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• Scores of new firms win £1bn Pagabo medium works deal

  17-01-2023 22:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National framework provider Pagabo has awarded 94 core and reserve suppliers spots on its second-generation Medium Works Framework for projects valued under £10m.
  Twenty nine of the contractors were reappointed, including a range of regional and national contractors.
  The firms are spread across the four lots covering value bands starting at £50k and going up to £10m. A geographical breakdown also providees equal opportunities to SMEs alongside large contractors.Pagabo medium wo
  
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• Lendlease submits new plans for £3.5bn Silvertown regen

  17-01-2023 15:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  A major new planning application for the Silvertown site in the London Borough of Newham has been submitted to transform the area with a £3.5bn investment.
  The Silvertown Partnership wants to build 6,500 new homes alongside a vibrant new centre for the Royal Docks.
  The 50-acre site show will embrace its dockside location and over five acres of water will be central to the new neighbourhood, with canal walkways, a paddle board club and new bridges providing greater access to the water.The S
  
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• Legal challenge delays Balfour start on £200m A57 job

  17-01-2023 15:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  National Highways has delayed Balfour Beatty’s planned start this spring on the £200m Mottram Moor bypass in the North West because of a legal challenge.
  Building work on the A57 Link Roads scheme which is designed to tackle congestion between Manchester and Sheffield had been due to start this spring.
  The two new link roads project forms part of plans to deliver Trans Pennine route upgrades between Manchester and the north of Sheffield.Countryside charity, the Campaign to Protect Ru
  
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• £300m gigaplant backer Britishvolt goes into administration

  17-01-2023 14:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  UK car battery firm Britishvolt was placed into administration on Tuesday.
  Britishvolt was building a £300m car battery plant in Northumberland.
  But main contractor ISG paused construction work last summer when funding dried-up for the project.
  The company had also linked-up with warehouse giant Prologis to build a new £200m tech centre in the West Midlands where Winvic is main contractor.Britishvolt has been battling to secure long-term financing since then but management have now c
  
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• Hinkley workers injured after double-decker bus topples over

  17-01-2023 09:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  A double-decker bus carrying Hinkley Point workers overturned early this morning leaving many injured.
  The Enquirer has been told emergency services are at the scene of the incident on the A39 Sandford Hill, near Bridgwater.
  The emergency services are treating the injured and trying to release some workers who are trapped on the bus.Few details have emerged so far about the crash which occurred at around 6am this morning. It is rumoured around 80 workers were on the bus travelling to their next
  
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• Hinkley workers injured after double-decker bus overturns

  17-01-2023 09:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  A double-decker bus carrying Hinkley Point workers overturned early this morning injuring 54 people.
  Emergency services attended the scene of the incident, which took place at 6am, on the A39 Quantock Road, near Bridgwater in Somerset.
  The emergency services confirmed they had to release some workers who were trapped on the bus.
  Avon and Somerset Police later this morning confirmed there had been no fatalities.
  A police spokeswoman confirmed 54 workers were triaged at the scene.
  She added: &ldqu
  
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• Crest Nicholson pauses regional expansion drive

  17-01-2023 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  House builder Crest Nicholson has put its regional expansion plans on hold in response to falling demand.
  As part of its previous growth plan to spread its UK footprint, Crest opened a new Yorkshire office last year and appointed a business leader in East Angla to identify an office to commence operations in the region.
  But chief executive Peter Truscott said that it has now paused the planned opening of a third new division until further notice and would now adjust the pace of expansion across
  
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• McAlpine and Vinci use AI hard hat cameras on hospital site

  17-01-2023 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  The site team from Integrated Health Projects (IHP) – an alliance between VINCI Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine – at the new Royal Bournemouth Hospital is using AI technology to increases efficiency and decrease costs.
  Client University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) said it is the first hospital facility in the UK being built using the technology from Buildots which  automatically analyses data captured at the site via helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras.
  The platform then genera
  
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