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• Green light for £300m Teesside offshore wind factory

  17-06-2022 11:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The first tranche of specialist contractors is set to be confirmed on a new offshore wind factory in Teesside after South Korean steel manufacturer SeAH Wind was granted planning permission for the project yesterday.
  The giant facility – the largest of its kind in the world, at over 800 m in length – will offer 1.13million sq ft of factory space for the production of monopiles up to 120 m in length, 15.5 m in diameter and weighing 3,000 tons which are used to support offshore wind tu
  
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• HG signs deal for 60 luxury Silverstone trackside homes

  17-06-2022 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HG Construction has signed off the deal to build 60 luxury homes to transform the trackside at the iconic Silverstone racetrack.
  The Escapade modern homes are being billed as the ultimate experience for trackside enthusiasts with driver-focused leisure facilities coupled with impressive views of the circuit.
  Designed by Twelve Architects, the project also includes a two-storey clubhouse will  indoor swimming pool and sauna along with treatment rooms on the ground floor, with floor-to-ceilin
  
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• HMRC cans Galliford Try £28m border control job

  17-06-2022 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A planned inland border facility near Dover has been scrapped in a decision that will save about £120m.
  Galliford Try had signed a pre-construction agreement to deliver the £28m facility, to be built beside the A2 in Kent, near to the villages of Guston and Whitfield.
  The 11 hectares site was to be used to carry out customs checks and physical inspections of goods entering and leaving the country.HM Revenue and Customs said that the planned introduction of extra Inland Border Facilit
  
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• Plymouth £60m habourside apartment tower block

  17-06-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plymouth City Council has signed off a section 106 agreement for a planned 21-storey apartment block next to the city’s historic Sutton Harbour.
  Sutton Harbour Group can now proceed with its landmark £60m Sugar Quay scheme that will provide 170 flats, restaurants and shops.
  Construction is expected to start by spring next year, providing time for the finalisation of the construction drawings and specifications, and award of construction contracts.
  Sugar Quay is expected to take aroun
  
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• Esh wins £35m Tyne Bridge repair contract

  17-06-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North East contractor Esh Construction has secured the contract following a comprehensive tendering process for this Grade II* listed structure.
  With the contractor now aboard, the programme can move ahead and vital inspection works can be carried out to assess the condition of the bridge and complete detailed costing and project plans, ahead of restoration works.
  This is a strict condition of government providing £35.3 million as part of a £41.4 million bid to the Department of Tra
  
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