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• Travelodge wants to build 100 more hotels in London

  16-10-2023 23:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Travelodge is planning to build 100 new hotels across London in a multi billion construction drive across the capital.
  The firm outlined its ambitions as building work began on its latest site at London Chiswick Travelodge where Barnes Construction is the main contractor.
  Travelodge currrently has four sites under construction in the capital at Chiswick, the Kia Oval Cricket Ground, Bermondsey and Beckenham.The quartet will see Travelodge operate 84 hotels in London with plans to more than doubl
  
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• Farrans lands £100m Leeds airport terminal job

  16-10-2023 14:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Farrans has been confirmed as the main contractor for the first phase of a £100m terminal revamp at Leeds Bradford Airport.
  Construction work will start this autumn on the initial terminal extension which will a 9,500 sq mt three storey addition to the existing terminal alongside a significant refurbishment of the current terminal building.
  Passengers will benefit from the creation of additional aircraft stands, more seating, faster security, new shops and eateries, and a larger baggage re
  
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• Network Rail to slash jobs at in-house track renewals team

  16-10-2023 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail is to dramatically cut its in-house track renewal team for the next five-year control period starting in April.
  According to rail union RMT there are nearly 800 posts within the crucial Track Renewal Service (TRS) organisation.
  This will be cut to around 260 for CP7 in response to funding cuts, which will see more essential works outsourced to contractors.Despite finding cuts, the Office for Rail and Road has made clear that Network Rail should increase planned spending on renewals
  
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• Sir Robert McAlpine to start fresh wave of job cuts

  16-10-2023 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine is set to launch a second wave of job cuts, just five months after it completed a strategic rejig that saw 40 lay-offs.
  According to insiders, the contractor is believed to be planning to announce a fresh round staff consultations for up to 190 redundancies.
  If delivered this would amount to a near 9% staff cut.
  The move comes just after McAlpine finally handed over its much-delayed Deutsche Bank job in the City of London last month where it is understood to have incurred los
  
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• Enabling works start on £30m Rotherham Markets job

  16-10-2023 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Enabling works to prepare Rotherham Markets for future redevelopment are now underway as part of a key milestone in the town centre regeneration masterplan.Henry Boot Construction has just broken ground on the site, which will see a major refurb of the markets, with new central food hub and flexible events space.
  It will also move the central library from Riverside House on Main Street to the same site, including a cafe, meeting rooms, gallery area and “maker’s space”.The proje
  
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• Civils contractor Alun Griffiths plunges to £20m loss

  16-10-2023 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civil engineering contractor Alun Griffiths plunged into the red again last year marking the fourth year of consecutive losses since being bought by CRH back in 2018.
  The firm suffered a £20m pre-tax loss for 2022, improved from a deficit of £38m the year before but bringing total losses since 2019 to nearly £75m.
  Based in Abergavenny, Griffiths is a leading civil engineering and rail contractor working throughout Wales, the Midlands and south west England.It operates under the
  
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• Barhale boosts profits as strategy pays off

  16-10-2023 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barhale has seen an increase in turnover and pre-tax profits as its ongoing five-year business plan continues to pay off.
  Latest results for the year to June 30 2023 show pre-tax profit up to £4.2m from £3.1m on turnover up to £133m from £109m at the civil engineering, infrastructure and tunnelling specialist.
  Barhale’s cash position also improved despite an increase in working capital requirement to fund the growth in turnover. Net cash at the end of the year stood
  
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• Steelwork firm James Killelea files administration notice

  16-10-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancashire based steeelwork specialist James Killelea & Co Ltd has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  Staff at the family firm are already looking for new jobs after being given the bad news on Friday.
  Killelea has been in business since 1970 providing structural engineering services including 3D building design, structural steel fabrication and erection.One of the company’s highest profile recent projects was the £20m  new Luton airport car park which
  
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