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• Enabling works start on £200m Cambridge station

  05-06-2023 15:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has agreed £200m funding to build a new station in south Cambridge for the East-West Rail line.
  Following funding approval, contractor J Murphy has started site compound and enabling works at the site located next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, home to the Royal Papworth Hospital and AstraZeneca headquarters.
  A main contractor is set to be selected for the major station job next month.The project, designed by Dentons and Mott MacDonald, will consist of a two-storey buil
  
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• NG Bailey appoints Sellafield chief as NED

  05-06-2023 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building service contractor NG Bailey has appointed Sellafield chief executive officer Martin Chown as a non-executive board director.
  Chown has worked at Sellafield for over seven years. Prior to that, he held senior executive roles with Balfour Beatty as procurement and supply chain director and was prior to that procurement chief at GSK.
  NG Bailey said: “Bringing a wealth of experience gained across numerous organisations and sectors, Martin will prove to be a great addition to the NG B
  
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• HS2 labour supply firm posts loss despite revenue jump

  05-06-2023 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Latest results from Hercules Site Services show a pre-tax loss for the six months to March 31 2023 despite an 85% jump in turnover compared to the same period last year.
  The AIM-listed labour supply specialist saw revenue increase to £37m but the bottom line saw a pre-tax loss of £246,000.
  The firm’s main revenue driver is HS2 where labour supply to the Phase 1 (northern section) increased to 400 operatives from 180 at 31 March 2022.Hercules is confident about future prospects
  
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• Graham to lead UPP push for next generation green campuses

  05-06-2023 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Student campus developer and operator UPP has teamed up with sustainable architecture specialist Architype to develop greener student accommodation for universities.
  The first of the next-generation sustainable campus designs will be delivered by contractor Graham at UPP’s ground-breaking University of Exeter’s Clydesdale and Birks Residential project.
  This will provide 1,700 Passivhaus-grade student rooms following project close and see refurbished 300 existing bedrooms at Birks Gra
  
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• EN:Procure wants firms for £700m new-build homes deal

  05-06-2023 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Nort of England social housing consortium En:Procure has started tendering for its next-generation new build framework.
  The latest agreement is expected to be bigger that the previous deal with an estimated value of £700m.
  Around 25 firms on the existing deal will be fighting to renew their places on the framework whose scope covers design, site preparation, site remediation, associated civil engineering and building works.The new framework deal has been broken into four lots– Lot 1
  
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• Work stops on MAC education job

  05-06-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Work has stopped on a £5m education job in Birmingham being built by MAC Group after the contractor’s main Irish operation sought protection from its creditors.
  An Interim Examiner was appointed to fit-out and construction firm MAC-Interiors Ltd last week.
  MAC has offices in Birmingham, Dublin, London and Newry.Site sources told the Enquirer work has stopped on its job to build a new educational facility at the Joseph Chamberlain College site in Birmingham.
  One subcontractor said: &l
  
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