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• Site workers settle for 5% pay increase

  28-06-2022 15:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction unions and contractors have agreed a blanket 5% pay increase for more than 500,000 site workers.
  The deal follows months of talks between both sides under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) pay framework.
  The one-year Working Rule Agreement comes into force on July 25 and includes a 5% pay increase across all rates and a two stage increase in non-taxable allowances.Negotiations started early this year with the unions submitting claims for a 10% rise before employers came
  
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• Skanska bans ‘swing-up’ lorry loaders after site death

  28-06-2022 13:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lorry loaders fitted with hydraulic tilting and hydraulic deployment stabiliser legs which rotate across the position of the fixed controls are being banned from all Skanska UK sites.
  The move follows the involvement of this type of stabiliser in a fatal incident at a Skanska at Shirehampton, Bristol last September.
  Skanska said the ban will help avoid the risk of operators becoming trapped by ‘swing-up’ stabilisers that can inadvertently be rotated and drawn into the area where fixe
  
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• New building safety laws come into force today

  28-06-2022 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Building Safety Act 2022 come into force today to improve regulation across the construction industry five years after the Grenfell disaster.
  The act will protect many leaseholders from unfair bills to remove unsafe cladding on their buildings.
  Those responsible for historical safety defects, and those who own buildings will instead be required to fund essential repairs.A new Building Safety Regulator – overseen by the Health & Safety Executive – will enforce a new, more stri
  
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• B&K breaks ground at £150m Newcastle HMRC job

  28-06-2022 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The redevelopment of Newcastle’s historic Pilgrim Street, almost 10 years in the making, has finally got underway with Bowmer & Kirkland breaking ground on the city centre site.
  Developed by the Reuben brothers, the 43,000 sq m Pilgrim’s Quarter office complex will become home to HMRC’s largest regional hub employing 9,000 staff.
  Designed by architect Ryder, the massive office block will be up to nine storeys tall taking over a huge patch of prime land, including the site o
  
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• Peel submits plan for £150m cannabis production plant

  28-06-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel NRE has submitted plans to build a £150m medicinal cannabis research and production facility on the Isle of Man.
  The proposals for the specialist science innovation and research centre follow a recent change in legislation to allow cannabis to be grown on the Isle of Man and exported, as the island seeks to become a leader in the emerging medicinal cannabis sector.
  Peel NRE’s planning application includes detail for the first phase of the development, including two uni
  
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• Peel submits plan for £150m cannabis production complex

  28-06-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel NRE has submitted plans to build a £150m medicinal cannabis research and production facility on the Isle of Man.
  The proposals for the specialist science innovation and research centre follow a recent change in legislation to allow cannabis to be grown on the Isle of Man and exported, as the island seeks to become a leader in the emerging medicinal cannabis sector.
  Peel NRE’s planning application includes detail for the first phase of the development, including two uni
  
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• HS2 agrees £78m variation on Euston tunnels cost

  28-06-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has awarded Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture an extra £78m deal for the Euston Tunnels project.
  The extra work windfall compensates for agreed changes to the scope of work with the anticipated extra spend in line with the HS2 budget.
  The total contract, valued at £1.2bn, involves the design and construction of major tunnels in the approach to the London terminus at Euston station. The twin bored tunnel will be 13 miles each way and, with a combined total of 26 miles, th
  
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• Tarmac buys first electric concrete mixer truck

  28-06-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tarmac has placed an order with Renault Trucks for the first battery electric concrete mixer in the UK.
  The truck is due for delivery this Autumn and will be immediately put to work at Tarmac’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham essential construction materials to customers across the West Midlands.
  Tarmac is working with Renault and Total Vehicle Solutions (TVS) to develop the next generation of mixers for their eventual widespread use across its urban operations.As Tarmac procures 100 per
  
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