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BAM UK profit rebounds as orders surge

17-02-2022 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com

Dutch construction giant Royal BAM’s UK combined construction and civils operations’ profits more than doubled last year to £71m as the firm recovered from its legacy student project.
Revenue was also up 21% to £1.9bn driven by HS2 and major project wins by the construction arm.
Civil engineering arm BAM Nuttall delivered the strongest performance of the two UK businesses with revenue up a third to £1.1bn and EBITDA jumping 75% to £34m. This lifted margi

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Plans in for two more towers at London’s Canada Water

17-02-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com

Developer British Land has unveiled plans for two more towers at its vast Canada Water regeneration scheme in south east London.
The two residential towers will rise to 34 and 37 storeys with the shorter connected to a nine-storey podium of offices.
In total the next phase of development on plot F, near the site of the former Daily Mail printworks, will provide 410 flats with balconies, a roof top park above the offices which will offer 37,540 sq m of workspace.This next phase has been designed

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Civils winners for Manchester Airports Group £700m framework

17-02-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com

Manchester Airport Group has picked four firms to deliver medium-sized civil engineering projects valued from £3m to £10m.
Amalgamated Construction, Eurovia Infrastructure, Kier Construction, and Network Plus Services are understood to have secured the lot for vital capital infrastructure services for Manchester Airport.
Winners of the remaining 11 lots for the £700m framework are set to be formally unveiled shortly, with BAM and Vinci and Bowmer & Kirkland among those hopi

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New MD at Simpson as long-serving boss leaves contractor

17-02-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com

York based construction and fit out contractor Simpson has appointed a new managing director after parting company with long-serving boss Neil Silcock.
Silcock has left the firm after 14 years and has been replaced by Andrew Gatenby who first joined Simpson in 1998 as an assistant contracts manager.
His experience within Simpson spans construction, heritage and fit-out and he was instrumental in establishing the group’s development operation in 2020.The senior leadership team has also been

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London Mayor allows 250,000 sq ft Ealing office scheme

17-02-2022 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com

London’s Mayor has waved through plans to demolish a 1970s office block in Ealing to redevelop the site with two office blocks totalling 250,000 sq ft.
The project designed by architect Hutchinson & Partners for Spaceworks Properties will replace CP House with a part 11, part 13-storey building that could provide enough space for 1600 jobs.
Work could now get underway in September on the two-phase building programme at the 97-107 Uxbridge Road site in the heart of Ealing’s Office

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