Construction news

• Higgins gets start date for £110m retirement village

  23-08-2022 09:17
  
  Retirement Villages Group has confirmed construction will start next month on a £110m flagship integrated retirement community in Surrey.
  The later living developer has signed up Higgins Partnerships to deliver Botanical Place in West Byfleet.
  Steve Leakey, managing director of Higgins Partnerships said: “While market conditions have been difficult to navigate, our close working relationship with Retirement Villages Group has enabled us to bring forward a viable programme.”RVG&
  
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• Road surface warning over driverless car plans

  23-08-2022 08:48
  
  Government plans for self driving cars on UK roads will need major  investment in road surfaces to make the technology viable.
  The warning comes from infrastructure industry association Britpave as plans announced by the Department for Transport could see fully driverless vehicles operating by the middle of the decade.
  Joe Quirke, Britpave chairman, said “The technological advancement of self-driving vehicles needs to be matched by investment in long-term, robust road solutions.&rdquo
  
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• Bidding starts on ‘build for free’ £230m Kent hospital job

  23-08-2022 08:44
  
  Kent Council and local NHS Trust bosses are pressing ahead with plans to find a developer to deliver a £230m extension of Kent and Canterbury Hospital for free in exchange for land for 2,000 new homes.
  East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a developer to design, build and finance a 600,000 sq ft extension to the existing Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
  The £200m project to shell and core would be delivered at no cost for 9 hectares of land next to th
  
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• Agency to help self-employed contractors with cost of living cash

  23-08-2022 08:30
  
  A leading supplier of white-collar construction professionals is planning a payout for self-employed contractors to help with the cost of living crisis.
  Andrew Construction Recruitment (ACR) is following in the footsteps of big-name house builders like Taylor Wimpey and Barratt who have handed staff £1,000 each to help pay for soaring fuel bills.
  ACR owner Andrew Fowler believes temporary staff are often forgotten when it comes to financial aid and recruitment agencies should step in to he
  
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• Expert miners start HS2 tunnel emergency cross passages

  23-08-2022 08:17
  
  Construction of HS2’s longest tunnels stretching for 10 miles under the Chilterns has begun a new phase with the start of work on thirty-eight cross passages linking the northbound and southbound tunnels.
  The 15m-20m long escape tunnels are bored every 500m to connect the two main running tunnels around 40m below the surface.
  An expert team of miners are using a remotely controlled excavator to break out of and excavate from one running tunnel to the adjacent tunnel.As the excavation is pr
  
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• Acquisitive CTS Group buys In Situ Site Investigation

  23-08-2022 08:09
  
  Geotechnical and materials testing and monitoring specialist CTS Group has ought In Situ Site Investigation, a leader in cone penetration testing and ground investigation services.
  With headquarters in St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, In Situ Site Investigation employs 37 staff and operates internationally across many locations.
  The company is a well-established ground investigation services business founded in 2008 by managing director Darren Ward.
  This is the 7th acquisition by the CTS Group i
  
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• Contractors wanted for £1.2bn offsite homes framework

  23-08-2022 07:55
  
  Specialist offsite contractors can now apply to join a new £1.2bn framework to deliver homes across the UK.
  The new NH3 (Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) of New Homes) framework from public sector construction framework provider LHC will operate across England, Scotland and Wales.
  It replaces the current NH2 deal and covers low-rise and medium/high-rise dwellings through to specialist accommodation such as care homes.The current specialists on NH2 are: BWF Construction Services, Engie
  
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