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• Deanestor lands £1.5m in fit out deals for North Lanarkshire Council

  05-10-2022 23:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  Furniture and fitout specialist Deanestor has been awarded its second contract this year for North Lanarkshire Council, taking the value of these orders to £1.5m.
  The latest project is to provide furniture and fitout services for a £20m community hub in Chryston which is being delivered by hub South West Scotland and their construction partner, Robertson Group.
  Designed by Ryder Architecture, Chryston Community Hub is a shared campus development for primary education and community he
  
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• Soaring costs see £10m Devon road project put on hold

  05-10-2022 15:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mid Devon District Council has decided to pause plans to complete a new junction on the A361 North Devon Link Road at Tiverton.
  Council chiefs put the £10m scheme on hold after tender prices came in significantly above expectations.
  The decision was taken after the council was warned that the funding gap had reached £3m and any further delay to value engineer the scheme would likely just see costs rise again in the present high inflationary environment.Planned work involves adding a
  
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• Firms on alert for £1bn refit and refurb framework

  05-10-2022 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  National framework provider Pagabo has put firms on alert for the renewal of its £1bn Refit and Refurbishment framework.
  The second generation of the framework will run for four years from April 2023 allowing public sector clients to procure refurbishment works valued at £50,000 and above.
  Around 20 firms secured places on the first framework with Osborne, ISG, Graham, Overbury, Vinci, Wates and Willmott Dixon taking the £30m plus lot.Framework’s five value-based lots
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• Fusion21 names winners for £250m repairs framework

  05-10-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Procurement organisation Fusion21 has confirmed the 46 suppliers successfully appointed to its national Reactive Repairs and Empty Buildings Framework worth up to £250 million over the next four years.
  Winning firms have secured a place on the framework developed to support housing associations and local authorities with a wide range of reactive works and services, covering responsive and out-of-hours reactive emergency repairs, void property repairs, and outsourced call handling.
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• Esh Group returns to profit after reducing risks

  05-10-2022 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  North of England contractor Esh Group has reported a return to profitability for 2021 with a major turnaround from the previous year’s covid-hit results.
  Esh has undergone a comprehensive programme of simplifying and refocusing the business over the past four years which has seen pre-tax profits hit £3m in 2021 from a £5.1m loss last time as turnover hit £255m.
  Staff numbers fell to 756 from 837 but Esh is now actively recruiting to support its growing order book.Group ch
  
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• Manchester arts centre running £100m over original budget

  05-10-2022 01:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction chiefs on Manchester’s Factory International art centre project are calling on the city council to find an extra £25m to complete the inflation-stricken project.
  The Laing O’Rourke project has been dogged by problems and cost overruns but is now on track to complete in March 2023 providing it can get the extra cash injection.
  The 143,000 sq ft arts project is now anticipated to cost £211m, up from the £191m budget when Laing O’Rourke signed its co
  
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• Balfour targets next generation floating wind farms

  05-10-2022 00:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty has teamed with Aker Solutions to offer end-to-end design and construction of the next generation of North Sea concrete floating and gravity-based offshore wind turbines.
  Balfour Beatty brings a track record of delivering complex infrastructure and energy projects across the UK, while Aker Solutions has a long history of delivering concrete structures.
  Stephen Tarr, chief executive officer of Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business, said: “We are delighted to partner
  
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