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• Wates bags first job for Manchester Council-owned developer

  05-07-2023 23:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester City Council’s new wholly-owned development company, This City, has awarded its first housing project to Wates.
  The builder will deliver 118 flats across two buildings and 10 town houses overlooking Ancoats Green in the city.
  The Rodney Street development has been designed by architect Buttress and will benefit from a wider £32m investment package funded by Homes England in the local area of Ancoats, helping ultimately to unlock 1,500 new homes and bring the 20-year regene
  
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• BSI bids to cut costs on infrastructure projects

  05-07-2023 17:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Standards body BSI haslaunched a new whitepaper on how to minimise risks in infrastructure projects.
  Experts suggest that a better approach to scope development and managing risk and contractual change could save up to £25bn a year on projects.
  BSI worked with industry experts and researched existing practices to identity key challenges, then considered how organizations can address these issues. The whitepaper covers:The three main underlying issues with scope development
  Impacts on costs
  
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• Magrock wins £33m Ipswich logistics park build

  05-07-2023 16:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Trebor Developments and Hillwood have appointed Magrock Ltd as main contractor for a five unit industrial and logistics scheme at Eastern Gateway, Ipswich.
  Work on transforming the eight acre site will start this month.
  Once completed by the end of next year the site will be home to a five unit industrial and logistics scheme ranging in size from 12,905 to 52,250 sq ft.
  The scheme is being marketed as “Access @ Eastern Gateway, Ipswich” and will complement the existing units already
  
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• Sparks agree 7% wage increase from 2024

  05-07-2023 09:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Electricians are set for a 7% wage rise from 2024 after a new pay deal was hammered out by electrical contractors and union Unite under the JIB collective agreement.
  The two-year deal for the industry also includes a 5% uptick in rates from 2025.
  Electrical Contractors’ Association chief negotiator Andrew Hutchins said: “The last few years have been difficult, and it is beneficial to have some certainty at a time when the wider economy is unpredictable.“This agreement gives us
  
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• Hollywood film studio pauses £600m Hertfordshire job

  05-07-2023 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The owners of Hollywood’s Sunset Studios has put on hold plans to build a £600m film production base in Hertfordshire.
  Contractor ISG, which signed a pre-construction services agreement to build the vast film studio complex late last year, is now standing down its supply chain.
  A supplier told the Enquirer: “We’ve been waiting around to confirm start and schedule dates and now have received notification from ISG that everything is on hold.
  “It’s a real set bac
  
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• North London 9-floor mass-timber frame office approved

  05-07-2023 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Related Argent has gained consent for a pioneering 9-storey mass-timber office building at the Brent Cross Town redevelopment in north London.Designed by architect Bennetts Associates, the 2 Copper Square project relies on an engineered timber frame and will use off-site construction to set industry-leading targets for embodied carbon reduction, operational efficiency and user wellbeing.
  The big timber office project site will sit next to the newly-opened Claremont Park, and alongside
  
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• Skanska JV wins major new facility at RAF Molesworth

  05-07-2023 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Skanska, in a joint venture with Black & Veatch, has signed a design and contract for new facilities at the US Air Base RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire.
  The US Air Force European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) works involve building a 270,000 sq ft two storey building along with supporting infrastructure and a warehouse facility.
  Design work is due to begin immediately, with construction on site due to commence in the spring of 2024.The whole project is due to complete by the summer of
  
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• Skanska JV wins £219m RAF Molesworth expansion

  05-07-2023 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Skanska, in a joint venture with Black & Veatch, has signed a £219m design and build contract for new facilities at the US Air Base RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire.
  The US Air Force European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) works involve building a 270,000 sq ft two storey building along with supporting infrastructure and a warehouse facility.
  Design work is due to begin immediately, with construction on site due to commence in the spring of 2024.The whole project is due to complete
  
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• Developer destroys vulgar trophy after subbie complains

  05-07-2023 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer London Square has destroyed a vulgar trophy following a complaint from a subcontractor.
  The “C**t of the Week” cup has now been melted-down by the developer which is a major player in the capital’s residential market.
  The Enquirer understands the trophy was occasionally awarded to subcontractors and London Square employees when minor mistakes occurred on sites.The developer said it was “intended by those involved to be light-hearted.”
  London Square added t
  
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• Keepmoat strategic deal for 4,000 West Midlands homes

  05-07-2023 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Keepmoat has become a strategic partner of the West Midlands Combined Authority, with a commitment to build 4,000 homes in the region.  
  Keepmoat has also committed to aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions when building on brownfield sites and to increase its house building by 50% across the West Midlands.  
  As a strategic partner, Keepmoat will build a range of different tenure homes.
  The memorandum of understanding commits Keepmoat to at least 70% of the workforce c
  
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