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• £400m London ITV HQ rebuild called in for public inquiry

  01-09-2022 17:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Controversial plans to build a major new office and culture complex at the former ITV Studio site on London’s South Bank have been called in for public inquiry.
  The landmark redevelopment of 72 Upper Ground is being planned by Mitsubishi Estate and London development manager CO—RE, which said it regretted the move would delay the scheme.
  The decision by communities secretary Greg Clark to hold a public inquiry comes a week after London Mayor Sadiq Khan approved the massive project.It
  
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• Boris approves £700m Sizewell C funding

  01-09-2022 17:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed the planned nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk confirming investment of £700m.
  The project, which is being developed by French energy company EDF, is expevcted to cost about £20bn overall and needs to attract major institutional funding to get shovels into the ground.
  In a speech at Sizewell on Thursday, Johnson said he was ‘confident’ the plant would get the formal go ahead in the course of the ‘next few weeks&rsq
  
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• Neilcott Construction wins £15m Fareham theatre

  01-09-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Nielcott Construction has signed off a £15m contract to build a community arts and theatre project in Fareham, Hampshire.
  The project involves partial demolition of the existing Ferneham Hall building, internal remodelling and new build with the addition of a fly tower – a rigging system that enables scenery and cast to be flown or carried above the stage.Once completed, the new arts and entertainment venue in Fareham town centre will include an 800-seat auditorium, a 120-seat theatr
  
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• Network Rail reveals top 20 suppliers spend

  01-09-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers were paid nearly £3.5bn last year – nearly half of the infrastructure provider’s total £7.74bn spend with suppliers.
  Network Rail raise spending among its leading suppliers by 12%, with major power supplier EDF continuing to rank as the biggest supplier followed by signalling and train control specialist Siemens Mobility in second place.Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers by spend
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• Ringway Jacobs trials graphene additive on Essex roads

  01-09-2022 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ringway Jacobs and Eurovia are trialling the use of graphene on a road resurfacing job for Essex County Council in Chelmsford.
  They are using Italian developed technology called Gipave which adds graphene to hot rolled asphalt (HRA) at Eurovia’s east London manufacturing facility.
  The addition of graphene makes  the asphalt far less susceptible both to hardening and cracking in cold temperatures and softening in warm temperatures. It also increases the elasticity and strength to reduc
  
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• ISG divisional boss joins Glencar

  01-09-2022 01:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Fast-growing shed specialist Glencar Construction has poached ISG divisional operations director Mark Green.
  Green has left ISG after more than 21 years at the business, initially starting out at ISG Pearce as operations manager and latterly divisional director based in Bristol, where he was also special account manager for client Tesco.
  Green has joined as new operations director at the Midlands office of the St Albans headquartered Glencar Construction.
  
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