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• M&S blasts Gove after Oxford St rebuild plan called in

  21-06-2022 17:00
  
  Furious Marks and Spencer’s bosses have attacked Michael Gove for “political grandstanding” after the Housing Secretary called-in the retailer’s plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship store.
  Plans for a new ten-storey steel and glass office complex on the site have been approved by Westminster City Council and the GLA.
  But Gove and his department have now stepped-in after campaigners claimed the building should be refurbished instead because of the amount of embedded
  
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• Deanestor plays part in hospital fitout

  21-06-2022 15:51
  
  Furniture specialist Deanestor has delivered a second hospital fitout project in the Scottish Highlands.
  The new Broadford Community Hospital on the Isle of Skye is part of a £40m development by NHS Highland. This investment included the award-winning Badenoch & Strathspey Community Hospital in Aviemore, which opened towards the end 2021, and was also fitted out by Deanestor.
  Delivered by hub North Scotland and designed by Oberlanders Architects with Rural Design, the new 24-bed hospit
  
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• J S Wright lands latest package on huge estate regen

  21-06-2022 15:11
  
  Mechanical and electrical building services specialist J S Wright has been awarded a second phase of work valued at more than £9.5m for London’s largest estate regeneration.
  The Birmingham-based company, which also has a new London office in Euston, will provide the mechanical services for 352 new apartments on the First Development Site of the Aylesbury Estate in Walworth.
  J S Wright is already close to completing the 229 apartments in the first phase (Phase A) of the FDS, which wil
  
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• Murphy to host virtual recruitment day

  21-06-2022 11:44
  
  Specialist engineering and civils contractor J.Murphy & Sons is holding a virtual recruitment day next week.
  The event will highlight career opportunities across the company and give an insight into working at the business.
  The company said: “Whether you are experienced in construction and engineering, or looking to start your career, the virtual event is designed to offer a full insight into life at Murphy.“You’ll be able to chat with a range of people from across the busi
  
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• Plans in for Isle of Dogs 52-storey resi tower

  21-06-2022 09:13
  
  Plans have been submitted for a 52-storey residential skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs in London.
  Known as One East Point, the scheme has been designed by architect Make at the site of 4 & 5 Harbour Exchange Square for client GAW Capital.
  This is presently home to a 6-storey office block, which will be demolished to make way for nearly 460 flats in the stepped tower, which will be located next to another Make-designed tower known as the Maddison.The proposed 170m tall development will provide
  
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• Plans in for 52-storey Isle of Dogs resi tower

  21-06-2022 09:13
  
  Plans have been submitted for a 52-storey residential skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs in London.
  Known as One East Point, the scheme has been designed by architect Make at the site of 4 & 5 Harbour Exchange Square for client GAW Capital and City & Docklands.
  This is presently home to a 6-storey office block, which will be demolished to make way for nearly 460 flats in the stepped tower, which will be located next to another Make-designed tower known as the Maddison.The proposed 170m tall
  
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• Van Elle seals piling deal on Transpennine Route Upgrade

  21-06-2022 08:32
  
  Ground engineering Van Elle has been appointed to the piling framework for the West of Leeds section of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme.
  TRU is a multi-billion-pound investment programme that will deliver reliability, capacity and journey time improvements between Manchester and York via Huddersfield and Leeds.
  The West of Leeds Alliance (TRU West) is responsible for the transformation of the railway between Manchester and Leeds and is being delivered by an alliance of Network Rail, Aru
  
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• Demolition firm fined £5,000 after fatal platform fall

  21-06-2022 08:23
  
  A demolition company has been fined just £5,000 after a worker fell 30 feet to his death when part of a pipe bridge platform gave way.
  Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard that John Gary Robertson, known as Gary Robertson, employed by CBR02 Limited (formerly known as Brown and Mason) suffered multiple injuries following a fall from height at Longannet Power Station, Fife on 6 February 2019.
  CBR02 Limited went into administration in 2020.A joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive and
  
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• BAM wins £24m Wigan net zero carbon school

  21-06-2022 08:19
  
  BAM has started work on a project to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Wigan.
  The £24m contract will see BAM create a three-storey teaching block at the site in Tyldesley, which will be net zero carbon in 0peration.
  Fred Longworth High School is the first of a batch of two being dadvanced by BAM under the Department for Education’s high value framework. The other, Byrchall High School is expected to progress over the next six months.Enabling works are well underway and include
  
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• Wates launches Retrofit brand for net zero work

  21-06-2022 08:14
  
  Wates is launching a new business service to target rising deamd for net zero energy retrofits for both domestic and non domestic clients.
  The move builds on work in the housing sector and will see Wates Retrofit target an expected pipeline of work from Government targets that demand all social housing properties have Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) bands of at least C by 2030.
  The launch of Wates Retrofit comes two years after Wates Living Space  – the group’s dedicated so
  
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