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• Safety notices issued after Hinkley scaffold fall

  04-05-2022 14:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served Improvement Notices on contractors after a worker fell from scaffolding at the giant Hinkley Point C site.
  The incident on 4 March 2022 involved a scaffold worker falling approximately five metres, but avoiding serious injury.
  ONR has issued the notice to Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke – the joint venture main contractor partners in the BYLOR JV building the new nuclear plant.The ONR established there was a failure by BYLOR  to ens
  
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• Elizabeth Line opening date set for 24 May

  04-05-2022 11:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport for London has today finally confirmed the Elizabeth line will open on Tuesday 24 May, subject to final safety approvals,
  But work is set continue at the delayed Bond Street station, which will not open with the other stations on the day.
  TfL said work was progressing at Bond Street and the team were working hard to open the station to customers later this year.The Elizabeth line was originally planned to open in December 2018 but the project faced numerous setbacks, which saw the cos
  
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• Partnerships lift Hill Group to record revenue

  04-05-2022 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The country’s second biggest privately-owned house builder achieved record revenue up 15% to £753m last year as its Partnerships arm continued to expand.
  Andy Hill, chief executive officer, said that with pretax profit up 47% to £65m, the group had successfully evolved into a highly-productive and resilient organisation prime for continued growth.
  Hill said the house builder was on track to meet its target to increase the size of its business turnover to £1.2bn by 2025.Th
  
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• Essex contractor Oakmont stops work on sites

  04-05-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Harlow based contractor Oakmont Construction has stopped work on its sites.
  The Enquirer understands Oakmont is now working with debt and restructuring specialist FRP Advisory.
  Operatives and subcontractors turning-up for work yesterday morning were confronted with locked gates at jobs including the £7m Gateway, Bar Hill warehouse job for Legal & General and developer Wrenbridge.Calls to Oakmont’s head office are going straight to voicemail while emails are going unanswered.
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• Mace Midlands boss joins developer Goodwin

  04-05-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace operations director for cost management in the Midlands Steven Gascoyne has joined developer Godwin Developments
  He is now associate director for construction at the property developer, responsible for some of Godwin’s largest construction projects across the country.
  Gascoyne joins the developer’s Birmingham head office, where he will be reporting to construction director Michael Jones.Prior taking the role Godwin, Gascoyne spent over seven years at Mace, latterly as operations
  
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• Mace Midlands boss joins developer Godwin

  04-05-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace operations director for cost management in the Midlands Steven Gascoyne has joined developer Godwin Developments
  He is now associate director for construction at the property developer, responsible for some of Godwin’s largest construction projects across the country.
  Gascoyne joins the developer’s Birmingham head office, where he will be reporting to construction director Michael Jones.Prior to taking the Godwin role, Gascoyne spent over seven years at Mace, latterly as operati
  
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