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• Homes England names technical consultants line-up

  02-05-2023 22:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Twenty-seven consultants have secured places on Homes England’s £200m new Development and Regeneration and Technical Services framework.
  The DaRTS deal will run from 2023–2027 replacing the previous Multidisciplinary Framework 2019-2023 for accessing technical and professional services. A dozen of the consultants were not on the previous multidisciplinary panel.
  The new two-part lotted structure provides direct access to suppliers with a place-making specialism.DaRTS partnersLo
  
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• Suppliers owed £5.5m after M&E contractor fails

  02-05-2023 17:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers were left holding £5.3m in unpaid invoices when M&E contractor Norstead went into administration in February.
  An update from administrator FRP advisory Trading has confirmed the scale of debts at the business.
  The same administrator is handling the fall-out from the failure of Norstead’s sister business Metnor which sank just days before owing its supply chain £10m.FRP said Norstead was hit hard by the failure of Metnor, which was it
  
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• Plans in for £1.5bn London Liverpool Street station makeover

  02-05-2023 16:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A joint venture led by developer Sellar has submitted plans for a major overhaul of Liverpool Street station in London, which includes a massive overstation office scheme and hotel.
  The £1.5bn scheme has been designed by Herzog & de Meuron for the joint venture which included Network Rail and rail operator MTR.
  A proposed 16-storey block above the station concourse will comprise 6-floors for a new Andaz hotel with rooftop sky garden and swimming pool sitting above 10 floors of offices.
  
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• Kier restructures infrastructure division

  02-05-2023 13:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier is restructuring its Infrastructure Services division with the current three business streams set to become two.
  From July 1 the current Highways, Utilities and Infrastructure operations will become Transportation and Natural Resources and Nuclear & Networks.
  Transportation will consolidate Kier’s design, build and maintenance work for its existing highways maintenance and major projects business, as well as becoming responsible for its broader rail, airports infrastructure and po
  
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• RED wins Surrey care home rebuild

  02-05-2023 10:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  RED Construction London will deliver phase one of The Sheppard Trust’s redevelopment of the Royal Cambridge Home in Surrey.
  As part of the £8m first phase, RED will carry out works to demolish around two-thirds of the existing buildings, replacing the section with a 32-bed care home.
  Architect PRP has designed the new care home located in East Molesey and operating as a not-for-profit facility.When completed, Royal Cambridge Home will vacate the remaining property on site to enable i
  
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• Green light for first women-only tower block

  02-05-2023 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ealing Council has approved plans for the country’s first women-only tower block.
  Brook House in Acton, west London will be a 15-storey scheme providing 102 social rent affordable flats for single women.
  The scheme is supported by Women’s Pioneer Housing, who are only one of two such specialised  housing associations in the country, and social housing giant L&Q.The original estate at Brook House was built in the 1930s, with additional homes and blocks built in the  70s.
  
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• Downing plans 700-room London student and flats scheme

  02-05-2023 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hybrid developer and contractor Downing has submitted plans for a near 700 purpose-built student accommodation scheme and a 91 private build to rent flats in North Acton, West London. 
  Located on Victoria Road next to North Acton Tube station, the proposed development will replace the existing Holiday Inn Express which currently occupies the site.  The 2,235 sq m proposed development would see two new towers built rising to 17 and 35-storeys and is the developer’s third student s
  
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• 2023 industry recession to be deeper than first forecast

  02-05-2023 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction output is now expected to fall by 6.4% this year after economists at the Construction Products Association sharply downgraded forecasts for the second time.
  Falling private new housing combined with recent government delays to major infrastructure projects has prompted the spring forecast downgrade from a previously forecast 4.7% fall in output.
  Private housing new build, and private housing rm&i account for around 40% of total construction output and are forecast to be the sect
  
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• New Building Safety Regulator boss steps down

  02-05-2023 01:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The new Chief Inspector of Buildings appointed to lead the biggest change in building safety for a generation has retired.
  Former HSE director of construction, Peter Baker was picked two years ago to lead the new Building Safety Regulator set up in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
  His decision to retire before the new body, which lies within the Health and Safety Executive, is formally launched next year was a surprise to many involved in consultations.
  One told the Enquirer: “I think ma
  
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