Construction news

• Unite raises £300m to start two student schemes

  25-07-2023 09:13
  
  Student room developer Unite has completed a £300m share cash raise to fund two more big development schemes.
  Earlier this year Unite bought a site in London Stratford, known as Jubilee House, for its next major project.
  It has full planning consent for a 36-storey tower providing 716 beds for students at a total development cost of £192m.The development in Farthingale Walk will be built by RG Group and also incorporate 65,000 sq ft of academic space.
  Unite is also advancing two sche
  
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• Brickie fractures skull in platform fall

  25-07-2023 08:40
  
  A contractor has been fined £12,000 after a Shropshire bricklayer fell through a stairwell opening and fractured his skull.
  Scott Ife, 30, from Bridgnorth, was working for 2 Counties Construction (Midlands) Ltd when the incident took place on 8 June 2020.
  The company had been hired as the principal contractor overseeing the refurbishment of agricultural barns into houses on Humber Lane in Telford.Working alongside another employee, Ife, who was 27 at the time, was laying the blocks to form
  
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• Octavius buys R&W out of administration

  25-07-2023 08:13
  
  Octavius Infrastructure Ltd has bought the assets and most of the contracts of R&W Civil Engineering.
  The Enquirer revealed last week that R&W was in talks with a potential buyer and had filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  Octavius has now finalised a deal for the firm after it went into administration.Private equity owned Octavius was formerly known as Osborne Infrastructure.
  Octavius said the “acquisition aims to ensure, wherever possible, continuity for R&am
  
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• £170m boost to prepare Sizewell C site for construction

  25-07-2023 07:54
  
  The Government has injected £170m into the Sizewell C projects to speed up preparations for construction of the major nuclear power station project.
  The previously-allocated development cash will be used to prepare the Sizewell C site for future construction, procure key components from the project’s supply chain, and expand its workforce.
  Nuclear and Networks Minister Andrew Bowie said: “With government support, our nuclear industry will play a critical role in supplying clean
  
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• Morrisroe ditches Cantillon name in demolition rebrand

  25-07-2023 07:29
  
  Specialist construction group Morrisroe has dropped the Cantillon name from its demolition business.
  The firm said the rebrand to Morrisroe Demolition would help to highlight its demolition to superstructure direct delivery capabilities within a united group.
  Cantillon hit the headlines most recently as one of ten demolition contractors together fined £60m for bid rigging.The demolition firm, established over 50 years ago by Michael Cantillon, was fined £1.9m for its involvement in c
  
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