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• Watkin Jones to streamline with 10% staff cuts

  17-11-2022 16:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Build-to-rent and student accommodation specialist Watkin Jones is streamlining the business with a planned round of redundancies.
  The firm has entered consultation with staff with plans to cut headcount by around 10%.
  It presently employs around 700 staff across the group.A spokesperson for Watkin Jones Group said: “Against the current challenging economic environment, we have undertaken a detailed review of our company and made the very difficult decision to propose a reduction in the nu
  
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• AFI adds 50 new electric scissor lifts to fleet

  17-11-2022 14:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  AFI Rentals has added 50 Zoomlion ZS1530DC 15ft Electric Scissor Lifts to its popular range of Micro Scissor Lifts.
  The new Zoomlion scissor lifts features include:Light weight – only 895kg – fits into many service lifts
  Large platform capacity 240kg
  Efficient electric direct drive system
  Proportional controls for easy movement.The new Zoomlion electric micro scissor lifts will be part of the smaller machines’ electric fleet, including the S12E (12ft electric scissor lift) and
  
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• Big infrastructure projects spared the Treasury axe

  17-11-2022 13:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt committed to completing HS2 to Manchester in his Autumn Statement.
  Hunt also said the “core network” of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project and the East West Rail scheme will go ahead as planned alongside construction of a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
  Plans for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund were also confirmed, with at least £1.7bn to be allocated to priority local infrastructure projects around the UK before the end of
  
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• Tilbury Douglas wins £20m Birmingham airport job

  17-11-2022 13:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Tilbury Douglas is to lead the construction of Birmingham Airport’s new modernised security passenger search area project.
  The new facility, being built within the existing terminal building, will result in a speedier, simpler pre-flight security screening process for customers.
  UK Government requires all airports to be compliant with new standards by 1 June 2024, which is the completion deadline for the project, a total investment of more than £20m.The new passenger search area
  
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• Gilbert Ash to build £63m Oxford build to rent scheme

  17-11-2022 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  A joint venture between Mace and Doric Properties is pressing ahead with phase 2 of its Oxford West Way Square regeneration scheme.
  The move follows a £63m forward-funding and sale deal with build to rent landlord Grainger.
  The 150-home, build-to-rent scheme in Botley, Oxford marks Grainger’s first scheme in the city.The joint venture developer has appointed Gilbert-Ash to build Phase 2 with Mace acting as development manager.
  On-site works are expected to start at the end of this mo
  
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• British Land plans underground London logistics hub

  17-11-2022 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  British Land is planning to create an underground low-carbon logistics hub in central London.
  Plans will be submitted for the innovative hub in the former Crossrail box works site beneath Kingdom Street in Paddington.
  The site was returned to British Land’s ownership when the Elizabeth Line opened.The developer will also now submit revised plans for a 13-storey office above the box containing the new logistics hub.
  Permission had been granted for a 21-storey office at the Five Kingdom Stre
  
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• British Land plans underground London logistic hub

  17-11-2022 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  British Land is planning to create an underground low-carbon logistics hub in central London.
  Plans will be submitted for the innovative hub in the former Crossrail box works site beneath Kingdom Street in Paddington.
  The site was returned to British Land’s ownership when the Elizabeth Line opened.The developer will also now submit revised plans for a 13-storey office above the box containing the new logistics hub.
  Permission had been granted for a 21-storey office at the Five Kingdom Stre
  
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• Crest Nicholson shelves new division opening plans

  17-11-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Crest Nicholson has postponed plans to open a new operating division next year due to the “challenging macro-economic outlook.”
  The house builder was due to open a third new division next year as part of its growth strategy launched in 2021 which has seen new operations established in Yorkshire and East Anglia,
  Plans for the latest division have now been deferred “until further notice” while the firm added it “will adjust the expected pace of growth across its exist
  
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• Kier’s £460m A417 missing link wins final approval

  17-11-2022 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Transport Minister Huw Merriman has granted development consent for the £460m A417 Missing Link scheme between Gloucester and Swindon.
  Kier and its partner contractor Volker Fitzpatrick will now start preparatory work with construction starting in the first quarter of 2023 on 4 miles of new dual carriageway.
  The scheme will improve the connection between two dual carriageway sections of the A417 at Brockworth and Cowley, and links between the M4 and M5.
  Billed as a landscape-led scheme at
  
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• US modular giant VBC to set up UK factory

  17-11-2022 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  US modular building specialist Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) has revealed plans to expand in the UK.
  VBC, which is on track to become a $1bn modular construction business over the next three years.
  As part of a European expansion push, the Philadelphia headquartered firm aims to build a UK factory, following the merger with Polish steel modular manufacturer Polcom earlier this year.VBC now has more than 500 employees and over 1.25m sq ft of manufacturing space in the US and Europe, offerin
  
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• Southampton based M&E specialist goes under

  17-11-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  Southampton based mechanical and electrical specialist TEPE Group Limited has ceased trading with the loss of 57 jobs.
  Staff at the business – which trades under the  name Working Environments Ltd – were given the bad news earlier this week with an administrator due to be officially appointed imminently.
  The company has been trading successfully for 47 years and latest results for the year to September 30 2021 show a turnover of £36.3m generating a pre-tax profit of £
  
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• McLaren replaces McAlpine on £200m Excel expansion job

  17-11-2022 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  ExCeL London has appointed McLaren Construction to finish the expansion of its conference, event and exhibition facilities.
  McLaren will take over the job from Sir Robert McAlpine who were awarded the Phase 3 expansion enabling works contract last October and have been on site since March after building the first two phases of the exhibition centre.
  McLaren will now complete the project after being awarded the main build contract to extend the existing facilities by up to 25,000 square metres.Si
  
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