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• Dunore look to shake-up utility sector

  09-05-2022 23:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Startup Dunore Utility Connections has achieved rapid growth in the nine-months since launch as its founders look to disrupt the market.
  In July 2021, two industry veterans, Tim Carroll and Jon Newsham joined forces to challenge the traditional working practices and standards in the utility industry.
  In a short space of time the Northampton-based firm has developed a reputation as a trusted partner for construction and development companies who are faced with the challenge of navigating the comp
  
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• Bid race for tunnels on £150m Tube station upgrade

  09-05-2022 16:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport for London has put contractors on alert ahead of starting the bid contest for tunnelling work on the £150m Elephant & Castle station capacity upgrade.
  The project will involve the design and construction of passenger tunnels connecting a new station box to existing London Underground platforms.
  The station upgrade forms part of the wider redevelopment of Elephant & Castle, including the new shopping centre project being built by Multiplex for developer Delancey.
  This will
  
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• HS2 buys pivotal Manchester station site

  09-05-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has struck a deal with developer Bruntwood to buy a key site in readiness for construction of Manchester’s new high speed railway station.
  The purchase of Square One on Travis Street marks HS2’s second major property acquisition in the city centre in just over 12 months, following its purchase of the Store Street site in April 2021.
  Both sites are pivotal to the creation of the new high speed station that will be built adjacent to the existing Piccadilly Station.Early works suppo
  
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• Amount owed to nmcn subbies and suppliers soars to £115m

  09-05-2022 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The amount owed to subcontractors and suppliers following the collapse of nmcn has nearly doubled to £115m.
  The latest administrator’s report filed at Companies House by Grant Thornton reveals the updated debt estimate – with unsecured creditors unlikely to get a penny for their worthless invoices.
  The previous update last October put supply chain debts at £60m.That has now soared to £115.3m with more than 3,000 subcontractors and suppliers owed cash.
  The report sta
  
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• Winvic seals deal on £1bn West Midlands Interchange

  09-05-2022 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Winvic has beaten rivals Laing O’Rourke, Buckingham and VolkerFitzpatrick to sign a pre-construction services agreement for the £1bn West Midlands Interchange, near Birmingham.
  The 734-acre strategic rail freight interchange at M6 Junction 12 will be one of Europe’s largest new logistics sites.
  The vast project will offer over 8m sq ft of prime logistics space, with shed units ranging from 200,000 to 1.2m sq ft.The logistics will be supported by a dedicated rail hub enabli
  
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• Vinci Construction UK profit doubles to £24m

  09-05-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci Construction UK saw pre-tax profit double last year to £24m as the business bounced back from the adverse impacts of Covid.
  The jump in profit was delivered after revenue lifted by 37% to £1.2bn last year – returning to peak turnover levels achieved 10 years ago.
  The improvement in trading saw net cash improved by a nearly a quarter to £312m.
  Chairman Gilles Godard said: “The business has rebounded strongly since the Covid-19 pandemic last year.“Each of
  
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• Council fined after highways team hit by hand -arm vibration syndrome

  09-05-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancashire County Council has been fined £50,000 after several employees carrying out work in the highways department developed a debilitating nerve condition as a result of failure to control exposure to vibration.
  Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that, in February 2019, HSE received a RIDDOR report from Lancashire County Council, relating to the diagnosis of a case of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVs).
  An improvement notice was served to the council in July 2019 requiring the c
  
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• Laing O’Rourke tops April contracts league

  09-05-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke netted first place in the contract awards rankings for April after finally agreeing to a fixed price contract for Everton’s new waterfront stadium.
  The main construction contract was signed last month after O’Rourke agreed to lock-in construction costs of the new 52,888-capacity Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
  Kier ranked second for the month mainly off the back of a single contract worth £460m for the A417 missing link highway upgrade between Gloucester and Sw
  
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