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• Causeway acquires worker management specialist Reference Point

  11-05-2023 15:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction technology giant Causeway has acquired the UK’s leading workforce competency and authority-to-work system developer Reference Point.
  Reference Point is well known for its SkillGuard mobile workforce management system and delivering the Network Rail Sentinel health and safety passport system.
  Reference Point also provides Gencarda, a cloud digital membership software platform with virtual cards, and CourseSight, a comprehensive training, eLearning and course management solution
  
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• McLaren gears-up for £100m Coventry student scheme

  11-05-2023 14:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction is looking to start work later this year on the latest phase of a giant student accommodation scheme in Coventry.
  Property website React News revealed that sister company McLaren Property and its partner Topland are close to securing a £160m funding deal with investment giant Blackstone for the latest phases of The Oaks campus.
  McLaren Construction is in line for the building contract which the Enquirer understands will be worth around £100m for the fourth and fi
  
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• Open ECX appoints new CEO

  11-05-2023 12:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Digital construction solutions specialist Open ECX has appointed Nathan Ollier as its new CEO
  Ollier joins Open ECX from enterprise software solutions provider Advanced and his appointment comes as Open ECX looks to invest in its workforce and build upon its services to help the construction industry progress.
  Matthew Jones, founder of Open ECX said: “As the digitisation of the construction industry has continued to evolve, so has Open ECX and Nathan’s appointment as CEO is the lates
  
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• CIOB postpones Construction Manager of the Year awards

  11-05-2023 12:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Chartered Institute of Building has postponed its annual awards which include the coveted Construction Manager of the Year prize.
  The awards night was due to be held in its regular October slot but has now been pushed back until next Spring due to a shortage of entries.
  In a statement the trade body said: “It is with regret that we have made the difficult decision to postpone CIOB Awards until Spring 2024.“Our awards have a long history for celebrating excellence in construction.
  
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• Profits soar at Caddick Group in “rude health”

  11-05-2023 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Group saw profits jump by more than 40% as it posted latest results for the year ending August 2022.
  Across the group – which includes Moda Living, Caddick Developments and Caddick Construction – pre-tax profits hit £58m from a turnover up 28% to £492m.
  Caddick continues to increase its long-term development pipeline and remains focused on a twin property strategy of Living and Industrial/Logistics.Johnny Caddick, Caddick Group, said: “Our focus on Livi
  
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• Plans go in for snaking Silvertown bridge

  11-05-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A planning application for a 305 metre zig-zag design pedestrian and cycle bridge at Royal Victoria Dock has been submitted.
  The crossing is part of the £5bn development of the Silvertown site by The Silvertown Partnership which includes Lendlease.
  The new design is a ‘Double S-curve’ shape and will also open at its mid-point with a double bascule mechanism allowing full use of the dock by large vessels.The bridge will link the ExCel centre and Custom House station on the north
  
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• Seven scoop £5bn MoD new alliance deals

  11-05-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A landmark contract for defence has been signed, signalling the start of a new delivery alliance for the Ministry of Defence and seven major contractors.
  The selected partners will deliver the £5.1bn defence estate optimisation programme. They are: Galliford Try, ISG, Graham, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Lendlease Construction and Morgan Sindall.
  Defence Infrastructure Organisation procurement chiefs picked the firms after a mini competition using the Crown Commercial Service framework.Dire
  
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• Seven scoop £5bn MoD allianance deals

  11-05-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  A landmark contract for defence has been signed, signalling the start of a new alliance for the Ministry of Defence and seven major contractors.
  The seven selected to deliver the £5.1bn defence estate optimisation programme are: Galliford Try, ISG, Graham, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Lendlease Construction and Morgan Sindall.
  Defence Infrastructure Organisation procurement chief picked the firms after a mini competition using the Crown Commercial Service framework.
  Director of Infrastructu
  
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• Tide gets green light for 32-storey Ealing modular tower

  11-05-2023 01:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Modular developer and contractor Tide Construction has got the planning thumbs to develop a 462–home co-living scheme in Ealing, West London.
  Located in the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area, The Castle project will create a co-living community within a split tower rising to 32 storeys.
  The Castle will follow Tide’s previous developed and constructed co-living project, the Enclave: Croydon, which will welcome its first residents at the end of this year. Providing 817 homes, it
  
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