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• First factory-built homes to guarantee zero energy bills

  16-02-2022 23:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A modular housing pioneer and a specialist alternative asset manager are set to deliver homes that promises zero energy bills, saving new owners up to £40,000 over 20 years.
  Offsite specialist ilke Homes, in partnership with Gresham House and shared ownership agent SO Resi, will install the factory-built home on a site in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex as part of a wider 153-home scheme.
  To reach the ZERO bills specification, as it is branded, ilke Homes will install low-carbon technologies to pr
  
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• Murphy scoops onshore civils for double wind farm hook-up

  16-02-2022 10:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Murphy & Sons has clinched the job to design and deliver the onshore hook-up cable civil package for two major offshore wind far projects on the Dogger Bank in the southern North Sea.
  High voltage cables for the neighbouring Sofia and Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm schemes will come to shore in Teesside, between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea.
  The projects’ shared onshore cable route will run 7 km to a new converter station – one for each project – now under construction to
  
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• Hanson buys Manchester muckaway haulier

  16-02-2022 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Materials giant Hanson has acquired Manchester-based A1 Services as part of a strategic move to provide more recycled products.
  With revenue of over £10m, A1 Services specialises in waste removal and recycling of soil, concrete hardcore and general waste from building, construction and civil engineering projects.
  CEO Simon Willis said that the acquisition marked Hanson’s first step into the growing recycling sector.He said: “A1 Services has built an enviable reputation for
  
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• Consultants wanted for national housing framework

  16-02-2022 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Consultants are being invited to register for a new national framework launching this summer.
  The Consultancy Services (CS1) deal from public sector provider LHC Group will cover housing, fire safety and energy efficiency specialists across the country.
  Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement at LHC, said: “We recognise the importance of making frameworks more accessible to regional suppliers and SMEs to give them more opportunity to work with public sector organisations – CS
  
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• HG Construction bags £60m leisure complex

  16-02-2022 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South east developer Turnstone Estates has appointed HG Construction to deliver its £65m leisure development in Colchester.
  The 200,000 sq ft scheme forms part of Colchester Borough Council’s Northern Gateway.
  It includes a 12-screen Cineworld, seven restaurants, two drive-thru restaurants, a 90-bed Travelodge hotel, Hollywood Bowl bowling alley, Puttstars indoor golf centre and a Jump Street climbing centre.Natalie Greig, Associate Director of Turnstone Estates, said: “We are
  
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• Peel plans £100m cannabis production complex

  16-02-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel NRE has unveiled ambitious proposals to build a £100m medicinal cannabis research and production facility on the Isle of Man.
  The proposals for the specialist science innovation and research centre follow a recent change in legislation to allow cannabis to be grown on the Isle of Man and exported, as the island seeks to become a leader in the emerging medicinal cannabis sector.
  Peel NRE’s planning application will include detail for the first phase of the development,
  
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• Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay ruling could trigger wave of claims

  16-02-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractors are being warned to clarify the status of self-employed subbies following a landmark supreme court ruling that saw a Pimlico Plumbers worker win a claim for £74,000 in holiday back pay.
  In a long-running legal battle, heating engineer Gary Smith, who worked for the company between 2005 and 2011, claimed he was owed holiday pay by Pimlico after the Supreme Court had previously ruled separately that he was a worker and not self-employed.
  In his subsequent case that followed on fr
  
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