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Regal London lodges Wembley 640 student rooms plan

08-09-2023 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com

Developer Regal London has submitted plans for a near 640-bed student scheme near Wembley Stadium in London.
The Wembley Greenaway 20-storey tower will open up the railway lands parallel to High Road, Wembley for the first time, and will provide safe and inclusive green space in the area.
The proposed scheme has been designed by architect JTP.Planned high-rise schemes along Wembley High Road with Wembley Greenaway towers (pictured centre)
It is Regal London’s second PBSA development in th

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Trio of Skanska directors exit ahead of up to 90 job cuts

08-09-2023 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com

Three directors have left Skanska UK ahead of a wider streamlining that could see up to 90 redundancies among back office operations.
The business streamlining comes just four months after Katy Dowding was promoted to UK President and CEO of the business, which reported strong profit and revenue growth last year.
(l-r) Neeson leaves after 22 years, MacAskill after 16 years and Mann after 12 years
Executive vice president Martin Neeson, operational efficiency director Andy MacAskill, and communic

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MPs call for ‘reality check’ on revised 2.0 new hospital programme

08-09-2023 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com

Spending watchdog MPs have raised doubts about the Government’s ability to deliver its revised hospital programme of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
Public accounts committee MPs challenged plans for the revised new hospital programme warning that spending and delivery timeframes ‘didn’t stack up’.
NHS procurement chiefs revealed the new hospital programme was costed on the basis that contractors using modern methods of construction would build 25% cheaper and 20% quicker than

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MPs call for ‘reality check’ on 2.0 hospital build programme

08-09-2023 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com

Spending watchdog MPs have raised doubts about the Government’s ability to deliver its revised hospital programme of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
Public accounts committee MPs challenged plans for the revised new hospital programme warning that spending and delivery timeframes ‘didn’t stack up’.
NHS procurement chiefs revealed the new hospital programme was costed on the basis that contractors using modern methods of construction would build 25% cheaper and 20% quicker than

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Greenwich plans to put homeless in 154 sq ft flats

08-09-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com

Greenwich council is recommending plans are approved to house homeless people in self-contained flats measuring 154 sq ft.
Planning officers are recommending proposals to divide a two-storey building in a prime residential street in the London borough into 26 studio flats housing 26 vulnerable adults and 7 children.
Each flat will contain a bedroom/living area, kitchen and bathroom.Individual flats for single residents are as small as 154 sq ft and those designed for an adult and child measure a

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