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• Hill gets go-ahead for North London estate rebuild

  16-08-2022 12:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning permission has been granted to rebuild the large Douglas Bader Park estate in Colindale, North London.
  House builder The Hill Group together with housing association the Home Group will deliver the transformation of the 1970’s estate to provide over 750 homes, ensuring existing residents benefit from new high-quality homes.
  This 10-year programme will now start imminently with the delivery of the first phase of 38 affordable homes.Construction will take place in three phases and i
  
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• Plant hirer Vp abandons sale plan

  16-08-2022 09:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Listed equipment hire specialist Vp has abandoned plans to sell a majority stake in the business.
  Vp’s Chairman Jeremy Pilkington, 71, announced plans four months ago to sell his 50.26% stake, held through his company Ackers P Investment Company.
  Explaining the decision to abandon the sales process, the board said that while it received a good level of interest, it concluded that none of the proposals submitted met its original objectives.Jeremy Pilkington, chairman of Vp, said: “The
  
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• Bid race for £210m Huddersfield town centre revamp

  16-08-2022 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kirklees Council is inviting contractors to bid for plans to transform the heart of Huddersfield with a new cultural centre.
  The Kirklees Cultural Heart scheme aims to breathe new life and activity into the area between Queensgate, King Street and Victoria Lane – currently known as the Piazza.
  Overview of buildings making up the Cultural Heart scheme
  The ambitious redevelopment plan has been split into two distinct contracts, which will be let as pre-construction services agreements initia
  
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• Demolition worker wins huge claim after losing leg

  16-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker who lost his leg during a demolition site accident has won a multimillion-pound compensation claim.
  Damien Bundock, 29, was crushed by machinery that weighed three tonnes when he was working on a demolition project in June 2017 for construction firm S Walsh & Sons at a site in Essex.
  He was airlifted to hospital but, despite extensive efforts, doctors had no choice but to amputate his lower right leg.Thompsons Solicitors successfully argued that, as Bundock had been a keen runner, s
  
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• Demolition worker gets huge payout after losing leg

  16-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker who lost his leg during a demolition site accident has received a multimillion-pound compensation settlement.
  Damien Bundock, 29, was crushed by machinery that weighed three tonnes when he was working on a demolition project in June 2017 for construction firm S Walsh & Sons at a site in Essex.
  He was airlifted to hospital but, despite extensive efforts, doctors had no choice but to amputate his lower right leg.Thompsons Solicitors successfully argued that, as Bundock had been a keen
  
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• Demolition worker awarded huge payout after losing leg

  16-08-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker who lost his leg during a demolition site accident has been awarded a multimillion-pound compensation claim.
  Damien Bundock, 29, was crushed by machinery that weighed three tonnes when he was working on a demolition project in June 2017 for construction firm S Walsh & Sons at a site in Essex.
  He was airlifted to hospital but, despite extensive efforts, doctors had no choice but to amputate his lower right leg.Thompsons Solicitors successfully argued that, as Bundock had been a keen
  
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• Piling starts on pioneering double composite HS2 viaduct

  16-08-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2’s EKFB joint venture has started piling work on the pioneering low-carbon Wendover Dean Viaduct project that aims to more than halve the amount of embedded carbon in the structure.
  At 450m-long, the viaduct will be the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a ‘double composite’ structure, using significantly less carbon-intensive concrete and steel in comparison to a more traditional design.
  The ‘double composite’ approach was inspired by structur
  
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• Turner & Townsend on board for Sheffield Supertram upgrade

  16-08-2022 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Turner & Townsend has been appointed by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive to support the business case development and implementation of the region’s Mass Transit Project – including the renewal of the Supertram network.
  The consultant will help to deliver the programme over the next seven years to 2029, providing quantity surveying and project administration services including project management, cost management, risk management, and programming support.
  A key aim of
  
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• Green light for new £33m Ipswich logistics park

  16-08-2022 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Trebor Developments has secured detailed planning consent for a five-unit industrial and logistics scheme at Eastern Gateway, Ipswich.
  Units on the £33m scheme will range from 10,000 sq ft up to 55,000 sq ft and will be built on a speculative basis.
  Construction will start on site in October 2022 and units will be ready for tenants from May 2023.No details of possible contractors have been revealed by Trebor.
  Ipswich Borough Council is carrying out further improvements to the wider scheme
  
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• £100m Darlington Station revamp enabling works start

  16-08-2022 07:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Work has just begun to prepare the first buildings alongside Darlington railway station for demolition, paving the way for its £100m-plus redevelopment.
  Demolition contractor Thompsons will “soft strip” properties to the east of the station before heavy demolition begins in September.
  The Eastern Gateway redevelopment plan will be delivered by Willmott Dixon and includes a multi-storey car park, transport interchange and gateway entrance connected to Central Park.Three new
  
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