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• Plans in for £35m York Uni student centre

  17-03-2023 07:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a landmark student centre at the University of York have been submitted for planning permission.
  The six-storey trapezoidal building will be built largely from natural materials and renewable sources.
  Co-designed by leading architectural firms ADP Architecture and O’Donnell + Tuomey, the £35m building is intended to offer an iconic new arrival point on Campus West.The £35m building will be designed to the latest environmental, health and sustainability standards and w
  
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• Winners named for £139m wastewater framework

  17-03-2023 07:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thames Water has appointed six contractors on the first lot 0f winners made public under its Waste Network Services framework.
  The £139m Lot 5 deal covers high value proactive and reactive emergency repairs on both the gravity and pressurised wastewater network across the Thames Water Utilities operations area.
  The six winners are Barhale, Cappagh Contractors, Clancy Docwra, J Browne, McAllister Bros and Morrison Utility Services.The deal runs for a minimum of five years with an option to
  
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• Green light for BBC’s £200m new Birmingham home

  17-03-2023 07:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Stoford has got the planning green light to repurpose Digbeth’s historic Typhoo Tea Building into a new home for the BBC in Birmingham.
  Demolition is expected to start within the new few months, with construction taking place over two years.
  It is believed that BAM Construction is in talks to carry out the job.By repurposing the Bordesley Street landmark, Stoford is aiming to deliver one of Birmingham’s first net zero carbon in construction office buildings.
  The building wi
  
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• Worker suffers brain trauma in concrete pump accident

  17-03-2023 06:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A London concrete specialist has been fined £175,000 after a worker suffered serious head injuries that saw him hospitalised for seven months.
  The man, who was 35 at the time, was working at a domestic property in Crouch End, London, on 3 March 2019 when he sustained head injuries during concrete pumping operations carried out by subcontractor Singh Will Mix It Ltd.
  A concrete pump operator was cleaning the pump’s hose after it had been used to pump concrete for a ground floor extens
  
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• Muse submits 260-home Horsham scheme

  17-03-2023 06:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Muse has submitted final planning to bring forward 260 mixed-tenure homes on Horsham’s former enterprise park site, in partnership with West Sussex County Council.
  The historic market town site project will be delivered in collaboration with Muse’s sister company Lovell Partnerships.
  Larksfield Place, as it is now known, is a 18-acre site that received outline planning consent in 2020.Homes will be set within tree-lined avenues of blue cedars. Of the 260 homes, 91 will be classed as
  
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• Pent-up post pandemic demand powers up Beard

  17-03-2023 06:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Family-owned Beard Group has enjoyed a post-pandemic surge in work lifting revenue 15% last year to £165m.
  But cost inflation and challenging trading environment saw pre-tax profit slip to £3.5m from £4.4m the previous year.
  Finance director Fraser Johns said the Beard’s performance was in line with budget, demonstrating the firm’s ability to navigate the challenging economic environment.Projects begun last year included construction of Aztec 1000, the South West&rs
  
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