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• Acquisitive OCU swoops for London multi-utility specialist

  31-03-2023 10:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stockport-based OCU Group, parent company of O’Connor Utilities and Instalcom, has acquired London multi-utility contractor Modus Utilities.
  The acquisition will support OCU’s ability to build and connect large-scale private wire grid connections, install entire networks, and explore new energy-related opportunities, a priority for the group throughout 2023 and beyond.
  The deal with Modus marks the fifth acquisition in just over 12 months for OCU.It follows the acquisition of InICT,
  
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• New street works regime to clamp down on pothole pain

  31-03-2023 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  New regulations will come into force tomorrow introducing a performance-based inspection regime to ensure utility and telecoms companies resurface roads to the best possible standard after street works.
  Currently, about 30% of utility companies’ street works are inspected, regardless of how well those street works are carried out.Under the new “street works regime”, utility companies will be assessed on the quality of their road repairs after carrying out street works, with the
  
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• Structural steel and rebar prices fall sharply

  31-03-2023 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steel prices are beginning to fall back strongly after suffering the fastest inflation of all construction materials in the past two years.
  Latest data collected by cost consultant Gardiner & Theobald shows structural steel has fallen to around £1,000 per tonne in January, 31% down from last Spring’s peak price of £1,450 per tonne.
  Likewise in the structural concrete sector, rebar prices are also recording sustained falls, down 16% from a peak of £1,170 to £980
  
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• Steel trade body opens quality scheme to all steelwork firms

  31-03-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  The British Constructional Steelwork Association for the first time is opening its doors to non-members to sign up to its widely recognised quality scheme.
  The move comes as a response to the new building safety regime being introduced following the Grenfell disaster.
  The Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors (Building) has until now been open only to BCSA steelwork contractor members.BCSA chief executive officer Dr David Moore said: ”The most significant changes to building safety r
  
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• Family owned builder files administration notice

  31-03-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancashire based construction company Clement Dickens has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The contractor has been in business since 1947 and remains a family-owned firm run by the fourth generation of the Dickens family to enter the building trade.
  The firm has a workforce of more than 100 experienced tradespeople working on public and private sector projects throughout the Fylde Coast, Lancashire and Cumbria.Managing director Ross Dickens is also Chairman of the Northwe
  
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• Mace raises carbon ‘handprint’ savings target for clients 10-fold

  31-03-2023 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has ramped up the targetted carbon savings it aims to give clients on their projects after surpassing its previous goal.
  It is now aiming for a 10-fold increase in savings to 10m tonnes of carbon just a few months after securing a pipeline of carbon reduction works that would easily exceed its original 2026 target of 1m tonnes of carbon.
  Mace is currently delivering carbon reduction services for over 100 clients across the world for government programmes, financial institutions, and the tra
  
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• Gove goes after Grenfell cladding supplier Arconic

  31-03-2023 00:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has turned on cladding supplier Arconic in his intensifying campaign to get suppliers to stump up cash for their involvement in the cladding crisis.
  In another strongly-word letter to US-based supplier of aluminium cladding Arconic, he has called on the manufacturer to set out plans to pay for remediation works on unsafe buildings.
  Yesterday the Enquirer revealled he has also written to insulation manufacturer Kingspan whose K15 insulation was used
  
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