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• HS2 achieves first diesel-free construction site

  13-05-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has announced its first completely diesel-free site.
  The Canterbury Road Vent Shaft site in South Kilburn is run by the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV) using a range of diesel-free technologies and greener equipment.
  Innovations on the site include one of the UK’s first 160 tonne emissions-free fully electric crawler cranes, the use of biofuels (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) to power plant and machinery on site, an electric compressor and access to mains power on a 100% re
  
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• Leeds plumbing contractor sinks with loss of 30 jobs

  13-05-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  One of the largest plumbing and heating contractors in the Yorkshire region has called in administrators with the loss of around 30 staff jobs.
  Insolvency specialist FRP was called in to take over Dickinsons Plumbing and Heating after the business was unable to meet its financial obligations due to rising cost pressures on its cash flow.
  Located on the outskirts of Leeds the business, founded over 20 years ago, worked for mainly volume house builders like Bellway and Vistry in the region
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• Balfour gets green light for £250m M25 junction 10

  13-05-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government finally has granted development consent for major M25 junction 10 improvements allowing Balfour Beatty to start work this autumn.
  The £250m project had been due to start in the Spring but the final decision on M25/A3 Wisley upgrade was delayed to allow further consideration of environmental matters.
  This junction is one of the busiest on our network, with almost 300,000 journeys every day. It is one of the most notorious for among the highest recorded collision rates across
  
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