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• Midas update: Supply chain debts hit £87m

  13-03-2023 15:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Midas Construction went down owing more than £87m to its supply chain.
  The scale of the collapsed contractor’s trade debt was revealed in the latest update from administrator Teneon filed at Companies House.
  More than 700 suppliers and subcontractors have lodged claims since Midas went into administration in February 2022 when 303 staff were made redundant.Nearly a year ago Teneon estimated the supply chain debt at £50m.
  That has since soared and Teneon added: “It is unli
  
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• Pay rise for labourers to avoid breaking minimum wage laws

  13-03-2023 12:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction employers are being forced to give labourers a pay rise to avoid breaking national minimum wage rules.
  Minimum rates under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) have become so low that employers have been forced to act outside of the normal pay negotiations.
  The general operative rate currently stands at £10.26 an hour. But that rate will become illegal on 1 April 2023, when the national minimum wage rises to £10.40 an hour. The CIJC is increasing the general op
  
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• R O’Donnell Plant & Civil heading for administration

  13-03-2023 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks and drainage specialist R O’Donnell Plant & Civil has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The business operates mainly in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire but also has a depot in Limerick.
  The Enquirer understands that the firm also supplies plant and labour to HS2 project.
  Around a week ago the firm, which is run by managing director Richard O’Donnell, pulled off some of its jobs, according to site sources.
  The Enquirer was unable to reach the firm for
  
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• R O’Donnell Plant & Civil files administration notice

  13-03-2023 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks and drainage specialist R O’Donnell Plant & Civil has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The business operates mainly in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire but also has a depot in Limerick.
  The Enquirer understands that the firm also supplies plant and labour to the HS2 project.
  Around a week ago the firm, which is run by managing director Richard O’Donnell, pulled off some of its jobs, according to site sources.
  The Enquirer was unable to reach the firm
  
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• Balfour Beatty bags £97m haul of coastal defence work

  13-03-2023 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has secured two coastal defence schemes together worth £97m for Denbighshire County Council in Wales.
  The Central Rhyl Coastal Defence scheme will see Balfour Beatty replace over 600m of original sea walls and construct a new rock armour defence in Rhyl, while the Central Prestatyn Coastal Defence scheme will see it create a new coastal erosion embankment spanning 1,600m along the coastline in Prestatyn.
  The two schemes, which are worth £69m and £28mrespectively,
  
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• Budget to back carbon capture and new nuclear project spend

  13-03-2023 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to set out plans in this week’s budget to ramp up investment in carbon capture projects and press ahead with selecting sites for a new generation of small modular nuclear reactor projects.
  Recognising the urgency of the UK’s clean energy revolution, Hunt is expected to announce plans to commit to spades in the ground on these projects from next year.
  No one country has yet captured the carbon capture market.An unprecedented £20bn in investment
  
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• Bid race for £260m Manchester Uni framework

  13-03-2023 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester University is on the hunt for a new line up of contractors to deliver its ongoing works and expansion programme.
  The University is seeking to appoint a number of firms to a new framework that will cover minor works up to projects valued above £20m.
  Essentially, a new build framework, it will be used to deliver the University’s next five-year investment strategy and has been divided into four lots that will also cover demolition, refurbishment, decoration and landscaping.Co
  
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• National Highways reveals ‘gantry of the future’

  13-03-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highways has unveiled the winning design following a competition to create the ‘gantry of the future’ for its motorways and major A-roads.
  The competition was organised by National Highways in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), with 32 entries from architectural firms from across the UK and Europe.
  The winning entry, created by Useful Studio, features a simple, pared-back design approach.It was chosen by the judging panel for its “elegan
  
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• Plans go in for 20-storey Milton Keynes resi tower

  13-03-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Build-to-rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has submitted a planning application to Milton Keynes City Council for a £100m scheme including a 20-storey tower.
  The scheme will provide 355 new homes alongside 8,000 sq ft of resident amenities, 7,500 sq ft of landscaped terraces and a flexible commercial offering
  The PLATFORM_ MK scheme will be the developer’s 11th project and will follow on from the completion of 1,500 apartments in Cardiff, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh during 2
  
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