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• Bidders wanted for £3.2bn housing repairs deal

  13-07-2023 14:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regional procurement specialist EN:Procure is inviting tenders for its latest installers framework values at £3.2bn.
  The procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North is looking for bidders for the latest version of its Installation and Repairs Framework.
  The framework is made up of 37 lots covering a wide range of installations and repairs including electrical, heating, roofing and brickwork.It will be available for social housing projects across Yorkshire and Humber, the
  
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• Property developer giants join call for planning reset

  13-07-2023 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Land and Landsec have called for urgent planning reforms to regenerate the UK’s towns and cities.
  The pair are calling for specific improvement to the planning system to unblock brownfield regeneration.
  The property companies are behind some of Britain’s most significant regeneration projects, including Landsec’s 24-acre Mayfield neighbourhood in central Manchester and British Land and AustralianSuper’s 53-acre Canada Water in London.In a new report, the pair warn
  
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• Equans lands £20m deal to decarbonise 1,000 homes

  13-07-2023 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equans has landed a £20m contract for the decarbonisation of 1,000 homes across the North West and Cumbria for The Riverside Group housing association.
  The work will last until March 2025 and see Equans improve energy efficiency across the properties at a cost of £20,000 per home which is part funded by the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
  Works will include pre-construction support and installation of various retrofit energy efficiency measures including design, delivery, compli
  
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• Barratt legacy building costs jump an extra £180m

  13-07-2023 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volume house builder Barratt has today revealed a further £180m will be needed on top of previous estimates to cope with fire safety and legacy building costs.
  The firm, which in 2022 set aside £412m to cover remediation costs, has now upped the estimates after completing its review of reinforced concrete frame buildings and finalising the extent of fire safety and external wall system repairs.
  The review was conducted following the discovery of concrete design defects at Barratt&rsq
  
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• Record contract win for Danaher & Walsh

  13-07-2023 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civils contractor Danaher & Walsh has landed its largest ever single order.
  The £10m+ contract will see the firm deliver civils packages across the new £115m North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road.
  Galliford Try is main contractor on the job for Leicestershire County Council.Danaher & Walsh will start on site this month and be working on the scheme for the next two years.
  Sean McCallion, Operations Director, Danaher & Walsh Civil Engineering Ltd, said: “We a
  
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• Green light for Canary Wharf office-to-labs job

  13-07-2023 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Development manager LS Estates has got the green light to repurpose an office building in London’s Canary Wharf for life sciences and technology tenants.
  The 17 Columbus Courtyard project designed by architect Scott Brownrigg  will see the building expanded to provide 250,000 square feet of flexible laboratory and office space spanning nine upper floors.
  Anticipated to be finished by autumn 2025, the £200m scheme exemplifies the changing focus of Canary Wharf toward life science
  
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