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• Sisk gets green light for £150m GOSH project

  09-02-2023 13:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Camden Council’s planning committee has resolved to grant planning permission for the development of a major new children’s cancer centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
  Contractor John Sisk has been working on designs for the £150m-plus project since signing a pre-construction services agreement three years ago.
  The new clinical building, on Great Ormond Street itself,  will be dedicated to caring for children and young people from across the UK and beyond wit
  
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• National Highways unveils £30bn framework plan for RIS3/RS4

  09-02-2023 12:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highway has revealed plans for a new mega framework to deliver £30bn of works for the RIS3 and RIS4 spending programmes.
  Ahead of the big shake-up, it is starting a round of early market testing with consultants and contractors in Birmingham on the proposed structure of the new 10-year multi-lot Integrated Delivery Framework.
  Under the present plan, tenders will be invited in 12 months time to replace the current £8.7bn Delivery Integration Partners Framework, which fea
  
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• A9 dualling to be retendered after just one bid submitted

  09-02-2023 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Scottish Government has said that the £3bn dualling of A9 between Perth and Inverness will now be delayed after receiving just one bid from shortlisted firms for a key section of the project.
  The £115m section from Tomatin to Moy will be retendered once contract terms and conditions have been altered to better reflect the risks of a challenging construction market.
  Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, John Graham Construction and Wills Bros Civil Engineering were shortlisted to bid
  
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• Kane bags £43m M&E package on Canary Wharf towers

  09-02-2023 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Specialist Kane has secured a £43m design and build contract with Canary Wharf Contractors to deliver the MEP installation across two blocks at Wood Wharf.
  The three-year contract will start in April 2023 across 760 buy to rent residential units in the 34 and 49 storey towers alongside retails, leisure and amenity space.
  Innovative service corridor modules as well as prefabricated utility cupboards will be designed and installed by Kane’s in-house team on the project.Northern Ireland
  
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• Metnor Construction files administration notice

  09-02-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North east contractor Metnor Construction has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Enquirer also understands subcontractors have been leaving sites run by the firm after not being paid.
  Directors of the business were tied-up in meetings on Wednesday when the Enquirer tried-to make contact while emails to the company were bouncing back.Latest accounts for the year to December 31 2021 show a turnover of £63m generating a pre-tax profit of £942,000 with the busin
  
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• Balfour tops January contracts league with £1.2bn order

  09-02-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty took pole position in the rankings for work won in the first month of 2023 after landing a monster £1.2bn order for the northern approach route to the planned Lower Thames Crossing.
  The firm will be responsible for the design and delivery of over 10 miles of new highways, connecting the M25 at Junction 29 and the A13 with the proposed Lower Thames Crossing tunnel at Tilbury, Essex.Top 10 contractors ranked by value of new orders taken in January
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• Firms wanted for £800m Sovereign new build deal

  09-02-2023 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sovereign Housing Association has started the hunt for contractors to join multi-supplier framework agreements for new build houses
  The Basingstoke-based association currently oversees almost 60,000 homes across the Home Counties, across to the west of England.
  The association is aiming to step up construction setting a target of building around 2,400 homes a year by 2026.The suite of 16 contractor frameworks will be split around geographical areas within the East and West of England and project
  
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