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• Statom Group buys another £4.2m of PERI kit

  15-08-2022 17:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractor Statom Group has purchased a further £4.2m worth of equipment from formwork and scaffolding specialist PERI to support its expansion of works.
  The latest deal follows a £3.5m investment in PERI formwork systems in 2020
  Statom Group said the investment in PERI systems will reduce high material costs and site delivery lead times, as the company will have a greater range of high-quality equipment that is readily available at its depot.
  Adding formwork and falsework systems li
  
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• Hanson on track for UK’s first net zero cement works

  15-08-2022 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans by materials giant Hanson to establish the first net zero cement work at its Padeswood site in North Wales has taken a major step forward.
  The Flintshire cement work retrofit project has been shortlisted as one of 20 innovative projects in the chase for Government carbon capture, usage and storage funding programme.
  The government aims to create a world-leading industry in carbon capture that could help to create 50,000 skilled jobs in the UK by 2030.It is committed to support CCUS in two
  
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• ISG pauses work on £300m gigaplant

  15-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Main contractor ISG has paused work on Britishvolt’s £300m car battery plant in Northumberland.
  ISG and its client said that works at the site were ahead of schedule and the pause would allow the project team to focus on finalising designs for the main phases.
  The Guardian has seen leaked internal reports into the scheme which suggest limiting site work until February to minimise spending.Britishvolt said: “We are progressing ahead of schedule in our enabling works at the Briti
  
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• Galliford Try gets go-ahead for next A47 dualling job

  15-08-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has obtained development consent to upgrade the next section of the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton in Norfolk to a dual carriageway.
  The £200m project forms part of Highways England’s present programme to improve the A47 in six places between Peterborough and Great Yarmouth as part of a £500m-plus investment to improve safety on the route, which has one of the highest recorded accident rates for an A road in the country.
  The project will complete the
  
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• Plan in for Nottingham 967-room student scheme

  15-08-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student room developer Vita Group has submitted plans for a major project at Nottingham’s Guildhall regeneration site.
  Vita Student will pioneer its new student accommodation concept: House of Social. This offers high-end sharing apartments designed to retain second- and third-year students in the city.
  The firm will create 967 student rooms at Nottingham’s Grade II listed Guildhall along with the adjacent former fire and police stations.Plans also outline better provision for pedest
  
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• Tory leadership battle delays bidding for HS2 phase 2a

  15-08-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The hiatus in decision-taking caused by the Tory leadership race has delayed procurement of the main works civils framework for phase 2a of HS2 .
  Prequalification for main civil engineering works on the 5.2bn to £7.2bn West Midlands to Crewe stretch of the scheme originally was expected to start this month.
  Prospective bidders have now been told that “as a result of the ongoing leadership changes in government, the approvals we need to issue the PQQ have been delayed.”Proc
  
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