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• Gove leans on big investors in Grenfell cladding firms

  20-04-2023 21:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing secretary Michael Gove has warned shareholders of the three Grenfell cladding component manufacturers that the firms they invest in will face “severe consequences” if they fail to fund their share of the building remediation programme.
  Gove has written to investors in Kingspan, Arconic, and Saint-Gobain. He has urged them to use their “position of influence” to help gain a commitment to fund the post Grenfell residential block building safety programme.
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• Gove leans on big investors behind Grenfell cladding firms

  20-04-2023 21:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing secretary Michael Gove has warned shareholders of the three Grenfell cladding component manufacturers that the firms they invest in will face “severe consequences” if they fail to fund their share of the building remediation programme.
  Gove has written to investors in Kingspan, Arconic, and Saint-Gobain. He has urged them to use their “position of influence” to help gain a commitment to fund the post Grenfell residential block building safety programme.
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• Precast cladding contractor goes into administration

  20-04-2023 17:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Somerset based architectural precast concrete cladding specialist Sterling Services Limited has gone into administration.
  Interpath Advisory were appointed joint administrators on Thursday and all 45 employees have been made redundant.
  The firm has been in business since 1997 and specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural precast facades.Recent major projects for major contractors include the City of London Academy, the Jersey International Finance Centre and One Ca
  
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• Willmott Dixon tipped for £25m leisure centre

  20-04-2023 16:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon is close to signing a contract to build a new £25m leisure centre in Leighton Linslade for Central Bedfordshire Council.
  The Enquirer understands Willmott Dixon has been given the nod on the deal with an official announcement due in the coming weeks.
  A source close to the project said: “It looks like Willmott Dixon are in the box seat for this now and it will be a decent leisure project for them.”Work on the site will include construction of three new swimming po
  
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• HS2 gets green light for Buckinghamshire viaduct

  20-04-2023 12:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A 345-metre-long viaduct that will take HS2 trains across the A413 and local rail lines south of Wendover has been given the green light by Buckinghamshire Council.
  The viaduct is one of only two places in the Chilterns where the HS2 route will be above ground level, with the underside of the viaduct just 6m above the road, supported by five ‘Y’ shaped piers.
  Its girders will be made from weathering steel which naturally ages to a dark russet finish to blend in with the natural tones
  
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• Henley Construct goes into administration

  20-04-2023 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South London residential contractor Henley Construct is now in the hands of administrators.
  Worried suppliers have been watching the company closely since its sister firm went into liquidation earlier this month.
  Intelligent Steel Solutions went down owing suppliers £1.4m while a report from 360 Insolvency said the firm “relied to a large extent on supplying structural steel for projects being conducted by Henley Construct Limited.”A notice in The London Gazetted yesterday conf
  
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• Peabody to apply 20% social value weighting to contract bids

  20-04-2023 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Peabody will now apply a 20% social value weighting to its scoring criteria when awarding contracts to suppliers following a successful trial .
  The housing giant – which hands out £1bn in contracts annually – cited a series of pioneering initiatives with construction companies during the trial which saw the social value weighting increased from the previous 2-7%.
  These included a 10-year contract with VINCI Facilities which has seen more than 20,000 books sent to families in Ha
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across London

  20-04-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Constructionline is hosting its London Meet the Buyer event next week with a host of big industry names looking to boost their supply chains.
  Interested suppliers and subcontractors can book tickets now to get in front of leading contractors and clients including Balfour Beatty, VINCI, Kier, Bouygues, Wates, SES Engineering Services and Amey.
  The event will take place at Twickenham Stadium on Thursday April 27 from 8:30-14:00.Tickets are available to Constructionline members, and you can registe
  
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• North West’s Beech Group sold to MBO

  20-04-2023 00:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birkenhead-based demolition-to-site remediation specialist Beech Group has been sold to a management buyout team led by a director who joined the firm just two years ago.
  Former joint managing directors Philip Jordan and Christopher Wainwright have sold the business to an MBO led by fellow director Gareth Vaughan.
  Since joining then-named John Beech in May 2021, Vaughan has helped the business to double in size from a historic trading level of around £5-6m turnover to over £12m.
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