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• Multiplex profit rebounds as margin restored to 2.9%

  22-03-2023 17:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Multiplex Europe’s construction business has continued to restore profitability after heavy losses two years ago.
  The improvement came despite a sharp fall in revenue last year to £562m, due to jobs completing and a hiatus in progress at its One Nine Elms tower job caused by client finance issues.
  Robust project operational delivery saw pre-tax profit restored to £11m, up from just £2.6m in 2021.
  Before extra administration and finance costs, Multiplex said this equated t
  
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• Builder crushed and blinded in wall collapse

  22-03-2023 15:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Derbyshire property owner has been given a community order after a father-of-two sustained life changing injuries when a wall collapsed on top of him during a barn conversion.
  Nigel Edwards failed to have a structural assessment of the outbuildings carried out as part of his planning for the project at his home in Woodhouses. The outbuildings were being converted into holiday let accommodation when a stone wall collapsed on 40-year-old Steven Tyson on 8 October 2021.
  The married father of two
  
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• Upbeat Vistry to re-open mothballed offsite factory

  22-03-2023 11:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry has unveiled plans to reopen a mothballed offsite factory it inherited after buying Countryside Partnerships last November.
  Announcing strong 2022 results and a profit upgrade for the year ahead, chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said the timber manufacturing operations acquired with Countryside had been fully rebranded and relaunched as Vistry Works.He said that Vistry Works offered a valuable opportunity to create an industry-leading manufacturing capability with the potential to deliver
  
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• Keltbray bags £140m haul of energy infrastructure work

  22-03-2023 10:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Diversified specialist engineering contractor Keltbray has secured a £140m haul of orders to deliver critical energy infrastructure for key energy Distribution Network Operators and renewable energy companies.
  The deals cement Keltbray’s presence in the fast-growing energy and renewables infrastructure sector to support the UK’s energy security and net zero agendas, through the ongoing maintenance and decarbonisation of the UK’s electricity grid.
  They include three framew
  
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• Government awards £1.8bn for energy retrofit schemes – list

  22-03-2023 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 115,000 homes across England are to get upgrades to improve their energy efficiency as the government allocates £1.8bn in funding.
  The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant are collectively worth £1.4bn, which will be used to fund energy-saving measures ranging from loft insulation to new windows.
  These schemes could also support around 20,000 jobs in the construction and home retrofit sectors, helping to deliver on our promise to grow the economy and c
  
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• Align reveals designs for final portal of HS2 tunnel

  22-03-2023 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Main contractor Align JV has revealed the final HS2 designs for the North Portal of the Chiltern Tunnel – the last of seven key structures for the high speed rail project’s longest tunnels.
  Once construction is complete, the seven ‘Key Design Elements’ will be the only parts of the tunnel visible to the local community.
  Alongside the North Portal, which will be near South Heath in Buckinghamshire, they include the South Portal, near the M25, and headhouses above the venti
  
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• Plans in for 1.4m sq ft of industrial space at Fiddlers Ferry

  22-03-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ambitious plans have been submitted to regenerate the former Fiddler’s Ferry coal fired station site near Warring on the north bank of the River Mersey.
  Developer Peel NRE, which acquired the decommissioned Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station last summer, plans to develop the vast site in three phases.
  The first will involve four industrial buildings and service yards totalling 1.4m sq ft of floorspace, supporting around 500 construction jobs a year during the build phase.
  This submission
  
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• Plans in for 1.4m sq ft industrial space at Fiddlers Ferry

  22-03-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ambitious plans have been submitted to regenerate the former Fiddler’s Ferry coal fired station site near Warring on the north bank of the River Mersey.
  Developer Peel NRE, which acquired the decommissioned Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station last summer, plans to develop the vast site in three phases.
  The first will involve four industrial buildings and service yards totalling 1.4m sq ft of floorspace, supporting around 500 construction jobs a year during the build phase.
  This submission
  
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• Landmark London scheme switches from flats to student rooms

  22-03-2023 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Regal London has revised plans for its landmark Old Kent Road scheme in the Capital switching from flats to hundreds of student rooms and affordable homes.
  The proposed Devonshire Place development at a site opposite the proposed new Bakerloo Line station will now include 220 affordable homes and 910 student bedrooms.
  In addition, 600 sq m of commercial and community areas will be delivered across four buildings ranging in height from 15 to 28 storeys.Regal has now bought the site and
  
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