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• Severfield workers win 8% wage rise

  19-06-2023 17:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steelworkers at specialist contractor Severfield have ended three weeks of strike days after narrowly accepting a new wage offer.
  Workers at the steelwork contractor’s Dalton site voted 52% in favour of the latest offer from management.
  The deal sees an 8% uplift on all rates backdated from April to March 2024, plus a £900 non-consolidated cost of living payment.
  The deal also includes an optional healthcare package
  This amounted to an overall package value of 10.3% based on the sala
  
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• TfL submits plan for DLR extension to Thamesmead

  19-06-2023 15:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  TfL has submitted to Government strategic business case plans to extend the DLR rail link from Beckton to Thamesmead through a new Thames tunnel.
  The extension of the DLR would improve transport connections and enable the construction of up to 25,000-30,000 new homes along the route.
  Under the business plan, DLR proposes an extension from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside adding two more stations to the route, opening up development potential along both banks of the Thames.
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• Russell WBHO lands £48m Gateshead hotel

  19-06-2023 12:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Russell WBHO has been appointed by developer Ask:PATRIZIA to build a £48m 344 bedroom new hotel at Baltic Quarter on Gateshead Quayside.
  The planning application for the 180,898  sq ft, nine storey hotel was approved by Gateshead Council in March and Russell WBHO is planning to start work on the two year build programme before the end of the year.
  Designed by AHR Architects the hotel will feature restaurants, bars and business meeting rooms as well as a resident’s gym and will b
  
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• Green light for Cardiff lab scheme

  19-06-2023 09:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Pioneer Group has secured planning permission to deliver 54,500 square feet of purpose-built lab space at the company’s Cardiff Edge Science Park development.
  The space is being delivered as part of a new two-storey building that has been designed for maximum flexibility to cater for companies across the life sciences spectrum – from start-ups and scale-ups to multinational blue chips.
  Plans to deliver 10,000 square feet of amenity space have also been approved by Cardiff C
  
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• Costain’s planned M6 link road job halted over costs

  19-06-2023 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to build a new road linking the M6 with south Lancaster have been shelved due to soaring cost pressures.
  The decision is a major setback for Costain, which was appointed last March to deliver detailed design and stakeholder engagement, as well as the construction work, once planning approval was in place.
  This decision to suspend further work on the plans follows extensive talks between stakeholders Lancashire County Council, Lancaster City Council, Homes England, and Costain.
  Funding for
  
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• Rider Levett Bucknall veteran Ann Bentley honoured with CBE

  19-06-2023 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall veteran Ann Bentley has been awarded a CBE in King’s birthday honours.
  Her career spans over 33 years in the industry and saw her play a key role in the management buyout of RLB from Citex.She was also a prominent member of both the Construction Leadership Council and Construction Industry Council for many years.
  Bentley was among a small handful of people from within construction to receive honours for services to construction.
  Also getting an CBE is Profe
  
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• Henry administrators probe events in lead up to collapse

  19-06-2023 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators for Henry Construction Projects have confirmed the majority of the contractor’s 40 staff have been laid off.
  Administrators from insolvency practice FRP has also said they are now working to gather information on remaining assets and events in the lead up to the collapse of the £400m turnover tower builder.
  It is understood several clients on Henry’s more advanced projects are now in talks with subcontractors and suppliers to finish work directly.
  This includes H
  
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• Subbies left unpaid by developer Empire Property Concepts

  19-06-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Doncaster based residential developer Empire Property Concepts Ltd went into administration owing suppliers and subcontractors more than £500,000.
  An update from administrator Opus Restructuring Llp has revealed the scale of debts left by the failure of the firm in April.
  Empire Property Concepts Ltd changed its name to MCIOD Limited days before Metro Bank called in the administrators.The administrators report filed at Companies House is signed-off by Empire director Paul Rothwell who is a
  
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• Galliford Try set for £249m M5 jct10 rebuild

  19-06-2023 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has signed an early contractor involvement deal with Gloucestershire County Council for the big upgrade of junction 10 of the M5 to the west of Cheltenham
  The scheme is being funded through the council’s successful bid to UK Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund for £249m.
  The council was forced to rethink procurement plans for the project last year in the face of volatile market costs.
  Council procurement chiefs had originally planned to select a contractor in
  
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