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• Government pays £700m for 50% stake in Sizewell C

  29-11-2022 16:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has confirmed its commitment to nuclear projects after sealing a deal to take forward the £20bn Sizewell C scheme in partnership with French power giant EDF.
  It also today confirmed it will announce funding in the New Year for a new arms length development body for nuclear power, called Great British Nuclear.
  This will help to steer future projects through the development process while ensuring these projects offer clear value for money for taxpayers and consumers.
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• Milestone wins £300m Wiltshire highways upkeep

  29-11-2022 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Milestone Infrastructure has secured a £300m deal to deliver highways maintenance over the next five years for Wiltshire Council.
  The firm will replace present delivery contractor Ringway in March, which was itself drafted in to maintain the highways network for five years after a bust-up between Balfour Beatty Living and the council in 2016.
  Under the fresh agreement, Milestone will deliver highways maintenance services to undertake a programme of maintenance and improvements on the
  
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• Costain wins Heathrow Airport asset renewal deal

  29-11-2022 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Heathrow Airport has picked Costain to deliver its new investment programme focused mainly on upgrading Terminal 2 and wider asset efficiency improvements.
  As delivery partner providing construction, consulting and digital capabilities, Costain will work with Heathrow to shape, create and deliver asset renewal and construction projects over the next four years procured through the Terminal Asset Renewal Partner and Major Project Partner lots of the H7 framework.Costain’s first commission i
  
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• Low-risk business model helps Renew post record results

  29-11-2022 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Infrastructure maintenance and renewal giant Renew has posted another set of record results as its low-risk business model keeps delivering steady returns.
  Results for the year to September 30 2022 show pre-tax profits of £49.5m from £40.8m last time on turnover up to £849m from £791m.
  Renew specialises in non-discretionary maintenance and renewals for infrastructure minimising its exposure to spending cuts as the general economy continues to wobble.Chairman David Brown s
  
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• Keltbray names new director of strategic engineering

  29-11-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Keltbray has appointed Tim Lohmann to the newly-created role of group director of Strategic Engineering.
  In this role, he will be drive forward transformational engineering solutions for Keltbray’s clients.
  The appointment aligns with Keltbray’s commitment to ‘redefine the way sustainable development is delivered’, across the group’s core markets.Lohmann is an accomplished engineer across the full spectrum of civil engineering and a respected industry professional.
  
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• HS2 JV shifts four Wembley Stadiums of earth in record time

  29-11-2022 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  HS2 main works contractor EKFB has hit a mammoth milestone shifting an unprecedented 15 million cubic metres of earth in record time.
  The joint venture between Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall has delivered ahead of schedule with a week to spare.
  As an earthmoving effort, it equates to enough material to fill Wembley stadium four times over and is nearly double the 8 million cu m of earthworks delivered on the A14 upgrade over three years.Over the next three years,
  
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• London Albert Embankment hotel towers approved

  29-11-2022 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans for two new hotels on London’s Albert Embankment with nearly 900 bedrooms have got the green light.
  The 26 and 29-storey blocks will be linked by a five-floor podium building but will be operated as separate hotels.
  The site presently occupied by a Texaco petrol station is owned by engineering firm Hotchkiss with the development being managed by Ocubis.A 4-storey Victorian warehouse that also occupies the site will be refurbished and extended with two extra lightweight office floors
  
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