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• O’Keefe suppliers owed £13m despite Byrne rescue

  02-08-2022 16:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers to O’Keefe Group have been left holding more than £13m in unpaid invoices.
  The south London based civils contractor went into administration last month when its assets were acquired in a pre-pack deal by Byrne Group.
  A report lodged at Companies House by administrators RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP reveals that unsecured creditors to O’Keefe are owed £13.1m and are likely to receive less than 2p in the pound for their debts.It also confirms t
  
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• WSP buys property and infra businesses from Capita

  02-08-2022 10:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Capita has agreed to sell two real estate and infrastructure consultancy businesses to WSP for £60m.
  The move will see new owners for Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure (REI) and GL Hearn (GLH).
  REI provides specialist advisory, design, engineering, environmental and project management services for land, building and infrastructure owners.
  GLH provides advice to real estate developers, investors and occupiers across areas including planning and development, rating, valuation and occupie
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins £61m Abergavenny super school job

  02-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has secured the job to build a £61m all-through school in Abergavenny.
  The rebuild will replace the existing King Henry VIII High School and combine it with the Deri View Primary School to create a single 1,900 place all-through school for three to 19-year-olds.
  Plans for the school were put before councillors earlier this year when the existing comprehensive school’s building was considered for replacement.Morgan Sindall has now got the go-ahead to break ground on the
  
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• FP McCann makes first cement-free precast pipes

  02-08-2022 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Precast specialist FP McCann has manufactured what it claims is the UK’s first cement-free pipes and manhole rings using Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC) from Wagners.
  Instead of Portland cement, FP McCann worked with international partners to introduce a geopolymer low-carbon binder that is formed from the chemical activation of Fly Ash and Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag.
  It is claimed that this geopolymer binder, made utilising the materials from recycling streams, can reduce the over
  
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• Public buildings to get another £635m for green heat upgrades

  02-08-2022 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Public buildings will get another £635m in funding for energy efficiency upgrades in the latest round of the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
  Organisations such as NHS Trusts, schools and local authorities will be able to apply for grants from next month to install low carbon heating, such as heat pumps, and energy efficiency measures including double glazing and loft insulation.
  Upgrades are already under way through earlier rounds of the scheme, with 734 grants aw
  
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• Select buys world’s biggest battery drilling rig

  02-08-2022 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke’s plant hire specialist Select has become the first firm in the world to take delivery of Liebherr’s new innovative battery-powered drilling rig.
  The Liebherr LB 30 drilling rig produces zero emissions while also boasting the same performance as its diesel-powered counterparts, whether it is unplugged or plugged in.
  The LB 30 battery has been designed for a working time of four hours in Kelly operation.
  Electric drilling and piling rig Unplugged LB30 at Select&rs
  
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• Leeds unitised facade contractor crashes

  02-08-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leeds-based building envelope specialist Glasshus Facades has fallen into administration.
  The specialist unitised facade specialist was established three and a half years ago. It employed around 45 staff who are understood to have been laid off.
  The firm had recently been working principally on Hing Kong developer Far East Consortium’s Meadowside twin residential tower scheme in Manchester for a joint venture between Hertfordshire main contractor Westfields Construction and China Zhej
  
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• McLaughlin & Harvey lands £55m aircraft hangar

  02-08-2022 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaughlin & Harvey has been awarded the design and build contract for a new £55m hangar at Farnborough Airport.
  Work on the hangar – the largest infrastructure project at the airport this century – is due to start in the coming weeks whilst the airport remains fully operational.
  McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Director, Douglas McCusker, said: “We will draw on our previous experience of working in a live airport environment, to ensure that construction doesn&rsq
  
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