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• Construction products not included in CE marking U-turn

  01-08-2023 20:47
  
  The Government has confirmed that the indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for the wider business community in the UK will not apply to construction products.
  Following its announcement yesterday, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has now confirmed the u-turn on accepting CE marks will not apply to construction products.
  The Construction Products Association sought clarification after the latest Government statement spun the construction sector into confusion.It s
  
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• Construction products excluded from CE marking U-turn

  01-08-2023 20:47
  
  The Government has confirmed that the indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for the wider business community in the UK will not apply to construction products.
  Following its announcement yesterday, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has now confirmed the u-turn on accepting CE marks will not apply to construction products.
  The Construction Products Association sought clarification after the latest Government statement spun the construction sector into confusion.It s
  
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• Bouygues to build Chichester student scheme

  01-08-2023 17:03
  
  Bouygues has been confirmed as main contractor on major student accommodation plans for the University of Chichester.
  The University is working with Uliving in consortium with Equitix as preferred bidder on a student accommodation new build and refurbishment programme across its two campuses.
  Work will deliver a total of 1,032 units across the two sites in Bognor Regis and Chichester. This will include extensive refurbishment to the existing 507 beds across the two campuses, a 176-bed new build
  
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• Bouyges to build Chichester student scheme

  01-08-2023 17:03
  
  Bouyges has been confirmed as main contractor on major student accommodation plans for the University of Chichester.
  The University is working with Uliving in consortium with Equitix as preferred bidder on a student accommodation new build and refurbishment programme across its two campuses.
  Work will deliver a total of 1,032 units across the two sites in Bognor Regis and Chichester. This will include extensive refurbishment to the existing 507 beds across the two campuses, a 176-bed new build s
  
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• Former boss of collapsed Claritas joins JRL

  01-08-2023 08:53
  
  The CEO and founder of collapsed Kent contractor Claritas Group has joined JRL as a divisional managing director.
  Jon Wardle has found a new role just weeks after Claritas went down owing more than £7m to its supply chain.
  Wardle confirmed the demise of Claritas on LinkedIn in June stating: “To our supply chain who supported us to the end. I thank all of you and I am truly sorry for the impact on you, your respective employees and supply chains. In many ways, you are the most importa
  
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• Government gives all-clear to keep CE marking

  01-08-2023 08:52
  
  The Government has rowed back on plans on to ditch CE marking on products and services allowing an indefinite extension to the use of European Conformity mark.
  The decision to drop the cliff-edge switch at the end of 2024 to the new UK Conformity Assessed mark comes after intense lobbying from manufactures and contractors.
  The Construction Leadership Council raised the alarm about the impact of the move to UKCA marking warning that global manufacturers were starting to withdraw products because
  
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• Confusion continues over CE marking

  01-08-2023 08:52
  
  A Government U-turn on plans on to ditch CE marking does not apparently cover construction products.
  An indefinite extension to the use of the European Conformity mark was announced by the Department for Business & Trade on Tuesday morning.
  But within hours a clarification confirmed that the decision would not apply to construction products.
  The decision not to drop the cliff-edge switch at the end of 2024 to the new UK Conformity Assessed mark will disappoint manufactures and contractors wh
  
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• Suppliers left high and dry as Haydon M&E goes under

  01-08-2023 08:10
  
  Haydon Mechanical & Electrical has gone into administration.
  The company is now in the hands of administrators from insolvency specialist Leading.
  The collapse comes less than a year after Haydon entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement with its creditors in August 2022 following cash flow pressures.The CVA deal was designed to distribute at least £7.2m to creditors at the rate of £200,000 a month starting in November 2022 with suppliers getting at least 80p in the £1 back f
  
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• Caddick targets Midlands with new regional division

  01-08-2023 08:09
  
  Caddick Construction Group has launched a new Midlands division to target the region as the latest phase of its growth strategy.
  Ray O’Sullivan has been appointed Regional Director for the Midlands and he joins Caddick from Mac Group and before that he spent 20 years at John sisk.
  O’Sullivan will lead a new regional team adding to Caddick’s existing presence in the North West, Cumbria, North East and Yorkshire.He said: “I have joined Caddick Construction Group at a really
  
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• Race starts for £600m North Wales framework renewal

  01-08-2023 08:08
  
  Eighteen construction firms face a fight to renew their places on a major Welsh construction framework.
  The North Wales Construction Partnership, led by Denbighshire County Council, is inviting firms to bid for spots on the third-generation North Wales Construction Framework.
  The anticipated value of the programme is up to £600m and includes new school buildings and public sector projects planned by six North Wales authorities.The new framework will come into force in June 2024 and be in p
  
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• Engineering construction workers reject 8.5% pay offer

  01-08-2023 07:34
  
  Engineering construction workers operating under the Blue Book agreement have overwhelmingly rejected contractors’ final wage increase offer.
  Contractors signed up to the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry set out the final two-year offer to the 7,000-strong workforce last month
  This followed an extra 75p a hour cost of living increase agreed six months ago between unions and contractors.The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5% increase in both hourl
  
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