Construction news

• Construction buyers report activity drop for second month

  06-09-2022 10:52
  Construction activity in the UK dipped for the second successive month in August according to the bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
  The index was up slightly at 49.2 for August from  48.9 in July but still below the crucial 50 no-change mark signalling another reduction in construction activity over the month.
  Civil engineering posted the sharpest decline in activity while commercial work also declined ending a period of growth stretching back
  
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• Inland Homes blames rising construction costs for losses

  06-09-2022 08:57
  Inland Homes is predicting a pre-tax loss of £37.1m for the year to September 30 2022 with rising construction costs and delayed land sales getting the blame.
  The house builder is now conducting a strategic review of the business led by financial advisors Lazard & Co following a gloomy trading update this morning.
  It said project margins at the contract income division which delivers partnership housing and the house building division have “not been satisfactory for some time.&rd
  
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• Bachy Soletanche names new UK MD

  06-09-2022 08:43
  Bachy Soletanche has named Tamás Kaltenbacher as new managing director of its UK business based out of Camberley.
  Kaltenbacher joins from HBM, the Hungarian subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy, where he worked as the MD for the past six years.
  He replaces Boris Caro-Vargas who was MD since the start of 2021.Kaltenbacher has worked for Soletanche Bachy for a total of 17 years and throughout this time, he has gained experience in management, design, on-site operations and leading work-winni
  
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• Mulalley ordered to pay £10.8m over defective cladding

  06-09-2022 08:18
  Housing association Hyde has been awarded £10.8m in damages and costs from contractor Mulalley & Co following a landmark ruling from the High Court in July this year.
  Hyde became the first housing association to win a court case against a contractor for installing defective cladding.
  The final amount of damages due to Hyde after the case was not finalised until now.
  Andy Hulme, chief executive officer at the Hyde Group, said: “It  sends a strong message to any others whose w
  
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• Workers told to leave NRS Group sites

  06-09-2022 08:17
  Workers have been stood down from sites run by building and civils contractor NRS Group as plant and machinery was also removed from jobs.
  The Enquirer understands that agency workers were told to down tools suddenly last Friday on NRS – Noel Regan & Sons – sites across the UK.
  The contractor’s website is currently offline for “scheduled maintenance” and no-one was available to comment further following calls to the Livingston head office.One affected worker tol
  
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• Enabling works to start at £250m Manchester tropical resort

  06-09-2022 08:17
  Plans to build the UK’s first city-based wellbeing water resort in Manchester have sprung into life with preparations to clear the current EventCity site.
  Regeneration business Peel L&P has submitted plans to demolish the vacant former Soccerdome building at Trafford Way on Barton Dock Road to build the landmark tropical complex.
  The TraffordCity project will cost around £250m to build and is being developed by Therme in partnership with Peel L&P.If approved by Trafford Counc
  
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• Scottish mobile crane hirer collapses

  06-09-2022 08:16
  Scottish crane hirer Whyte Crane Services has appointed an administrator after directors decided to cease trading.
  The business was first established in 1983 and traded from offices in Aberdeen and Grangemouth, operating a mobile fleet of nearly 30 mobile cranes of varied capacity from 40t to 750t.
  Around 38 staff are being made redundant.
  It is the fourth crane hirer to sink into administration this year blaming the financial impact of Covid lockdown and fierce hire competition.Despite attempts
  
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