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• Bluespot fits-out major Durham student job

  11-01-2022 21:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bluespot Furniture Ltd has fitted all the bedroom and kitchen furniture on the Mount Oswald student accommodation project at Durham University.
  The Mount Oswald project creates a new home for John Snow College and the brand-new South College housing 1,000 students.
  Work by Bluespot included the manufacture, supply and installation of a range of workspace, bedroom, kitchen and living space furniture
  Bluespot worked closely with main contractor Tilbury Douglas to ensure the manufacture and install
  
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• Subbies chase cash as work stops on PDR Construction sites

  11-01-2022 19:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors have been left chasing unpaid bills as work stopped on sites run by main contractor PDR Construction.
  Worried suppliers have been in touch with the Enquirer after the £83m turnover contractor’s website went offline and calls to the head office in Hessle near Hull went unanswered.
  One specialist said: “They have been a nightmare and haven’t been paying us for months.“I’m sure they have been paid by the client on out job but only part of that mone
  
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• Ray O’Rourke’s successor starts work

  11-01-2022 15:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke’s new CEO designate started work at the firm’s Dartford headquarters this week.
  The firm announced last November that founder and majority shareholder Ray O’Rourke will be stepping down as CEO in September.
  He will be succeeded by Seamus French who started in his new role as Europe Hub MD and CEO-designate on Monday.Welcoming him O’Rourke said: “I am delighted to welcome Seamus to the business and look forward to working with him over the coming
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wins £42m Norwich student conversion

  11-01-2022 12:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McAleer & Rushe has clinched a £42m project to transform a 1970’s office building into a 684-bed student residence in the heart of Norwich city centre.
  Designed by Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson for developer Global Student Accommodation, the project will retain the existing structure of the St Crispin’s House office block.
  McAleer & Rushe will strip out the shell and core, and construct extra floors to create a seven-storey building. A five-storey extension to the rear of
  
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• Vinci completes first pour of its ultra low carbon concrete

  11-01-2022 12:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci and Irish cement producer Ecocem have completed the first major pour in the UK of a jointly developed ultra-low carbon concrete.
  The pour took place on EcoPark South, the first phase in North London Waste Authority’s plans to create a £1.2bn sustainable waste management hub and energy recovery facility at the existing Edmonton EcoPark.
  The mix used on the project reduces the carbon footprint of the construction project by up to 70% when compared to traditional concrete.Develope
  
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• KPMG admits financial regulator misled in Carillion audits

  11-01-2022 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Accountancy giant KPMG auditors misled regulators during inspections of their work on audits including those of contractor Carillion the accounting firm’s UK boss said.
  The admission of misconduct was made on the first day of an industrial tribunal bought by the Financial Reporting Council where the accountancy firm and six of its former auditors are accused of forging documents and misleading its inspectors.
  KPMG’s UK chief executive Jon Holt explained that the firm had discovered t
  
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• Modular specialist OEP UK lines-up new contracts after prepack deal

  11-01-2022 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Modular construction company Offsite Engineered Projects UK (OEP UK) is winning work again just weeks after buying its sister company out of administration.
  The firm has novated contracts with Midgard and Bouygues and is set to sign a new bathroom and utility pod supply deal with Boom Construction in east London this month.
  OEP Building Services went into administration late last year owing 135 suppliers £1.7m.The firm was hit by materials cost hikes on fixed-price contracts, project delay
  
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• Scottish contractor goes under with loss of 33 jobs

  11-01-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South Lanarkshire contractor Iain Potter Construction Ltd (IPC) has gone down with all 33 staff made redundant.
  Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from Interpath Advisory were appointed as Joint Provisional Liquidators on Friday by the company’s sole director.
  The Carluke based firm has been in business since 2014 and worked across a range of sectors including health, education, housing and custodial.IPC was hit by rising labour and raw material costs, coupled with increasing overheads and
  
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• Construction blasted over slow building safety culture change

  11-01-2022 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Dame Judith Hackitt has vented her frustration at the industry’s lack of leadership and slow progress towards bringing about a true cultural change in building safety following Grenfell.
  In her third report as chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG) assessing progress towards improving building safety, she accuses firms of hiding behind trade associations and preferring to wait for laws to dictate safer practices.
  The report highlights examples of good practice like the Consider
  
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• Building safety culture change not taking root – Hackitt

  11-01-2022 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Dame Judith Hackitt has vented her frustration at the industry’s lack of leadership and slow progress towards bringing about a true cultural change in building safety following Grenfell.
  In her third report as chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group assessing progress towards improving building safety, she accusses firms of hiding behind trade associations and prefering to wait for laws to dictate safer practices.
  The report highlight two examples of good practice like the Considerate
  
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