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• Heavy rain sinks January construction output

  10-03-2023 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two weeks of wet weather at the start of the year bogged down construction activity which fell 1.7% in January.
  Bad weather got the New Year off to a soggy start amid an ongoing slowdown of work in the housing sector.
  The fall in monthly construction output was driven by a 4% decrease in new work, partially offset by a 2% increase in repair and maintenance less impacted by inclement weather conditions.Infrastructure new work and private new housing were the main sectors behind the fall, down 6.5
  
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• Collapsed concrete flooring specialist owes suppliers £10.6m

  10-03-2023 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester based specialist Malin Industrial Concrete Floors went into administration last month owing suppliers and subcontractors £10.6m.
  An update from administrator Mazars LLP filed at Companies House highlighted the scale of debts.
  The administrator added “it is currently anticipated that there will be sufficient funds to enable a return to unsecured creditors,however such a return is dependent upon the level of realisations and costs incurred in the administration and is theref
  
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• Collapsed concrete flooring specialist owed suppliers £10.6m

  10-03-2023 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester based specialist Malin Industrial Concrete Floors went into administration last month owing suppliers and subcontractors £10.6m.
  An update from administrator Mazars LLP filed at Companies House highlighted the scale of debts.
  The administrator added “it is currently anticipated that there will be sufficient funds to enable a return to unsecured creditors,however such a return is dependent upon the level of realisations and costs incurred in the administration and is theref
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wins Edinburgh 335-home private rental scheme

  10-03-2023 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Macquarie’s UK build-to-rent platform Goodstone Living has appointed McAleer & Rushe to build at least 338 homes for its next generation build-to-rent residential scheme in Leith, Edinburgh.
  The waterfront scheme, branded as ‘Dockside’ has been designed by 3DReid Architects and will comprise four apartment blocks.
  The scheme includes rooftop lounge and dining, co-working areas, and a fitness centre and 1.3 acres of new public realm space.Goodstone’s specialist develop
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wins Edinburgh 335-hom private rental scheme

  10-03-2023 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Macquarie’s UK build-to-rent platform Goodstone Living has appointed McAleer & Rushe to build at least 338 homes for its next generation build-to-rent residential scheme in Leith, Edinburgh.
  The waterfront scheme, branded as ‘Dockside’ has been designed by 3DReid Architects and will comprise four apartment blocks.
  The scheme includes rooftop lounge and dining, co-working areas, and a fitness centre and 1.3 acres of new public realm space.Goodstone’s specialist develop
  
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• Building Safety Act to get £42m force of new inspectors

  10-03-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government is pledging to spend £42m over the next three years recruiting and training more than 200 new inspectors to police the Building Safety Act.
  The grant funding will enable local regulators to recruit, train and employ new Building Control Inspectors and Fire Inspectors.
  The cash will go to Local Authority Building Control (LABC) and the Fire and Rescue Services in England and the National Fire Chiefs Council.These local partners will support the work of the new Building Safety
  
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• Geyser erupts as piling rig hits water main

  10-03-2023 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ten houses were flooded after a piling rig at a housing site in Beeston, Nottinghamshire burst a water main shooting a powerful jet water tens of metres into the air.
  The towering spray of water forced homes next to the former Nottingham College site in Chilwell to be evacuated. It also closed the Nottingham tram as the trackway was inundated and quickly turned into a river by the vast volume of water released.
  Video footage that emerged following the strike on Tuesday afternoon reveals that a R
  
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