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• Sons of Tolent founder rescue crashed firm’s Teesside operation

  22-02-2023 19:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The two sons of Tolent’s retired founder John Wood have stepped up to buy the Teesside operation of the crashed building contractor and save 150 jobs.
  Their Sunderland-based firm Brims Construction will take on around £20m of Tolent’s pipeline of commercial projects, including a rolling programme of petro-chem maintenance works.
  Tolent’s previous Teesside management team will be re-employed by Brims, along with staff, operatives and members of the supply chain.Already som
  
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• Vivavlda has ambitious growth plans

  22-02-2023 16:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vivalda Group, the UK’s largest distributor of architectural rainscreen facades, has confirmed an ambitious new growth plan for 2023. This follows the appointment of a new Group CEO and a new management structure for the £40m turnover business.
  Former Wolseley plc director Andy McEwan was appointed as Vivalda Group CEO in January. In the same month, at the company’s annual sales conference, he set out his vision and laid out plans to expand the business in three key areas; grow
  
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• Vivalda has ambitious growth plans

  22-02-2023 16:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vivalda Group, the UK’s largest distributor of architectural rainscreen facades, has confirmed an ambitious new growth plan for 2023. This follows the appointment of a new Group CEO and a new management structure for the £40m turnover business.
  Former Wolseley plc director Andy McEwan was appointed as Vivalda Group CEO in January. In the same month, at the company’s annual sales conference, he set out his vision and laid out plans to expand the business in three key areas; grow
  
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• Revolutionary road marking system from WJ

  22-02-2023 15:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  ThermoPrint has been launched by WJ as a new innovation designed to save lives and revolutionise the road marking sector.
  ThermoPrint eliminates the need to undertake the century-old practice of applying thermoplastic road markings by hand. This is achieved through an automated machine, which utilises advanced application equipment.
  Currently, for thermoplastic road markings such as letters, numbers, arrows and other symbols, the process is completed via hand moulds. But the new technology has a
  
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• New duo to lead civils and highways at Kilkern

  22-02-2023 15:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester-based Kilkern has announced a double appointment to lead its civil engineering and highways infrastructure business.
  Patrick Rodgers and Craig Winter will jointly head-up the specialism, splitting responsibilities between commercial and operations.
  Rodgers started his career in 2009 as a quantity surveyor working at Barhale before moving on to work for Galliford Try while attending Salford University. He has since worked for a number of main contractors including Balfour Beatty and Co
  
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• Administrators take control at Metnor Construction

  22-02-2023 12:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Metnor Construction Limited is now in administration and all 80 staff have been made redundant.
  Specialist business advisory firm FRP were appointed as administrators yesterday at the Newcastle-based contractor which was founded in 2002.
  Metnor worked across the UK as a main contractor in sectors including residential, healthcare, student accommodation, hotel, leisure and commercial.FRP said the business suffered significant financial challenges in recent months because of contract losses and th
  
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• Glencar soars past £400m turnover but cost rises erode profits

  22-02-2023 10:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Industrial and logistics building specialist Glencar Construction maintained its blistering pace of growth since being founded in 2016 hiking revenue last year by 160% to £418m.
  But profit margins took a big knock as they were impacted by price inflation and increased investment in the business.
  This saw St Albans-based Glencar’s pre-tax profit slide to £800,000 in the year to September 2022 from £2.3m in the prior year.Managing director Eddie McGillycuddy said the firm h
  
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• New MD for Kier Places housing maintenance arm

  22-02-2023 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has promoted Jamie McKechnie as managing director of Kier Places, its housing maintenance and facilities management business.
  McKechnie will take up his new role at the start of April as present managing director Mark Whittaker leaves Kier to take up a role elsewhere in the industry.
  (l-r) Jamie McKechnie to take over from Mark Whittaker at housing maintenance business
  McKechnie joined Kier three years ago as group procurement director and, in this time, has transformed Kier’s approac
  
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• Contractors line-up for Battersea logistics site

  22-02-2023 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Avanton has secured planning permission for a £30m logistics complex in Battersea.
  The redevelopment of Culvert Court will deliver larger 36,500 sq ft across three modern industrial buildings.
  Avanton is ready to start construction shortly and is in conversation with various specialist contractors for the contract.Bidders are being asked to provide a zero waste strategy statement and their ESG credentials are a key factor in the selection process.
  Omer Weinberger, CEO of Avanton
  
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• Piling specialist files administration notice

  22-02-2023 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Piling specialist Abbey Pynford Limited has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Luton based contractor has worked with a host of main contractors and developers since it was formed in 1988.
  Latest accounts filed at Companies House show the firm had a turnover of £8.5m for the ten months to May 31 2021 generating a net profit of £340,000.The firm’s Housedeck and Comdeck piled raft systems for residential and commercial sites are popular alternatives totr
  
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• Go-ahead for London student tower and migration museum

  22-02-2023 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Dominus has secured permission for a £130m mixed-use project in the heart of the City of London as it aims to become the Capital’s largest developer of student accommodation.
  The 21-storey building at 65 Crutched Friars close to Fenchurch Street in the Square Mile will house nearly 770 student bedrooms, 35% of which will be classed as affordable housing.
  Designed by Danish architect 3XN, the scheme will also create a new permanent home for the Migration Museum, currently ba
  
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• Four win £9bn Network Rail southern renewals deal

  22-02-2023 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail’s has selected its four main partners for a performance-based alliance to deliver the Southern Region’s £9bn programme of renewals over the next 10 years.
  The new alliance set-up, known as Southern Integrated Delivery, or SID, will be part of a new enterprise model based on the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Project 13 principles, developed following significant cross-industry consultation over the last two and a half years.SID alliance partners
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• Brick stocks rise to highest level for two years

  22-02-2023 07:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bricks stocks are returning to normal levels after deliveries have started to fall because of slowing housing starts.
  The past month has seen yet more improvements in the balance of product demand and supply, according to builders merchants and materials producers.
  With good availability for most construction products and prices no longer as volatile.According to the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group, the housing slowdown has allowed brick manufacturers t
  
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