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• McLaughlin & Harvey starts £350m London Gateway job

  10-10-2022 14:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  Port operator DP World has given contractor McLaughlin & Harvey the go-ahead to build a fourth berth at its London Gateway smart logistics hub.
  The £350m project, which builds on DP World’s £2bn investment in Britain over the last decade, will lift London Gateway’s capacity by a third, giving it more room to handle the world’s largest vessels.
  Seamus Devlin, McLaughlin & Harvey civil engineering director, said “We are delighted to have been awarded the
  
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• First legal action launched over failure to fix cladding

  10-10-2022 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Department for Levelling up has taken the first step in legal action against a building owner over failure to fix unsafe cladding.
  Freeholder Grey GR – which is ultimately owned by the Railways Pension Scheme – has been given 21 days to commit to remediating fire safety defects at its 15-storey Vista Tower block in Stevenage or an application will be made to the courts.
  The action follows two years of delays for more than 100 residents living in the tower.The freeholder is one of
  
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• M&E specialist JS Wright names new managing director

  10-10-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Specialist M&E contractor JS Wright has appointed former Wolseley Pipe national sales director Peter Grierson as new managing director.
  He has taken over from Phil Leech who has now become chairman of the building services firm which became an employee ownership trust last year.
  The £50m turnover Aston-based business now has offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London.He brings more than 30 years of experience in the sale of building products he began his career at the Graham Plumbers&rs
  
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• Flannery launches training boot camps for plant operators

  10-10-2022 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  Flannery Plant Hire has become the first industry employer to gain government funding to run a Construction Skills Boot Camp for machine operators.
  The firm has secured funding to train 400 drivers at boot camps on three sites – two on HS2 and Dunton Wharf in Birmingham.
  The not-for-profit venture is an extension of the hirer’s successful Operators Skill Hub scheme which launched last year in association with Balfour Beatty.The new programme is open to all construction companies, pla
  
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• Bouygues E&S Contracting slumps to near £50m loss

  10-10-2022 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bouygues Energies & Services’ UK engineering contracting arm plunged to a £49.5m loss last year.
  It has now run up losses for the last five consecutive years totalling £141m.
  The engineering construction and maintenance specialist based in Motherwell said most of the losses were incurred on two of its key contracts where delays have occurred.Bouygues E&S Contracting last five years2021
  2020
  2019
  2018
  2017
  Revenue
  £195m
  £186m
  £131m
  £120m
  £10
  
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• Student rooms developer Unite moves into build to rent

  10-10-2022 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Student accommodation developer Unite has bought a major build to rent tower in Stratford East London to pilot a move into the private professional rental market.
  Unite Students has acquired 180 Stratford, a 178-unit purpose-built build-to-rent complex for £71m and now plans a major refurbishment of the high-rise scheme.
  The acquisition and refurbishment will be funded from the proceeds of recent student block disposals.
  The property is expected to produce a yield on cost of 4.3% following
  
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• HG Construction in rescue talks with bathroom pod supplier

  10-10-2022 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Design and build contractor HG Construction is holding rescue talks with one of its main bathroom pod suppliers.
  The Enquirer understands that Hull based bathroom pod specialist Kubex UK may need financial help to complete its existing contracts.
  Kubex is understood to be supplying pods on a number of HG residential jobs.Adam Quinn, CEO, HG Construction, said: “We are working closely with the Kubex management team to explore the best options going forward.
  “We are committed to provid
  
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• Kier bags £27m atomic fusion R&D centre

  10-10-2022 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  The UK Atomic Energy Authority has picked Kier to build an 8,000 sq m research and development building at Culham Science Centre near Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
  The a £26.8m project, procured through the Crown Commercial Service framework, will comprise a four-storey office building with a rig hall for R&D.
  Antonia Jenkinson, UKAEA’s chief financial officer and director of property, said: “We believe fusion could be part of the world’s future energy mix, and are working
  
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