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• Higgins bags trio of East London passivhaus schemes

  17-05-2022 20:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Higgins is working in partnership with the London Borough of Newham to build 223 affordable ‘Passivhaus’ homes across three project sites.
  Steve Leakey, managing director for Higgins Partnerships, said: “Building on our long successful relationship with London Borough of Newham it is great that we can now go some way to helping reduce the risk of fuel poverty and environmental impact by providing these much-needed energy efficient affordable homes for local residents.
  “We
  
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• Hunt starts for £250m Stockport 8 site developer

  17-05-2022 15:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation is looking for a partner to develop a major site within the town centre’s major £1bn transformation masterplan.
  Early-stage plans for the Stockport 8 site sets out a neighbourhood of up to 1,200 new homes with shops, leisure and office space.
  The 8-acre site, which is estimated to be worth up to £250m, is adjacent to the town’s historic viaduct, and the Stockport Interchange – a major new redevelopment in partnership wit
  
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• Plans in for £500m Hollow Mountain pumped hydro scheme

  17-05-2022 10:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Renewable energy leader Drax has submitted plans to expand its iconic ‘Hollow Mountain’ Cruachan facility in Scotland.
  The major infrastructure plan would see the underground facility expanded to create a second facility that would act as a giant water battery storing electricity generated from wind farms.
  The ambitious project would involve excavating around 2 million tonnes of rock from inside Argyll’s highest mountain Ben Cruachan to create a cavern and tunnels for the Cruac
  
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• Water industry revives PFI model for £1bn job

  17-05-2022 09:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Utilities is set to become the first major water company to pioneer a reinvented design, build and finance model to construct major infrastructure projects in the sector.
  The water company is going ahead with the ‘ground-breaking new contract model’, after receiving formal consent from water regulator Ofwat.
  United Utilities will trailblaze the design, build, finance and maintain approach for the upgrade of the 110km Haweswater Aqueduct from Cumbria to Greater Manchester which
  
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• Water industry resurrects ‘PFI model’ for £1bn job

  17-05-2022 09:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Utilities is set to become the first major water company to pioneer a reinvented design, build and finance model to construct major infrastructure projects in the sector.
  The water company is going ahead with the ‘ground-breaking new contract model’, after receiving formal consent from water regulator Ofwat.
  United Utilities will trailblaze the design, build, finance and maintain approach for the upgrade of the 110km Haweswater Aqueduct from Cumbria to Greater Manchester which
  
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• ‘Ratty the Robot’ takes bite out of costly pipe inspections

  17-05-2022 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Robotics experts have developed a tetherless, self-driving robotic rat that can scurry along underground pipes carrying out inspection work.
  Inventors from the Manufacturing Technology Centre believe ‘Ratty the Robot’ can offer utility firms big cost and efficiency savings as well as reducing human exposure to hazardous environments.
  They also claim that technology is moving fast from simply mapping and inspecting pipes and tunnels to one day carrying out repairs without having to di
  
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• Watkin Jones reports record £2bn pipeline

  17-05-2022 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student room and build to rent specialist Watkin Jones is forecasting strong growth over the next few years on the back of a record order book of £2bn.
  The future pipeline is 43% up on last year and consists of around 4,310 build to rent apartments and 7,780 student rooms, mainly for delivery in 2024 and 2025.
  This includes two planned private rental scheme in Leeds (230 flats) and Hove (82 flats) in Sussex.The firm also gained consent for its near 400 student room scheme in Stratford, Eas
  
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• VolkerRail fined £550,000 after trench collapse

  17-05-2022 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  VolkerRail has been fined £550,000 after a worker was injured in a trench collapse.
  The infrastructure contractor pleaded guilty to a safety offence after an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road.
  The incident happened on 6 July 2014, when an employee was working in a trench as part of a project carrying out excavation work outside Stafford railway station. The wall of the trench collapsed, burying the worker.He suffered serious injuries including
  
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• Six win £600m panelised housing DPS deal

  17-05-2022 07:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An alliance of 29 housing associations and councils has signed up six manufacturers to a new dynamic purchasing system to supply 2D panelised systems to be assembled on-site.
  The Building Better alliance predicts around £600m of work will be shared around the selected firms over four years.
  The winners are: Future Built, LoCal Homes, Project Etopia, Roe Timberframe, Sigmat and Starship Homes.
  The 2D systems suppliers list will run in parallel with Building Better’s first MMC framewor
  
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