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• Graham to build 2,000-room UPP student scheme

  26-10-2022 19:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  The University of Exeter has stuck with UPP as preferred bidder to design, development, finance and operate its next large student residences project.
  Graham Construction will deliver the Clydesdale & Birks project, which ranks as the largest Passivhaus scheme in student accommodation sector.
  The firm will build over 1,700 new student rooms and refurbish 300 existing bedrooms at Birks Grange.
  UPP and the University will now work to reach financial close by the summer of 2023.
  Following this,
  
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• Jackson starts work on £24m Lyminster Bypass

  26-10-2022 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Jackson Civil Engineering Group has started construction this week on a £23.8m contract to complete the northern section of the Lyminister Bypass in West Sussex.
  The new road will link up with the recently-constructed southern section of the bypass , built by Breheny, to complete a new, 1.1-mile carriageway running to the east of Lyminster and Wick villages.
  As far as possible, the new carriageway – which will have verge on one side and a footway/cycleway on the other – will be
  
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• South East housing civils specialist Anderson doubles profit

  26-10-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Essex-based housing civil engineering specialist Anderson Construction has bounced back from the impact of the pandemic with doubled profit and strong revenue growth.
  In the year to April 2022, revenue jumped 75% to £75m generating £5.5m pre-tax profit compared with £2.4m last year.
  The Chelmsford firm, which works for national and large independent house builders as well as developing some of its own sites saw operating margin top 7%.Over the period staff numbers swelled to 18
  
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• South East civils specialist Anderson doubles profit

  26-10-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Essex-based housing civil engineering specialist Anderson Construction has bounced back from the impact of the pandemic to double profit after strong revenue growth.
  In the year to April 2022, revenue jumped 75% to £75m generating £5.5m pre-tax profit compared with £2.4m last year.
  The Chelmsford firm, which works for national and large independent house builders as well as developing some of its own sites, saw operating margin top 7%.Over the period staff numbers swelled to 18
  
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• Galliford Try bags £65m Blyth subsea cable factory

  26-10-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try has picked up a £65m contract to build a subsea cabling manufacturing plant near Blyth in Northumberland.
  JDR Cable Systems, part of the TFK Group, plans to build the 70,000 sq m factory at Cambois to up production of undersea cabling that connects offshore electricity production to the mainland network.
  The new facility is the first stage of JDR’s plans to expand its product portfolio to support the growing global renewable energy market, adding high voltage export and
  
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• Former Sisk graduate rises to run UK South division

  26-10-2022 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  John Sisk & Son  has appointed a new UK South MD following the promotion of  Ajaz Shafi to chief operating officer for Sisk’s entire UK business earlier this year.
  Newly-appointed Ger Hayes said: “I am honoured and excited to be stepping into the role of managing director of the UK South Division.
  “We want to expand on our experience in high-rise residential and in the commercial sector on the back of projects such as Unity Place in Milton Keynes.“We also se
  
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• Dragonfly lands Manchester Pall Mall Court office refit

  26-10-2022 07:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Bruntwood Works has picked Dragonfly Contracts to revamp the Grade II listed late 1960s-built Pall Mall Court in the heart of Manchester city centre.
  Designed by architect Sheppard Robson, the King Street project involves creating 85,000 sq ft of office and hospitality space across three interlinked blocks.
  The project is set to start early next year having just received planning approval.Having sat mostly vacant for four years, the empty buildings which rises from 6 storeys to 10 stor
  
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