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• Leading Channel Isles builder goes bust

  28-03-2023 09:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Jersey-based construction firm Camerons has gone bust blaming sharp increase in material and supply chain costs on fixed-price contracts.
  Established in 1956, Camerons was one of the Channel Islands’ leading construction businesses. It employed 45 staff who have been made redundant, although the majority of those affected are subcontractors.
  While Camerons had historically been profitable, the financial position of the firm declined irretrievably in recent months due to cost inflations whi
  
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• Winners revealed on £1.42bn materials framework

  28-03-2023 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thirteen builders merchants have secured spots on a huge materials framework for UK housing associations and local authorities worth up to £1.42bn over four years.
  The latest version of the deal launched by Procurement for Housing (PfH) sees a complete restructure with sixteen different lots allowing housing providers to procure plumbing, heating and gas, electrical and building materials, aids and adaptations, through either specialist merchants, managed stores or branch networks.
  The fra
  
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• Arup takes stake in graphene-enhanced concrete venture

  28-03-2023 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An innovative technology that adds wonder materials graphene to concrete mixes is being hailed as a way to slash carbon emissions by nearly a third in construction.
  Consultant Arup has taken an equity stake in a new venture with developer Nationwide Engineering Research & Development and international graphene supplier Black Swan Graphene to promote the new product Concretene .
  Concretene is a graphene-enhanced admixture for concrete. The grapheme strengthens the concrete meaning t
  
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• Travelodge eyes plans for another 300 hotels

  28-03-2023 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Travelodge has identified 300 sites for new hotels across the UK representing an investment of £3bn.
  The firm is looking to strike-up partnerships with councils to jointly develop hotel schemes to spur local regeneration.
  Travelodge has written to 220 local authorities across Britain proposing new hotels to support their regeneration programmes.The company currently operates nearly 600 hotels and opened six new hotels last year – three of which were Local Authority partnerships with
  
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• £500m Leeds South Bank scheme gets green light

  28-03-2023 00:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Build-to-rent developer and operator PLATFORM_has gained planning for its 1.3m sq ft mixed-use quarter on Sweet Street West in Leeds.
  The development set across eight acres will accelerate the regeneration of the South Bank area by delivering a £500m mixed-use quarter on a brownfield site which has been vacant since 2009.
  The masterplan will deliver up to 1,350 BTR apartments, responding to Leeds City Council’s ambitious Housing Strategy 2022-27.PLATFORM_ will now commence enabling w
  
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