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• Firms wanted for Telford & Wrekin £1.6bn building works DPS

  11-08-2022 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Telford & Wrekin Council is inviting builders to sign up for a £1.6bn dynamic purchasing system covering a mix of planned building and refurbishment work for the next four years.
  The council aims to set up two agreements, one covering major building works, which its estimates could be worth £1.2bn, and another for minor works, worth £475m that includes sub-panels for building services, demolition and asbestos removal.DPS Lotting structureMajor Building Works
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• Solihull contractor Greswolde heading for administration

  11-08-2022 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Solihull based Greswolde Construction has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The £20m turnover company’s website and social media profiles are also down.
  The notice comes a year after new investors took over the running of the firm.Last August construction engineer Perry Stewart and former PWC Chartered Accountant Shaun Walsh invested in the business as former owner Malcolm Priest stepped back.
  Priest bought Greswolde Construction Ltd in 1995 but “felt the
  
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• Work starts on £42m Oldham Spindles overhaul

  11-08-2022 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Oldham Council’s redevelopment of the Spindles shopping centre takes a huge step forward this week as Willmott Dixon begins major preparatory works.
  The council is rethinking the old shopping centre offer to create a 450,000 sq ft development that will be home to a new market, offices and event space, and heritage archive.Enabling works include stripping out the former TJ Hughes unit – ahead of the store’s demolition to make way for a brand new Tommyfield Market and events spac
  
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• Willmott Dixon fills new strategic change director role

  11-08-2022 07:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon has appointed Roger Morton to the newly-created role of director of strategic change.
  He will now work with chief operating officer John Waterman to implement strategies that support the company’s future growth.
  Morton joins Willmott Dixon from Vistry Group, where he was group change director and performance director over six years dating back to Bovis Homes.Before that he worked with Bovis Homes, following a 25-year career as an officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers.
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