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• Groundworker engulfed by petrol soaked site bonfire

  12-10-2022 23:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  A Kent groundwork contractor has been fined after a worker sustained serious burns following petrol being thrown on a site bonfire.
  On 24 June 2020, a 26-year-old groundworker employed by Kent County Surfacing Ltd was working on a new residential development in Ramsgate, Kent when a co-worker used petrol on a bonfire.
  The groundworker was unaware of this and after he was instructed to light the bonfire, it engulfed him in flames as the petrol vapour ignited.The worker suffered serious burns and
  
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• Clancy order book at £1bn after fourth year of growth

  12-10-2022 17:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clancy has maintained its steady growth trajectory for a fourth consecutive year after revenue rose by 15% to £293m.
  Pre-tax profit dipped slightly to £10.6m in the year to April 2022 from £11m previously driven by challenges on one particular contract.
  The family-run firm also completed a £43m two-year renewal programme for plant and equipment, while still achieving an operating cash inflow of over £6m and cash at bank up to £28m.Chairman Kevin Clancy said a
  
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• Mace/Willmott Dixon JV wins first major hospital job

  12-10-2022 12:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  The strategic alliance between Mace and Willmott Dixon for NHS work has secured its first major hospital project.
  MWD Helathcare has been picked to build a £126m urgent and emergency care centre at Derriford in Plymouth.
  It will replace the current emergency department, offering new facilities for the most unwell patients as well as same day emergency care to reduce waiting times.
  Work on the new 17,000 sq m project is planned to start in 2023.Neal Stephens, managing director for Willmott
  
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• Mace Willmott Dixon alliance wins first major hospital job

  12-10-2022 12:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  The strategic alliance between Mace and Willmott Dixon for NHS work has secured its first major hospital project.
  MWD Helathcare has been picked to build a £126m urgent and emergency care centre at Derriford in Plymouth.
  It will replace the current emergency department, offering new facilities for the most unwell patients as well as same day emergency care to reduce waiting times.
  Work on the new 17,000 sq m project is planned to start in 2023.Neal Stephens, managing director for Willmott
  
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• Barratt reservation rates fall by more than a third

  12-10-2022 10:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  The country’s biggest house builder Barratt said this morning revealed that weekly reservation rates had dropped by over a third against July.
  Barratt blamed wider economic uncertainty, where growing cost of living concerns have been compounded by increased mortgage interest rates and reduced mortgage availability.
  David Thomas, chief executive said: “We continue to see strong levels of interest across the country, however private reservations remain below the level seen in the year
  
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• Builder fined after ignoring height safety warning

  12-10-2022 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  A building firm has been fined after putting workers at risk during the refurbishment of a former warehouse building in London and for breaching a Prohibition Notice.
  Shiva Ltd, a property investment company, was using a site-made cradle during the renovation of the five-storey building on Bermondsey Street.
  Cradles are temporary suspended work access platforms widely used in the industry which are commonly suspended from cables and raised and lowered into position by winches.Westminster Magistr
  
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• New work lifts construction output 0.4%

  12-10-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction enjoyed modest growth in output during August despite growing headwinds from energy and cost inflation in the economy.
  Number crunchers at the Office of National Statistics also upwardly revised previous output figures for July.  This moved the official figures from a 0.8% contraction in construction output to sluggish 0.1% growth for the month.Revised output figures show construction output is holding firmThe August rise in monthly output came solely from an 1.9% increase in n
  
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• Dermot Gleeson to step down from board after 47 years

  12-10-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction doyen Dermot Gleeson is stepping-down from the board of house builder MJ Gleeson at the end of this year after 47 years on the board and 28 years as Chairman.
  Current CEO James Thomson CEO will succeed Gleeson as non-executive Chairman.
  Fiona Goldsmith, Senior Independent Director, said: “The board would like to put on record its heartfelt thanks to Dermot for the enormous contribution to the business that he has made over many years and which have seen some of the most testin
  
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• Willmott Dixon seals deal for £70m Peterborough flats

  12-10-2022 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  The new owner of a landmark planned 315-flats scheme in Peterborough has decided to keep Willmott Dixon on board to deliver the £70m development.
  Cross Key Homes bought the project from Peterborough Investment Partnership earlier this year and kept preselected builder Willmott Dixon kept on board to complete enabling works.
  Now it has signed a main works development contract that will see Willmott Dixon lead on building the landmark Northminister housing block in the city. David McCal
  
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• Ardmore tops contracts league with London resi job

  12-10-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ardmore has signed off the contract for £500m residential scheme in West London catapulting the firm to the top of the contracts league for work secured in September.
  The 462-flats Kensington scheme at 100 West Cromwell Road is for developer SevenCapital and investor MARK.
  The major deal also hoisted Ardmore into the top 10 ranking for total secured work over the last 12 months.
  John Sisk also had a strong month securing Wolf Resorts’ £200m water theme park near Bicester, a &po
  
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• Ardmore tops contracts league with £500m London resi job

  12-10-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ardmore has signed off the contract for a £500m residential scheme in West London catapulting the firm to the top of the contracts league for work secured in September.
  The 462-flats Kensington scheme at 100 West Cromwell Road is for developer SevenCapital and investor MARK.
  The major deal also hoisted Ardmore into the top 10 ranking for total secured work over the last 12 months.
  John Sisk also had a strong month securing Wolf Resorts’ £200m water theme park near Bicester, a &
  
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