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• Plan rejig for £250m Trafford City water resort

  04-04-2022 13:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to build the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort in Manchester have been revised and will go in for fresh planning approval this summer.
  Global water resort developer Therme Group said it now plans to start work in 2023 on the Therme Manchester complex at TraffordCity.
  The project will cost around £250m to build and is being developed by Therme in partnership with Peel L&P.The updated plan builds upon many elements in the existing consent, with several key design changes
  
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• 200 jobs saved as JRL buys Caledonian Modular

  04-04-2022 09:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The administrators of collapsed offsite specialist Caledonian Modular have sold the business to the JRL Group.
  The sale secures the future of Caledonian Modular, which is the UK’s largest modular construction company, and saves over 200 jobs at its Newark site.
  Mike Denny, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal, said “The twin challenges of the pandemic and rising inflation have placed strain on balance sheets for businesses across the UK, including those in the construction sector.
  
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• Hinkley Point workers walkout over bonus row

  04-04-2022 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hundreds of workers staged a walk-out at the Hinkley Point C nuclear construction site on Friday in a dispute involving bonuses.
  French utility client EDF said main contrtactor Bylor was in talks with workers about resolving the issues that prompted some of the 7,500 strong workforce to down tools.
  A spokesperson for Bylor said: “While other members of our Bylor team continued to work as normal at Hinkley Point C, some have chosen to stand down.“This group of workers have expressed c
  
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• Osborne Infrastructure rebrands as Octavius

  04-04-2022 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private equity-owned civils contractor Osborne Infrastructure has rebranded as Octavius Infrastructure.
  The rename completes the process of establishing a wholly standalone £200m contractor following its sale by Osborne Group to Sullivan Street Partners in September 2021.
  The new name builds on a legacy of over 50 years of experience and expertise in civil engineering, including 30 years specifically focused on transport infrastructure solutions, Octavius.
  Richard Sanders of Sullivan Stree
  
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• Plans go in for £300m Teesside offshore wind factory

  04-04-2022 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  New images for a £300m offshore wind factory have been unveiled as plans for the mammoth Teesside project were submitted.
  The 40-metre-tall building will sit on a 90-acre site adjacent to Teesworks’ £107m heavy-lift South Bank Quay.
  The factory services the offshore wind sector, producing monopiles that form the foundations of offshore wind turbine construction.It will create 1,500 jobs in the supply chain and during construction when work begins on site in July for South Korea
  
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• Race for £35m A38 Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme

  04-04-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Worcestershire County Council is on the hunt for a contractor to deliver several packages of upgrade works on the A38 Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme (BREP).
  The latest works represent phase three of its works programme – the largest undertaken so far amounting to £35m worth of work.
  The works will together deliver a major upgrade of the A38 corridor between the junction of the A38 Eastern Bypass with the B4094 Worcester Road to the south and M5 Junction 4 to the north.Firms a
  
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• Single app to simplify site skills card checks

  04-04-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than two million smart cards across the construction industry can now be verified using a single app.
  All cards displaying the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) logo can be checked easily using the new CSCS Smart Check app.
  Construction currently has 38 different card schemes offering CSCS logoed cards all using their own card checking systems.
  Having one app to check all physical and virtual cards at site gates will make life a lot easier for employers.Mark Reynolds, Construc
  
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• Laing O’Rourke simplifies group into five trading units

  04-04-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke has streamlined its corporate structure to create a single, consolidated UK trading group sitting above five key operational businesses.
  A welter of existing limited companies will be consolidated under the new trading group, Laing O’Rourke Holdings, helping to cut administration costs and simplify financial reporting to stakeholders.
  The new consolidated UK trading group will be made up of five operating units.
  Laing O’Rourke Delivery will comprise the Buildings
  
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