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• Spie boss joins United Living as new MD of infrastructure

  10-05-2022 15:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Living Group has appointed a new managing director of its infrastructure services division as part of a combined rebrand and restructure of the division to support future growth.
  Both Fastflow Energy Services and Fastflow Pipeline Services will change their company names with immediate effect to United Living Energy and United Living Water respectively.
  Both firms will continue to sit within United Living Infrastructure Services.
  As part of the changes, former Spie regional director of in
  
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• Vinci/McAlpine JV wins £90m rehab hospital

  10-05-2022 15:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Integrated Health Projects has been confirmed as main contractor to construct the £90m National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) near Rempstone in Nottinghamshire
  The NRC will be one of the early schemes to be delivered under the government’s commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.
  The IHP alliance of Vinci and McAlpine can now start pre-construction activity on the site and main construction will start subject to final agreements from Government.Procurement was run under the P22 De
  
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• Winners revealed for £1.1bn demolition framework

  10-05-2022 12:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Framework provider Pagabo has confirmed the 29 winners of its new £1.1bn demolition and land preparation framework.
  All winning firms are members of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and the framework is now live and will run for four years.
  Jason Stapley, managing director at Pagabo, said: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the response we had to the tender process for this framework and are really pleased to be bringing a unique and compliant procurement route to demo
  
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• BAM lands largest ever fit-out job

  10-05-2022 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Nuveen Real Estate has appointed BAM Construction Scotland to deliver the fit-out for the landmark ‘steel ribbon’ hotel complex forming the centrepiece of the £1bn St James Quarter development.
  BAM will fit-out 244  guest rooms and public areas across the three buildings that make up the 12-storey W Edinburgh hotel complex.
  Jim Ward, regional director of BAM Construction Scotland, added: “This is a prestigious, striking, and high-quality development for Scotland.&ldq
  
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• ISG joins structural steel re-use project

  10-05-2022 09:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractor ISG has signed up to a Government-backed project to scope out the potential for the reuse of structural steel in new projects.
  The DISRUPT project – Delivering Innovative Steel ReUse ProjecT – is being steered by Alliance for Sustainable Building Products, which has secured Innovate UK funding to prove that steel reuse has a major role to play in mitigating climate change.
  Its value chain team also includes steel reuse experts and stockholders Cleveland Steel and Tubes&nbs
  
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• Major hotel plan for Birmingham Central Methodist Hall

  10-05-2022 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted plans to transform Birmingham’s Central Methodist Hall into a large hospitality complex including a 150-bedroom hotel.Irish Hospitality Group Press Up is behind the plan to restore the building, which more recently acted as a live music venue, but has been left vacant since 2017.
  Designs by Todd architects include adding a three-floor rooftop extension to the 1904 building which will be known as the Dean Birmingham.The hotel project will see the building’s c
  
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• Vinci lands West Midlands multi-storey HS2 car parks

  10-05-2022 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci Construction UK has been appointed as design and build contractor for two new multi-storey car parks near Solihull in the West Midlands.
  The car parks will be adjacent to the new HS2 Interchange Station which is at the heart of emerging plans for Arden Cross – a new 140-hectare mixed-use development.
  The 13 month contract was awarded under the Pagabo framework and will see Vinci work for client the Urban Growth Company (UGC).Construction will not start until 2027 at the earliest to f
  
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• Roadbridge UK went down owing £60m

  10-05-2022 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Failed civils contractor Roadbridge UK went down owing more than £22.5m to subcontractors and suppliers among its total debts of £60m.
  The firm’s supply chain is unlikely to receive a penny for its invoices which are now worthless.
  An update from administrator Grant Thornton also revealed that Bank of Ireland is owed €35m.Hundreds of unsecured creditors are listed in the report revealing the extent of Roadbridge’s debts across the whole supply chain.
  The firm’s
  
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• Plan unveiled for Liverpool’s first net zero office

  10-05-2022 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Sciontec has unveiled details of the next landmark building at Liverpool’s Paddington Village in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter.
  The firm has gone out to public consultation ahead of submitting plans for what it claims will be Liverpool’s first operational net zero carbon building.
  Liverpool City Council as landowner is working with Sciontec to deliver the £35m Hemisphere project.Alongside the 120,000 sq ft of Grade A office provision, Hemisphere will include an a
  
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