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• Plan for leading 500 firms to ban diesel generators by 2025

  07-11-2022 12:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  The industry’s best-performing contractors could ban the use of diesel generators on sites within three years.
  The proposal forms the central plank of the Construction Leadership Council’s CO2nstruct Zero campaign, which has set a target to cut the amount of diesel used by construction by 78% by 2035.
  The CLC has today gone out to consultation on a new route map for the first ever unified plan to slash the amount of diesel used on sites.Among a series of goals, the CLC aims to get th
  
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• Plan for best 500 firms to ban diesel generators by 2025

  07-11-2022 12:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  The industry’s best-performing contractors could ban the use of diesel generators on sites within three years.
  The proposal forms the central plank of the Construction Leadership Council’s CO2nstruct Zero campaign, which has set a target to cut the amount of diesel used by construction by 78% by 2035.
  The CLC has today gone out to consultation on a new route map for the first ever unified plan to slash the amount of diesel used on sites.Among a series of goals, the CLC aims to get th
  
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• Fast start for CCL Facades after demise of Speedclad

  07-11-2022 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  The management team at CCL Facades has secured a £14m pipeline of new work less than a month after Caddick Construction Group established the business following the demise of Speedclad Ltd.
  The biggest new deal is at One City Park, for the design, supply, and installation of the external façade, including the glazing and rain-screen cladding at the Bradford city centre scheme.
  CCL Facades has also been appointed as the preferred bidder on a number of remediation schemes in Leeds cit
  
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• Construction forecast to fall by nearly 4% next year

  07-11-2022 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction output is now expected to fall by 3.9% in 2023 after economists at the Construction Products Association sharply downgraded forecasts
  The big downward revision from -0.4% forecast in the summer is mainly due to the impact of a wider economic recession, exacerbated by the effect of the ‘mini Budget’, and the consequent fallout from recent political uncertainty.
  The wider uncertainty around the UK economy means that demand for private housing new build and private housing
  
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• Plans in for landmark Birmingham build to rent tower

  07-11-2022 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Residential developer HUB and real estate investment manager MARK have submitted plans for a 48-storey residential-led scheme at 2 Snowhill Plaza in Birmingham.
  The project would deliver 462 build to rent homes, public realm, ground-floor commercial space and onsite amenities.
  Designed by architect Metropolitan Workshop, the proposal for 2 Snowhill Plaza would replace a vacant commercial property acquired by the duo last year.The tower would be a fresh addition to the emerging cluster of taller
  
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• Trio make shortlist for £1.75bn aqueduct

  07-11-2022 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  United Utilities has shortlisted three consortia for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) contract.
  The following have been invited to negotiate with United Utilities for the deal which is currently estimated to be worth £1.75bn.HARP Community Connectors: comprising of Acciona, Dragados and Iridium
  More Water: comprising of FCC Construcción, SNC-Lavalin, FCC Aqualia, Webuild and BeMo Tunnelling
  Strabag Equitix Consortium: comprising of Equitix and StrabagHARP will be
  
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• Robertson set for £42m Newcastle children’s heart unit

  07-11-2022 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  Newcastle council planners have approved plans for a new £42m children’s heart surgery unit at the city’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.
  The three-storey paediatric cardiothoracic centre will be built on part of the infirmary’s outdoor car park and will be connected to the rest of the hospital via a footbridge.
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust now needs to get the final business case sign-off before work contractor Robertson Construction can start in April 2023.Designe
  
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• Roof failure alert over substandard timber battens

  07-11-2022 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contractors have been put on alert to watch out for non-standard timber battens that have been falsely coloured and stamped with a fake British Standard compliance mark.
  The alarm has been raised after large volumes of the fake battens were reported to be in circulation in the UK.
  The National Roofing Contractor Association warned that these non-compliant battens should not be installed because they could potentially cause roof failures and accidents.
  This risk of accidents increases when the fa
  
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