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• AFI launches one-stop-shop for equipment hire, sales and training

  11-10-2022 16:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Powered access specialist the AFI group of companies has combined the web presence of all of its brands and services online to make them all available under a single domain.
  The new site here contains details of AFI’s offerings including:A modern rental fleet of over 7,000 scissor, boom, mast, and push-around-vertical lifts.
  A versatile range of truck-mounted platforms, spider lifts and specialist underbridge inspection platforms
  An expanded range of telehandlers available nationally
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• Plans in for £500m Leeds South Bank build to rent scheme

  11-10-2022 15:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Build-to-rent developer Platform_ has submitted outline plans for a 1.3m sq ft mixed-use scheme in the expanding South Bank area of Leeds city centre.
  Platform_ said its Sweet Street scheme of 1,350 flats would represent a £500m investment for the local region.
  The ambitious masterplan also includes two office offices buildings of 20,000 sq m, new leisure and retail opportunities, and the regeneration of a historic pub.Sweet Street Corner with the regeneration of the much-loved historic pu
  
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• Teenager arrested after death on construction site

  11-10-2022 15:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a worker died at a construction site in County Durham on Monday.
  Cleveland Police said the teenager has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.
  Police were called to the housing development in Eaglescliffe on Monday morning where the victim is understood to have been hit by a vehicle.A police statement said: “A man has sadly died after an alleged incident at a building site on Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, yesterday morning.
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• John Sisk margin bounces back to over 2%

  11-10-2022 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  John Sisk & Son returned to stronger profitability last year after bouncing back from the challenges of Covid.
  While revenue at the UK business dipped to around £383m, margins recovered strongly to 2.2% from 0.7% in 2021.
  Paul Brown, who stepped up to become chief executive officer at the start of 2022, said despite a 1.9% drop in revenue the firm delivered a strong level of underlying profit having successfully completed a number of major projects.This saw pre-tax profit jump to &poun
  
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• Amey sold to private equity firm for £400m

  11-10-2022 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Amey has been sold to UK investment firm Buckthorn Partners LLP.
  Former Spanish owner Ferrovial said the deal was worth £400m for the Amey infrastructure services and consulting business which employs 11,000 people and has a turnover of £1.4bn.
  Buckthorn has partnered in the deal with One Equity Partners and is vowing to “invest in Amey to strengthen and grow the business and to access new opportunities, particularly in energy transition.”Nicholas Gee, Founding Partner at
  
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• WSP declines to enter bidding war for RPS Group

  11-10-2022 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  WSP has decided not to up its offer for Oxfordshire headquartered consultancy firm RPS Group.
  American consultant Tetra Tech has agreed a £636m deal to acquire RPS that trumped an earlier offer of £591m announced in August.
  WSP has been mulling over a revised offer but confirmed today that it will not enter a bidding war.The firm said: “WSP Global continues to value a disciplined approach to acquisitions to maximise shareholder value. With a strong balance sheet, WSP Global rem
  
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• Algeco lands £28m modular Northampton school

  11-10-2022 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Algeco UK Ltd has won the contract for the offsite construction of a £27.6m modular school in Northampton.
  Work will start in January on the Northampton School for Boys Multi-Academy Trust awarded by the Department for Education (DfE) via the MMC1 Lot 1 modular framework.
  Algeco will act as principal design and build contractor working with Watson Batty Architect.A total of 210 modules will be supplied by Algeco plus a hybrid structure for the halls, to create the 1200 place new secondary
  
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• BAM set to deliver £85m Welsh mental health care unit

  11-10-2022 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  BAM has been commissioned to draw up detailed designs for a new inpatient mental health unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan near Rhyl on the north east coast of Wales.
  The Welsh Government has just approved Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s outline plans allowing the scheme to proceed to a full assessment.
  The £85m, 63-bed mental health facility would replace the existing care and support services presently provided at the hospital’s existing Ablett Unit and at t
  
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• Anglian Water presses on with £3bn twin reservoir plan

  11-10-2022 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Anglian Water is pressing ahead with plans to build two major reservoirs in the region to beat droughts.
  Now the water company has revealed the planned location for its second proposed reservoir project, which is to be located in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
  Public consultation has opened on the plan for the reservoir, which will be built north of Chatteris near the villages of Doddington and Wimblington and is expected to supply enough water for around 250,000 homes.It follows the start of public c
  
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