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• John F Hunt forecasts record revenue and profits this year

  01-07-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Demoltion contractor John F Hunt is forecasting record revenue and strong profits this year after previously setting aside £5.6m to cover the financial cost from its involvement in a bid-rigging probe by the cartel-busting watchdog.
  The John F Hunt Group has released financial results to March 2022 to evidence the liquidity and financial resilience of the business.
  The financial statement comes after the Competiton and Market Authority announced last week that John F Hunt was one of 10 fir
  
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• Green light for dual hotel scheme at Nine Elms

  01-07-2022 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Dominvs Group has received planning permission for a two-hotel scheme in Nine Elms, to the west of the US Embassy.
  The scheme is designed by architects Squire + Partners and will deliver two hotels run by different operators but joined by a common basement facility.
  The north hotel is intended to provide a midscale offer and will be 11 storeys with 360 rooms, and the south hotel will be an affordable luxury offering totalling 15 storeys with 477 rooms, as well as a publicly accessible
  
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• Notting Hill Genesis names £2.8bn framework winners

  01-07-2022 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Notting Hill Genesis has selected 146 contractors and consultants to work with delivering more than £2.8bn-worth of new homes for London.
  The framework will deliver 7,000 new homes in the Greater London area over the next five years.
  The winning firms were selected through a rigorous selection process with emphasis on quality, as well as equality and diversity.The contractors’ framework comprises of one single lot, while the consultants’ framework is split into 12.
  The 26 winni
  
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• Trials start on cement-free pre-cast piles

  01-07-2022 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aarsleff Ground Engineering has carried out the world’s first trials driving cement-free ultra low carbon precast piles.
  Manufactured using Cemfree concrete, the piles both reduce embodied carbon and are more resistant to chemical attack, allowing them to more easily meet aggressive sulphate ground condition requirements.
  Director of Aarsleff sister company Centrum Pile, Darren Senior, said: “The process of developing a Cemfree concrete mix designation to match the specific requireme
  
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• Ex-Telford Homes boss to run green house builder

  01-07-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former Telford Homes chief Jon Di Stefano has been appointed chief executive of Passivhaus-plus builder Greencore Construction.
  Greencore is majority-owned by investor M&G and specialises high performance, low-carbon buildings using natural materials – predominantly hemp, lime, natural fibre insulation and timber, combined with the use of innovative energy strategies.
  This allows the design and build contractor to construct more Climate Positive Homes – better than net zero &ndas
  
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• Osborne makes £45m construction loss

  01-07-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Osborne Group Holdings has reported a £45.6m pre-tax loss for its continuing construction operations from a turnover of £337.2m for the year to September 30 2021.
  The books were balanced by a profit from discontinued operations of £46.3m allowing the group to show a pre-tax profit of £675,000 for the financial year.
  Osborne sold its profitable infrastructure business days before the financial year end including a profit on disposal of £39.4m.Heavy losses in the prev
  
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