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• Accolade for Cemfree ultra-low carbon cement

  01-02-2022 15:55
  
  Cemfree, part of DB Group, has been listed in PwC UK’s Net Zero Future50 report highlighting them as an innovative UK climate tech company looking to tackle one of the biggest challenges the UK construction industry faces.
  The report looks at the important role climate tech start-ups play in transforming the industry and highlights the need for change and innovation to help achieve net zero by 2050.
  Cemfree, which features in the ‘Industry, Manufacturing and Resource Management&rsquo
  
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• Kier wins £30m net-zero Weston Super Mare academy

  01-02-2022 12:16
  
  Kier has chalked up a £30.5m project to deliver a net zero carbon school building for Winterstoke Hundred Academy on the outskirts of Weston-Super-Mare.
  Awarded by North Somerset Council and Cabot Learning Federation, the new school building at Parkland Village will provide 900 new pupil places when complete.
  Following enabling works, Kier is now starting main construction of the three-storey 80,000m2 building, which has been designed to achieve Net Zero Carbon in operation, a BREEAM &lsqu
  
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• Elliott Group to rebrand under Algeco name

  01-02-2022 09:11
  
  Modular specialist Elliott Group and its Carter Accommodation and Procomm Site Services divisions are uniting under a common brand – Algeco.
  The move will create a single, consistent brand across the UK and Europe under the long-standing Algeco name.
  The changes will be effective from 31st March 2022.
  The combined UK business will be headquartered in Peterborough, with a total of 23 site locations throughout the country servicing its portable, modular building and offsite construction hire
  
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• Construction scaled back on £1bn Multiplex Nine Elms site

  01-02-2022 08:38
  
  The brakes have been put on construction work at Multiplex’s £1bn Nine Elms site in south London.
  The main contractor is understood to have been unpaid for months by Chinese client R&F One (UK) Ltd.
  In a statement R&F said: “Work is continuing at One Nine Elms while we discuss a set of issues with Multiplex to ensure a successful completion of the development.”Work on the site involves construction of two residential towers of 56 and 42 storeys which are due for c
  
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• Midas staff start looking for new jobs

  01-02-2022 08:15
  
  Midas staff are looking for new jobs as departments close despite directors attempts to keep some of the company’s contracts going.
  The Enquirer understands that some offices have closed for business with staff taking to LinkedIn appealing for help in finding new roles.
  Midas filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator on Friday following a series of payment problems across its sites.But in an update yesterday the firm vowed to battle through its cash-flow crisis.
  It said: &ldq
  
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• Half of main contractors now paying in 30 days or less – list

  01-02-2022 08:02
  
  The country’s main contractors have dramatically improved payment times with around half on average now paying at 30 days or less.
  The sharp improvement in average payment of invoices among the 34 leading contractors quashes fears the industry was set to return to poor payment practices as a result of the pandemic
  Much of the improvement is being driven by a cluster of contractors paying much faster at 25 days or less.There are also now fewer outliers clinging on to draconian payment regim
  
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• Willmott Dixon northern chief joins GMI Construction

  01-02-2022 07:59
  
  GMI Construction Group has hired Willmott Dixon’s northern operations Andrew Hurcomb to steer its growth ambitions.
  Hurcomb joins as new divisional managing director for Yorkshire, succeeding Lee Powell, who was recently promoted to the newly-created position of chief executive officer.
  Hurcomb’s arrival is a coup for GMI. He has spent the last five years as a Willmott Dixon operations director overseeing the firm’s growth across Yorkshire and the North delivering several high-
  
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• Green light for £125m Eden Project North

  01-02-2022 07:59
  
  Ambitious plans to build a £125m northern version of Cornwall’s Eden Project on Morecambe Bay’s seafront have got the planning thumbs up.
  Backed by Eden Project International, the project will consist of four shell-like domes rising to nearly 40m in height. These will be constructed in timber and covered with a membrane of flexible air-inflated ETFE cushions with integrated solar cells.
  With planning permission granted, securing funding for Eden Project North is now the major f
  
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