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• Metek turns to solar power at manufacturing plant

  10-05-2023 16:37
  
  Light Steel Frame (LSF) construction specialist Metek has invested in a major solar installation at its manufacturing facility for Advanced Cold Formed Sections Ltd (ACFS), in Wolverhampton.
  The move, which is part of the company’s wide-ranging carbon reduction strategy, will see the new solar panels deliver up to 82% of the energy needed to power the production hub.
  Works consisted of the installation of 535 solar modules across the factory site. The installation was completed in four wee
  
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• Fixmart acquires Page Pipeline Supplies

  10-05-2023 16:30
  
  Fixings and supports specialist Fixmart Ltd has completed the acquisition of the assets of Page Pipeline Supplies Ltd, who will now operate as a trading division under the Fixmart brand.
  Page Pipeline Supplies are expert steel fabricators and manufacturers of pipe supports, respected in the mechanical industry for their assembly of prefabricated brackets and Forest Stewardship Council wood insulation blocks.
  Steve Boyt Sales and Marketing Director at Fixmart said: “Bringing onboard the exp
  
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• Urban Splash appoints “Director of the Future”

  10-05-2023 15:29
  
  Developer Urban Splash has appointed Suzy Jones as its first ever Director of the Future.
  Jones previously worked in a similar forward-thinking role at Urban Splash’s modular building sister company House which went into administration last year.
  In her new role Jones “will be responsible for using foresight and innovation to develop the purpose led ambition of Urban Splash and the strategy required to support it.”She said: “Director of the Future is quite some job title
  
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• Hochtief-Murphy completes record cement-free concrete pour

  10-05-2023 12:49
  
  National Grid claims its contractor Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) has completed the world’s largest ever continuous pour of cement-free concrete on the £1bn London Power Tunnels project to rewire London.
  HMJV has overseen pouring of 736,000 litres – enough to fill around two 25m swimming pools – to fill the base of the 55m deep tunnel drive shaft at National Grid’s Hurst Substation in South London.
  The cement free solution was developed by Wagners and supplie
  
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• Second staircase rule halts Wates estate revamp

  10-05-2023 09:22
  
  Construction work has been paused on a major estate job in east London due to the new second staircase rule.
  Wates Residential is working on a joint venture with Havering Council on a £1.5bn programme to revamp 12 estates across the borough.
  But work has now been paused on the Waterloo and Queens Street site where 550 new homes are under construction.A statement by the joint venture said: “Due to the current uncertainty regarding future building safety standards, Havering and Wates h
  
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• Plans in for in 4,800 homes Manchester new town

  10-05-2023 08:28
  
  Urban renewal joint venture Far East Consortium and Manchester City Council have finally submitted plans to create a new town in the Red Bank area of the city.
  The hybrid application is seeking detailed permission to create 1,550 homes off Dantzic Street and outline permission for a further 3,250 houses over 30 acres of largely brownfield land.
  The plan, which also includes 160,000 sq ft of commercial and community facilities, is one of the largest residential schemes to be brought forward in th
  
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• Plans in for 4,800 homes Manchester new town

  10-05-2023 08:28
  
  Urban renewal joint venture Far East Consortium and Manchester City Council have finally submitted plans to create a new town in the Red Bank area of the city.
  The hybrid application is seeking detailed permission to create 1,550 homes off Dantzic Street and outline permission for a further 3,250 houses over 30 acres of largely brownfield land.
  The plan, which also includes 160,000 sq ft of commercial and community facilities, is one of the largest residential schemes to be brought forward in th
  
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• Altrad bags £31m Berkeley nuclear station clean-up job

  10-05-2023 08:21
  
  Magnox is ready to start a major decommissioning project to clean-up and demolish four ‘blower house’ superstructures that surround Berkeley site’s two reactor buildings.
  Altrad has bagged a £31m contract for the design, asbestos removal, deplant, demolition and construction works in and around the blower houses.
  The firm will also be supported by Veolia KDC Decommissioning Services, NSG Environmental, OBR Construction, Mammoet, and Cavendish Nuclear.Ross McAllister, Magn
  
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• Another Wates director joins Caddick

  10-05-2023 08:11
  
  Caddick Construction has raided Wates again for its latest senior appointment.
  Steve Bell has joined Caddick as Operations Director with a remit to oversee work in the North East and Yorkshire.
  Bell joins after more than eight years at Wates with the last three years in a similar role to his new job.He has followed the same path as Caddick Construction group managing director Paul Dodsworth who joined last summer after seven years at Wates and Group Commercial Director Neil Trubshaw who joined t
  
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• Welsh social housing specialist hits acquisition trail

  10-05-2023 08:10
  
  The boss of Welsh social housing contractor LCB Group has teamed up with a UK investment business with the ambition of creating a nationwide operation.
  LCB Group managing director, Liam Bevan, will become CEO of the newly-formed Cardo Group, where he holds a stake of more than 75%.
  Buckthorn Partners, which invests in industrial businesses operating in the areas of renewable energy, lower emissions, energy efficiency, is backing the new venture.
  Cardo Group has been formed to support social hous
  
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