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• J S Wright lands £7.25m Hounslow housing deal

  15-02-2022 23:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mechanical and electrical building services specialist J S Wright has landed a £7.25m-plus contract for a new housing development in Hounslow.
  The company will upgrade existing heating systems and equip 260 new apartments within the first stage of Lampton Parkside, a development being delivered in joint venture by Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) and Hill Group.
  NHG and Hill are transforming the site formerly occupied by an old civic centre into a development of more than 900 energy efficient an
  
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• London Mayor wants evacuation lifts for all future high rises

  15-02-2022 17:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s mayor has set out his plan to impose a tougher fire safety regime for new high-rise buildings including designing in special resident evacuation lifts.
  Sadiq Khan said his draft Fire Safety London Plan guidance would ensure fire safety was embedded in the early stages of all planning processes.
  He also called on Government to review the Building Regulations to introduce a requirement for more than just one staircase escape route.The draft guidance, which has been published for con
  
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• House builder Mulbury Homes goes into administration

  15-02-2022 16:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Mulbury Homes has gone into administration leaving subcontractors across the North West holding unpaid bills.
  Worried firms have been in contact with the Enquirer for weeks over the Cheshire based developer.
  One supplier said: “A lot of subbies walked off jobs a few weeks ago.
  “Mulbury were promising them the world to come back but why would you when their payments are always late and their are plenty of other people you can work for at the moment?”
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• Winvic breaks ground at fast-tracked Derby logistics park

  15-02-2022 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Winvic Construction has started work on the first phase of a major logistics park in Derby for repeat client St Modwen Logistics.
  The developer is investing £46m in total for the land and construction of four sheds on the scheme, which is located off the A52 and close to junction 25 of the M1.
  Winvic will deliver over 224,000m3 of cut and fill works on the 70-acre site adjacent to the River Derwent to enable the development plots, build 800m of new road infrastructure and create more than
  
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• Offsite specialist wins £30m antibody drug centre

  15-02-2022 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northumberland based Merit Health has been appointed by Piramal Pharma Solutions to build its new £30m Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) manufacturing facility in Grangemouth.
  ADCs are currently used in targeted cancer treatment but have a wider potential for further applications.
  Piramal needed a fast-track solution to increase their manufacturing capabilities quickly and Merit Health will use its FLEXI POD solution – a hybrid offering of traditional shell and core and offsite manufactu
  
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• Scape starts race for £4bn civils ‘SME-friendly’ framework

  15-02-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Procurement body Scape has opened prequalification to bid for spots on its third generation civil engineering framework.
  The new enlarged format puts net zero carbon construction and work for local SMEs at the heart of delivery of an estimated £4bn pipeline over four years.
  Following a period of extensive market engagement, involving more than 170 contractors, firms will have until 25 March to answer the PQQ.Running for a period of four years from 2023, with an option to be extended for a
  
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• Graham wins £130m Wirral Waters One job

  15-02-2022 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel L&P has appointed Graham to build the first major housing phase of its planned Northbank neighbourhood at Wirral Waters.
  Construction work will begin this spring on the £130m project, known as Wirral Waters One, set to be the biggest single development at Wirral Waters so far.
  Peel L&P’s appointment of Graham follows an agreement last month with Pension Insurance Corporation to fund the scheme.
  Having laid derelict for over twenty years, the Northbank
  
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