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• Kilkern announces Head of HSEQ

  23-03-2023 17:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civil engineer Kilkern has announced the appointment of Martin Gallagher as Head of Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality compliance (HSEQ).
  He will take responsibility for HSEQ matters across Kilkern’s business which includes national vacuum excavation, labour supply and civil engineering and highways infrastructure specialisms.
  Gallagher has more than 30 years of experience in the UK civil engineering and construction sector, specialising in strengthening governance and operational pr
  
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• Cemfree grows team with four key appointments

  23-03-2023 16:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cemfree, a pioneer in the manufacturing and development of ultra-low carbon alternatives to cement, has made several key appointments within its rapidly expanding UK team.
  Mark Clark has joined as General Manager, Rob Nicholson as Product Manager, Keagan Badenhorst as Business Development Manager and Devon Clark as Business Development Executive.
  Clark brings with him a personal interest in reducing carbon, which will help in his role of managing a new sales team, and establishing Cemfree as the
  
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• Ten demolition firms fined £60m for bid rigging

  23-03-2023 11:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cartel busters at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have fined 10 construction firms a total of nearly £60m for illegally colluding to rig bids for demolition and asbestos removal contractsThe CMA has also secured the disqualification of three directors of firms involved in the unlawful conduct across 19 contracts worth £150m.
  The long running investigation has culminated in fines of £59,334,957 for colluding on prices through illegal cartel agreements when submitting
  
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• Call grows for bolder 18m second staircase rule for flats

  23-03-2023 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A coalition of industry professional bodies including the Chartered Institute of Building have joined fire chiefs in calling on the Government to introduce the second staircase rule to 18m tall buildings and above rather than the 30m being proposed.
  The Government went out to industry consultation late last year on its plan to force developers to design in second staircases in all new housing blocks rising to around 10 storeys (30m) and above.
  In advance of the new rule being introduced, the May
  
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• Inland Homes to suspend shares as results delayed again

  23-03-2023 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Inland Homes is suspending trading in its shares from next month after the company’s results were delayed for a second time.
  Inland issued a Stock Exchange announcement this morning confirming it will miss the revised March 31 deadline to publish its latest results.
  New auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP need more time to go through the books following the discovery of “certain related party issues of which the Board was not informed at the relevant times.”In January Inland in
  
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• Kier wins £73m Southport events centre job

  23-03-2023 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has been lined-up to build the £73m Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport.
  Sefton Council has confirmed Kier will now enter into a pre-construction services agreement in advance of a full contract being signed later this year.
  Construction will see a brand new state of the art events centre and accompanying water and light show built on the site of the former Southport Theatre.A planning application for the project has been submitted and is expected by be considered this Spring.
  Kier
  
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• 20 firms win £4.5bn Southern construction framework

  23-03-2023 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Twenty contractors have secured spots on the fifth generation Southern Construction Framework worth up to £4.5bn.
  A dozen of the successful firms are new to the framework which also includes new £1-£5m value lots for the South West region.Winning contractors for the £4m+ lotsSouth West – BAM Construction, Bouygues UK, Galliford Try, ISG, Graham, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Tilbury Douglas, Vinci, Wates, Willmott Dixon
  South East – Bowmer & Kirkland, Galliford Tr
  
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• GRS Roadstone warns staff following cyber attack

  23-03-2023 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction materials giant GRS Roadstone is writing to employees warning them to check their bank accounts following a major cyber attack.
  The firm was hit by a “sophisticated cyber-incident” last year which saw data relating to current and former employees copied from its systems and leaked online.
  It has taken GRS months working with cybersecurity experts to identify exactly what information was stolen.Letters now being sent out – one of which was shared with the Enquirer &
  
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