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• LPG generators from Adlington are a hit on site

  28-09-2022 23:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  A house building site and a solar farm installation are successfully using Himoinsa generators which run on LPG, hired from Adlington.
  Earlier this year, Chorley-based Adlington (formerly known as Adlington Welding Supplies) became the first hire company in the UK to operate a variety of Himoinsa LPG powered generators, supplied by Himoinsa Power Solutions, initially comprising 40kVA and 70kVA units. The company has 20 more on order, meaning that it offers the largest fleet of generators of this
  
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• Mace expects revenue to top £2bn in 2022

  28-09-2022 13:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Strong growth at Mace’s construction arm helped put the group on track to top £2bn revenue.
  Mace Group pre-tax profit more than doubled to £38m last year from £17m in 2021 as revenue rose 12% to £1.93bn.
  The improved performance marked Mace’s 31st consecutive year of profitability since being founded.
  Mace said its year-end order book stood at £2.8bn.Chief executive Mark Reynolds predicted this year revenue would top £2bn putting Mace on track to r
  
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• Construction arm propels Mace to record profit

  28-09-2022 13:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Strong growth at Mace’s construction arm helped put the group on track to top £2bn revenue this year.
  Mace Group more than doubled pre-tax profit to a record £38m last year from £17m in 2021 as revenue rose 12% to £1.93bn.
  The improved performance marked Mace’s 31st consecutive year of profitability since being founded.Chief executive Mark Reynolds predicted this year revenue would top £2bn putting Mace on track to reach 3bn by 2026.
  Despite project time
  
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• Sisk fixes price on £227m Quintain Wembley flats job

  28-09-2022 12:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Quintain has signed its single-largest construction contract to date for a further 769 homes at Wembley Park.
  Longterm partner John Sisk & Son has agreed on a fixed-price of £227m for two  buildings at plots NE02 and NE03.
  Both Quintain and Sisk said agreeing to a fixed price contract in the present market volatility was testament to the exceptional working relationship between the  businesses.The completion of the two buildings, covering 9,593m in total, is ex
  
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• Sisk fixes price on £227m Quintain flats job

  28-09-2022 12:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Quintain has signed its single-largest construction contract to date for a further 769 homes at Wembley Park.
  Longterm partner John Sisk & Son has agreed on a fixed price of £227m for two buildings at plots NE02 and NE03.
  Both Quintain and Sisk said agreeing to a fixed price contract amid present market volatility was a testament to the exceptional working relationship between the businesses.The completion of the two buildings, covering 9,593m in total, is expected in ea
  
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• Graham starts £124m M25 Junction 28

  28-09-2022 09:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contractor Graham starts work this week on a vital £124m upgrade of one of the busiest junctions on the M25 in Essex
  Work on the 36-month Junction 28 upgrade includes constructing a major two-lane loop road with hard shoulder for traffic travelling from the M25 to the A12.
  The M25 junction suffers from long queues and heavy congestion daily, at peak times up to 7,500 vehicles per hour pass through this heavily used junction.Significant features of the improvement works
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• Plan submitted for 470 Preston flats scheme

  28-09-2022 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  Outline plans have been submitted to Preston City Council to build a 470 flats scheme on the former Dryden Mill site in the city.
  Developer Stoneygate Living plans to build two extended blocks with one rising up to 16 storeys on land at the corner of Manchester Road, Queen Street and Grimshaw Street, Preston.Designed by David Cox Architects around 130 of the planned flats will be aimed at the over 55’s market. The remaining flats 340 flats will be market homes.A new landscaped thoroughfare
  
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• Drones sent flying underground to check sewers

  28-09-2022 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  Drones are being flown underground to check the condition of sewers in Scotland.
  Scottish Water is using drones to accurately assess the condition of its infrastructure and make key decisions about investment in maintenance or rehabilitation work.
  Traditional teams of up to 15 workers can be replaced with just two operatives using drone and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanning and measurement techniques.The bespoke drones fly into sewers effectively replacing workers in challenging and d
  
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