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• Wolverhampton picks McLaughlin & Harvey for £50m learning campus

  23-11-2022 13:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed preferred construction partner by City of Wolverhampton Council for its new £50m City Learning Quarter scheme.
  McLaughlin & Harvey has been awarded a pre-construction contract and will now develop the detailed designs and carry out minor preparatory works ahead of construction starting next spring.
  Council leader Ian Brookfield, said: “The appointment of our preferred construction partner now brings us within touching distance of being a
  
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• Rejigged Museum of London plan approved

  23-11-2022 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  The City of London Corporation has given the green light for revised plans to build a new home for the Museum of London within a series of historic buildings in West Smithfield.
  Sir Robert McAlpine is believed to have secured the project ahead of fellow bidder Lendlease with an official announcement expected shortly.
  Under the refreshed plans, which update consent granted two years ago, much of the historic fabric of the buildings will be preserved to create cavernous and atmospheric spaces both
  
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• Rejigged £340m Museum of London plan approved

  23-11-2022 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  The City of London Corporation has given the green light for revised plans to build a new home for the Museum of London within a series of historic buildings in West Smithfield.
  Sir Robert McAlpine is believed to have secured the £340m project ahead of fellow bidder Lendlease with an official announcement expected shortly.
  Under the refreshed plans, which update consent granted two years ago, much of the historic fabric of the buildings will be preserved to create cavernous and atmospheric
  
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• Willmott Dixon limbers up for £18m Rainham sports centre

  23-11-2022 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon has secured another major leisure centre job, this time in Kent.
  The builder bagged the design and build job for the New Splashes Sports Centre in Rainham with an £18.5m bid.
  Demolition of the former Splashes Sports Centre in Bloors Lane has already been completed.It will make way for the new centre, which will include two swimming pools a gym and a café.
  Architect Space & Place designed the two-storey building with M&E design provided by Croydon-based Desco.
  
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• Plans in for BBC’s new home in Birmingham

  23-11-2022 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Stoford has submitted a planning application for the BBC’s new Birmingham home at the historic Typhoo Building in Digbeth.
  The corporation is hoping to move from its current home at The Mailbox to the new 84,000 sq ft custom-built centre in 2025.
  By repurposing the Bordesley Street landmark, Stopford is aiming to deliver one of Birmingham’s first net zero carbon in construction office buildings.
  The building will utilise the majority of its existing facades, structure and s
  
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• Government pushes ahead with £3bn building safety levy plan

  23-11-2022 00:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has set out details of how it plans to charge developers to fix unsafe buildings as it prepares to impose the Building Safety Levy.
  The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has started consulting developers on the plans, which will see £3bn collected over the next 10 years.
  Under the proposals developers of residential buildings, regardless of their height, will have to pay the levy contribution as part of the building control process.
  The consultation f
  
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• Government advances £3bn building safety levy plan

  23-11-2022 00:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has set out details of how it plans to charge developers to fix unsafe buildings as it prepares to impose the Building Safety Levy.
  The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has started consulting developers on the plans, which will see £3bn collected over the next 10 years.
  Under the proposals developers of residential buildings, regardless of their height, will have to pay the levy contribution as part of the building control process.
  The consultation f
  
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