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• 43 jobs axed as Carlisle steelwork firm collapses

  21-08-2023 23:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Carlisle-based Border Steelwork Structures (BSS) has fallen into administration with the loss of 43 jobs.
  Founded 45 years ago, the £9m turnover firm specialised in structural steelwork and steel cladding, operating out of offices in Annan and Carlisle.
  Administrators from FRP Advisory said BSS had faced ‘unsustainable financial and cash flow problems stemming from a marked downturn in contracts and rising operational costs’.The firm has ceased trading and the joint administrat
  
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• Completion date slips for Farrans £145m Gull Wing bridge

  21-08-2023 21:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The planned opening of a technically complex bridge being built in Lowestoft by Farrans has been delayed.
  Client Suffolk Country Council has confirmed that the opening date has been pushed back to “2024” from its original target of December 2023.
  The news came as Farrans was granted an extension for road closures to allow highways works to be completed on the northern approach to the £145m Gull Wing Bridge.Simon Bretherton, Suffolk County Council Project Director warned that &l
  
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• McLaren and Lyons & Annoot use Cemfree at Excel

  21-08-2023 10:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cemfree Masonry Mortar, an ultra-low carbon construction material, is set to be used on its first major project at the expansion of the ExCeL London, saving over 11,000 kg of CO2e.
  McLaren Construction and Lyons & Annoot specified just over 100 tonnes of Cemfree Masonry Mortar, for what formed Cemfree Masonry Mortar’s largest project application yet.
  The ExCeL London project encompasses a substantial expansion of 25,000 sqm to the eastern section of the existing venue, along with the a
  
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• ‘Marathon’ bridge build completed on HS2

  21-08-2023 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractors on HS2 have completed a ‘marathon’ bridge build at Streethay near Lichfield involving 18 specialist construction companies.
  Work involved excavating 14,000 tonnes of earth, building a 140 metre retaining wall and moving a 2,600 tonne bridge deck 130 metres into place under the South Staffordshire freight railway.
  The work was carried out during a 10 week blockade. It was completed by HS2’s civils contractor in the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI, and designers M
  
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• Legacie unveils £200m Liverpool residential scheme

  21-08-2023 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Liverpool developer Legacie has unveiled plans for £200m residential scheme on the edge of Liverpool city centre .
  The Gateway scheme will be located on Leeds Street and will provide 656 one-, two- and three-bedroom flats.
  These will be built within four towers rising to 15 storeys with two buildings linked by a skybridge.Legacie Developments recently acquired the site after previous site developer Vinco Group collapsed after gaining planning for a slightly larger residential project on th
  
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• Crest Nicholson profit warning as new home sales plunge

  21-08-2023 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Crest Nicholson has warned that housing sales have plunged more sharply than expected with full-year profits now forecast to be around £50m rather than £74m as forecast at the half-year.
  The profit warning amid poorer-than-expected trading conditions came as the firm also warned it had raised provisions for its complex loss-making mixed-use scheme Brightwells Yard in Farnham.
  At the half year, Crest set provisions at £11.6m to cover losses, which have now been rev
  
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• Data centre specialist files administration notice

  21-08-2023 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Data centre construction specialist AC Plc has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The notice was lodged with the courts last Friday.
  Bedfordshire based AC specialises in all aspects of data centre construction across the UK and Europe including the manufacturing and installation of cladding, roofing and curtain walling.Latest results for the year to March 31 2022 show AC made a pre-tax profit of £946,000 from a turnover of £49.1m.
  During the year the company emp
  
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• Sisk names new UK operations chief

  21-08-2023 02:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sisk has promoted Steven McGee to a new expanded role as chief operating officer for both Ireland and UK businesses, having joined the group  just over 12 months ago from ISG where he was London MD.
  McGee presently COO of Ireland will continue to lead Sisk’s Irish business as well as taking on leadership of Sisk’s operations in construction, civil engineering and rail across the UK.
  He replaces Ajaz Shafi at the UK business who has left to pursue an opportunity in the Middle Eas
  
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