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• McGill goes under for the second time in four years

  26-08-2022 20:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Dundee based contractor McGill has fallen into administration for the second time in less than four years.
  The firm – trading as McGill Facilities Management Ltd – is now under the control of administrator Leonard Curtis
  The refurbishment and fit out specialist first went into administration in February 2019 with the loss of 374 jobs.It was then acquired by United Capital led by property developer Graeme Carling and embarked on an expansion and acquisition programme.
  Leonard Curtis s
  
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• Alumasc sells solar shading division Levolux for £1

  26-08-2022 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building products specialist Alumasc has sold its Levolux solar shading business to private investor Rcapital Partners LLP.
  Levolux designs, manufactures, and installs solar shading systems, architectural solutions and balconies that are used to enhance buildings and to reduce the impact of sunlight for occupiers.
  Alumasc said demand for new build architectural solutions has taken longer to recover from the Covid-19 slowdown and in the year to June 2022, the business recorded a loss of £2m
  
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• Plans to go in for £100m Villa Park revamp within days

  26-08-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aston Villa FC will submit a planning application for the £100m first phase revamp of its stadium before the end of this month.
  The club has also released new CGI images to illustrate its vision for the future of Villa Park
  The £100m first phase plans will pave the way to increase the stadium’s capacity from its current 42,785 to more than 50,000.The move follows a public consultation that ran in June and July, in which nearly 10,000 residents and businesses, stakeholders and f
  
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• Passer-by and two civils workers hurt in water main explosion

  26-08-2022 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A passer-by suffered a broken leg following an explosion on water main upgrade works in Leicestershire this week.
  Two construction workers also suffered minor injuries during the blast near Cropston Reservoir on Tuesday.
  A local resident told the Leicester Mercury: “Some kind of hole had apparently developed in the road and Severn Trent had sent engineers to investigate.“They must have tapped into something because the water main just blew up. There were two workmen inside the hole a
  
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• Race starts for £10bn Government offsite framework

  26-08-2022 01:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Crown Commercial Service has started tendering for a mega offsite construction framework for all Government departments.
  It new pan-Government collaborative Offsite Construction Solutions framework deal is expected to be worth up to £10bn as more projects swing over to modular designs in the drive to cut costs.
  Offsite Construction Solutions will replace the existing £500m modular building solutions agreement secured four years ago by five major suppliers – Caledonian, Elli
  
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• NG Bailey returns to profit despite engineering arm losses

  26-08-2022 01:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Independent M&E specialist NG Bailey has returned to profitability after last year’s £4.4m loss from stable revenue of just over £507m.
  For the year ended February 2022, pre-tax profit recovered to £3m, although the business had to endure further losses from the main engineering arm.
  NG Bailey’s services division recovered quickly following the impact of the pandemic with increased turnover and profitability. Collectively the underlying operating profit, excludi
  
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• Network Plus wins £90m Preston and Blackpool fibre hook-up

  26-08-2022 01:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Plus has bagged another regional hook-up this time in Preston and Blackpool for super fast broadband provider CityFibre.
  The latest package of hook-up work follows its recent commencement of work on behalf CityFibre in Rochdale, alongside our ongoing work in Bradford and Halifax,
  CityFibre is investing a combined £90m in Blackpool and Preston as part of a major investment programme to reach up to 8m premises with its full-fibre network across the country.Works are currently underwa
  
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