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• Balfour launches new guide for inclusive behaviour

  07-02-2023 22:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has launched a 23-page guide for staff and suppliers on acceptable behaviour in the workplace.
  Balfour Group HR director Paul Raby said its new Right to Respect initiative is “equivalent to Zero Harm for inclusive behaviour.”
  The initiative is underpinned by a Code of Ethics detailing guidelines on “doing the right thing” on site, in the office and at social events.It was piloted with 1,000 employees last year and will now be rolled-out across the UK in pha
  
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• VINCI to build new £100m Blackpool office scheme

  07-02-2023 15:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  VINCI is mobilising on site after winning the main contractor role on a new £100m office building in Blackpool.
  The building forms part of £350m Talbot Gateway regeneration scheme that is transforming the town centre.
  Muse and Blackpool Council have now confirmed VINCI’s, role in bringing forward the 215,000sq ft highly-sustainable office building for the Civil Service.More than 3,000 public servants will relocate to the seven-storey regional hub when it completes in March 2025
  
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• Administrators appointed at concrete flooring specialist

  07-02-2023 14:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester based specialist Malin Industrial Concrete Floors has been placed in administration.
  Mazars LLP have been appointed administrators at the firm which has been in business since 2000 as a leading layer of concrete floor slabs.
  Latest accounts for the company show turnover for the year to March 31 2021 fell to £25.6m from £38.4m while pre-tax profits rose to £1.3m from £110,000.During the year the company employed 50 people directly.
  The company has worked with a
  
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• Shapps to lead new Net Zero Government department

  07-02-2023 13:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to split the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy into three separate departments in a Whitehall shake-up.
  This will see the creation of a new UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with Grant Shapps as its first secretary of state.
  The big rejig of the Whitehall machine will also see a new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, led by former culture secretary Michelle Donelan, and a Department for Busi
  
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• Developer confidence high in big regional cities

  07-02-2023 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer confidence is running high across England’s three major cities despite the present economic headwinds.
  City living projects in particular are feeding construction activity in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, according to the latest Deloitte Regional Crane Survey.
  In 2022, the cities recorded sustained or increased levels of development activity across a range of sectors including offices, residential, hotels, retail, education, and student housing.The survey raises hopes that mo
  
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• Turner & Townsend and alinea join forces

  07-02-2023 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Turner & Townsend has joined forces with London-based cost consultancy alinea.
  The deal sees alinea’s team of 110 merge with Turner & Townsend UK’s London cost management team led by Iain Parker.
  The joint team creates a unique cost management offering in the London market offering experience on major projects like Battersea Power Station, Chelsea Barracks, the Shard, 22 Bishopsgate, One Bishopsgate Plaza and Brent Cross Regeneration.Turner & Townsend’s UK Managing
  
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• Caddick wins £21m Oldham off gas housing scheme

  07-02-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Greater Manchester-based housing association First Choice Homes Oldham has signed a deal with Caddick Construction to deliver 88 new affordable, green homes in Oldham
  The ‘West Vale’ housing scheme designed by PRP Architects forms part of the housing provider’s £160m plan to deliver 1,100 affordable homes in Oldham and surrounding areas between 2020 and 2026.Ageing tower blocks, Crossbank House and Summervale House in Coldhurst have already been demolished to allow Caddic
  
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• Mivan bags £100m haul of hotel and resi fit-out jobs

  07-02-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fit-out Mivan has secured more than £100m in new orders following an increase in demand for its services, particularly in the 5* hotel and premium residential sectors in London.
  The Northern Ireland-based firm is now forecasting turnover this year will top £70m, putting it on track to meet a £100m target by 2025.
  Mivan has just announced 100 new jobs to support its continued expansion.John Cunningham, chief executive of Mivan, said, “This strong performance is down a high
  
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• M&E firms readied for £545m Pagabo deal

  07-02-2023 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National framework provider Pagabo is preparing to invite bids for a new mechanical & electrical solutions framework.
  Valued at £545m, a range of specialist M&E subcontractors will be appointed to the framework, which will run for four years after going live.
  Pagabo plans to hold a market engagement event on 28 February to set out details of the deal which will be divided across several UK regions.It will be open to public bodies to use including blue light services, housing associ
  
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