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• Amey Utilities sold and renamed Avove

  14-04-2022 16:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private equity investor Rubicon Partners has completed the purchase of Amey Utilities and renamed the operation Avove.
  The deal completed this week for the water and power maintenance services contractor which counts Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent among its main clients.Avove will retain the same structure and management team as when owned by Amey but will appoint a new managing director.
  Amey sold the business as part of its strategy to focus on its public sector-offering in transport and sec
  
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• Ex-Midas client switches to Willmott Dixon for hotel job

  14-04-2022 16:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Fragrance hotel group has switched to Willmott Dixon in the south west following the collapse of its previous favoured builder Midas Construction.
  Willmott Dixon has now been awarded a £23m project to deliver a 152-room hotel on Torquay’s seafront in Devon.  
  Work will start on the four-star Corbyn Head Hotel on Torquay Road this summer.The project designed by Kay Elliott Architects extends the Fragrance Group’s expansive UK hotel portfolio, with properties also in Lon
  
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• Winners named for £415m ABP ports framework

  14-04-2022 10:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Associated British Ports has named its 11 partner contractors to deliver an ambitious building programme at its 21 ports around the country.
  The works programme could be worth up to £415m across five regions over the next five years.
  Among the winning firms, JN Bentley secured spots on all five regional lots, with C Spencer and Dyer & Butler winning four lots apiece.
  In February, ABP awarded its framework for professional services.
  Mace, Jacobs and Turn & Townsend secured the proje
  
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• Green light for £49m Stevenage build to rent project

  14-04-2022 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning permission has been granted for a 226-home build to rent development in the heart of Stevenage.
  Developed by J Group, Leo Homes and V Fund, the scheme known as The Forum will revitalise an underused part of town and play an important role in connecting the old and the new town.
  The site had previously been occupied by Office Outlet which will need to be demolished.Architect PRP designed project that is expected to cost £49m to build. It consists of a single large residential block
  
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• FM Conway scoops City of London highways upkeep

  14-04-2022 07:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  FM Conway has clinched a five-year term contract with the City of London Corporation to provide highway improvements and maintenance works.
  It replaces incumbent contractor JB Riney in July on a deal estimated to be worth £10m a year, with an option to extend for a further five years
  The scope will see FM Conway deliver construction and maintenance services across carriageways, footways, bridges, street lighting and drainage systems. This new partnership will see FM Conway build upon
  
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