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86-year-old woman dies in construction site fall

31-05-2022 15:54 via constructionenquirer.com

Hertfordshire based construction company Side Extensions Limited has been fined £50,000 for safety failures which caused the fall and death of an 86-year-old woman.
Southwark Crown Court heard that on 2 December 2019 Iris Keys entered a construction site at St Ann’s Hill, Wandsworth, London.
She walked up a flight of stairs, across the first floor and fell from the edge of an unprotected stairwell.Keys suffered serious injuries including a fractured hip, fracture to her right arm, a

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Telford Homes starts Brentford 420-homes scheme

31-05-2022 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com

Telford Homes has just started construction of a 420-home build to rent scheme in Brentford, West London,
The Capital Interchange Way development near Chiswick High Street will consist of three residential blocks of varying heights, built over a linking podium base that will contain shops with street frontage, and undercroft car and cycle parking.
Telford is working in partnership with housing association Catalyst and nearly half the flats will be for affordable rent or shared ownership.Redrow h

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Britishvolt to build £200m battery tech centre

31-05-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com

Battery technology firm Britishvolt is linking-up with warehouse giant Prologis to build a new £200m tech centre in the West Midlands.
Winvic is on-board as main contractor on the battery cell scale-up facility at Prologis Park Hams Hall just outside Birmingham.
Britishvolt will lease the centre from Prologis which will complement its £300m battery gigaplant factory being built by ISG in Northumberland.Work there will spearhead new cell formats and electro chemistries to create highe

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Mace sets up £1m Ambition Fund for staff innovators

31-05-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com

Mace has established an in-house annual £1m fund to bring to life staff ideas that drive innovation in low carbon delivery, construction to production, and data and digital projects that will transform how the business delivers the built environment.
The first round of funding is due to be awarded this autumn. At first the process will only be open to Mace employees and projects – but by 2023 the group expects be inviting supply chain partners to bid for funding.
Under its newly publ

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Warrington town centre 74-flats scheme approved

31-05-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com

Developer Park Equity Invest has gained panning for a 74-flat scheme in the centre of Warrington.
The four-storey development on Wilson Patten Street in the town centre was designed by architect Falconer Chester Hall.
The site is currently a surface car park and was once home to Arpley House, homes to timber importer R.A. Naylor.The new development makes more efficient use of the footprint and incorporates basement car parking spaces, ground floor cycle store and a residents’ lobby.&

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