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• Groundworks and plant hire specialist collapses

  18-08-2023 17:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks specialist Allma Construction and its sister company Centre Plant Limited have collapsed into administration with the loss of more than 180 jobs.
  Stuart Robb and Michelle Elliot, partners with FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators of the firms which were founded in 1991 and based in Barrhead near Glasgow.
  Allma specialised in the house building sector and has been hit hard by the residential downturn.The businesses had a combined turnover of £25m and employed 1
  
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• Straightline boosts management team

  18-08-2023 16:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Leading provider of commissioning management services Straightline Consulting has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Graham Drummond as Operations Director for EMEA.
  Craig Eadie, Managing Director of Straightline said: “Bringing Graham in to the business will bring even more talent to our amazing team delivering data centres across EMEA.
  “We have enjoyed great success over the last few years and Graham will help us continue to service our clients in the manner they
  
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• GPE plans Soho site revamp after £70m property deal

  18-08-2023 09:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  Great Portland Estates has bought a key office block on London’s Soho Square for £70m from owner Belgravia & Chelsea Property Services.
  The 57,000 sq ft mixed-use buildings are currently let with vacant possession expected by March 2024.The 0.5 acre site benefits from planning consent to demolish the existing buildings and deliver around 90,000 sq ft of new Grade A office and prime retail space. The buildings are located in the heart of the West End at the eastern end of Oxf
  
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• Domis starts £195m Boddingtons Brewery job

  18-08-2023 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Domis Construction has started works on the long-awaited regeneration of the old Boddingtons Brewery site to create 556 homes in Manchester city centre.
  Groundworks are now under way on the site acquired by Domis parent developer Salboy in December 2022.
  The housing-led £195m mixed-used scheme involves five new buildings, including building a 20-storey tower and landscaped public realm.
  Located adjacent to Manchester College’s new city campus, the renamed Waterhouse Gardens developme
  
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• Green light for £250m A38 Derby roundabouts scheme

  18-08-2023 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highways’ plans to improve congestion at three bottlenecks on the A38 around Derby have got the green light after receiving development consent.
  Contractor BAM still needs to get the go-ahead to start construction of the £250m, which involves major upgrades to roundabouts at Kingsway, Markeaton and Little Eaton. 
  National Highways’ proposals were initially granted consent in January 2021. Following a legal challenge and a High Court ruling that the decision be qua
  
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• Costain makes charity donation after polluting river

  18-08-2023 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Costain will donate £55,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after polluting the River Don during a major upgrade to the A19 in South Tyneside.
  An investigation by the Environment Agency found that the company had breached its environmental permit when contaminated water was washed down highway drains and into the River Don.
  It submitted an Enforcement Undertaking to the Environment Agency, which has now been accepted.An Enforcement Undertaking is a voluntary offer made by companies and individuals to
  
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• BAM wins £11m Forest of Dean leisure hub

  18-08-2023 07:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM has been appointed by the Forest of Dean District Council to develop and build a new leisure, enterprise and education hub at Five Acres in Gloucestershire.
  The project will be completed in phases, with the initial phase focusing on the construction of a new multi-purpose four-court sports hall and performance space.
  The existing Speedwell building will also be repurposed to create dry-side sports and leisure facilities.Forest of Dean District Council, design consultants Pick Everard and BAM
  
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