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• New Knauf cavity barrier makes life easier for brickies

  07-03-2023 23:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Knauf Insulation has launched a new cavity barrier which is quicker and easier for brickwork contractors to install.
  The Rocksilk RainScreen FFCB (Fixed-face Cavity Barrier) is the first cavity barrier that is fixed to the face of the insulation and built in to masonry façades during constructio n
  The patented non-combustible solution is part of a certified system that provides fire resistance for up to 90 minutes insulation and integrity in the residual cavities of buildings with masonry
  
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• Cathal O’Rourke takes new COO role at Laing O’Rourke

  07-03-2023 18:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke has promoted Cathal O’Rourke to the newly-created role of group chief operating officer
  He will return from Australia to begin his new role at the start of the financial year on 1 April.
  Sir Joh Parker, Laing O’Rourke Group Chair, said: “I am delighted that Cathal will take up the new position of Group Chief Operating Officer.
  “He will work alongside his father Ray, as well as Des O’Rourke and the group and hub executive committees, to focus on
  
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• Industry social and local economic value push gives 30% return

  07-03-2023 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Efforts by contractors to measure and raise the social and local economic value they provide are paying off for the UK.
  New research has revealed that the construction industry delivered £1.09bn of social and local economic value in the first six months of last year.
  This equated to a 30% return on investment up substantially from last year’s figure of 20%.Reasearch published today by public sector procurement authority SCAPE also found that areas in the north and east of England are
  
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• Moderna to build £150m vaccine plant in Harwell

  07-03-2023 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Covid jab manufacturer Moderna will build £150m vaccine manufacturing hub in Oxfordshire.
  The biotech firm selected the Harwell health tech campus as the location for its Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre.
  Construction will begin this year, with the facility expected to become operational in 2025, subject to planning and regulatory approvals.The project will encompass a research, development and manufacturing facility, including a clinical biomarker laboratory – a prefabricate
  
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• Construction boss jailed for £2m tax fraud

  07-03-2023 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A construction boss has been jailed for stealing over £2m of taxpayers’ money while he was in control of multiple failing companies.
  Ben Richardson, 47, from Deal, Kent, pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to multiple tax evasion offences and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.
  Richardson ran four companies, all involved in the sale of modular buildings to construction sites between October 2010 and July 2019.His wife, Dawn Richardson, 47, was involved in all four com
  
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• Sellafield worker breaks back in 3m ladder fall

  07-03-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Nuclear decommissioning firm Sellafield Ltd was yesterday fined £400,000 after a maintenance worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell 3m from a scaffolding ladder at the nuclear site.
  An employee of Sellafield Ltd, he was carrying out repair work in a low active chamber at the Magnox Reprocessing Facility at the Cumbrian site when the accident happened.
  The maintenance fitter had been tasked with fixing a leaking pipeline within the reprocessing facility.
  On 12 October 2021, the
  
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• Bouygues breaks ground at £200m Welsh wellness hub

  07-03-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues has started site preparation works on the £200m Pentre Awel wellness village bringing together education, community healthcare and leisure facilities at one prime location along the Llanelli coastline.
  Pentre Awel is the first development of its scope and size in Wales. On completion, it will provide medical research and healthcare delivery along with over 370 homes.
  Carmarthenshire County Council has appointed Bouygues UK to design and build Zone One of the Pentre Awel developmen
  
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