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• Plan for trio of towers at old Yorkshire Post site

  05-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student accommodation developer Urbanite Living has submitted plans to build three residential towers at the former site of the Yorkshire Post in Leeds.
  Designed by DLA Architecture, the proposal includes a 42-storey tower, standing at 154m tall, comprising 1,125 student beds as well as 18,500 sq ft of ancillary facilities.
  This will be accompanied by a second purpose-built student block of 32 storeys for 638 student beds.The third building, standing at 25 storeys, will accommodate 348 build to
  
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• Demolition starts on half-built £48m Taylor Wimpey flats

  05-08-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Local residents are raging over disruptive demolition work on their doorstep where Taylor Wimpey has started tearing-down a half-built development of 148 flats in east London.
  Construction work was halted last year on The Factory scheme in Hackney after “a potential structural issue” was discovered in the concrete frame.
  Taylor Wimpey decided to demolish the existing concrete structures and specialist Erith is now on site.But local residents claim they have not been consulted by the
  
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• B+K starts £300m Sheffield West Bar scheme

  05-08-2022 07:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bowmer + Kirkland has started site clearance for the first office and private rental flats phase of the £300m West Bar mixed-use scheme in Sheffield City Centre.
  Legal & General has committed £160m of forward funding to developers Urbo (West Bar) – a joint venture between Urbo Regeneration and Peveril Securities – to deliver the first and largest phase of the development.
  The will involve four buildings on the site comprising 368 residential build to rent apartments,
  
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• Go-ahead for £160m Cambridge mixed-use scheme

  05-08-2022 07:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cambridge City Council has granted planning for a £160m mixed-use workspace and private rental homes scheme near the city’s railway station.
  Developer Socius and railway pension fund manager Railpen are bringing forward the scheme to be known as Devonshire Gardens.
  Designed by architect Buckley Gray Yeoman, the seven-building-block project will transform a three-acre site previously a Travis Perkins depot.The new neighbourhood will offer 120,000 sq ft of wellbeing-focused workspace,
  
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• Willmott Dixon bags £44m Passivhaus leisure centre

  05-08-2022 07:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Spelthorne Borough Council has signed a £43.5m deal with Willmott Dixon to deliver a pioneering Passivhaus leisure centre project in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey.
  The firm will work alongside Passivhaus expert Gale & Snowden and architect GT3 on what will be the second wet and dry Passivhaus leisure centre in the country.
  The centre will feature a rooftop 3G pitch, sports hall, gym and competitive, learner and splash swimming pools.
  Passivhaus leisure centre project to be built at Stain
  
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• Insolvency to rival inflation as project cost threat

  05-08-2022 07:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The spectre of increased insolvency may soon rival materials and labour inflation as the main threat to successful project delivery.
  Construction insolvencies have risen by 72% year-on-year, according to to cost consultant Turner & Townsend.
  And the consultancy said it is now advising clients to take a pragmatic approach to project and programme delivery to help tackle both inflationary and insolvency threats.
  Contractors that were at risk of insolvency before Covid struck now look increasin
  
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