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• Kent groundworks contractor goes into administration

  27-07-2022 14:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks specialist Ellicon Construction has gone into administration with the loss of 52 jobs.
  The Isle of Sheppey based firm is now in the hands of administrators from Quantuma Advisory Ltd.
  Latest accounts filed at Companies House for the year to May 31 2020 show Ellicon had a turnover of £10.6m generating a pre-tax profit of £338,000 and employed 86 staff.The family-run firm had been in business since 20o2 and worked for a host of main contractors and developers across the sou
  
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• Ballymore deal for 1,200 homes at Olympic Park

  27-07-2022 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The London Legacy Development Company has entered a joint venture partnership with developer Ballymore to build 1,200 homes at the East Bank site of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
  Ballymore, which was behind major London schemes at Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms and London City Island at Canning Town, aims to transform two waterfront sites.
  The £600m project will deliver two new neighbourhoods in the south of the Park at Stratford Waterfront, and at Bridgewater Triangle close to UCL’s n
  
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• O’Rourke to give all new parents six months off on full pay

  27-07-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke is planning to give all employees at least six months off on full pay when the become parents.
  The new policy starts in October and covers all employees – regardless of the individual’s gender or parenthood by birth, surrogacy or adoption.
  O’Rourke is also introducing a phased return to work policy allowing an individual to gradually come back by working 80% of their hours, but being paid for 100% for a period of 13 weeks.Effective immediately is a new preg
  
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• Worker killed on Costain Gatwick Airport station site

  27-07-2022 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker employed by structural works subcontractor Kilnbridge has died following an accident at the £150m Gatwick Airport train station scheme where Costain is main contractor.
  The victim died in the early hours of last Friday and is understood to have been acting as a slinger during a tower crane lift of steelwork.
  A message to staff seen by the Enquirer from client Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines said: “We have learnt of the dreadful news that in the early hours of Frid
  
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• Brymor trade contractors hit for £16m

  27-07-2022 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Unsecured trade creditors of failed contractor Brymor Construction have been left £16m out-of-pocket.
  Administrators for Brymor Construction and Brymor Group have warned that there is little chance of any funds being left for suppliers and subcontractors after the south east contractor’s bank has been paid £2.85m it is due.
  The administrator’s report circulated to creditors reveals details of the pre-pack deal struck with Hampshire investment company Porchester Equity to
  
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• Staff sick-days plunge at big four flexi-working firms

  27-07-2022 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Four major contractors that took part in a ground-breaking flexible working pilot have all committed to press-on with better work-life balance schemes after trials.
  The flexible four – BAM Construct, BAM Nuttall, Skanska UK and Willmott Dixon – have recorded a decline in the rate of sickness absence, with flexible working believed to be a contributing factor.Contractors’ sickness rates
  Willmott Dixon saw overall sickness absences are down by one-third since 2019
  BAM Construct o
  
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