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• Inland Homes files for administration

  27-09-2023 18:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder and brownfield developer Inland Homes has lost its fight for survival and filed a notice of intent to enter administration.
  The decision stops in its tracks plans by housing veteran Jolyon Harrison to sell his NorthCountry Homes business to Inland.
  The proposed deal amounted to a complex reverse takeover designed to salvage the Inland operations while gaining an AIM listing and saw Harrison brought in as CEO to head a new management team.FRP Advisory, which had previously been enga
  
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• Bouygues UK restructure sees CEO exit

  27-09-2023 14:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK Chief Executive Officer Rob Bradley is retiring from the business as part of a restructure.
  Bradley rejoined Bouygues UK five years ago following an 18-month stint at Midas.
  He will be succeeded by Fabienne Viala as CEO, in addition to her role as Chair and UK Country Director for Bouygues Construction.The restructure will see Bouygues UK now organised into three business units.
  Two of these will be regional businesses:London & South-East, led by Philippa Prongué who is ta
  
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• Council orders developer to tear down tower blocks

  27-09-2023 10:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Comer Homes Group is being ordered to demolish two residential tower blocks in south London following a planning row.
  Greenwich Council launched enforcement action this week over Mast Quay Phase II in Woolwich which was completed in late 2022 and now contains residents in the stepped twin towers of 23, 11, nine and and six storeys.
  The council claims the build-to-rent development has “26 main deviations to the original planning permission” which was granted in 2012.These in
  
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• Steel contractor William Hare edges back to break-even

  27-09-2023 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Constructional steelwork contractor William Hare delivered a modest £108,000 pre-tax profit last year after losses of £3.6m in the prior year.
  Revenue at the Bury headquartered specialist contractor, which employs 676 staff, slipped by a quarter to £165m, as EBITDA margin recovered to 1.4%.
  Despite the revenue slide, the country’s second biggest steelwork contractor said its order position remained very strong following significant wins this year with cash at bank level w
  
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• Steel contractor William Hare creeps back to marginal profit

  27-09-2023 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Constructional steelwork contractor William Hare delivered a modest £108,000 pre-tax profit last year after losses of £3.6m in the prior year.
  Revenue at the Bury headquartered specialist contractor, which employs 676 staff, slipped by a quarter to £165m, as EBITDA margin recovered to 1.4%.
  Despite the revenue slide, the country’s second biggest steelwork contractor said its order position remained very strong following significant wins this year with cash at bank level w
  
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• Barratt to demolish more homes with faulty foundations

  27-09-2023 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing giant Barratt  has submitted plans to demolish 83 new homes on an estate in Cambridge built with faulty foundations.
  Problems were found earlier this year with new homes under construction at the Darwin Green site where Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire is building a new community of nearly 1,600 homes.
  The faults were originally thought to affect 36 new homes on the site.But Barratt has now submitted a planning application to Cambridge City Council for the demolition of 83
  
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• Plan in for Stansted airport terminal extension

  27-09-2023 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester Airports Group has submitted plans to extend the iconic Norman Foster-designed terminal at Stansted Airport.
  The operator aims to extend the terminal space by around a quarter replicating the existing terminal building design.
  According to newly published planning inspectorate documents, the existing building will be extended by 54m towards the airfield side along its 306m existing length.Its north extension will be built on land currently occupied by the Track Transit System, which w
  
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• Willmott Dixon fails to agree price for Newcastle leisure job

  27-09-2023 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon is exiting its Newcastle leisure centre and swimming pool job after failing to agree a final price in the face of inflationary pressure.
  The firm has agreed to complete enabling works under the preconstruction agreement while Newcastle City Council now attempts to find a new contractor.
  According to local reports in ChronicleLive, the council is facing a £6m overspend on the £26m leisure centre in West Denton.
  Paula Maines, cabinet member for a resilient city, said the
  
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• Willmott Dixon fails to agree final price for Newcastle leisure job

  27-09-2023 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon is exiting its Newcastle leisure centre and swimming pool job after failing to agree a final price in the face of inflationary pressure.
  The firm has agreed to complete enabling works under the preconstruction agreement while Newcastle City Council now attempts to find a new contractor.
  According to local reports in ChronicleLive, the council is facing a £6m overspend on the £26m leisure centre in West Denton.
  Paula Maines, cabinet member for a resilient city, said the
  
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