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• Self-employed labour rates hit record high

  30-09-2022 09:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  The earnings of self-employed trades have hit an all-time high with average weekly pay above £1,000 in London, the South East and East of England.
  According to Britain’s biggest payer of subcontractors Hudson Contract rates on building sites rose by 2% to £972 during August, driven by high levels of activity in the construction industry and a shortage of skilled people. 
  Last month’s earnings were 4.6% higher than the same period in 2021., with plasterers leadin
  
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• Kier wins London life sciences job

  30-09-2022 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier has secured a landmark high spec lab project at Hammersmith in London.
  The project known as the Refinery will create 121,000 sq ft of high spec, laboratory, research and development spaces under one roof.
  Located on the Northern Embankment of the River Thames, the project will include the extension and full reconfiguration of the existing four-storey building.Its façade and roof will be replaced, two new storeys added, and a green roof will finish the look of the building.
  During the
  
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• Hochtief starts pulling down Welsh pylons

  30-09-2022 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Work has begun on National Grid’s major landscape enhancement project to transform views across the Dwyryd Estuary by removing ten pylons and a 3km stretch of overhead electricity line.
  The project will require major engineering work, with National Grid working with main contractor Hochtief UK to build a new tunnel underneath the estuary to house cables.
  The team will also construct two separate tunnel head houses located at Garth and Llandecwyn, which have been designed to complement the
  
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• Network Rail chief takes finance reins at Skanska

  30-09-2022 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  Skanska UK has confirmed Meliha Duymaz as its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President.
  Meliha joins Skanska from Network Rail, where she was Finance Director for the eastern region running from London to Scotland, its largest regional business with 10,000 employees.
  At Network Rail she oversaw investment in multi-billion-pound programmes and projects. Prior to this, Meliha served as Managing Director for the Anglia Route, leading multifunctional teams responsible for infrastruct
  
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