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• Go-ahead for London office tower on stilts

  15-09-2022 13:58
  Developer CIT has been given approval to build a major office scheme in London on stilts to allow trees and open public space to run beneath the building.
  The design by architect Foster for a 518,000 sq ft building has been split into four elements and raised by up to 18m above ground level on big steel columns and braces.
  Known as Colechurch House, the office-led, mixed-use scheme will stand in the shadow of the Shard near London Bridge Station and will also provide a theatre, shops, restaurant
  
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• Go-ahead for £400m London office tower on stilts

  15-09-2022 13:58
  Developer CIT has been given approval to build a major office scheme in London on stilts to allow trees and open public space to run beneath the building.
  The design by architect Foster for a 518,000 sq ft building has been split into four elements and raised by up to 18m above ground level on big steel columns and braces.
  Known as Colechurch House, the £400m office-led, mixed-use scheme will stand in the shadow of the Shard near London Bridge Station and will also provide a theatre, shops
  
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• Go-ahead for 22-floor London office on stilts

  15-09-2022 13:58
  Developer CIT has been given approval to build a major office scheme in London on stilts to allow trees and open public space to run beneath the building.
  The design by architect Foster for a 518,000 sq ft building has been split into four elements and raised by up to 18m above ground level on big steel columns and braces.
  Known as Colechurch House, the office-led, mixed-use scheme will stand in the shadow of the Shard near London Bridge Station and will also provide a theatre, shops, restaurant
  
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• Kier raises operating margin to 3.7%

  15-09-2022 09:02
  Kier has kept its planned operational transformation on track and delivered an adjusted operating margin of 3.7% across the business.
  Reporting improved results for the year to June 2022 this morning, Kier said a period of strong work winning had seen the forward order book swell 27% to £9.8bn, reflecting a large number of contract wins across all divisions.
  Andrew Davies, chief executive, said much of this order intake was buttressed from inflationary headwind with around 60% for target r
  
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• Gleeson sets aside £12.9m for building safety work

  15-09-2022 09:01
  House builder MJ Gleeson has set aside £12.9m towards recladding work on high rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
  It said: “The group has established an exceptional provision of £12.9m for the estimated costs to remediate life-critical fire-safety issues on buildings over 11 metres in which the group had some involvement in developing over the last 30 years.”
  The provision was confirmed in Gleeson’s latest results which highlighted a strong year as
  
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• Woodhead staff looking for new jobs

  15-09-2022 08:10
  Staff at regional contractor Woodhead Construction are looking for new jobs.
  Employees at the company which operates across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire took to LinkedIn suddenly yesterday to express their interest in vacancies at other firms.
  One stunned worker wrote: “Me and lots of other people have been hung out to dry today due to company ceasing trading.”Another added: “After some disappointing news, I’m sad to write that I am currently looking for a n
  
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• Plan for 540-room student scheme near Warwick Uni

  15-09-2022 08:01
  Developer Gilltown is preparing plans for its second major purpose-built student accommodation scheme around Coventry.
  The firm has gone out to consultation with plans for a six-storey building of around 540 student rooms at a site on the western edge of Coventry near the University of Warwick.
  It aims to demolish the current 50,000 sq ft office building known as Progress House on the Westwood Heath Business Park site.Building on its record of success in delivering large-scale PBSA projects, inc
  
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• Plan for 48-floor tower next to Broadgate

  15-09-2022 07:59
  Chinese developer Giant Mind is planning to build a 48-floor office tower close to the Broadgate development in London’s Square Mile.
  The 41,000 sq m scheme is at an early stage of development with architect SOM understood to be working up designs ahead of submitting a planning application.
  Current design proposals include a terrace at mid-level on the near 200m tall building.
  This scheme will replace previous plans approved by Hackney Borough Council in 2015 to build a 45-storey mixed hot
  
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