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• Trio renew £167m M25 upkeep deal

  15-08-2023 16:59
  
  Three civils contractors have renewed deals to deliver up to £167m of maintenance and improvement works on the M25.Motorway operator Connect Plus (M25) has picked Jackson Civil Engineering, Octavius Infrastructure and Milestone Infrastructure to deliver the COFA3 call-off framework that will run for six years.
  Works includes highways construction and improvements across Hertfordshire, the South East and East of England.
  The works will be built into contracted packages typically valued bet
  
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• Worker who died at Everton’s stadium site named

  15-08-2023 15:11
  
  The 26-year-old worker who died after being injured at Everton’s new football stadium has been named.
  Michael Jones, from Kirkby, was taken to hospital after being hurt on the construction site at Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool at around 12.30pm on Monday.
  He is understood to have suffered severe head injuries and was treated at the scene but declared dead at Aintree  Hospital a short time later.
  In a statement his family today said he was a “lifelong blue who was so happy to be
  
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• Green light for 330-home Chippenham scheme

  15-08-2023 09:02
  
  Countryside Partnerships has got the planning thumbs up to build 329 homes in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
  The Langley Park brownfield site in a former industrial area has been vacant for years and is now set to be repurposed into a residential scheme of houses and apartments comprising 50% affordable homes.
  A £40m deal has also been agreed between Countryside Partnerships and shared ownership investor Gresham House Residential Secure Income LP to deliver 167 of the homes as affordable housing t
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins Passivhaus school

  15-08-2023 09:01
  
  Willmott Dixon has won its latest Passivhaus project – a £14.5m new primary school for 420 pupils in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
  Construction is set to start early next year for Hampshire County Council on the Hounsome Fields Primary School which will serve new local housing developments.
  The contract was procured through the Southern Construction Framework and is due to be completed ready for the 2025 academic year.Richard Poulter, managing director of Willmott Dixon in the South, said:
  
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• Galliford Try seals 30-storey Cardiff rental flats job

  15-08-2023 08:53
  
  Galliford Try has finally signed contracts to deliver a major build to rent tower project in Cardiff.
  The firm has been in line for the £52m development for client Marcol Estate for two years.
  The development will see the creation of 272 one and two-bedroom apartments in a 30-storey tower at Guildford Crescent, close to the centre of Cardiff.The building will include a fitness studio, games room and resident lounge, along with flexible workspace and bookable private dining areas.Residents
  
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• Skanska UK construction profit surges to £55m

  15-08-2023 08:35
  
  Skanska’s UK construction business continues to deliver strong profit growth last year despite challenging market conditions.
  The firm saw pre-tax profit surge nearly 60% to £55m in the year to December 2022, not including a one-off gain of £29m the year before from the sale of its infrastructure services business.
  Revenue was also up a quarter to £1.4bn as the firm benefitted from HS2 throughput and secured new contracts.Big wins included a £235m deal for offices a
  
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• Vinci buys overhead power line specialist

  15-08-2023 08:31
  
  VINCI Energies has acquired high voltage overhead line specialist NorPower.
  Scotland based NorPower specialises in wood pole and steel overhead lines construction, installation, reconfiguration and refurbishment across the UK and employs 30 staff.
  NorPower represents Vinci’s second acquisition in Scotland in the past two years, as well as the opening of new design offices in Glasgow.Scott VAN DER VORD, Chief Executive Officer, VINCI Energies UK & ROI, said: “We are delighted to w
  
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• Lendlease recladding costs soar to £151m

  15-08-2023 00:35
  
  A major hike in the expected cost of remediating legacy hire-rise buildings for fire safety in the UK has plunged global construction group Lendlease into the red.
  The firm has dramatically raised the anticipated cost of recladding buildings by nearly 50% to £151m since signing the Government safety pledge just after the 13 March deadline set by housing secretary Michael Gove.
  Lendlease revealed its latest estimate in disappointing group results for the year to June 2023.Tony Lombardo, Len
  
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