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• Laing O’Rouke signs-up for £220m Cambridge hospital

  09-08-2023 10:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke has been named preferred construction partner for a new Cambridge cancer research hospital.
  The firm will now develop the project, presently forecast to cost around £220m, through its next phase of design under a pre-construction services agreement.
  Subject to planning and final funding approval, construction works are hoped to start next year at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
  The seven-storey, 26,000 sq m facility is set to be the first hospital delivered in the Eas
  
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• Laing O’Rouke signs pre-con for £220m Cambridge hospital

  09-08-2023 10:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Laing O’Rourke has been named preferred construction partner for a new Cambridge cancer research hospital.
  The firm will now develop the project, presently forecast to cost around £220m, through its next phase of design under a pre-construction services agreement.
  The seven-storey, 26,000 sq m facility planned for the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is set to be the first hospital delivered in the East of England as part of the Government’s New Hospital Programme.The appointment co
  
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• Henry Construction supply chain hit for over £43m

  09-08-2023 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hundreds of suppliers and subcontractors have been left £43m out of pocket by the collapse of Henry Construction Projects.
  According to the failed contractors records published by administrator FRP Advisory, more than 700 firms have been hit by the collapse of the south east tower builder.
  Henry also held performance bonds with a dozen surety providers. While final losses have still to be calculated by site owners losses could total up to £160m, warns the newly published administrato
  
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• Hinkley steel erectors down tools as unrest on site spreads

  09-08-2023 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steel erectors working for contractor William Hare at Hinkley have become the latest to down tools for a day at the vast nuclear power station site.
  The latest unofficial one-day stoppage yesterday was triggered by existing shift rotation patterns on the site.
  Erectors want to change the 11/3 and 10/4 rotation to a regular 10/4 arrangement.
  The stoppage follows a developing pattern of industrial unrest among trades in recent weeks.More than 300 scaffolders working at the Hinkley Point site are n
  
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• Plan for £500m Manchester student and sci-tech scheme

  09-08-2023 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Joint venture developers Property Alliance Group and Moda Living have submitted plans for a landmark £500m mixed student accommodation and life science complex in Manchester.
  The huge scheme will provide more than 1,100 student beds across three buildings, one rising to 42-storeys. The second element of three lower rise buildings will deliver 470,000 sq ft of life sciences space.
  The Ardwick complex in the south east of the city centre will be built on a 2ha ribbon of land next to Upper Br
  
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• Kane wins £30m MEP package at Sisk water resort

  09-08-2023 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kane has secured a £30m design and build contract with John Sisk & Sons to deliver the MEP installation at the Great Wolf Lodge Resort in Bicester.
  American company Great Wolf Lodge Resorts is building its first £200m UK development near Oxford containing a 504-bedroom hotel, a large ground floor family entertainment centre including a bowling alley, restaurants and arcades which connect to a large waterpark.
  Innovative service corridor modules and an offsite prefabricated Energy
  
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• Losses deepen at modular house builder TopHat

  09-08-2023 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volumetric modular house builder TopHat saw losses increase as turnover fell last year.
  Latest results for TopHat Industries Ltd for the year to October 31 2022 showed pre-tax losses increased to £20.4 from £19.4m last time as turnover dipped to £10.2m from £12.3m.
  The Goldman Sachs-backed business is confident of future profits and is planning to open a second factory in Corby, Northamptonshire next year to add to its existing facility in Derby.TopHat has been trading si
  
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• Mace director joins offsite specialist Reds10

  09-08-2023 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Former Mace director Shaun Tate has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at modular construction specialist Reds10.
  Tate worked for Mace for 17 years and launched and ran its business unit focussed on maximising off-site pre-manufacture value and assembly.
  Matt Bennion, CEO of Reds10, said: “We are delighted that Shaun has joined the Reds10 team. Like us, Shaun is passionate about changing our industry and is a real innovator in the delivery of high-quality off-site construction.“H
  
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