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• Administrators put green block maker up for sale

  03-05-2022 23:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Woodcrete block producer Durisol has been put up for sale after its main Canadian backer pulled support placing it into administration.
  Cement-bonded wood fibre blocks produced by the firm have been available in the UK for over 15 years, although the technology was developed in 1947 in Austria.
  The business, which operates from a factory in Crumlin, South Wales, turned over £1.7m last year, but slid to a £360,000 loss.This year the business is understood to have forecast revenue coul
  
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• Roadworks robot trialled on Surrey gas job

  03-05-2022 16:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A robotic roadworks system which can carry out the entire end-to-end excavation process is being trialled in Surrey.
  Gas company SGN has teamed up with New York-based robotics experts ULC Technologies to test the technology after three years of development and funding from energy regulator Ofgem.
  The Robotic Roadworks and Excavation System (RRES) is an all-electric autonomous robot which can carry out the entire end-to-end excavation process.Equipped with a concrete cutting chainsaw, RRES can cu
  
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• More than 30 firms paid for slave labour across London sites

  03-05-2022 14:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 30 construction companies were caught-up in the operations of an organised crime gang who trafficked slave labour onto sites across London and the South East.
  A report by the independent anti slavery commissioner reveals the full extent of the gang’s operations and construction companies who “unwittingly” paid money into their accounts for workers.
  The Operation Cardinas and Beyond report examines the fall-out of the investigation into a Romanian organsised crime grou
  
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• £350m London Bridge life sciences hub advance

  03-05-2022 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation has selected a specialist developer to take forward plans for a £350m life sciences hub near London Bridge in the Capital.
  Developers Oxford Properties and Reef Estates are preferred development partners for the delivery of the 300,000 sq ft Snowsfields Quarter scheme.
  The developers will bring forward world-class lab facilities across three new buildings to create a health innovation cluster at a site adjacent to the Guy’s campus in SE1.
  
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• Construction steel supplier sold in pre-pack deal

  03-05-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South Wales based Bemaco Steel has been bought out of administration in a deal that will secure 20 jobs.
  The Cardiff Docks-based firm specialises in the broking and distribution of steel as well as in laser cutting tubular steel products for its customers in the construction industry.
  It became insolvent in March after a ruling against the firm in a contractual case, which meant it was unable to continue as a going concern.Administrator FRP has now overseen the sale of the business through a pre
  
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• 1000-bed student scheme plan for Nottingham

  03-05-2022 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student accommodation specialist Vita is planning to build a 967-bed student accommodation project at the site of Nottingham’s former central fire and stations.
  Architect Glen Howels has designed the scheme for the site on the corner of Shakespeare Street and north Church Street, which has gone out to public consultation prior to a planning application going in later this month.
  The student complex will include a gym, dance studio and games and cinema and a large market food hall open to t
  
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• Mitie buys telecoms construction specialist for £10m

  03-05-2022 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mitie Group has acquired telecoms construction specialist 8point8 Support Limited in a deal worth £10m.
  Mitie is looking to a expand its Telecoms Support Services company to service the growing demands of the 5G rollout, network upgrades and passive infrastructure investment.
  The new division will provide acquisition, design and construction services, and maintenance to the mobile telecoms tower infrastructure sector and follows Mitie’s recent acquisitions of DAEL Ventures UK and P2M
  
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• Ritchie Bros scraps £775m Euro Auctions takeover

  03-05-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Global construction machinery auctioneer Richie Bros has abandoned plans to buy rival Euro Auctions.
  The auctioneer has called off the agreed £775m take-over deal after the UK Competition and Markets Authority said it would launch a detailed phase 2 investigation into the planned takeover’s impact on competition.
  A CMA initial investigation found that the companies had a very high market share in the supply of auction services for construction machinery, with Euro Auctions being the
  
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• Ritchie Bros scraps £775m Euro Auctions bid

  03-05-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Global plant auctioneer Richie Bros has abandoned plans to buy rival Euro Auctions.
  The auction giant has called off the agreed £775m take-over deal after the UK Competition and Markets Authority said it would launch a detailed phase 2 investigation into deal’s impact on competition.
  A CMA initial investigation found that the companies had a very high market share in the supply of auction services for construction machinery, with Euro Auctions being the clear market leader and Ritchi
  
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