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• Gove declares war on construction companies

  16-12-2021 23:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove is getting tough on construction companies four-and-a-half years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
  Gove has turned his ire on Rydon Homes and blocked them from the government’s Help to Buy home ownership scheme with immediate effect.
  It means they no longer have government support and cannot market their properties to first time buyers, with the offer of government backed loans.
  He thundered: “It is in th
  
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• Greystar JV targets London for £1.8bn build to rent homes push

  16-12-2021 15:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Property investor Greystar Real Estate has teamed up with a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to develop build to rent housing in London and its commuter towns.
  The JV plans to spend £1.8bn on a pipeline of new-build projects, starting with a project in London’s Battersea district where it hopes to build 14,000 sq m of residential and commercial space at Lombard Street.
  Both investors are targeting London, following a similar deal in 2015 in the Netherlands, which
  
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• Wates confirmed winner of £450m car battery gigafactory

  16-12-2021 14:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates and Turner & Townsend have been appointed by client Envision AESC to lead the design and project manage construction of its £450m car battery gigafactory in Sunderland.
  The factory will be built at the 50-acre International Advanced Manufacturing Park and will form part of a £1bn partnership with Nissan UK and Sunderland City Council to create an electric vehicle (EV) hub to deliver the next generation of electric vehicle production.
  Wates will develop an adaptabl
  
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• Peel sets out vast Chatham Docks regen plan

  16-12-2021 09:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel L&P has set out its plans for further major investment in the redevelopment of Chatham Docks Industrial Estate in Kent.
  A masterplan released by the developer outlines its new ambition to build 3,600 homes and a 1m sq ft new employment zone at the 90-acre riverside site.
  Peel L&P masterplan vision for Chatham Docks. Key:  Green – public open space; Green arrows – connectivity; Red and Orange – residential; Blue – employment space
  Overall,
  
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• JCB workers get £750 Christmas bonus

  16-12-2021 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  JCB workers are being given a £750 Christmas bonus.
  The bonus will be paid to more than 6,000 employees – including agency staff with over 12 months’ service – working at JCB’s 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham.
  JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “This year we will produce a record number of machines and this bonus rewards a tremendous team effort. We are still facing severe challenges caused by unprecedented supply chain disruption which is impac
  
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• Keltbray wins two more tunnel HS2 shafts

  16-12-2021 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Keltbray has secured a £12m extension to its current C1 Shaft contract for the HS2 Align joint venture.
  The deal builds on awards for the first two ventilation shafts on the project in August at Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St Giles.
  Taken together the two double sets of shaft excavation jobs are worth over £26m.
  The next two ventilation shafts along HS2’s two giant tunnel 10 mile tunnel drives through the Chiltern Hills are located at Amersham and Little Missenden.Excavation
  
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• New skills centre in Birmingham to train workforce of the future

  16-12-2021 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  University College Birmingham has unveiled plans for a new  sustainable construction skills centre as part of the regeneration of the iconic James Cond print works in the city’s Jewellery Quarter.
  The new Engineering and Sustainable Construction Centre will offer state-of-the-art courses and facilities specifically designed to train the workforce of the future. Tilbury Douglas is working on the scheme with the university.
  The new centre will specialise in courses including sustainable
  
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• £100m landmark Portsmouth Uni project approved

  16-12-2021 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The University of Portsmouth has gained planning for its £100m Victoria Park major teaching building.
  The 12-storey Victoria Park Academic Building project is being tendered on a single-stage design and build basis with the University hoping to make an award in February to start work in Spring 2022.
  BAM, Bowmer & Kirkland, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Wates are understood to be in the bidding for the project.
  Designs by architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and MEP consu
  
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