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• Henry Brothers expands territory to Northern England

  15-11-2022 16:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Henry Brothers is opening a office in Manchester as a bridgehead to expand its operations across the north.
  As a result of the planned expansion, the English company Henry Brothers Midlands Ltd will now operate as Henry Brothers Construction going forward.
  It will also move from its existing office in the Midlands to larger premises in Nottingham.The strategy change comes after the firm picked up a £12m job to refurbish The University of Manchester’s Chemistry Building to create flex
  
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• LandSec slows down schemes as high costs hit

  15-11-2022 15:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  Landsec is slowing down work on two major London commercial schemes as the economy continues to falter.
  The developer said it will only commit to early works worth £55m on Timber Square in SE1 and the refurbishment of Portland House in SW1 which have a combined total development cost of £780m.
  Landsec bosses believe the rise in construction and finance costs could see new development starts drop by between 30% and 90% over the next 12 months.They added: “As such, we think this
  
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• Tilbury Douglas JV loses fight over £22m adjudication ruling

  15-11-2022 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Northumbrian Water has won its fight to enforce an adjudicator’s ruling that a joint venture between Tilbury Douglas and Doosan Enpure pay it £22.4m over delays on a water treatment works job.
  The JV had tried to argue the dispute should go to arbitration.
  Disputes arose over cost overruns, delays to works and quality issues on the design and build job to upgrade the Horsley water treatment works in Northumberland.
  Northumbrian Water terminated the £37m contract, which was awar
  
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• Civils chiefs call for “managed migration” to ease skills crisis

  15-11-2022 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  Civils contractors are calling for more foreign workers to be allowed onto sites to ease the skills crisis which has hit record levels.
  The latest Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s Workload Trends Survey for the third  quarter of 2022 found that while contractors experienced an eighth quarter of successive growth in  workloads, 75% of firms reported issues with the supply of skilled operatives, and 63% with  the supply of other operatives.
  CECA Chief Executive Alas
  
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• Bidding starts for £800m YORcivil 3 framework

  15-11-2022 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  Procurement body YORhub has started tendering for its third generation civil engineering framework covering the Yorkshire and Humber regions.
  Separated into two regional frameworks together worth an estimated £800m, they will replace YORcivil2, which is due to expire in August 2023.
  Presently 29 civils firms hold places on the existing panels.YORcivil3 Yorks & Humbs
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• Milton Keynes £30m office to flats project approved

  15-11-2022 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Urban Village Group has got the planning thumbs up to convert a major Milton Keynes office block into nearly 240 private rental flats.
  The Birmingham-based developer will start work in the first half of 2023 on the estimated £30m conversion of the former AGF House, now known as Westminster House, on Avebury Boulevard.
  The project will include building three more floors onto to the present large 3-storey office block to create the high specification flats near the main central sho
  
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• Melton Mowbray bypass to still go-ahead after costs double to £127m

  15-11-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leicestershire County Council has decided to press ahead with its A606 North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road project despite costs doubling from an initial £62m to £127m.
  Galliford Try is earmarked to deliver the major ring road scheme and could now start next April.
  The council has agreed to shoulder the extra cost of the 7km long relief road which will cut congestion and open the way for major housing development.
  The road is expected to accelerate the delivery of over 4,5
  
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