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• Keltbray gets start date for £50m motorway upgrade

  29-06-2022 12:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Keltbray has been confirmed winner of the £49.8m M621 Junctions 1 to 7 improvement works on behalf of National Highways.
  The contractor will start main construction in August with works expected to run until summer-2024.
  The M621 is an urban motorway that runs through the district of Leeds. The route runs from Junction 27 of the M62 to Junction 43 of the M1 and provides a vital link between Leeds city centre and the surrounding road network.Improvement works will include the construction o
  
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• Rising wages and skills gap to overshadow materials issues

  29-06-2022 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The industry’s special taskforce monitoring materials supply and prices is warning that recruitment, retention and related wage inflation is set to overtake material supply as the industry’s biggest headache next year.
  The latest market report from materials producers and builders merchants’ trade bodies reveals that average inflation for products and materials so far this year has been around 23%.
  It reported that manufacturers are warning of further price increases in the sec
  
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• Aston Villa unveil plans for £100m stadium expansion

  29-06-2022 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aston Villa Football Club has launched a pre-application planning consultation on the first phase of its £100m+ improvement plans for its Villa Park home in Birmingham.
  The first phase includes a brand-new North Stand connecting into an upgraded Trinity Stand which will see capacity for the stadium increase to over 50,000.
  The plans will also see the introduction of Villa Live, a brand-new commercial destination venue and community space.Construction work on the the first phase of improvem
  
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• Eight firms placed on £750m Midlands and Eastern framework

  29-06-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Procurement body Scape has selected eight contractors to deliver up to £750m of public sector projects across the Midlands and East of England.
  The latest generation Regional Construction framework will be used to deliver projects worth up to £7.5m.
  A parallel lotting structure for each sub-region is being introduced for the first time to give clients the option to engage early with two contractors before awarding a project.Jeakins Weir, Stepnell, GF Tomlinson, Lindum Group, Ashe Con
  
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• Erith pays £2.8m bonus to staff after ownership switch

  29-06-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Specialist engineering and demolition contractor Erith has paid staff £2.8m in bonuses since it switched to an employee ownership trust five years ago.
  Around 450 of the 591 staff received two bonuses last year, taking the individual average payout so far to over £6,200.
  Chairman Steve Darsey described being able to distribute two awards last year as a great achievement given the adverse circumstance of the last two years.Revenue at Kent-based Erith Holdings in the year to September
  
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• Algeco lands £19.2m Leeds modular school scheme

  29-06-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Modular specialist Algeco has won a new contract to build the £19.2m Laurence Calvert Academy Middleton Complex in Leeds.
  The Department for Education (DfE) project was procured through the Mod-C Secondary School Framework.
  Algeco, who were formerly known as Elliott will start on site this month with a planned completion date in August 2023.Algeco is acting as Principal Contractor to provide a full turnkey solution involving construction of a three-storey whole school block and associated
  
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