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• Green light for Skanska £507m A428 dualling job

  18-08-2022 23:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has granted planning consent for Skanska to start work on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet dualling scheme in the East of England.
  Skanska will build a 16km dual carriageway between the Black Cat roundabout at St Neots and Caxton Gibbet.
  Now construction will start at the end of this year, with the road opening in 2026.The A428 between St Neots and Caxton Gibbet is the only stretch of single carriageway between the M1 near Milton Keynes and Cambridge.Several junction improvemen
  
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• Civils boss banned for £200k false Covid loans

  18-08-2022 23:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Rotherham-based construction director has been banned for 11 years after wrongly claiming £200,000 in Covid bounce back loans.
  Stephen Burke, 63, overstated turnover for his four construction firms to secured £50,000 on each firm he was not entitled to.
  Burke was director of four companies that provided services to construction projects: Yorkshire Plant Hire and Sales Ltd, Yorkshire Site Preparation Ltd, Woodhouse Civil Engineering Ltd and Richmond Brokers Ltd.One of the four compa
  
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• VolkerFitzpatrick wins 240km wind farm cable job

  18-08-2022 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by energy giant Ørsted to deliver the installation of onshore cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.
  VolkerFitzpatrick will be supported by VolkerStevin for the delivery of the project, which will see the installation of 240 km of onshore cables connecting the offshore wind farm from the landfall at Weybourne in Norfolk to the Norwich Main National Grid Substation.
  The contract will involve the civil works associated with the cable installation a
  
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• £161m funding for Oxford Railway station revamp

  18-08-2022 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has committed to fund a £161m package of upgrade works for Oxford railway station and the nearby rail network.
  The funding follows the granting of a Transport Works Act Order and will enable Network Rail to significantly transform Oxford station, the railway in Oxfordshire and nearby road network.Kier will deliver the main bulk of works and has already started on initial preparation work, including the diversion of utilities.
  Surrey-based JP Dunn Construction is lined-up as
  
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• W Stirland set for administration after nearly 100 years of trading

  18-08-2022 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chichester-based contractor W Stirland is heading for administration after nearly 100 years in business.
  The firm started trading back in 1928 and is run by the third generation of the founding Stirland family.
  W Stirland has filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator with the contractor set to go into administration next week.The Enquirer understands all staff have been sent home and employees are actively looking for new jobs.
  It is a further set back for the wider supply chain in th
  
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• Crane hirer M&M enters voluntary liquidation

  18-08-2022 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South east crane hirer M&M has entered voluntary liquidation with the loss of up to 50 jobs.
  Established in 1988 by the Tierney family, the mobile crane hire business is based in Slough with depots in Kent, Aylesbury and Welwyn Garden City.
  A source told the Enquirer: “We were all told of the decision at the end of last week. All staff are to be fully paid and creditors paid off in full.“The family just decided they’d had enough. The end of the red diesel rebate has escalat
  
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• BAM UK delivers steady first half growth

  18-08-2022 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Royal BAM’s combined UK and Ireland construction operations delivered steady growth in the first half and together achieved greater revenue than the Dutch construction group’s home market.
  In the UK alone, combined revenue at BAM Nuttall, BAM Construction and the newly-formed BAM Ventures business, which includes property investments, remained steady at around £1bn.
  On profit delivery, BAM Construction outperformed the civils business with an 18% uplift to £19m, while BAM
  
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