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• Builder checks-in to finish two Midas Torbay hotel jobs

  09-02-2022 15:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hotel developer, the Fragrance Group, has appointed a local West Country builder to complete construction of two former Midas hotels jobs in the Torbay region.
  Progress halted on the £30m brace of sites when it emerged Midas had filed for administration in late January.
  Following the appointment of administrators today to handle the affairs of Midas, The Fragrance Group has taken possession of its two new hotel developments on Paignton seafront with immediate effect.Brady Construction Serv
  
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• Careys profit falls to £1m after £8m discontinued business hit

  09-02-2022 15:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Extensive restructuring of the Carey Group saw it book £8m losses on discontinued business leaving the group with a £1m pre-tax profit last year.
  The Wembley-based firm blamed Covid and its focus away from non-core business for a sharp fall in revenue to £344m from a pro-rata sum of £500m, based on an 18-month reporting period.
  The weakened performance in the year to September 2021 compared to a pre-tax profit of £15m booked during the 18 months ending October 2019.
  
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• Equans scoops £140m London student halls job

  09-02-2022 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equans has bagged its first major London building job since parent group Engie rebranded the business.
  The firm has clinched a £140m design, build and maintain deal with the London School of Economics and Political Science for a 676 room student accommodation project in Southwark.
  Equans will demolish an existing warehouse on Glengall Road before delivering a student accommodation, followed by a 50-year facilities management and lifecycle contract.The new 15-storey halls of residence will
  
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• Equans checks-in with £140m London student halls job

  09-02-2022 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equans has bagged its first major London building job since parent group Engie rebranded the business.
  The firm has clinched a £140m design, build and maintain deal with the London School of Economics and Political Science for a 676 room student accommodation project in Southwark.
  Equans will demolish an existing warehouse on Glengall Road before delivering a student accommodation, followed by a 50-year facilities management and lifecycle contract.The new 15-storey halls of residence will
  
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• Bidding to start for rejigged £2.7bn Birmingham highways job

  09-02-2022 11:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham City Council will open bidding next week for a new contractor to deliver its restructured £2.7bn PFI highways upkeep contract.
  The tender process for a new partner contractor for a revamped 12-year deal will start promisingly on Valentine’s Day.
  Since Amey was thrown off the job, the council and PFI concession holder Birmingham Highways Limited have worked to give the procurement performance criteria a makeover cutting scores of KPIs to make it more attractive to the marke
  
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• Barratt checking over 200 buildings over 11m in safety review

  09-02-2022 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has revealed that more than 200 buildings now form part of its ongoing safety review of buildings over 11m.
  The house builder revealed that so far it has spent or set aside £220m on legacy properties but revealed that present provisions of £74m to cover future remediations could rise subject to the outcome of the final building review.
  David Thomas, chief executive, revealed Barratt was in talks with Government around its plans to get hou
  
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• Barratt checking over 200 buildings in widened safety review

  09-02-2022 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has revealed that more than 200 buildings now form part of its ongoing safety review of buildings over 11m.
  The house builder revealed that so far it has spent or set aside £220m on legacy properties but revealed that present provisions of £74m to cover legacy property remediations could rise subject to the outcome of final building review.
  David Thomas, Chief Executive of Barratt, revealed the firm was in talks with Government around its
  
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• High tech companies win places on £100m housing framework

  09-02-2022 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction innovations including a blockchain-backed BIM solution and a robot underfloor insulation installer have won places on a £100m high tech housing framework.
  Procurement for Housing (PfH) has appointed 18 suppliers on its new Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework to procure cutting edge, innovative services and technologies to support with retrofit, development and fire safety targets.
  Public sector procurement has traditionally been seen as a barrier to innovation,
  
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• Leeds leads levelling up construction rebound

  09-02-2022 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  England’s main regional cities are set for further strong growth after a strong bounce back in building projects last year driven mainly by big residential schemes.
  Construction activity across Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester rose markedly with 65 new projects beginning construction last year, up from 47 in 2020, according to Deloitte’s Regional Crane Survey.
  Leeds led the way with both record growth in residential, student and office schemes.The construction of new residential deve
  
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• Bidding starts for £14m Southend student block reclad

  09-02-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The University of Essex is starting the hunt for a contractor to replace cladding and insulation on three distinctive student blocks in Southend town centre.
  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council granted planning for the project last month, which will replace the high pressure laminate cladding system on the 500 student-room buildings.
  The replacement design for the University Square blocks will be significantly toned down from its bold primary colour cladding.
  New cladding design for blocks in town c
  
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