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• Cygnet and SACE launch new rail sector service

  16-02-2023 18:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Site support specialist Cygnet Resources Limited has formed a new joint venture with Structural Asset Consulting Engineers Limited.
  SACE Projects brings together the experience of the two companies to deliver a robust turnkey solution for clients in the rail industry.
  Liam Marshall, Director Structural Asset Consulting Engineers Limited (SACE) said: “We are very excited to expand on our Structural Engineering solutions to the Rail industry with enabling / maintenance works alongside our te
  
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• Unions warn many school buildings ‘at risk of collapse’

  16-02-2023 16:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government is coming under intense pressure to take action to make safe post-war system-built schools officially recorded as very likely to collapse.
  Seven education unions have written to the Education Secretary demanding urgent action to tackle the school building condition crisis.
  The call to make buildings safe comes after a damning official report last year revealed many post-war system builds using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete were at the end of their design life and on the v
  
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• ISG project boss joins Kier in new health ops director role

  16-02-2023 11:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has strengthened its position in the health sector by creating a new operations director for health major projects
  Former ISG project director David Hollywood has been appointed to fill the new role at the contracting group.
  Hollywood brings over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, David has worked for contractors and NHS Trusts to deliver major health projects up to £400m in value.At Kier he is the lead on upcoming major health projects with a focus on key o
  
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• BAM UK profits steady despite slide at civils arm

  16-02-2023 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM’s UK operation delivered a steady performance last year despite being held back by inflation, supply chain issues and delays at some projects.
  Civils contractor Bam Nuttall was impacted by supply chain issues on some larger contracts last year denting profits, which fell 25% to around £19m.
  But the civils arm continued to maintain its position ahead of building as the biggest UK contracting operation with revenue slightly up at £1.06bn.BAM Construction enjoyed a much more p
  
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• Gleeson to cut costs and slow build rates

  16-02-2023 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Affordable homes specialist MJ Gleeson has launched a £4m cost-cutting drive as the housing market softens.
  The firm is also slowing build rates on sites and has implemented a recruitment freeze.
  A restructuring of the business will see some existing divisions merge.Gleeson said: “Six management teams will operate nine operating regions following the merging of a number of operating teams.
  “The existing three division structure will be merged into two divisions, Northern and Ce
  
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• Network Plus wins 5-year UK Power Networks deal

  16-02-2023 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  UK Power Networks has named contractor Networks Plus to deliver essential works from Hertfordshire to Cambridgshire for the RIIO-ED2 investment period
  Starting work in April, this 5-year initial term contract will see its teams working across parts of the Chilterns, Borehamwood and the Bedford/Cambridge area.
  Network Plus will be responsible for distribution assets, including overhead lines, underground cabling and substations on LV, 11kV, and 33kV networks.The new distribution network projects
  
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• BAM wins £290m Truro women and children’s hospital

  16-02-2023 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has named BAM as its preferred contractor to deliver a new Women and Children’s Hospital for Cornwall.
  The £290 project is to be built at the heart of the Royal Cornwall Hospital site in Truro to replace the existing Princess Alexandra Wing.
  The proposed 24,500m2 building will bring together the hospital’s maternity services, neo-natal and paediatric care, obstetrics and gynaecology services within one facility. It would also become the locat
  
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• Ex-construction minister quits cladding repair firm

  16-02-2023 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former construction minister and Conservative peer Lord Richard Harrington has resigned as chairman of a contractor specialising in remediation work on unsafe cladding he joined just three months ago.
  Harrington joined Intelligent FS as Chairman and Director last November.
  He was construction minister from June 2017 to March 2019.Intelligent FS was set-up in 2016 but is expanding rapidly after winning a £31m government contract to help tackle the post-Grenfell cladding crisis.
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• Balfour Beatty bags £17m Kincardine Bridge upgrade

  16-02-2023 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport Scotland has awarded the £17m contract to replace an 80m section of the Kincardine Bridge near Fife to Balfour Beatty.
  The project, with main works on site expected to get underway from early summer, will involve demolishing the Kincardine Bridge’s southern piled viaduct and replacing it with a completely new reinforced concrete structure.
  Construction is expected to take two years.The southern piled viaduct has been supported by a steel propping system since 1992.
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