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• Over 20 firms face fight to renew places on £8bn framework

  16-12-2022 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Procure Partnerships Framework is calling on contractors to register their interest in its second-generation National Contractor Framework.
  The Liverpool-based procurement body has been operating and delivering a successful framework across England for the past five years supporting the procurement and delivery of over 600 construction projects.
  Now over 20 firms face a fight to renew their places on the next iteration of the framework, which will be structured across 11 sub regional lots.Tender
  
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• Kier Construction hires Careys sustainability chief

  16-12-2022 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier has appointed Anna Baker as head of sustainability for its construction business.
  This latest appointment builds on the Group’s newly-formed Responsible Business team and underlines its commitment to sustainably delivering infrastructure which is vital to the UK.
  Baker, who has joined from contractor Careys where she was also sustainability lead, will be responsible for delivering Kier Construction’s targets.These include achieving net zero carbon across business operations by 2
  
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• Plumbing firm fined after blind man falls into manhole

  16-12-2022 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  A family-run plumbing business has been fined after a blind man fell into an open manhole.
  The 62-year-old registered-blind resident of Hanover Court, a sheltered housing development in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, suffered injuries to his left leg in the fall on February 19, 2020.
  The manhole at the sheltered housing development had been left open by A & R Services while a blockage was being cleared.An HSE investigation found that A & R Services failed to make a suitable and sufficient asse
  
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• Esh wins UK’s first net zero tri-blue light services hub

  16-12-2022 01:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  Esh Construction has secured the job to build a sustainable tri-blue light service station in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear.
  The £10m new station is set to be the first of its kind in the country to be carbon neutral.
  It will become home to Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, alongside teams from Northumbria Police and North East Ambulance Service.Esh Construction will commence work in the new year, after beating national rivals Kier, Wates and Tilbury Douglas to the job
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