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• Berkeley puts in plans for new Guildford quarter

  19-08-2022 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  St Edward – a joint venture between The Berkeley Group and M&G Real Estate – has submitted its planning application for the regeneration of the The Friary Quarter in Guildford.
  The new neighbourhood of 473 homes will contain buildings ranging from four to 14 storeys, and a mix of new ground floor commercial and community spaces including a medical centre.
  The designs incorporate four high quality new areas of landscaped public realm (1.6 acres) for the town, including a new town
  
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• Factory to build subsea cable from Sahara to Devon approved

  19-08-2022 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning has been granted to build a factory in Hunterston, Scotland, to manufacture the world’s largest subsea cable that will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK.
  The infrastructure forms part of an ambitious £17bn project that will power seven million UK homes by 2030.
  Pick Everard has been acting as lead consultant on the project, appointed by high-voltage, direct current subsea cable manufacturer XLCC.
  The new facility, near the former nuclear power station site Hunterston
  
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• 25 jobs axed as Yorkshire builder Harris CM goes under

  19-08-2022 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The directors of expanding Yorkshire building contractor Harris CM have called in administrators after running into contract issues.
  RSM Restructuring Advisory have been appointed administrators of the Pontefract-based firm, which was working in nine sites in the Yorkshire region.
  More than 25 staff have lost their jobs at the firm which was established 15 years ago.The decision to call in RSM comes as the firm said just six months ago it was on track to hit £70m revenue this year, up from
  
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• Former Ucatt president John Flavin dies aged 78

  19-08-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former construction union Ucatt president John Flavin died yesterday aged 78.
  Flavin served at every level in the former construction union bar general secretary and was a ferocious defender of workers’ rights.
  He died peacefully at home with his family after a long battle with lung cancer brought on by exposure to asbestos during his time on site.Flavin was born in Ireland in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in 1944 .He was a member of the Kerry minor team that won the All-Ireland football fi
  
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