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• Domis on the hunt for subcontractors and suppliers across Cornwall

  26-05-2022 23:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction company Domis is hosting a ‘meet the buyer’ event next month to find local subcontractors and suppliers to work on upcoming projects across Cornwall.
  The event will take place at The Hotel Bristol in Newquay, Cornwall on Thursday 9 June between 1pm and 7pm and will be open for all interested firms to attend.
  It will be the first step in the recruitment of local contractors and suppliers for Domis’ upcoming construction projects which include developments in Tucking
  
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• McAleer & Rushe on track for record £425m revenue

  26-05-2022 20:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northern Ireland-based McAleer & Rushe is heading for record revenue this year after a year of strong orders for core hotel and student accommodation jobs.
  The firm predicted a strong year ahead after publishing results for 2021, which reveal turnover rebounded 38% to £400m slightly ahead of the pre-pandemic high in 2018.
  McAleer & Rushe also restored profitability doubling pre-tax profit to £15m after drawing a line under all pandemic projects.Cash fell from £65m over
  
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• Ameon lands £6.2m high-rise contracts from GMI

  26-05-2022 12:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  GMI Construction has awarded two Manchester city centre contracts worth £6.2m to building services engineering company, Ameon.
  The specialist M&E contractor, with extensive experience in Manchester’s high-rise sector, will be responsible for all building services infrastructure in a 144-apartment block on Oldham Road and a second 161 apartment development on Bendix Street, New Cross – one of the seven neighbourhoods forming the city’s Victoria North masterplan.
  The fi
  
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• Balfour bags £50m Piccadilly Line upgrade

  26-05-2022 12:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has secured a £50m contract to deliver essential upgrade works to London Underground’s Piccadilly line.
  The deal is the first of several packages to be let under the new London Underground High Voltage (HV) Power framework which Balfour Beatty won a place on earlier this year.
  The framework runs for six years, with a potential to extend by a further two years.Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the design, supply and installation of new assets along the Piccadilly l
  
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• Lendlease £140m hospital claim to hit High Court

  26-05-2022 12:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A long-running £140m legal battle between Lendlease and an NHS Trust over the Cramlington East hospital in Northumberland is heading to the High Court this autumn.
  Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust claims substantial design and construction defects throughout the emergency care hospital which will necessitate the closure of the hospital to carry out remediation works.
  Half the sum claimed is necessary to cover the cost of erecting a temporary four-storey building to decant hospit
  
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• £1.25bn Stonehenge tunnel job winner revealed

  26-05-2022 10:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A three-way European joint venture between Spanish contractor FCC, Italy’s WeBuild and Austria’s BeMo Tunnelling has bagged the £1.25bn Stonehenge tunnel job despite ongoing uncertainty about the project’s future.
  The vast A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade suffered a serious setback last July after the High Court ruled as unlawful transport secretary Grant Shapps’ decision to approve the Stonehenge Tunnel scheme against the recommendations of planning officials.
  
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• MPs call for cut in building demolitions to save carbon

  26-05-2022 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Green watchdog MPs are calling on the Government to enact sweeping changes to cut building demolitions in favour of the reuse of the existing stock.
  With the UK’s built environment being responsible for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Audit Committee has called for an effort to keep the carbon locked in by prioritising retrofit and reuse of buildings over knock down and rebuild.
  Where retrofit is not possible, the EAC report published today recommends efficient and more
  
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• Cash runs out on HS2 old Curzon Street station refurb

  26-05-2022 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors have been ordered to stop work on the iconic old Curzon Street Station restoration in Birmingham.
  Main contractor Laing O’Rourke/ Murphy JV told its trade contractors to stand down yesterday because cash had run out.
  A source told the Enquirer: “We were told that all works will cease due to funding running out.
  “Refurbishment works are well advanced internally however funding could not be secured for external facade repairs we were told.”The Grade 1 listed
  
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• Lendlease Stratford IQL blue towers approved

  26-05-2022 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease has gained approval for its Park Place residential towers plans, the next major phase of its Stratford International Quarter London.
  Construction will start in April 2023 on a 35 months build programme
  The scheme is located on plots 1 and 11, next to the emerging East Bank of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
  It consists of planned 35- and 14-storey hexagonal towers with blue glazed brick facades, which will provide for 350 homes above a colonade of ground floor commercial and communit
  
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• Structure Tone stems losses as order book grows

  26-05-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fit out specialist Structure Tone managed to cut losses last year as the business was restructured and problem data centre contracts finally closed out.
  Latest results for the year to December 31 2021 show a pre tax loss of £4.1m from a turnover of £77.1m compared to a £9.1m loss from revenue of £84.5m last time.
  The results stated: “Alongside the close out of legacy projects, there was a need to right-size the infrastructure and fixed cost base of the business to f
  
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• HG Construction names next chief executive

  26-05-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hertfordshire design and build contractor HG Construction is making several boardroom changes
  Adam Quinn, present northern region managing director, is to take on the role of chief executive in July as founder and current CEO Chris Benham steps up to executive chairman.
  Adam Quinn has been with the business for seven years and is son of Kevin Quinn who has been instrumental in the firm’s growth since it was established in 2000 following a management buyout.
  Kevin remains as board member.In
  
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