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• HS2 London TBMs being assembled for next drive

  24-10-2023 22:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2’s London tunnels contractor, Skanksa Costain Strabag joint venture has lifted new TBM cutting heads into place as they prepare for the next stage of tunnelling under the capital.
  Major components of the first machine called Emily have now been lifted into the 25m deep ancillary shaft at the HS2 site in Ealing to prepare for the launch. The other new machine Anne will follow for the Northolt East Drive.
  James Richardson, managing director of SCS joint venture, said: “The London Tu
  
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• Landsec submits plan for 20-storey London city tower

  24-10-2023 18:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Landsec has submitted plans for its next big office scheme in London.
  The 20-storey mixed-use tower will replace Hill House, a 1970s concrete building on a site just North of Fleet Street.
  Should planning permission be granted, construction is expected to start in 2025.
  Three London contractors – Mace, Multiplex and Skanska – are understood to be in talks with Landsec to deliver the 600,000 sq ft project with bids due in early next year for the project worth around £3
  
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• Bathroom pod makers rack-up losses

  24-10-2023 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bathroom pod makers have been hit by heavy losses as the modular construction market remains “brutal”.
  Specialist Elements Europe has just posted latest results showing a £5.7m pre-tax loss for the year to December 31 2022 on a turnover of £21.9m.
  Fellow pod maker Off Site Solutions made a pre-tax loss of £2.1m from a turnover of £27.7m for the year to December 31 2022.One industry expert said: “Times are fairly brutal in the bathroom pod market at the m
  
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• Murphy on board for £93.4m Cambridge station contract

  24-10-2023 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has awarded the main £93.4m contract to build the new Cambridge South railway station to J Murphy & Sons Ltd.
  Murphy has already been carrying out enabling works and has now been confirmed  as contractor for the main build.
  Katie Frost, Network Rail’s route director for Anglia said: “Awarding the delivery contract is a significant milestone for the Cambridge South project which will allow us to complete this exciting new station for Cambridge.“I&rsqu
  
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• Labourer fractures skull in stairwell plunge

  24-10-2023 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two construction companies have been fined £46,000 in total after a labourer from Runcorn fractured his skull falling down a stairwell.
  The victim had been working on a new build house when he fell through a stairwell on 3 March 2021.
  He was working for Total Brickwork (UK) Ltd at a construction site run by Challenger Building Services Ltd in Runcorn. The two companies had been working on the construction of four new semi-detached and five terraced houses at the site.The 46-year-old, who w
  
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• Plan in for London 2,500-home Ladbroke Grove scheme

  24-10-2023 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ballymore and Sainsbury’s have submitted plans for a major canalside neighbourhood at a large former gas works site in West London’s Ladbroke Grove area.
  The proposed new neighbourhood will provide over 2,500 homes, of which at least 500 will be affordable, plus two parks and a local high street with a reinstated, historic canal basin at its heart.
  Plans also include over 90,000 sq ft of shops, cafes and restaurants as well as a new 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s Supermarket.The 19-
  
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