the proposed Edinburgh City Plan 2030.
  Oil and property magnate Sir Bill Gammell will head the ambitious plans after Drum Property Group made a significant equity investment in the development company taking on a key management and development
  
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• Morgan Sindall starts £31m Leeds resi scheme

  02-12-2021 13:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leeds developer Citylife has finalised a contract with Morgan Sindall to deliver a luxury £31m residential apartment scheme in the city.
  Following a four-month pre-construction service agreement, Morgan Sindall has now formally started the 16-storey Springwell Gardens project to deliver 223 one, two, and three-bedrooms.
  The construction project is due to be finalised by 2023 and is on the doorstep of the Leeds Southbank Holbeck Regeneration Project – the largest city centre rege
  
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• Construction slavery gang busted – five convicted

  02-12-2021 13:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Five members of an organised crime family have been convicted for luring victims to the UK with false promises of well-paid construction work before trapping them in “modern slavery” conditions with no pay.
  L-R: Vasile Dragoi, Marian Podianu, Florinel Bobi Dragoi, Ion Bogdan Dragoi, Alexandra Ciocodan
  Vasile Dragoi Snr, 61, and others were found guilty of human trafficking offences yesterday at Southwark Crown Court after a sixteen-week trial.
  Their 16 victims were promised £50
  
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• Willmott Dixon to build £21m net zero Preston school

  02-12-2021 09:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon has added to its growing portfolio of net zero carbon in operation school projects with a £21m job to build an academy for 750 pupils in Preston.
  The new Tarleton Academy will be built on land adjacent to the existing school, which will remain in use until the new building is open in September 2023.
  Its facilities will include 36 classrooms as well as a range of sports facilities including a 20m swimming pool, new fitness suite and multi-use games area.  The academy wil
  
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• Bids called for £835m South London council estate upgrade

  02-12-2021 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The London Borough of Southwark is looking for four contractors to deliver a major programme of housing improvements and compliance work for its council estates in south London.
  Planned extensive upgrade works include fire safety work, kitchen and bathroom replacement and mechanical and electrical works.
  Southwark estimates the upgrade work will be worth up to £835m over a 10-year term.
  It has broken the upgrade plan into the four contract areas:
  1. Borough and Bankside/Walworth &ndas
  
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• Race starts for £200m M5 Junction 10 Improvements

  02-12-2021 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Gloucestershire County Council is on the hunt for a contractor to deliver a £200m scheme to upgrade junction 10 of the M5 to the west of Cheltenham.
  Currently the M5 Junction 10 only has slip roads to and from the north. This puts extra pressure on already congested local roads, particularly on Junction 11, which provides access to and from Cheltenham on the A40..The preferred improvement scheme will include a roundabout built above the motorway.The major project will also include a new We
  
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• Contractors battle Storm Arwen to replace rail bridge

  02-12-2021 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Despite the impact of Strom Arwen Network Rail has successfully demolished and replaced the bridge over the railway at Lynebeg, south of Inverness on the Highland Mainline between Perth and Inverness.
  The work was part of supporting work ahead of the dualling of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy.
  In continuous working across 78 hours from last Friday night until Tuesday morning, the 1884 Victorian masonry structure was demolished and replaced with a 660 ton twin-track concrete box structure.The con
  
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• Veteran pair leave Currie & Brown

  02-12-2021 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Consultant Currie & Brown is undergoing major leadership change as group chairman David Broomer retires this month after 51 years at the business.
  Group chief executive officer Euan McEwan is also retiring at the end of this year.
  Broomer became a partner in 1980 – the youngest partner in the company’s history – and in 1999 moved into the role of group managing director. Since October 2008 he has held the position of chairman.McEwan will be succeeded as group chief executiv
  
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• New boss at Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick

  02-12-2021 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mechanical and electrical contractor Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick has appointed Will Smith as its new Managing Director.
  Smith joins from consultant Cummins where he was UK & Europe CEO. Previously, he was UK Managing Director of SPIE.
  He replaces Simon Lafferty who left the business in October after 35 years at Balfour Beatty.Mark Bullock, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive Officer, UK Construction Services said: “I am delighted to welcome Will as Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Kilpatri
  
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