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• Graham gets green light for £124m M25 Junction 28

  16-05-2022 18:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has got the final go-ahead for its £124m upgrade of junction 28 of the M25 between the M25 and the A12 in Essex.
  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps gave the formal go-ahead on Monday marking the second major M25 junction improvement to be cleared to start in the last few days.
  Work on the major upgrade, which includes constructing a major two-lane loop road with hard shoulder for traffic travelling from the M25 to A12, will now start in the autumn.The M25 junction 28 plays suffers fro
  
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• Graham gets go-ahead for £124m M25 Jnct 28

  16-05-2022 18:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has got the final go-ahead for its £124m upgrade of junction 28 of the M25 between the M25 and the A12 in Essex.
  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps gave the formal go-ahead on Monday marking the second major M25 junction improvement to be cleared to start in the last few days.
  Work on the major upgrade, which includes constructing a major two-lane loop road with hard shoulder for traffic travelling from the M25 to A12, will now start in the autumn.The M25 junction 28 plays suffers fro
  
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• Race starts for £500m Scottish zero carbon hospital job

  16-05-2022 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NHS Lanarkshire has fired the starting gun on the race to build a planned £500m new hospital in Wester Moffat on the outskirts of Airdrie in Scotland.
  The existing University Hospital Monklands has greatly exceeded its design life posing many operational and financial challenges said the trust.
  Under present plans, the new hospital at Wester Moffat is expected to be opened in 2028.
  Plans have been drawn up by Keppie Design serving as architect for the Monklands Replacement Project.
  New hos
  
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• Manchester airport taxis out £60m terminal 2 pier job

  16-05-2022 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester Airport Group is igniting plans up to complete the final phases of its ambitious expansion plans.
  The operator has revealed it is preparing to begin procurement of a new £60m finger pier for terminal 2 before the end of the year.
  Forming part of phase two of the airport redevelopment plan, the new 210m three-storey high pier will offer 10 new departure gates and 6 airport nodes with fixed link bridges.
  A 20-month construction programme will get underway in the second quarter of
  
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• Summer slowdown fears as latest contract award data droops

  16-05-2022 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contract awards and planning approvals in April were well below those seen in March according to the latest Snap Analysis from leading construction industry intelligence provider Barbour ABI.
  Tom Hall, Chief Economist at Barbour ABI, said: “After a stellar performance for contract awards in March, activity was always likely to fall in April due to the Easter holidays and a new financial year, coupled with the high inherent volatility of the index.
  “The question on everyone’s li
  
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• Redundant House by Urban Splash staff plan legal action

  16-05-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff hit by the collapse of Manchester based modular business House by Urban Splash have begun the process of taking legal action following claims that it failed to properly consult staff before making them redundant.
  The offsite specialist went into administration last week with 160 staff made redundant at its Derbyshire factory and sites across the country.
  Law firm Simpson Millar said it has already been contacted by former workers who claim they were not consulted over the job losses.Its sp
  
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• Axed House by Urban Splash staff plan legal action

  16-05-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff hit by the collapse of Manchester based modular business House by Urban Splash have begun the process of taking legal action following claims that it failed to properly consult staff before making them redundant.
  The offsite specialist went into administration last week with 160 staff made redundant at its Derbyshire factory and sites across the country.
  Law firm Simpson Millar said it has already been contacted by former workers who claim they were not consulted over the job losses.Its sp
  
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• Plan for 1,100-home complex at Leicester factory site

  16-05-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted in to redevelop a former factory site in Leicester with a mixed-use scheme of more than 1,000 homes.
  Partners Cityregen and Galliford Try Investments have submitted a hybrid planning application for the Corah Factory, the last major city brownfield site in single ownership.
  Full planning permission is sought to demolish nearly all buildings and construction of a first phase six-storey building of 44 one- and two-bed flats.The outline plans will see several building vary
  
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• Farrans wins £39m Somerset recycling hub

  16-05-2022 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bath & North East Somerset Council has formally signed a deal with Farrans to deliver the Keynsham Recycling Hub.
  The contract with Farrans was finalised after the council cabinet approved the total £39m spending needed to deliver the construction phase and the relocation of existing facilities from Midland Road in Bath.
  Works preparing the site at Pixash Lane have just commenced. When complete, the four-hectare site will include a modern recycling centre, a reuse shop for people to do
  
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