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• Everton ‘lock-in” construction costs with O’Rourke at new stadium

  13-04-2022 20:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Everton FC has signed an agreement with Laing O’Rourke which will see the contractor deliver the final phase of the club’s new £500m stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and “lock-in construction costs.”
  The main construction contract will see O’Rourke complete construction of the new 52,888-capacity waterfront stadium “while also providing Everton with greater certainty as to the cost of the remaining stages of the project.”
  The deal follows on from the
  
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• Fire tears through Peterborough housing site

  13-04-2022 16:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 30 firefighters were needed to tackle a fierce blaze at a housing site in Peterborough during the early hours of Wednesday morning.
  Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched an investigation into the inferno on Manor Drive in Gunthorpe, Peterborough.
  Crews arrived to find a well developed fire involving two houses under construction, which was spreading to other nearby properties and a skip.The firefighters maintained a presence at the scene throughout the night to check for
  
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• House builders call for suppliers and contractors to pay safety levy

  13-04-2022 14:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builders are calling on the Government to chase suppliers, contractors and overseas developers for cash to tackle the nation’s building fire safety crisis.
  The plea comes as 35 house builders agreed to stump up an estimated £2.2bn to fund improvements to their own buildings above 11m in height.
  But house builders argue they are also being called upon to fund works through the Residential Property Levy on thousands more homes contravening the Government’s polluter pays pri
  
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• McLaughlin and Harvey lands £49m Stornoway port job

  13-04-2022 13:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stornoway Port Authority has awarded McLaughlin and Harvey a £49m contract to construct a multi-purpose deep water terminal.
  Work on the transformational project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks and be completed before the end of next year.
  Initial work to develop the new facility will include piling activity, blasting of 750,000n tonnes of rock and dredging.McLaughlin and Harvey is based in Belfast and has offices in Scotland and throughout t
  
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• McLaughlin and Harvey lands £49 Stornoway port job

  13-04-2022 13:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stornoway Port Authority has awarded McLaughlin and Harvey a £49m contract to construct a multi-purpose deep water terminal.
  Work on the transformational project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks and be completed before the end of next year.
  Initial work to develop the new facility will include piling activity, blasting of 750,000n tonnes of rock and dredging.McLaughlin and Harvey is based in Belfast and has offices in Scotland and throughout t
  
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• United Living names new commercial chief

  13-04-2022 13:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Social housing contractor United Living Group has promoted Dave Rooney to the board as group chief commercial officer.
  Rooney was previously managing director of United Living Property Services from June 2021, having been with the firm since September 2016.
  He brings a wealth of commercial experience and a significant track record in operational delivery. He has been promoted as £250m revenue United Living sets its sights on quadrupling in size over the next five years.Neil Armstrong, Chai
  
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• Gove turns on suppliers as 35 developers sign safety pledge

  13-04-2022 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Levelling up minister Michael Gove has blasted cladding and insulation manufacturers over their failure to commit to paying for post-Grenfell safety measures on buildings.
  He has now committed to use all his powers to impose “significant commercial and reputational consequences’ for those firms that have failed to step up.
  Gove issued his warning in a strongly-worded letter to industry trade body, the Construction Products Association.Talks with the trade body have collapsed after Go
  
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• Buro Happold buys lab design firm in expansion drive

  13-04-2022 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineering consultant Buro Happold has bought a specialist laboratory planning and design consultant operating in the science and higher education sectors.
  The purchase of London-based Abell Nepp is the latest in a series of acquisitions as Buro Happold sets its sight on double staff numbers from 2,000 to 4,000.
  Since James Bruce, chief executive at Buro Happold, launched the expansion plan early last year, Buro Happold has acquired three other firms including leading acoustics and AV consultan
  
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• Child loses toe after site wall collapse

  13-04-2022 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A house builder has been fined after part of a wall at a construction site in Wakefield collapsed and seriously injured a child.
  Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, Gurmit Properties Limited (GPL) were the owners of the site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall.
  The company had previously received a large delivery of aggregate, which was deposited on land next to the construction site.Officials from the local council attended the site and ordered the materials to be removed. GPL then brought t
  
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• 16 firms win £640m YORbuild medium works deal

  13-04-2022 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sixteen firms have secured places on two new regional YORbuild medium works frameworks, expected to account for £640m of spending over the next four years.
  The third generation frameworks align with the Government Construction Playbook. They are designed for works valued between £4m and £10m, and for new housing over 25 units.
  Covering the YORhub east region led by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and the west region led by Leeds City Council, each will dovetail with the exist
  
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• Civils specialist M Lambe returns to profit

  13-04-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Midlands civil engineering contractor M Lambe Construction has bounced back into profit after lifting revenue by over a third to £98m.
  The recovery in the housing market helped to restore performance with the civils specialist returning a £1.7m profit in the year ending October 2021 after a £1.1m loss in the previous Covid-impacted year.
  Managing director Michael Lambe forecast sales revenue would rise to a record £110m this year with net margin back to 7%.He said that gr
  
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• Bidding starts for £40m HS2 bat tunnel

  13-04-2022 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Procurement has started for a £40m-plus bat protection tunnel structure on a stretch of the HS2 route in Buckinghamshire.
  The arched structure will span four tracks – two HS2 lines as well as two East West Rail lines – and will be the first of its kind in the world over a railway.
  Tracks will be covered to a height of 10m by pre-cast concrete segments to act as a physical barrier to prevent a rare species of bats in the area from colliding with high speed trains.The colony of e
  
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