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• £1bn plan to move London fish and meat markets to Dagenham

  18-11-2022 18:03
  The City of London Corporation has approved plans to relocate the capital’s historic meat and fish wholesale markets to a new purpose-built site in Dagenham Dock.
  The City Corporation’sprinciple decision-making council has voted to deposit a Private Bill in Parliament on 29 November to relocate Billingsgate and Smithfield wholesale markets.
  The City Corporation will invest around £1bn directly into Barking and Dagenham to regenerate 42 acres of industrial land into a modern who
  
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• Leeds construction activity soars to highest level in 15 years

  18-11-2022 08:56
  Construction activity in Leeds city centre has soared to its highest level since 2007, according to a city tower crane count.
  Planning consultant DPP carried out a visual survey across the city that revealed there are 30 active tower cranes operating within the city centre.
  This is believed to be the first time there has been this many tower cranes in use for 15 years, following a similar exercise in the last city boom.
  Oliver Corbett, principal planner at DPP, said: “The Leeds skyline is
  
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• Roofing boss sentenced after fatal skylight fall

  18-11-2022 08:18
  A Wakefield roofing company has been fined and its sole director given a suspended prison sentence after a father-of-two was killed when he fell 12 metres through a skylight.
  Jonathan May, 39, from Horbury, Wakefield, who was a subcontractor for Davis Industrial Roofing Limited, was working on a storm-damaged warehouse roof at F&G Commercials Limited, Carlton Industrial Estate in Barnsley with two others on 18 December 2016, when he fell.
  The work involved the replacement of more than 300 sk
  
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• Midgard wins £200m Birmingham Eastside tower

  18-11-2022 08:16
  Birmingham developer Court Collaboration has signed up JRL-owned main contractor Midgard to deliver its 51-storey project One Eastside scheme.
  One Eastside will be the city’s tallest residential tower at over 154m and will be Midgard’s tallest project so far.
  The project, which also includes a 16-storey block, will provide 667 build-to-rent apartments built near to the new HS2 station on Curzon Street.One Eastside will boast residential gardens and courtyard spaces, as well as a gym,
  
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• HE Simm & Son plots steady recovery

  18-11-2022 08:14
  Building services specialist HE Simm & Son predicts further revenue growth in the year ahead despite continuing project delays caused by the wider economic recession.
  The business, first established in 1948, continued its bounce back from the impact of the pandemic lifting revenue by over 25% to £54m in the year to July 2022.
  Gareth Simm, chief executive of the wider HE Simm Group said the MEP contracting arm was on course to restore revenue to its near £100m pre-pandemic peak wi
  
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• Balfour gets go-ahead for £200m A57 Link Roads

  18-11-2022 08:11
  The Government has given the green light for a scheme to build two new link roads at Mottram Moor as part of plans to deliver Trans Pennine route upgrades between Manchester and the north of Sheffield.
  Balfour Beatty, which secured the £108m contract to deliver the scheme two years ago will now start preparations to start full construction in the spring for completion in spring 2025.
  Two new roads will bypass the existing A57 to relieve congestion along the route.
  The A57 Link Roads projec
  
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• Balfour Beatty gets go-ahead for £200m A57 Link Roads

  18-11-2022 08:11
  The Government has given the green light for a scheme to build two new link roads at Mottram Moor as part of plans to deliver Trans Pennine route upgrades between Manchester and the north of Sheffield.
  Balfour Beatty, which secured the £108m contract to deliver the scheme two years ago will now start preparations to start full construction in the spring for completion in spring 2025.
  Two new roads will bypass the existing A57 to relieve congestion along the route.
  The A57 Link Roads projec
  
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• Russell WBHO bags £30m supercomputer centre

  18-11-2022 08:05
  Manchester main contractor Russell WBHO has landed the  contract to deliver a new £30m supercomputing centre at Daresbury Laboratory in the Liverpool city region.
  Russell WBHO is preparing to start work at the 6.2-acre site before the end of the year for the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the project will take 21 months to complete.
  The contract was secured following a competitive tender process under the Crown Commercial Services Framework.Russell WBH
  
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