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• Arup and Aecom on board for £1bn Lincolnshire powerline

  26-09-2023 18:30
  
  Arup and Aecom have been appointed to deliver management of the environmental impact assessment work for National Grid’s Grimsby to Walpole upgrade project.
  The £1bn upgrade project will build a new high voltage overhead line in Lincolnshire, including new pylons and substations.
  The connection will deliver increased capacity along the eastern side of England.
  It will include a new 400 kV overhead transmission line for 140km between Grimsby West and the Walpole area, and new 400 kV s
  
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• Bidding to start shortly for second home for civil service in Darlington

  26-09-2023 17:32
  
  The Government Property Agency is expecting to invite bids in the fourth quarter of this year for the planned Darlington Economic Campus to house Civil Servants transferring from London to the north.
  An invitation to tender will be released using the CCS Construction Works Framework for the new office complex, which will be located at Brunswick Street in Darlington.
  Planned timings for the project were released after the GPA confirmed it had just purchased the site for Whitehall’s second h
  
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• Bidding to start for second civil service home in Darlington

  26-09-2023 17:32
  
  The Government Property Agency is expecting to invite bids in the fourth quarter of this year for the planned Darlington Economic Campus to house Civil Servants transferring from London to the north.
  An invitation to tender will be released using the CCS Construction Works Framework for the new office complex, which will be located at Brunswick Street in Darlington.
  Planned timings for the project were released after the GPA confirmed it had just purchased the site for Whitehall’s second h
  
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• Bidding to start for civil service’s second home in Darlington

  26-09-2023 17:32
  
  The Government Property Agency is expecting to invite bids in the fourth quarter of this year for the planned Darlington Economic Campus to house Civil Servants transferring from London to the north.
  An invitation to tender will be released using the CCS Construction Works Framework for the new office complex, which will be located at Brunswick Street in Darlington.
  Planned timings for the project were released after the GPA confirmed it had just purchased from McLaren Property the site for Whit
  
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• Clients consider options after Westridge collapse

  26-09-2023 09:24
  
  Clients of collapsed contractor Westridge are looking for alternative builders after the firm confirmed its fall into administration.
  The £64m turnover contractor specialisesd in projects up to £15m in the housing, education, healthcare, lesiure and commercial markets across the South East.
  Administrators from Crowe UK LLP took control of the company earlier this month.Westridge was working on 49 new homes for Adur District Council in Southwick, West Sussex where it had been on site
  
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• Eric Wright Construction returns to profit

  26-09-2023 09:12
  
  Eric Wright Construction is back in the black posting a pre-tax profit of £828,000 -it’s best return for 11 years.
  Turnover at the construction arm last year increased to £59.8m from £50.3m in 2021 as the business recovered post pandemic.
  The construction performance helped underlying trading profits at Eric Wright Group increase to £11.9m from £10.2m.John Hartnett, Managing Director of Eric Wright Construction, said:  “Achieving positive results an
  
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• Lancashire Council awards £300m building framework

  26-09-2023 08:59
  
  Lancashire County Council has picked the line-up of firms for its £300m Construction Partnering Framework covering building works in the region.
  The four-year framework has been set up to embody partnering principles with more than a dozen large and small contractors selected.
  It will be used for council public building works covering civic, schools and leisure facilities and is also being used by Lancashire Constabulary and UCLAN.
  W Carefoot & Sons and Conlon Construction scooped top
  
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• Balfour boss Leo Quinn backs rainbow lanyards

  26-09-2023 08:27
  
  Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive Leo Quinn is now sporting a rainbow lanyard on his company ID badge to show “visible leadership” in the contractor’s push towards “becoming a truly diverse and inclusive business.”
  Quinn met last week with some of the co-chairs from Balfour Beatty’s five employee-led Affinity Networks – Ability, Gender, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Neurodiversity.
  He said: “The co-chairs of our LGBTQ+ Affinity Network described the
  
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• McAleer & Rushe awarded £60m Barking flats job

  26-09-2023 08:16
  
  McAleer & Rushe has been awarded the £60m contract to deliver a near 200 flats scheme in Barking for Yara Capital.
  The vacant London Road site and former bus depot will be transformed with buildings ranging from 9 to 22 storeys tall providing 125 build to rent and 71 affordable flats.
  Situated on a prominent corner location at the edge of Barking Town Centre, the buildings will provide two commercial units on the ground floor and two roof terraces offering panoramic views overlook
  
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