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• Plans go in for new weather forecast centre in Reading

  31-10-2023 14:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government Property Agency (GPA) has submitted a planning application to Wokingham Borough Council for the new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading.
  The new headquarters will create the largest cluster of weather and climate research and operational forecasting facilities in the world alongside the University’s Department of Meteorology.
  Mace is currently working on the scheme under a £4m pre-construction ser
  
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• Green light for Solent former naval base redevelopment

  31-10-2023 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to transform the former HMS Daedalus military base in Hampshire into a big housing-led waterfront scheme for Lee-on-the-Solent have got the planning green light.
  The project, which is being led by the Daedalus Development Company, will see up to 346 homes of different sizes, 24,500 sq m of employment space, 48 retirement/care apartments, 5,200 sq m of commercial space, a hovercraft museum and public open spaces.The historically significant waterfront naval base played a crucial role in the
  
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• Network Rail agrees extra infra spending after ORR review

  31-10-2023 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail is proposing to spend an extra £600m on infrastructure following a review of its investment plans by the Office of Rail and Road.
  The ORR called for the extra infrastructure cash in its initial response to Network Rail’s spending plans for the five years from 1 April 2024 – known as Control Period 7 (CP7).
  Revised proposals show total spending plans of £43.1bn across the UK with more money set aside for core infrastructure spending.The regulator said: “
  
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• Two north west contractors in administration

  31-10-2023 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two specialist contractors operating in the north west have collapsed into administration after struggling to regain profitability following the Covid 19 pandemic.
  Administrators from insolvency specialist Leonard Curtis have taken over at Lancashire-based steeelwork specialist James Killelea & Co.
  The firm has struggled to return to normal trading levels since the pandemic with revenue plunging to £11m last year from a peak of £27m in 2019 when Killelea returned a profit of &pou
  
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