Construction news

• Laing O’Rourke finance director joins Osborne

  12-09-2022 14:36
  Osborne has appointed Peter Duff as Group Finance Director to replace Stuart Hammond who is stepping down from the role after 17 years with the business.
  Duff joins Osborne from Laing O’Rourke where he has spent the last seven years latterly as European Finance Director.
  Previously Duff has held senior financial positions with major contractors  and construction industry customers including Balfour Beatty and Network Rail.Osborne Group Chief Executive David Smith said: “I am del
  
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• Construction output falls for second month

  12-09-2022 09:18
  Construction output fell for the second month in a row in July dropping 0.8% after June’s 1.4% fall.
  The slide in monthly construction output in July came solely from a decrease in repair and maintenance (-2.6%) as new work saw a slight increase (0.3%) on the month.
  At the sector level, the main contributors to the decrease were public housing new work, and public and private housing repair and maintenance, which decreased 13.1%, 8.0% and 2.6%, respectively.The latest official Government f
  
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• Hyde Group starts contest for £1.3bn fire safety works

  12-09-2022 08:50
  Housing association Hyde has become the latest major social housing provider to start to assembling a fresh team for a major programme of building and fire safety works.
  The housing association, which manages over 50,000 homes, is on the hunt for suppliers, contractors and assessors to deliver a £1.3bn programme of building and fire safety works and services over four years.
  The multi-lot framework is split geographically into national and four regional lots – North, Midlands and Wal
  
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• Plans in for North West science park expansion

  12-09-2022 08:36
  Joint developers Bruntwood and Legal & General have submitted plans for two new buildings for lab and office space at Alderley Park in Cheshire, totalling around 200,000 sq ft.
  Additionally, Bruntwood SciTech is seeking planning to redevelop a former office building into 109 flats for young graduates working in the life sciences and technology sectors on the campus.
  Bruntwood SciTech aims to build 100,000 sq ft of lab space over a building of five floors suitable for both chemistry and
  
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• Sisk on board for Liverpool Waters central park plan

  12-09-2022 08:27
  John Sisk is on board with developer Peel L&P advising on enabling infrastructure and a major central park area for the next stage of the ambitious Liverpool Waters scheme.
  Peel has submitted plans to deliver enabling infrastructure and high-quality public realm, including a new park around the Central Docks neighbourhood.
  This area will be the largest of the five planned neighbourhoods at Liverpool Waters, with the planning application paving the way to deliver thousands of new homes, along
  
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• Managing director leaves HS2 tunnel segment supplier

  12-09-2022 08:11
  A new managing director has taken over at Stanton Precast.
  The firm is supplying giant precast concrete segments being used to build a new HS2 “green tunnel” in Northamptonshire.
  The Enquirer revealed last month that “quality issues” have been found on the initial batch of segments manufactured by Stanton Precast at its plant in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.Tests are still underway on the segments on the 2.5km Chipping Warden Green Tunnel where work started earlier this year.
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