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• Zutec offers help to fix the cladding crisis

  16-06-2022 23:26
  
  Software specialist Zutec  has set up a digital solution to support house builders, developers and building owners in their efforts to remediate building cladding as quickly as possible in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
  Zutec has launched a configurable solution that records building assessments and evidences data to demonstrate the right materials are being used in the right place, before submitting to inspectors and assessors for review and sign off. Mike White, Chief Technology
  
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• Phase 2 office go-ahead at £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham

  16-06-2022 18:31
  
  Developer MEPC has got the planning green light for its phase 2 office building at the £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham scheme.
  The 10-storey office building, Three Chamberlain Square, forms a key part of phase two which also includes a 17-storey hotel at the south western corner of the development.
  Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, the 180,000 sq ft office building, will be among the most sustainable commercial space ever brought forward in the regions.Phase One of Paradise, which comp
  
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• Skanska UK names new finance chief

  16-06-2022 18:13
  
  Skanska UK has appointed Network Rail regional finance director Meliha Duymaz as chief financial officer and executive vice president.
  Meliha replaces current CFO Kelly Gangotra, who is leaving the business to take on a new opportunity outside the sector.
  Duymaz is currently finance director for Network Rail’s eastern region running from London to Scotland, its largest regional business with 10,000 employees.In this role, she has overseen a significant portion of Network Rail’s inves
  
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• Keltbray sets aside £6m after demolition cartel probe

  16-06-2022 16:54
  
  Keltbray has made a provision of £6m in its latest accounts for a “civil regulatory matter”.
  It is understood the figure relates to potential fines following a three-year investigation by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA).
  The Enquirer understands the level of possible penalties following the investigation into six companies were communicated to firms earlier this year.But cartel busters at the CMA have remained tight-lipped about the case – refusing to even c
  
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• Glencar replaces Midas for £23m Stihl UK HQ

  16-06-2022 10:23
  
  Glencar has been brought in to build a new warehouse and headquarters for German handheld power equipment maker Stihl, replacing collapsed Midas which had been earmarked for the £23m job.
  The 121,000 sq ft facility will be built at a site in Camberley, Surrey just off the A331.
  The deal will allow Stihl and its local workforce of 95 employees to move from their existing premises nearby in the Yorktown area of Camberley which the company has now outgrown.The project will deliver an automate
  
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• Genr8/Kajima wins £127m Huyton town centre regen

  16-06-2022 09:27
  
  Knowsley Council’s Cabinet has appointed joint venture Genr8 Kajima Regeneration as development partner for Huyton’s town centre redevelopment.
  The council has ambitious plans for Huyton and is progressing its 10-year development plan which includes the creation of a commercial district.
  This will include the Council’s HQ, a hotel, commercial and residential accommodation, a village green and significant improvements to the high street and station gateway area.Work is well unde
  
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• Swedish group buys Scottish steelwork contractor JDP

  16-06-2022 09:05
  
  Swedish investment group Storskogen has bought an 80% stake in leading steelwork contractor J&D Pierce (Contracts).
  Founded in 1975, JDP is headquartered in Glengarnock, Scotland employing 425 staff on projects across the UK.
  Growth at the Ayrshire steel erector has been underpinned by the expansion of e-commerce logistics, warehouses and transport infrastructure.Last year it achieved £87m turnover generating a £13m profit last year.
  The existing management team will continue to
  
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• ISG consults on £80m Cardiff school campus scheme

  16-06-2022 09:01
  
  ISG has gone to public consultation with plans for an £80m design and build job to construct a pioneering joint education campus in Cardiff.The council named ISG as preferred bidder in March for the planned three-school campus and now details of the plans and enabling works for a temporary school at the site are being showcased.
  It will be Cardiff’s first to target operational net zero carbon, as well as a significant reduction in embodied carbon during the build programme.Located in
  
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• Earthworks start on £100m warehouse complex

  16-06-2022 08:59
  
  Site preparation work has started on a £100m logistics warehouse complex in Leicestershire.
  Developer GLP has begun earthworks on the 48-acre G-Park Ashby-de-la-Zouch which are due to be finished early next year with the full development set to complete by 2024.
  The start of site work had been delayed while a a colony of great crested newts was discovered which have now been rehoused.Adrienne Howells, Senior Development Director at GLP, said: “G-Park Ashby is an exciting addition to
  
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• Kier wins £32m Manchester Aquatics Centre revamp

  16-06-2022 08:32
  
  Kier has won the job to deliver the first phase of the refurbishment of the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
  The works will help decarbonise and modernise the 2002 Commonwealth Games venue, supporting the city council’s transition to becoming a zero-carbon city by 2038.
  New energy efficiency measures include a full MEP replacement, addition of over 1000 solar roof panels and two new air source heat pumps.
  Following completion of the decarbonisation works, Kier will move onto the refurbishment a
  
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• Race for £1.3bn North West & Central railway works

  16-06-2022 08:31
  
  Network Rail has started the hunt for firms to deliver a £1.3bn smaller works and renewal programme for control period 7 in its north west and central territory.
  Procurement chiefs aim to let several frameworks covering the “Backbone of Britain” route.
  A refreshed line-up of firms will deliver a mix of civil engineering, building and electrification and plant work for the next 5-year period from 1 April 2024 to 31st March 2029.
  The territory covers assets from London Euston and
  
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