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• Dartford Crossing protest civil engineer jailed for three years

  21-04-2023 23:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A civil engineer who caused chaos after scaling the Dartford Crossing during a Just Stop Oil protest has been jailed for three years.
  Morgan Trowland, 40 of Islington, was sentenced at Southend Crown Court today after his actions shut the crossing for nearly 48 hours last October.
  At the time of the protest he said: “As a professional civil engineer, each year as I renew my registration, I commit to acting within our code of ethics, which requires me to safeguard human life and welfare and
  
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• Wernick Group to invest another £30m this year

  21-04-2023 11:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wernick Group is set to invest at least £30m in its hire fleet this year.
  The spending continues an ambitious investment programme over the last five years which has seen £200m pumped into company products and acquisitions.
  Investment in the hire fleet exceeded £142m over the period which enabled the company to add more than 14,000 buildings and 4,000 generators across the three hire companies, Wernick Hire, Wernick Events, and Wernick Power Solutions.Another £30m has bee
  
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• Galliford Try signs £39m North East academy deal

  21-04-2023 11:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has signed its first contract under the new Department for Education Construction Framework to deliver a new secondary school in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
  The business agreed a £39m contract to redevelop the 1,200-pupil Woodham Academy secondary school on behalf of the Eden Learning Trust
  The redevelopment works will provide a new school building and sports facilities, including new sports hall, swimming pool and activity centre.
  Galliford Try will install air source he
  
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• Galliford Try signs £39m deal to redevelop North East Academy

  21-04-2023 11:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has signed its first contract under the new Department for Education Construction Framework to deliver a new secondary school in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
  The business agreed a £39m contract to redevelop the 1,200-pupil Woodham Academy secondary school on behalf of the Eden Learning Trust
  The redevelopment works will provide a new school building and sports facilities, including new sports hall, swimming pool and activity centre.
  Galliford Try will install air source he
  
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• London private equity firm launches bid for Sureserve

  21-04-2023 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London-based private equity group Cap10 has launched a £214m takeover bid for housing maintenance contractor Surveserve.
  The bid, which is being recommended by the housing maintenance firm’s board, is at a 39% premium to yesterday’s closing share price of 90p, which gave Sureserve a market capitalisation of £145m.
  Sureserve employs about 2,500 people specialising in housing safety compliance work, offers the potential to grow quickly as the country moves to meet net zero
  
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• French private equity firm launches bid for Sureserve

  21-04-2023 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  French-based private equity group Cap10 has launched a £214m takeover bid for housing maintenance contractor Surveserve.
  The bid, which is being recommended by the housing maintenance firm’s board, is at a 39% premium to yesterday’s closing share price of 90p, which gave Sureserve a market capitalisation of £145m.
  Sureserve employs about 2,500 people specialising in housing compliance work, offering huge potential to grow as the country moves to meet net zero targets.
  The
  
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• Bidding begins for Pagabo £545m M&E framework

  21-04-2023 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National framework provider Pagabo has opened bidding for its brand-new Mechanical & Electrical Solutions Framework worth up to £545m.
  A range of specialist M&E subcontractors will be picked for the four-year framework which will be available nationally and be split into several UK regions.
  It will be open to public bodies to use including blue light services, housing associations, healthcare, education, aviation, highways and infrastructure, rail, and nuclear.The framework will be
  
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• Portakabin buys £80m turnover modular healthcare firm

  21-04-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Portakabin has bought leading healthcare modular specialist Darwin Group.
  The two offsite manufacturers said combining the modular knowledge, scale and financial strength of York-headquartered Portakabin with the specialist healthcare expertise of Darwin Group would transform the offer to healthcare clients.
  Portakabin said Darwin Group represents a highly strategic acquisition that fitted its longer-term strategic ambitions to address the growing demand for temporary and permanent building solu
  
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