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• 50 jobs axed as Norwich crane hirer collapses

  29-04-2022 10:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  East Anglian crane and plant hirer Quinto is entering administration with the loss of 50 jobs.
  Administrators from Price Bailey are seeking a buyer for the business in its entirety, or for individual assets.In last published accounts, the firm reported revenues of over £8m, with a pre-tax loss of £568,000. Total assets were just over £11.1m, with a tangible net worth of £3.6m.
  The Norwich-based firm traces its origins back to 1966, making it one of the oldest crane and pl
  
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• Sellafield readies firms for £3bn infrastructure delivery shake-up

  29-04-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Nuclear decommissioning experts at Sellafield have put firms on alert for a major shake-up of infrastructure delivery at the West Cumbria site.
  Firms are now being engaged to express an interest in bidding for a new Infrastructure Delivery Partnership set to oversee £3bn of projects at the nuclear site over 15 years.
  This will replace the present Infrastructure Services Alliance with Morgan Sindall and Arup.Under the new arrangement, Sellafield is looking to appoint three strategic partner
  
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• Tunnellers finish 4-year Super Sewer dig close to schedule

  29-04-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thames Tideway tunnellers have passed the final finishing line a ‘couple of months’ off the original target date after four years at work on London’s £4.1bn project.
  The vast 25km drive and associated tunnelling on the Super Sewer came to a close when TBM Salina reached the Abbey Mills pumping station in East London this week.
  Salina’s TBM team delivered some of the fastest progress in the final months of the drive bringing the forecast completion closer to the ori
  
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• UK Construction Week London opens its doors next week

  29-04-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  UK Construction Week London opens its doors next Tuesday with more than 600 exhibitors set to pack out the ExCel.
  The 2022 event will focus on a range of hot issues including how the industry implements new behaviours, improves the quality of what it builds and meets it’s net zero responsibilities.
  Visitors to UKCW London will enjoy a packed three days of thought leadership, product launches, industry innovation and major exhibitors.Some of the highlights include:
  • Keynote speakers &
  
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• Tower crane boom crashes to ground during erection

  29-04-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The boom of a tower crane catastrophically buckled crashing to the ground at a retirement living project in Kent yesterday.
  Nobody was injured during the incident which took place at a McCarthy Stone site in Canterbury
  The boom is understood to have twisted during its erection at New Dover Road shortly after 10.30am. The attached boom twisted, bending at a right angle to strike the ground close to a busy car park by the project.According to Kent Online, an eyewitness reported seeing half-a-dozen
  
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• Balfour poaches Kier sustainability chief

  29-04-2022 01:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has raided Kier to recruit Jo Gilroy as UK director of sustainability, completing a flurry of recent appointments to embed and develop the group’s green strategy
  Kilroy will be responsible for supporting and guiding the business in driving forward Balfour Beatty’s “Building New Futures” sustainability strategy.
  At Kier, Gilroy was group head of Sustainability & Environment for three years. Prior to Kier, she was Head of Sustainability & Corporate Re
  
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