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• Tolent subcontractors start leaving sites

  10-02-2023 20:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors have been leaving sites run by £200m-turnover contractor Tolent after bills went unpaid.
  The Enquirer has been contacted by a host of specialists and suppliers about the Gateshead-based business.
  No-one was available to comment about the situation on Friday but an update is expected early next week.One subbie said: “We took our men off site today as their accounts said they couldn’t pay when our money was due last week
  “Our guys asked their site managers wh
  
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• London mayor imposes second staircases in new blocks over 30m

  10-02-2023 10:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered that all planning applications for residential buildings over 30m must now include a second staircase.
  The move follows the Government’s decision at the very end of last year to go out to consultation on a national plan to force developers to design in second staircases in all new housing blocks rising to around 10 storeys.
  The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the extra fire safety measure could cost developers around £1.6b
  
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• Equans wins deal to build 99 net zero homes in Cheshire

  10-02-2023 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equans has been appointed by Cheshire West and Chester Council to transform a brownfield site in Winsford into 99 net zero carbon family homes.
  The firm has been granted planning consent to demolish and redevelop a former highways depot into a mixed-tenure development where homes will be delivered with high environmental credentials and designed to meet net zero carbon status.
  The new homes will not be connected to the gas network and will instead be equipped with energy-efficient insulation and
  
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• Annual construction growth hits 5.7% despite fizzling out

  10-02-2023 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction enjoyed growth of 5.7% last year even though according to latest monthly output figures it fizzled out in December.
  Latest Government output figures show that December was flat after private new housing and repair dragged down otherwise positive growth in other sectors.
  At the sector level, the main positive contributors were seen in non-housing repair and maintenance, and infrastructure new work, which increased 5.4% and 3.7%, respectively.Across the year as a whole 2022 achieved n
  
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• Balfour manager marched out of HS2 offices

  10-02-2023 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A senior manager working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture was ordered off HS2 yesterday.
  The Enquirer understands the boss was marched out of the offices in front of  stunned colleagues.
  One source said: “Everyone was pretty shocked and it left a sombre atmosphere on the site.”The move comes just days after Balfour Beatty launched a 23-page guide for staff and suppliers on acceptable behaviour in the workplace.
  The contractor’s Right to Respect initiative is unde
  
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• Hydrogen-powered backhoes approved to drive on roads

  10-02-2023 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The world’s first hydrogen-fuelled backhoes will soon be on roads and building sites after the government approved their use.
  A vehicle special order given by the Transport Secretary will now allow JCB to test its new hydrogen-powered machine on the public highway.
  This backhoe loader is the first of its kind and has been designed to bring a big reduction in emissions on construction sites.JCB has already created 150 new jobs in the Midlands on the pioneering project and promises hundreds
  
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