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• THSP celebrates 30 years of keeping sites safe

  07-09-2022 12:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction health and safety specialists THSP celebrated its 30th Anniversary this month.
  Not only was it 30 years since John Thoday and Adrienne Massey founded The Health and Safety People, but it is also one year on from the business becoming employee-owned.
  Managing Director Massey said, “John and I are delighted the business has come so far, and now we have placed it in the hands of our employees, they are doing a magnificent job of taking it to a new level.”
  Since 1992, the co
  
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• Procore establishes new EMEA hub in Dublin

  07-09-2022 12:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction management software giant Procore Technologies has announced the opening of its new EMEA hub in Dublin, Ireland.
  This move demonstrates Procore’s continued commitment to the region and desire to support its expanding customer base as part of its mission to connect everyone in construction on a global platform.
  The EMEA hub, within Dublin’s South Point building on Harmony Row, occupies the 3rd floor penthouse and spans 15,000 square feet.
  Formulated to help drive Procore&
  
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• Barratt hits £1bn pre-tax profit for the first time

  07-09-2022 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt has delivered record adjusted pre-tax profit, breaking through the £1bn ceiling.
  But after taking account of £408m in costs related to legacy property repairs and the building safety pledge, statutory pre-tax profit in the year to 30 June 2022 was reported at £642m, down from £812m previously.
  Barratt said it had also responded to the cost of living crisis offering all staff below the senior management team a temporary £
  
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• NRS goes into administration

  07-09-2022 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  FRP Advisory have been appointed joint administrators of Livingston-based NRS UK which employed 47 staff and had a turnover of £33m.
  FRP said the administration has been caused by spiralling supply chain costs in 2022 magnified by severe losses stemming from fixed price contracts, resulting in recent unsustainable cash flow and financial problems.
  The business has ceased trading with immediate effect and 45 staff have been made redundant with two retained to assist in the short term with t
  
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• Clients told NRS now in administration

  07-09-2022 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clients have been told that contractor NRS – Noel Regan & Sons – is now in administration.
  The Enquirer has seen emails confirming that administrators from FRP Advisory are now in charge of the company.
  All agency workers were told to leave sites last week before all permanent staff were made redundant earlier this week.As work was stopped on sites it is understood that all the company’s plant and equipment was removed from jobs.
  One self-employed worker said: “We all
  
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• Former BAM chief joins Robertson Construction as new MD

  07-09-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Former BAM boss Doug Keillor has been appointed executive managing director for Robertson Construction.
  Robertson makes the key appointment as it transitions from being a family-run business to a family of businesses under a group structure.
  With a geographical spread across the UK through eight regions, major projects, civils business and a specialist roofing and rendering division, Robertson Construction turned over £462m last year delivering projects across a variety of sectors.Keillor
  
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• Teenage construction worker crushed to death in manhole

  07-09-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two contractors and their managers have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was killed while working on a housing site in Boston, Lincolnshire.
  P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, D. Brown (Building Contractors) Limited, Brent Woods and Darrell Tripp were all fined following the death of Josh Disdel.
  In July 2018 Disdel and another worker, both employed by P & R Plant Hire, had been tasked with clearing debris from manholes at the site.While work was taking place
  
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• Winning firms for £1bn new build housing framework

  07-09-2022 07:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thirty-two contractors have secured spots on a new four-year, £1bn new build housing framework for projects in England.
  Not-for-profit public sector procurement body LHC will operate the Construction of New Homes (H2) framework which came into force this week and will until September 2026.
  The firms selected cover a mix of disciplines covering low and high-rise housing, care homes and student accommodation expertise as well as specialist trade contractors for groundworks and demolition.LHC
  
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• Plan for mega shed scheme at Corby steelworks

  07-09-2022 07:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  A major industrial warehouse scheme totalling 1.85m sq ft is being planned on part of Tata’s steelworks site in Corby, Northamptonshire.
  Developer WD Westworks, a subsidiary of Warmflame Developments, has submitted outline plans for three big sheds on the brownfield site.
  The largest is expected to be just over 1m sq ft in size rising to 32m, with the other two around 540,000 sq ft and 300,000 sq ft in size and 25m tall.Designed by Newark-based UMC Architect, the scheme is targeting BREEAM
  
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• Plan for mega shed scheme at Corby steelwork

  07-09-2022 07:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  A major industrial warehouse scheme totalling 1.85m sq ft is being planned on part of Tata’s steelwork site in Corby, Northamptonshire.
  Developer WD Westworks, a subsidiary of Warmflame Developments, has submitted outline plans for three big sheds on the brownfield site.
  The largest is expected to be just over 1m sq ft in size rising to 32m, with the other two around 540,000 sq ft and 300,000 sq ft in size and 25m tall.Designed by Newark-based UMC Architect, the scheme is targeting BREEAM
  
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