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• BESA urges employers to take apprenticeship pledge

  10-02-2022 23:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling on employers to pledge they will take on at least one apprentice this year in a bid to plug the industry’s kills gap and ensure it has the right talent to address future challenges. 
  With the building services sector struggling to cope with the loss of many experienced workers since the start of the pandemic and a rapidly ageing workforce, the need to recruit new people who can quickly start contributing to business growt
  
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• Wernick Group sets 2040 carbon net-zero target

  10-02-2022 22:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Modular and portable building specialist Wernick is implementing a strategy to become a carbon net-zero company by 2040.
  Wernick’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Wernick said:  “Our commitment goes beyond just complying with our legal requirements – it is being embedded in everything we do as one of our core company values, as laid out in ‘The Wernick Way’”.
  To ensure the company will achieve net-zero by 2040, milestones and key objectives have been identified
  
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• Dodd Group gears up for growth

  10-02-2022 21:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  M&E specialist Dodd Group has promoted three of its operational team in an internal restructure to meet its ambition for continued growth.
  With several major new projects and frameworks secured the three projects division directors have been promoted to the role of Managing Director for their respective regions or sectors.
  Adrian Cobb will be taking up the reigns of Managing Director, Defence Services while Damion Pidgeon will be promoted to Regional Managing Director – Eastern Project
  
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• First electric crawler cranes plug in at HS2

  10-02-2022 19:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Three battery-powered electric crawler cranes have gone to work on HS2 sites as project chiefs drive towards diesel-free construction.
  There are only five 100% emissions-free giant Liebherr cranes in the world at present, three of them being employed by Laing O’Rourke’s Select Plant arm.The contractor’s Expanded business, working for Balfour Beatty, Vinci Systra joint venture, has put a 250-tonne and 160-tonne to work constructing the 850m long Old Oak Common Station box, which
  
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• Tilbury Douglas names new business development boss

  10-02-2022 14:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tilbury Douglas has promote Don Stewart to become National Business Development Director for its UK Building business, joining the UK building board.
  Stewart has more than 20 years-experience at director level, including roles leading national and regional frameworks.
  He joined Tilbury Douglas in 2014, prior to this he was the Northern business development director at ISG.In addition, he previously held senior roles at Morgan Sindall and Allenbuild.
  In his new role, he will focus on supporting n
  
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• Sisk snaps up specialist railway M&E contractor

  10-02-2022 14:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  John Sisk & Son has bought Kent-based electrical services specialist Fuse Rail to support its existing rail operation.
  Fuse Rail, which employs around 40 staff, will continue to operate under its current branding and management team.
  Sisk Rail carries out structures’ remediation, buildings refurbishment, mechanical and electrical planned maintenance, litter clearance, earthworks, fencing, drainage clearance and repairs on behalf of Network Rail and other train operating companies.
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• First of 1,000 giant HS2 bridge segments roll-off factory line – video

  10-02-2022 10:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 contractor Align has rolled out the first enormous pre-cast bridge segment for Colne Valley viaduct, set to be the UK longest railway bridge in the UK.
  The huge deck segments each weighing up to 140 tonnes are being made at a mammoth 100m long factory building that is bigger in internal volume than the Royal Albert Hall.The construction team, which includes VSL, Danny Sullivan, Sendin and Tarmac, will cast and install a total of 1,000 concrete segments, each the size of a double-decker bus.
  
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• Redrow hikes cladding retrofit provision by a third to £36m

  10-02-2022 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Redrow is setting aside an extra £10m to meet Government demands for developers to fund the replacement of unsafe cladding on buildings of 11m and above.
  The move takes Redrow’s total provision to tackle building safety concerns on buildings of over four floors to £36m.
  Redrow said that it is in talks with Government to ensure house builders contribution to fixing the building fire safey crisis was fair and proportionate.Levelling Up and Housing Secretary Michael
  
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• Fatal gas main blast leads to £5m fine

  10-02-2022 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northern Gas Networks Ltd has been fined £5m after a fire and gas explosion at residential premises in West Yorkshire resulted in the death of the homeowner.
  Leeds Crown Court heard that, on 11 February 2019, West Yorkshire Fire service were called to a fire and explosion in Mirfield.
  The occupier, Elena Frunza, was discovered during a search of the property, whilst it was still on fire. She was taken to Pinderfields General Hospital where she died the following morning.An HSE investigatio
  
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• Bid race starts for £33m Welsh theatre revamp

  10-02-2022 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Flintshire County Council is on the hunt for a contractor to carry out a major overhaul and expansion of Theatr Clwyd in Mold.
  The 1970s-built complex in Mold is in need of a major revamp with a risk to future shows if nothing is done.
  Under the £33m upgrade plan, the 45-year-old building will be extensively refurbished and repaired, along with significant improvements to deliver a more energy-efficient building.
  This will bring large savings on gas, electricity, and water costs, and make
  
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