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• Feedback wanted on less risky contracts for Scottish road jobs

  13-04-2023 23:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport Scotland is calling up potential bidders for feedback on plans to reduce contractor risk in standard design and build contracts for road projects.
  The rethink to make road building contracts more attractive to potential bidders follows the curtailed procurement of the Tomatin to Moy section of the £3bn dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness.
  While three bidders were initially shortlisted for the job, just one bid was ultimately submitted, and that was at a price much high
  
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• Pegasus launches into build to rent later living sector

  13-04-2023 19:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Later living specialist Pegasus has secured bank funding to shift its business model into becoming a build to rent developer and operator for seniors.
  Having successfully secured a significant investment loan facility with Barclays, Pegasus is initially aiming to build out six new development sites across the country, creating over 300 new homes.
  Work is due to start construction in early 2024.These new communities will be available solely for rent to the over 60s community. This is on top of it
  
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• Boiler replacement scheme £90m underspent in first year

  13-04-2023 18:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government’s much-publicised Boiler Upgrade Scheme has failed to meet the target of boilers replaced by taxpayer-subsidised heat pumps.
  The scheme had a budget of £150m to fund 30,000 heat pump installations in its first year.
  But latest figures released by regulator Ofgem show that in the first 12 months under 10,000 households received their £5000 subsidy voucher.That means £90m of unspent budget will now be returned to the Treasury.
  The scheme has another two years
  
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• Boiler replacement scheme £90m under spent in first year

  13-04-2023 18:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government’s much-publicised Boiler Upgrade Scheme has failed to meet the target of boilers replaced by taxpayer-subsidised heat pumps.
  The scheme had a budget of £150m to fund 30,000 heat pump installations in its first year.
  But latest figures released by regulator Ofgem show that in the first 12 months under 10,000 households received their £5000 subsidy voucher.That means £90m of unspent budget will now be returned to the Treasury.
  The scheme has another two years
  
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• All firms renewed on flood and coastal framework

  13-04-2023 16:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Environment Agency has renewed all key delivery partners on its Collaborative Delivery Framework for flood and costal work programmes for another four years.
  EA operations director Steve Moore, said that the extra four-year commitment would enable delivery partners to further invest in the future skills and technologies that would be needed to deliver the £5.2bn capital investment programme.
  “We are really pleased to be confirming the continuation of this arrangement for the dura
  
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• Construction output rebounds 2.4% in February

  13-04-2023 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction output returned to strong growth in February after a washout in January due to heavy rain.
  Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased 2.4% in volume terms following the 1.7% fall in January, with February ranking as the highest monthly value in level terms (£15.6bn) since records began in January 2010. 
  The jump in monthly construction output was driven mainly by repair and maintenance which was up 4.5%.  New work saw more modest growth on the month o
  
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• Crossrail TBM upcycled to aid HS2 main drive

  13-04-2023 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Key components from Crossrail’s old TBM Ellie have been salvaged to build the third TBM to be launched by the HS2 project team.
  The recycled TBM named Lydia will build an important logistic tunnel to supply ring segments to the main Euston twin bored tunnel.
  ‘Ellie’ dug two sections of the Crossrail tunnels in the Capital – from Limmo Peninsula in Canning Town to Royal Victoria Dock, and between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green – boring a total of 2.23 miles.
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• Crossrail TBM upcycled for HS2 logistics tunnel drive

  13-04-2023 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Key components from Crossrail’s old TBM Ellie have been salvaged to build the third TBM to be launched by the HS2 project team.
  The recycled TBM named Lydia will build an important logistic tunnel to supply ring segments to the main Euston twin bored tunnel.
  ‘Ellie’ dug two sections of the Crossrail tunnels in the Capital – from Limmo Peninsula in Canning Town to Royal Victoria Dock, and between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green – boring a total of 2.23 miles.
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• Lancashire building contractor falls into administration

  13-04-2023 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancashire-based builder Clement Dickens & Sons has fallen into administrator.The family-owned contractor, which has been in business since 1947, was being run by the fourth generation of the Dickens family to enter the building trade.
  The firm, based at the Redmarsh Industrial Estate in Thornton on the Fylde coast, has a workforce of over 50 staff that work on public and private sector projects throughout Lancashire and Cumbria.
  Managing director Ross Dickens is also chairman of the Northwe
  
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• Glencar lands main construction deal at Moderna vaccine plant

  13-04-2023 04:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Glencar has landed the main construction contract for covid jab maker Moderna’s new £150m vaccine manufacturing hub in Oxfordshire.
  The construction deal is understood to be worth around £30m for the Moderna Innovation and Technology centre (MITC) at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire.
  The MITC development will encompass a research, development and manufacturing facility, providing the UK public with access to cutting-edge vaccines for a wide range of respiratory diseases.The ne
  
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