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• Green light for Birmingham 540-bed student scheme

  19-03-2023 20:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Revised plans have been approved for a 540-bed student accommodation block in Birmingham City Centre.
  Joint developers MRP and Vita plan to start construction at the Gough Street site this summer hoping to complete in Summer 2026 to coincide with the start of the academic year.
  Alongside 540 studio apartments, the project will feature private dining rooms, a gym, and outdoor terrace.Max Bielby, chief operating officer for Vita Group said: “We’re delighted to achieve planning consent
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across Newcastle

  19-03-2023 19:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers across Newcastle can find out about work opportunities in the region at the latest Constructionline Meet the Buyer event.
  The event will take place on Wednesday March 29 at Kingston Park Stadium – home of Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Falcons and BetfredChampionship Rugby League side Newcastle Thunder.
  Running from 8:30-14:00, the event will see some of the UK’s top contractors, public sector authorities and other organisations attending including Newc
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins £44m Stevenage leisure hub job

  19-03-2023 19:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall Construction’s Northern Home Counties business has won the job to build a £44m sports and leisure centre for Stevenage Borough Council.
  Procured through the Scape construction framework, the project is part of the council’s wider regeneration plans funded by the Government’s Town’s Fund initiative.
  Set to be built adjacent to the main town centre gardens on St George’s Way, it will consolidate Stevenage’s health and wellbeing offering, whi
  
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• Brickies back on the BBC for new series

  19-03-2023 19:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A TV series which made stars out of young bricklayers is heading back to the BBC this week.
  BBC Three’s Brickies is back for another season shining a light on life on site.
  The first episode of series two of the popular docuseries, which follows the lives and loves of young recruits at Derby-based Hodgkinson Builders, airs at 9pm on Monday.The full series is also available to view on BBC iPlayer on the same day.
  Keeping the brickies in check is site manager Jack Smith. He said: “Ther
  
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• Erith to transform former Ebbsfleet quarry

  19-03-2023 18:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henley Developments in a joint venture with Erith Contractors has secured approval on the first phase of its new district centre at Alkerden Village in Ebbsfleet.
  The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation’s planning committee has granted approval for the delivery of a Morrisons supermarket, a gym, nursery, neighbourhood green and 83 affordable homes,.
  The latest planning permission is a major step forward in delivering a mixed-use scheme at the Kent site which will contain 1,700 homes and tran
  
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