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• Civils contractor fined £600k after boy dies in drainage pipe

  04-08-2022 18:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A civil engineering firm has been fined £600,000 for safety breaches after a seven-year-old boy became trapped and suffocated on a construction site.
  Conley Thompson went missing from home on the morning of 26 July 2015 and was found the next morning by workers at the construction site at Bank End Road, Worsborough, in South Yorkshire.
  An HSE investigation found that Conley had become trapped in a drainage pipe, which had been fixed into the ground in preparation for the installation of fe
  
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• Construction buyers report first drop in output for 18 months

  04-08-2022 10:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Industry buyers reported the first drop in construction output for one-and-a-half years in July.
  Commercial work saw the only increases as civils and housing falls dragged down the bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index to 48.9 in July from 52.6 in June.
  The index was below the crucial 50 no-change threshold for the first time since January 2021 and the rate of decline was the fastest since May 2020.Civil engineering was the worst-performing segment in Ju
  
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• Construction and infra margins hit 3.2% at Morgan Sindall

  04-08-2022 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall saw profit margins hit 3.2% at its main Construction & Infrastructure division during the first half of this year.
  Results released today for the six months to June 30 show group pre-tax profits up to £53.7m from £52.4m last time on an increased  turnover of £1,698m from £1,559m.
  Morgan Sindall said it has been offsetting industry inflation by a combination of “contractual protection, operational efficiencies, flexible sourcing and (in the ca
  
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• Eight firms win big north west MMC housing deal

  04-08-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A North West house building consortium has appointed eight modular contractors to build off-site homes.
  JV North, which has 12 housing association and local authority members covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, added the modern methods of construction companies to its framework that runs until 2026.JV North MMC line-up
  Adston UK
  Claritas Group
  IDMH
  Multi Build UK
  PLP Construction
  The Casey Group
  TopHat Communities
  Seddon Construction 
  JV North members will advertise its MM
  
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• Former P&R Morson staff to launch legal claim

  04-08-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff affected by the collapse of Midlands M&E specialist P&R Morson & Co are seeking to take legal action over failure to consult during the redundancy process.
  The £20m turnover business based in Halesowen firm collapsed last month, with debts estimated to be in excess of £4m.
  Law firm Simpson Millar said it has been contacted by former workers from Birmingham, West Yorkshire, Dudley and Leicester claiming they were not consulted over the job losses.The legal firm&rsquo
  
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• Morrisroe Group revenue tops £200m

  04-08-2022 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Diversified concrete, demolition and piling contractor Morrisroe Group saw pre-tax profit more than halved last year despite revenue jumping nearly a third to a record £202m.
  The Hertfordshire group’s pre-tax profit dropped to £2.7m in the year to October 2021, down from £5.8m previously as the pandemic and inflation dragged down profitability.
  The concrete arm A J Morrisroe + Son accounted for around two-thirds of the revenue growth, with joinery specialist Houston Cox C
  
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