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• Landsec unveils latest £850m Buchanan Galleries plan

  24-01-2023 17:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Landsec has lifted the wraps on latest plans to replace Glasgow’s vast Buchanan Galleries with an £850m mixed-use neighbourhood.
  Landsec has been working with the city council on the mammoth shopping centre rethink plan to create new city centre region with shops, offices and homes.
  Plans prioritise additional pedestrianised spaces and a better city centre experience for residents and visitors alike, to ultimately help Glasgow become a greener, safer, and cleaner city.Exist
  
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• Redrow switches to heat pumps as standard in all new homes

  24-01-2023 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Redrow has committed to fit all new detached homes from this month with air source heat pumps and underfloor heating as standard.
  The industry first is a central part of a plan to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050 and takes the house builder forward to meet the Government’s commitment to ban gas boilers in new-build properties from 2025.
  Matthew Pratt, Redrow’s chief executive, told the PA news agency its customers are asking for reassurance their homes will help them to
  
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• 60,000 Grandfather Rights skills cards soon to be invalid

  24-01-2023 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 60,000 industry skills cards issued under the Grandfather Rights process will expire on 31st December 2024 and cannot be renewed.
  The end of all CSCS Industry Accreditation cards issued from 1st Jan 2020 is part of the Construction Leadership Council’s drive for a fully trained and competent workforce.
  Industry Accreditation (IA) allowed experienced workers to obtain CSCS cards on the strength of an employer recommendation rather than the achievement of a recognised qualification
  
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• Worker dies of heart attack in HS2 site office

  24-01-2023 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker died of a suspected heart attack at the HS2 Chiltern Tunnel site office yesterday.
  The man was part of the team building ‘porous portals’ on the tunnel entrance where the Align JV of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick is main contractor.
  A site email seen by the Enquirer said: “It is with great sadness, we announce that a colleague working as part of the Porous Portal team suffered a suspected cardiac arrest whilst working in the tunne
  
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• Worker dies after cardiac arrest in HS2 site office

  24-01-2023 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A worker died of a suspected cardiac arrest at the HS2 Chiltern Tunnel site office yesterday.
  The man was part of the team building ‘porous portals’ on the tunnel entrance where the Align JV of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick is main contractor.
  A site email seen by the Enquirer said: “It is with great sadness, we announce that a colleague working as part of the Porous Portal team suffered a suspected cardiac arrest whilst working in the tun
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins £48m zero-carbon West Sussex school

  24-01-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmot Dixon has secured a 900-pupil secondary school project with a bid of just over £48m at a major housing scheme in West Sussex.
  The school will be created at Homes England’s new Brookleigh 3,500 housing scheme near Burgess Hill and is designed to be the first school in West Sussex to achieve Passivhaus certification.
  Work will now start this April on the ultra-low carbon Bedelands Academy secondary school project in Brookleigh.The school will form part of an ‘all-through&
  
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• Plans in for £290m London gasworks resi project

  24-01-2023 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted for a major redevelopment of a gasworks site to created 640 flats in Wandsworth, London.
  Joint venture developer SGN Mitheridge has submitted hybrid plans for the site, which is one of the last undeveloped sites in Wandsworth town centre
  The mixed-tenure scheme is to be developed with four main buildings ranging from 10-30 floors and will cost around £290m to build over six years.
  103m tall A1 building forms part of the detailed planning application
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• Gilbert Ash set for Barnfield College next phase

  24-01-2023 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Gilbert Ash should be confirmed winner shortly for the next phase of the revamp of Barnfield College in Luton.
  The Enquirer understands the contractor has pipped its rivals to the next £26m phase of the project to build  a four- storey building for construction and engineering students.
  The first £25m phase of the college revamp was completed by Farrans in December.Construction of the latest phase is due to start shortly with work expected to take 14 months to complete.
  
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