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• Ban on unsafe metal cladding extended to all buildings

  06-06-2022 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government has introduced tougher standards for external wall materials on residential buildings as part of a wider package of reforms.
  The government previously announced a ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of new blocks of flats over 18m, in England – as well as hospitals and student accommodation.
  This ban has now been extended to new hotels, hostels and boarding houses of this height.Fresh changes to guidance on building regulations for fire safet
  
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• Worker dies on BAM Nuttall wind farm site

  06-06-2022 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker has died after being injured at a wind farm electricity link construction site in Shetland yesterday.
  Emergency services said the 23-year-old man died at the scene in Upper Kergord where BAM Nuttall is main contractor for the construction of the Shetland HVDC link and all associated infrastructure.
  A BAM Nuttall spokesman said: “We can confirm an incident at our Viking Windfarm project site on Shetland, today, has resulted in the tragic fatality of a colleague.“Our condolenc
  
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• Trio bag £200m Midlands housing upgrade deal

  06-06-2022 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Walsall Housing Group has picked Wates, United Living and Kier to deliver a £200m planned programme of investment in affordable homes in the Midlands.
  The contract sees each contractor oversee a set geographical area, with responsibility for all capital investment works, including new kitchens and bathrooms, roofing and windows for a seven-year period.
  The trio will also support whg as it works towards achieving a minimum energy rating of C on all its 21,000 properties by 2030.Rob Gilham,
  
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• Four road and bridge jobs secure £160m funding go-ahead

  06-06-2022 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Four road and bridge projects in Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton will now proceed after the Government released £160m of funding
  The biggest of the schemes is the St Austell A30 Link Road project in Cornwall which received £79m to allow contractor Griffiths finally to proceed to construction after three years of delays.The proposed £87m road project from Singlerose roundabout at Stenalees to the A30 at Roche represents the final phase in providing a majo
  
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• United Living win £50m Salford rental flats project

  06-06-2022 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Living Group has picked up a £50m contract for phase two of the Outwood Wharf build to rent development in Salford.
  The near 300-home project will be delivered through United Living’s New Homes business.
  The contract award lifts ULNH’s current order book of over £300m of BTR schemes in cities across the UK.At the Salford scheme, the contractor will deliver 275 flats and, 11 townhouses and ten duplexes across three connected blocks at the brownfield site between Hu
  
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• Factory-made homes cut carbon emissions by 45%

  06-06-2022 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing construction using volumetric modular systems can produce 41-45% less carbon dioxide emissions than traditional methods of building homes.
  Substantial embodied carbon emissions savings were unearthed by academics from Cambridge University and Edinburgh Napier University in a study on a high-rise and a mid-rise modular scheme in London.
  The buildings totalling 879 homes were delivered by Tide Construction using its modular system. University academics found that 28,000 tonnes of
  
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• Piling work to start on £55m rail electrification scheme

  06-06-2022 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The first phase of a rail decarbonisation scheme to electrify 25kms of track south of the Forth Bridge in Fife has been approved to move to construction phase.
  Transport Scotland and Network Rail have developed the scheme which will commence this month to electrify the section between Haymarket and Dalmeny.
  Work is due to be completed by December 2024 and forms part of a rolling programme that is expected to see electrification extended to Dundee and Aberdeen.Contractors, Scottish Powerlines (SP
  
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