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• Osborne unveils new Group Chief Executive

  03-11-2022 13:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Osborne has confirmed the appointment of Mark Hoyland as Group Chief Executive.
  Hoyland will join the business early next year from his current role as Group Chief Executive of leading housing provider Orbit where he has been in charge since 2017.
  Prior to that Hoyland was Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services and Chief Executive at CityWest Homes. His early career was spent with Wimpey Construction.Former Osborne Group Chief Executive Andy Steele stepped down 12 months ago wi
  
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• Keltbray buys HV power engineering contractor

  03-11-2022 11:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Keltbray has swooped to buy Teesside-based high voltage power engineering specialist IDEC.
  The firm employs 138 staff providing a full electrical substation design, construction and commissioning service up to 275kV. Last year it reported revenue of £20m generating a £1.1m pre-tax profit.
  The addition of IDEC’s capabilities accelerates Keltbray’s growth plans in power network enhancement, renewable energy, energy storage and transport decarbonisation.Darren James, chief e
  
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• Green light for Liverpool’s first operational net-zero building

  03-11-2022 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Liverpool City Council has granted planning for what is claimed to be the city’s first net zero in operation office building.
  Construction is now due to start next year on developer Sciontec’s eight-storey office, known as Hemisphere.
  The project will be built at the Paddington Village regeneration site in the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool innovation district, next to the iconic Spine building.Designed by AHR Architects, the 120,000 sq ft building project is expected to complete in 202
  
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• House builder fined for being serial site safety offender

  03-11-2022 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  A Blackburn based house building firm has been fined £116,666 after a long history of health and safety failings.
  An HSE investigation found Mullberry Homes Limited failed to plan, manage, and monitor health and safety work on construction sites across England.
  The firm was given a series of Notification of Contravention (NoC) letters – official correspondence that outlines how companies need to improve and provide advice on doing so.Mulberry also received a significant number of for
  
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• Vinci secures £23m HMP Norwich revamp

  03-11-2022 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Vinci has netted a £23m contract to refurbish HMP Norwich as part of the prison upgrade programme.
  The firm is expected to start work in coming weeks on the Elizabeth Fry Wing upgrade which will bring back accommodation use for up to 173 prisoners on top of the existing 769 spaces.
  Upgrade plans also include the removal of existing buildings and glass houses to enable the construction of a sports hall and fitness centre.The new sports hall will be located on the northwest side of the priso
  
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• Henry Construction wins £72m Brent Cross student rooms job

  03-11-2022 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  London-based contractor Henry Construction has won a £72m project to develop Fusion Group’s first-ever student accommodation scheme in the capital. 
  The purpose-built student accommodation, Fusion at Brent Cross Town, is set to be a flagship development as part of the £7bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration programme. 
  The landmark development will provide 662 private rooms across three connected buildings that range from nine to 22 storeys.These will offer a range
  
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• Difficulty accessing credit puts fresh brake on growth

  03-11-2022 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction firms are warning a tightening in access to credit is set to become another brake on construction growth alongside labour and material shortages.
  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors latest construction and infrastructure survey found that while workloads are still rising, the rate of growth is starting to decline.
  Expectations for the next 12 months are now worse than compared to three months ago amid growing concern about how macro factors may impact the industry, specific
  
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• Civil engineering chairman hurt in helicopter crash

  03-11-2022 00:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  The chairman and founder of Welsh civil engineering contractor Walters has been injured in a helicopter crash.
  Dai Walters was among five people involved in the crash at Ruthin, North Wales on Tuesday afternoon.
  He is one of two people in hospital after the crash but emergency services said it is believed neither of them had suffered life-threatening injuries.One eyewitness to the crash told the BBC: “It was horrible, I watched it happen and I was filming the helicopter. I could see it was
  
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