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• HS2 milestone as first London tunnel drive starts

  06-10-2022 23:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  HS2 contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV has powered up the first London tunnel boring machine for one of the most complex drives on the project.
  The landmark moment yesterday saw local teacher Sushila Hirani, after whom the TBM is named, ceremonially switch on the 2,000t, 140m long machine on its 5-mile journey.
  It is the first of six TBMs that will tunnel 26 miles under the capital.
  James Richardson, managing director of Skanska Costain STRABAG JV said: “Today we start one of the most c
  
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• Sellar unveils £1.5bn Liverpool Street Station scheme

  06-10-2022 15:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans have been unveiled for a landmark hotel and office scheme at Liverpool Street Station in London.
  The scheme has been drawn up by a three-way joint venture between Shard builder Sellar, Elizabeth Line operator MTR and Network rail.
  The £1.5bn scheme will include a £450m programme of infrastructure works funded through the private sector partnership to upgrade the station to alleviate over crowding.A fresh vision for Liverpool Street station is being developed in collaboration wi
  
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• Mace wins London’s “greenest” office tower

  06-10-2022 11:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace has been appointed main contractor on the Edge London Bridge 28-storey office complex.
  Dutch developer Edge has set an ambitious target for the project of becoming London’s most sustainable office tower.
  Mace will start work at the St Thomas Street site in January with completion scheduled for early 2026.Construction information specialist Barbour ABI  is valuing the 260,000 sq ft development at £450m.
  Fons van Dorst, Edge’s Executive Managing Director UK, said: &ldqu
  
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• Tilbury Douglas £55m Catterick health campus job approved

  06-10-2022 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  A new joint Army and NHS healthcare centre to be built at Catterick in North Yorkshire has gained planning.
  TilburyDouglas will build the £55m Integrated Care Campus, which has spent more than seven years in development and will provide health services for Army staff and civilians.
  Subject to final clinical modelling, the purpose-build centre on the Garrison will house mental heath services, primary care such as GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry and charity healthcare providers under one roof.
  
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• University of Cumbria Barrow campus approved

  06-10-2022 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  The University of Cumbria has got the green light for its planned £25m Barrow campus.
  Designed by DAY Architectural, the new campus will be built next to BAE Systems’ new central training facility in the town, which was built by Wates.Developed in collaboration with BAE Systems, the campus will offer nearly 1,500 students a year courses in advanced manufacturing, computing, business management, project management, and supply chain and logistics.It is expected that the main const
  
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• Lee Marley Brickwork revenue soars to record £57m

  06-10-2022 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  The country’s largest integrated brickwork and scaffolding subcontractor Lee Marley Brickwork saw revenues jump nearly a third to £57m last year.
  The sharp growth to record revenue was supported by rolled over work from 2020 due to delays caused by the Covid-19 lockdowns.
  But the emergence of significant cost inflation in the second half of the year and the fixed price nature of most construction contracts led to a reduction in group margins.These challenges saw pre-tax profit slip t
  
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• More than 27,000 people now working on HS2 construction

  06-10-2022 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  As HS2 enters its main phase of construction project bosses have revealed more that 27,000 people are working across 350 sites between London, the Midlands and the North West.
  In the West Midlands 6,838 people are employed helping to build the new stations at Curzon Street in the centre of Birmingham and Interchange in Solihull, as well as miles of track, tunnels and viaducts in-between.
  HS2 has so far helped 2,200 people who were formerly unemployed into work with its construction partners an c
  
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• SDC lands latest £26m Cambridge lab building

  06-10-2022 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Specialist science and technology developer BioMed Realty has appointed SDC as main contractor on the £26m third phase of its development at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge.
  Work on the 40,000 sq ft purpose-built building with new fitted laboratory space will create 265 new local construction jobs
  The building will see BioMed’s footprint at the campus in Cambridge grow to more than 130,000 sq ft across three buildings.Tim Schoen, BioMed Realty CEO said: “The Babraham
  
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