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• Joiner crushed to death by excavator

  20-01-2023 23:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A construction company has been fined £146,000 after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator.
  Philip McDonald had been hired by Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) Ltd to assist with the construction of a concrete overflow weir structure at Monks Pond, near Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
  The 48-year-old, from Alfreton, was with colleagues on a road above the work area waiting for the excavator to remove sand from trench boxes when it rotated clockwise and crushed him.Kidderminster Mag
  
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• Countryside Properties buys north west site for 1,200 homes

  20-01-2023 09:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Countryside Partnerships and North West affordable homes provider Torus have acquired the 170-acre Peel Hall site in Warrington to bring forward 1,200 new homes.In what has been described as a ‘record land deal’ for the north of England,  homes will be delivered by both Countryside and Vistry’s house building business in a joint venture with Torus.
  Countryside will deliver 595 affordable homes in partnership with Torus, as well as 595 homes available on the open market.The
  
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• S&I Groundworks staff looking for new jobs

  20-01-2023 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Midlands based contractor S&I Groundworks are looking for new jobs.
  The infrastructure and groundworks specialist filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator earlier this month.
  Now staff have taken to LinkedIn looking for new roles.Latest accounts filed at Companies House show the company had a turnover of £41m for the year to May 31 2021 generating a pre-tax profit of £1.8m while employing 21 staff.
  S&I Groundworks was founded by Stuart Brotherton and I
  
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• Mace lands London Woolgate Exchange green retrofit

  20-01-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Stanhope and the Woolgate Exchange Unit Trust are moving forward with a major overhaul of the Woolgate Exchange building in the heart of London’s Square Mile, after receiving official planning consent.
  Mace will start work this spring on the 350,000 sq ft landmark office HQ renovation, which has been designed by architect Stiff + Trevillion to meet the needs of modern occupiers.
  The nine-storey building revamp includes a 1,500 sq ft rooftop pavilion with views of St Paul’s
  
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• Five win £2bn Wales and Western rail renewal deals

  20-01-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has signed deals with AmcoGiffen, Octavius, BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, and Taylor Woodrow to deliver its Wales and Western region’s £2bn programme of works over the next eight years.
  The six contracts play a key part in a new way of working where Wales and Western region will work collaboratively with trusted suppliers over a longer term to deliver faster and more efficient projects.CP7 (2024 to 2029) Wales and Western renewals partners
  Wales and Western
  
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• Go-ahead for 600 homes at London Aylesbury estate

  20-01-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planners have nodded through proposals for more than 600 homes and a public square in the next phase of the Aylesbury estate regeneration in Walworth, south London.Housing association Notting Hill Genesis is the client for the mixed-use development, which comprises five buildings and delivers 50% affordable housing.
  Construction is now anticipated to begin in March on the £170m project, with Erith expected to deliver site preparation and demolition works.Each of the five blocks is designe
  
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