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• Conlon gets more time for £16m Preston museum refurb

  05-10-2023 17:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Conlon Construction has been given more time to finish the £16m refurbishment of The Harris museum and arts centre.
  The contract was due to finish by the end of next year but the opening date has now been pushed back to Spring 2025.
  The move follows complications in renovating the 130-year-old building including extra fire protection works, large-scale asbestos removal and boiler replacements.Plans for installation of an additional lift into the building have also been dropped.
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• Mace wins concrete bunkers for world’s most powerful laser

  05-10-2023 16:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has signed a pre-construction services agreement for two bunkers to house what is set to be the world’s most powerful laser at the Harwell Campus in Oxford.
  The firm will lead on installing two 7m tall targeting bunkers, with walls and soffits up to 2m thick.
  These structures are made with a specialised radiation-resistant concrete mixture that can shield beams a billion times hotter than the brightest sunlight.The ambitious £82m upgrade project will last six years and will sign
  
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• Construction buyers report September output slump

  05-10-2023 12:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers reported a downturn in industry output in September for the first time in three months as industry activity declined at its fastest pace since May 2020.
  All three main segments of construction work posted a reduction in business activity, led by a steep and accelerated fall in house building.
  The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 45.0 in September, down sharply from 50.8 in August and below the neutral 50.0 value for th
  
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• Tide completes Europe’s tallest modular building

  05-10-2023 10:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volumetric developer Tide has completed a landmark build to rent scheme in South London that now ranks as Europe’s tallest volumetric modular tower.
  The Croydon twin tower development called College Road has been erected near East Croydon train station.
  It consists of a 50-storey tower of 817 one-bed and studio apartments, and a 35-storey building providing 120 affordable homes.The tallest 163m building takes Europe’s tallest volumetric modular tower record which was previously held
  
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• HS2 Euston Station can be built to budget and open early

  05-10-2023 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace chief Mark Reynolds has called for a speedy restart of construction for the London HS2 terminus in Euston.
  New pared-down plans for HS2’s terminus at Euston will be built with just six platforms, almost half of its original scope, according to Government documents released yesterday.
  The new design will also axe a planned tunnel connecting the HS2 terminus to Euston Square tube station.
  Reynolds said the newly-revised plans could deliver the Euston Station terminus within the existing
  
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• Green light for Canada Water next phase of 380 homes

  05-10-2023 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Southwark Council has granted planning permission to develop the next phase of 380 homes, a Tesco supermarket and park as part of the £3bn Canada Water masterplan.
  The plans for Zone G, located off Redriff Road and across a portion of the Surrey Quays Leisure Park, is designed by architect Maccreanor Lavington.
  There will be five residential buildings delivering a 42% affordable provision.
  Main residential tower next to new park
  The new park will be located across a portion
  
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• Green light for Canada Water next phase of 380 home

  05-10-2023 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Southwark Council has granted planning permission to develop the next phase of 380 homes, a Tesco supermarket and park as part of the £3bn Canada Water masterplan.
  The plans for Zone G, located off Redriff Road and across a portion of the Surrey Quays Leisure Park, is designed by architect Maccreanor Lavington.
  There will be five residential buildings deliveringa 42% affordable provision.
  Main residential tower next to new park
   
  The new park will be located across a po
  
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• All Real staff made redundant

  05-10-2023 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  All staff at the Real construction group have been made redundant as  Chief Executive Officer Paul Nicholls admitted the business “will have no future”.
  An email from Nicholls seen by the Enquirer delivered the bad news to around 90 staff employed by the Real Places Ltd holding company yesterday.
  It said: “Although we are not as yet in administration and/or liquidation, it now appears inevitable that the business will have no future and the Real Places Board, in agreement
  
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• Mace to start £230m Landsec London office job

  05-10-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has got the all-clear to start work on developer Landsec’s pioneering Timber Square office redevelopment in South London.
  Landsec said the decision to advance to main construction of the 380,000 sq ft project on Lavington Street in Southwark signaled its confidence in London office market.
  Laing O’Rourke was previously in line for the job but dropped out when the scheme was put on hold.
  Mace has been formally signed as construction manager for the £230m project which will
  
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