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• Derwent buys eye hospital for 750,000 sq ft scheme

  05-05-2022 15:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Derwent London has sealed the deal to buy the Moorfields Eye Hospital site near London’s silicon roundabout tech quarter.
  The City Road Island site is being sold for £239m, subject to Treasury approval and the delivery of the new Oriel of the new eye hospital at St Pancras by 2027.
  Derwent said it has appointed architect AHMM alongside a full professional team to draw up plans for a major 750,000+ sq ft campus with extensive public realm and strong environmental credentials.The 2.5 a
  
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• Kier and SNC-Lavalin battle for Birmingham £2.7bn road job

  05-05-2022 14:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham City Council has formally invited two prequalified firms to tender for its restructured £2.7bn Birmingham Highways PFI contract.
  SNC-Lavalin and Kier Highways have progressed through the qualification stage and further dialogue will now take place between both firms and the PFI concession holder Birmingham Highways Limited.
  The two competing firms will now be expected to prepare interim submissions and draft bids to help inform dialogue and progress negotiations.Final contract b
  
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• Morgan Sindall on track despite inflationary headwinds

  05-05-2022 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall is on course to deliver a strong performance this year despite strong challenges from cost inflation and pressures on its supply chain.
  In a trading statement this morning covering the first quarter of the year, chief executive John Morgan said the group’s overall order book remained stable at £8.6bn.
  Of this total, the construction secured order book was up 14% on a year ago at £4.5bn and level with the 2021 year-end position.Morgan said that inflationary pressu
  
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• Barratt brings forward pay rises to ease cost of living crisis

  05-05-2022 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House building giant Barratt has brought forward its annual pay rise round to help its 6,000 employees as the cost of living crisis continues to bite across the country.
  In a trading statement today Barratt said: “Recognising the impact of recent rises in the cost of living and as part of our commitment to being the employer of choice in the house building industry, the group brought forward its regular annual salary review from 1 July to 1 April 2022, awarding an increase to all eligible
  
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• Asbestos removal managers jailed after cutting corners on job

  05-05-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An asbestos management company has been fined and two of its employees jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment project in Plymouth.
  Chelmsford Crown Court heard that in February 2017, concerns were raised by workers at Ensure Asbestos Management Limited who believed they were being put in danger while carrying out refurbishment work at a former department store.
  An HSE investigation  found irregularities in the asbestos surveys and clearance
  
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• Lendlease bags £150m landmark Covent Garden office job

  05-05-2022 08:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Northwood Investors is pushing ahead with its landmark £150m speculative office scheme for the heart of Covent Garden.
  Lendlease has bagged the main contract after a bid race with BAM and McAlpine, while McGee is in for enabling works and Keller the piling for the project, known as The Acre.
  The existing Richard Seifert-designed 90 Long Acre building complex consists of a grid of blocks up to 11 storeys high built in the 1980s.The Acre project will see the existing building on a
  
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