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• New fast-track planning to be tested on several major projects

  24-02-2023 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has announced it will select a handful of major projects to bring forward to test its new regime to speed up the planning process for major infrastructure schemes.
  It wants to fast-track major infrastructure projects such as new transport links, offshore wind farms and waste water management facilities.
  Between 2012 and 2021 the time it took for projects to go through the Development Consent Orders (DCO) process has risen from 2.6 to 4.2 years.
  Work will start identifying the proj
  
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• Laing O’Rourke staff return to 4-days-a-week in the office

  24-02-2023 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke staff are being ordered back to the office for at least four-days-a-week as the industry returns to normal post Covid.
  White collar workers at O’Rourke have only been expected in the office three-days-a-week since pandemic restrictions were lifted in 2021.
  The original hybrid working model saw staff aiming to spend 60% of their time working in the office and 40% from home.O’Rourke confirmed to the Enquirer it has now decided to change the split to 80% in the offi
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins £61m Warwickshire school job

  24-02-2023 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Warwickshire County Council has given Willmott Dixon the green light to start construction work on a £61m project to deliver an all-through school complex in Leamington Spa.
  Secured through the Scape construction framework, The Oakley Grove School will be made up of a 34-place nursery, 420-place primary and 900-place secondary school with SEND provision. 
  Michelle Cotterill, director for Willmott Dixon, said that the design adopts a fabric-first approach to reduce energy consumption a
  
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• Bouygues seals London eye hospital job for £300m

  24-02-2023 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues has signed up to a £300m contract to build the new Oriel eye hospital and research centre at King’s Cross in London.
  Demolition of six buildings currently on the Oriel site will now begin at the end of February and construction of the 10-storey, 47,000 sq m centre will start later in 2023.
  Preparation work started on the site in autumn last year under an early works agreement with then preferred bidder Bouygues.The team has now developed a full construction programme with th
  
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