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• Government vetoes project bank account proposal

  16-06-2023 09:01
  
  The Government has blocked an attempt to amend the planned Procurement Bill to include mandatory project bank accounts for all jobs valued at over £2m.
  Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, had tabled a new clause to the Procurement Bill that aimed to enforce the use of PBAs to protect subcontractors’ payments in construction contracts.
  In support of her Clause 12 amendment during the reading of the Bill in the House of Commons, she argued using project bank acc
  
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• Housing slowdown forces Travis Perkins profit warning

  16-06-2023 08:55
  
  The slowdown in the housing market has forced a profit warning at Travis Perkins.
  The UK’s largest builders’ merchants said other sectors like commercial, industrial and infrastructure were proving “more resilient”.
  A stock exchange announcement said: “The Group delivered a resilient performance in the first quarter but has not seen the anticipated easing of market conditions in the second quarter to date.“Volumes in both the new build housing and private dome
  
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• Moda gets green light for £134m south London scheme

  16-06-2023 08:42
  
  Moda has won full planning permission for its first Studio Living neighbourhood in Bermondsey, south London.
  The £134m neighbourhood will include 283 studio homes plus a range of amenity spaces including a 24/7 gym, roof terrace, residents’ lounge, games room and private dining room as well as on-site laundry and secure cycle storage.
  Moda Studio Living is designed for renters looking for something different to a standard city house share. The extensive shared spaces will allow resid
  
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• £500m Cambridge office plan revised to speed up building

  16-06-2023 08:12
  
  Developers behind a planned £500m office scheme in Cambridge have revised designs to cut costs and speed up the construction programme.
  Joint developers Railpen and Socius are now hoping to press ahead with plans for twin offices once revisions for Botanic Place have been passed by local planners.
  The proposed changes to the existing planning consent include reducing the depth of the basement and delivering both buildings in one phase to shorten construction time by 21 months.Amendments, w
  
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• Bid race for £21m Tate Liverpool revamp

  16-06-2023 08:11
  
  Bidding is underway for a project to overhaul the grade 1 listed Tate Liverpool gallery building at the city’s Royal Albert Dock.
  The Re-Imagining Tate Liverpool is a major remodelling of the building to improve the gallery’s visibility and presence on the dock underlining its credentials as a leading international cultural institution.
  Already 6a architects has been appointed to redesign the iconic 1846 warehouse that was redesigned by Sir James Stirling and Michael Wilford in the l
  
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• BAM bags Scotland’s first passivhaus leisure centre job

  16-06-2023 08:10
  
  BAM has started site clearance for Scotland’s first leisure centre designed to meet passivhaus-standards.
  The £36m Blairgowrie Recreation Centre will be Scotland’s first ultra-low energy swimming pool and leisure centre.
  Designed by Holmes Miller architects, the building is only the second in the UK – to achieve Passivhaus certification, after Willmott Dixon’s pioneering £44m leisure centre project in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey.A replacement for the Perthshir
  
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