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• Segro awards Glencar and Winvic logistics jobs

  12-04-2022 23:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Specialist logistics and business park developer Segro has awarded contracts for projects in Croydon and Kettering.
  St Albanss-based contractor Glencar has picked up its second industrial and distribution hub project for the developer for a site to be marketed as Segro Park Croydon,
  Glencar will construct 155,000 sq ft of grade A industrial and distribution space in a range of units from 5,000 to 85,000 sq ft at a seven-acre site at Redhouse Road, just off the A236.Roy Jones, Glencar managing di
  
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• Plan for £86m Manchester Pall Mall twin resi blocks

  12-04-2022 16:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Liverpool-based property investor Nextdom Property has submitted a planning application to build two blocks of flats on Pall Mall to the north of the city’s business district.
  The £86m scheme, designed by architect Falconer Chester Hall, is for two mixed-use blocks along Pall Mall, together providing 550 flats.
  The 10 storey curved frontage of block B, while block A will rise to 17 storeys
  The site, currently a mix of surface car parking and old sheds, will continue the regeneration
  
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• Plan for £86m Liverpool Pall Mall twin resi blocks

  12-04-2022 16:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Liverpool-based property investor Nextdom Property has submitted a planning application to build two blocks of flats on Pall Mall to the north of the city’s business district.
  The £86m scheme, designed by architect Falconer Chester Hall, is for two mixed-use blocks along Pall Mall, together providing 550 flats.
  The 10 storey curved frontage of block B, while block A will rise to 17 storeys
  The site, currently a mix of surface car parking and old sheds, will continue the regeneration
  
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• Plans in to redevelop major Glasgow shopping centre

  12-04-2022 15:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Development manager Sovereign Centros has submitted outline plans to transform the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow into a landmark mixed-use scheme.
  Proposals focus on the creation of a transformative city centre living scheme with 1,700 homes, shops, leisure facilities, hotel and offices.
  The new masterplan, drawn up by Leslie Jones Architecture,  proposes an urban network of streets, based on historic street layouts.
  The project involves a phased demolition and reconstruction of the 1
  
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• British Gypsum cuts skim finish plaster setting time in half

  12-04-2022 14:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Gypsum’s new high-performance skim finish is set to improve productivity and efficiency on site.
  ThistlePro FastSet Finish offers the same premium quality as the current range of high-performance ThistlePro products but sets in half the time of standard skim finish plaster.
  It also removes the need for additives and hacks that reduce product performance and void warranties, helping plasterers achieve a consistent faster-setting time and finish.
  Paul Cassidy, Product Portfolio Devel
  
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• Caddick Construction to top £200m revenue this year

  12-04-2022 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The construction arm of Yorkshire developer Caddick is on track for £212m revenue this year following a growth spurt.
  After a breakeven year in 2020, the main construction business enjoyed a 46% rise in turnover to £99m, generating £2.6m in pre-tax profit.
  Much of the improvement was down to the surge in work delivered by the Caddick development division, including works on SOYO in Leeds, an industrial site at Mirfield and Crosspoint phase 2.The Yorkshire region took several ho
  
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• Former Mace boss joins fire sprinkler specialist

  12-04-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former Mace Chief Operations Officer Mark Castle has joined Triangle Fire Systems as Non Executive Chairman.
  The move is part of a £9m investment into the business by capital investor BGF.
  Triangle Fire Systems specialises in the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems in domestic, commercial and retail buildings across the UK.The firm has a particular focus on residential  developments and high-rise apartments and has delivered consistent growth with revenue in exc
  
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• Structure Tone London managing director departs

  12-04-2022 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Danny Blakestone, managing director of London fit-out and refurbishment specialist Structure Tone, has left the business.
  Blakestone joined the £100m turnover London fit-out contractor in June 2020 from ISG where he had spent 16 years latterly as managing director of engineering services, growing the division from a standing start to £400m in four years.
  He was brought in by US owners STO Building Group as part of a new management team investment to turn the business around after sev
  
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• 265-home Sunderland civic centre scheme approved

  12-04-2022 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to redevelop Sunderland’s civic centre site into a 265-home community have been given the green light.
  Vistry Partnerships will deliver the project, which will also recreate Saint George’s Square – bomb damaged during the Second World War and lost to redevelopment in the 60s – with the grade II listed Saint George’s House as the focal point.
  A complex demolition programme will be undertaken to clear the site ready for the new development.Existing civic centre
  
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