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• £300m gigaplant developer secures stop-gap funding

  02-11-2022 15:16
  UK car battery firm Britishvolt has secured short-term funding to give it time to complete a full funding deal to build a £300m car battery plant in Northumberland.
  Main contractor ISG paused construction work in August after funding dried up for the project.
  Britishvolt has been backed with £100m in government funding through its Automotive Transformation Fund. But the money was not coming through quick enough for the construction project.
  Today Britishvolt said it was in talks with
  
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• £300m gigaplant developer secures funding lifeline

  02-11-2022 15:16
  UK car battery firm Britishvolt has secured short-term funding to give it time to complete a full funding deal to build a £300m car battery plant in Northumberland.
  Main contractor ISG paused construction work in August after funding dried up for the project.
  Britishvolt has been backed with £100m in government funding through its Automotive Transformation Fund. But the money was not coming through quick enough for the construction project.
  Today Britishvolt said it was in talks with
  
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• Contractors call for PIR board ban on internal ductwork

  02-11-2022 09:03
  Insulation contractors are calling for an immediate ban on Polyisocyanurate (PIR) based insulation being used in internal ductwork applications on safety grounds.
  Rigid PIR foam insulation is commonly used on external ductwork. But the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association is warning that PIR is also combustible and can pose a danger when used on internally located ductwork.
  Safer alternatives, such as phenolic duct insulation, are more expensive and, TICA fears that some contractors are us
  
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• Contractors call for ban on indoor use of PIR board

  02-11-2022 09:03
  Insulation contractor are calling for an immediate ban on Polyisocyanurate (PIR) based insulations being used in internal applications on safety grounds.
  Rigid PIR foam insulation is commonly used on external ductwork. But the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association is warning that PIR is also combustible and can pose a danger when used internally.
  Safer alternatives, such as phenolic duct insulation, are more expensive and, TICA fears that some contractors are using PIR insulation inside bui
  
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• FIREM to start work on £26m industrial park

  02-11-2022 08:53
  Construction work on a new £26m industrial and commercial park at the 21-acre Botany Bay site in Chorley will start this month to deliver 33 units for light industrial and commercial use across 405,000 sq ft and a drive-thru food outlet.
  FI Real Estate Management (FIREM) received planning permission for the development from Chorley Borough Council in July and the development will be the largest ever built by its construction arm, FI Construction.
  FIREM founder and managing director, Tim Kn
  
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• Morgan Sindall resists strong headwinds to grow orders

  02-11-2022 08:43
  Morgan Sindall said this morning that its business remained on track to hit profit forecasts for the year despite a more challenging economic backdrop.
  The firm reported its group order book to be slightly ahead of the half-year at £8.8bn and most parts of the construction business would meet targeted margins.
  Cost inflation and raised interest rates had created some scheme viability challenges at the Muse urban regeneration arm, while operating margins at the housing property services bus
  
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• Worker left in coma after concrete pump hits powerline

  02-11-2022 08:10
  A groundworks contractor and two workers have been sentenced after a worker suffered an electric shock during a concrete pour.
  On 30 September 2019 an employee of Connop and Son Limited was working on Worton Grounds Farm, Banbury, Oxon when the floating arm of a mobile concrete pump came into contact with an overhead powerline.
  The employee received an 11,000-volt shock which caused him to lose consciousness. His colleagues had to perform CPR to resuscitate him at the scene. The man was later ta
  
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• Green light for grade II-listed City office block overhaul

  02-11-2022 08:07
  Developer Castleforge has gained planning to raise the height and remodel the Grade II listed Cripplegate office building in the the City of London.
  Plans to extend the building at 1 Golden Lane near the Barbican Centre were drawn up by Hawkins Brown to add an extra 25,000 sq ft of space to the existing site.
  Three facades of Cripplegate House will be stripped away and replaced by a new 12-storey structure offering 150,000 sq ft of space.
  The 1894 original building facade will to retained on the
  
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