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• Brickability buys Modular Clay Products

  01-06-2022 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction materials distributor Brickability Group has acquired Modular Clay Products Limited for £4.75m.
  MCP is a leading supplier of UK and Imported bespoke clay facing bricks to the specification sector.Working closely with architects, MCP provides design advice and consultation for a variety of schemes covering housing, education, healthcare, leisure and recreation.
  For the 12 months to 31 December 2021, MCP reported unaudited revenue of £10.50m and normalised EBITDA of approx
  
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• Joanne Conway succeeds late father as chair of FM Conway

  01-06-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Joanne Conway has taken over the role of chair of the FM Conway Group from her late father Michael Conway MBE who died in March.
  She has worked in the business for 21 years across several pivotal roles, and has been a member of the FM Conway board since 2011.
  Over the past three years, Joanne Conway was responsible for the manufacturing arm of the business as the managing director of the Aggregates and Asphalt (A&A) division, taking FM Conway forward to become the second largest asphalt prod
  
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• Joanne Conway succeeds father as chair of FM Conway

  01-06-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Joanne Conway has taken over the role of chair of the FM Conway Group from her late father Michael Conway MBE who died in March.
  She has worked in the business for 21 years across several pivotal roles, and has been a member of the FM Conway board since 2011.
  Over the past three years, Joanne Conway was responsible for the manufacturing arm of the business as the managing director of the Aggregates and Asphalt (A&A) division, taking FM Conway forward to become the second largest asphalt prod
  
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• HS2’s giant bridge building machine swings into action – video

  01-06-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction has started on the Colne Valley Viaduct as a 160m-long enormous bridge-building machine launched the first deck segment.
  A 7,000t launching girder will install 1,000 individual segments across the 3.4km long viaduct route across a series of lakes and waterways between Hillingdon and the M25.
  Originally built in 2004, the launching girder was first used during the construction of the Hong Kong East Tsing Yi Viaduct.Specially designed to handle complex viaduct construction, the machin
  
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• Mace workers get free haircuts and mental health chats

  01-06-2022 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Workers on a major Mace project in London are getting free haircuts and mental health chats.
  The initiative saw the team from The Lions Barbers Collective visit the 50 Finsbury Square site in Moorgate where Mace is main contractor for Great Portland Estates on the revamp of the former Bloomberg building.
  Project director Sal Capotosto organised the event which saw more than 60 site staff sit down in the barber’s chair for a haircut and a chat.Capotosto said: “The trained barbers offe
  
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• London Mayor nods through 20-floor office tower

  01-06-2022 07:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London mayorVinegar Yard office building at London Bridge Station finally approved has overruled Southwark Council to approve plans for a 20-storey office tower opposite London Bridge Station.
  Southwark councillors had previously rejected private equity property investor CIT’s plan claiming the 87m building was “excessive height, scale and massing”.
  CIT and Union Car Parks own the Vinegar Yard site in Bermondsey. Architects KPF has designed the 185,000 sq ft project to accommod
  
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