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• Bennett bags £116m Cambridge housing scheme

  08-11-2023 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bennett Construction has landed a £116m contract with developer Present Made to build a new 373 home scheme in Eddington, Cambridge.
  Planning permission is in place for the site and Bennett is due to start construction later this month with completion scheduled for 2025.
  Paul McGee, Joint Managing Director of Bennett Construction, said: “We are thrilled to embark on this journey with our new client. This project exemplifies our unwavering commitment to excellence in construction and
  
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• Former Hinkley boss becomes McGee Operations Director

  08-11-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McGee has promoted Richard Wilkinson to the newly created position of Operations Director with accountability for delivery of its core activities from demolition through to structures.
  Wilkinson joined McGee earlier this year from Laing O’Rourke’s Expanded Structures where he was lead at the Hinkley Power Station.
  Wilkinson said: “I am thrilled to join McGee during such an exciting period of growth. The company has an outstanding reputation in the industry for delivering high-q
  
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• McAleer & Rushe starts 420-bed Liverpool student block

  08-11-2023 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McAleer & Rushe has started work on a 420-bed purpose-built student accommodation block in Liverpool.
  The 7-storey building to be built on Upper Duke Street in Liverpool’s ‘Knowledge Quarter will be provider Fusion’s first student residence in the city.
  The scheme will transform the vacant Hondo supermarket site in Liverpool’s ‘Knowledge Quarter’ when completed in June 2025.Peter Devlin, contracts director at McAleer & Rushe, said the firm will use lig
  
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• Galliford Try FD to join Persimmon

  08-11-2023 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try finance director Andrew Duxbury is leaving the firm to join house builder Persimmon.
  This morning Gallitford Try said it had started the hunt for his replacement to ensure a smooth and effective transition of his roles and responsibilities.
  Duxbury has worked in various finance roles for over 1o years at Galliford Try, latterly as group finance director since March 2019.His start date at Persimmon will be confirmed in due course.
  Bill Hocking, chief executive, said:  “On
  
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• Galliford Try FD off to join Persimmon

  08-11-2023 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try finance director Andrew Duxbury is leaving the firm to join house builder Persimmon.
  This morning Gallitford Try said it had started the hunt for his replacement to ensure a smooth and effective transition of his roles and responsibilities.
  Duxbury has worked in various finance roles for over 1o years at Galliford Try, latterly as group finance director since March 2019.His start date at Persimmon will be confirmed in due course.
  Bill Hocking, chief executive, said:  “On
  
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• Squibb creditor vote delayed

  08-11-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A vote by creditors over the future of demolition Squibb Group has been delayed.
  Creditors owed more than £23m were due to vote on the firm’s plans for a Company Voluntary Arrangement tomorrow.
  But CVA organiser Begbies Traynor has shifted the virtual meeting back to November 21.The CVA proposals by Begbies Traynor show £23.3m owed to more than 300 creditors by the group which had a turnover of £30.9m for the year to January 31 2022.
  Unsecured creditors in the supply chai
  
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• Wessex’s £100m sewage plant expansion approved

  08-11-2023 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The expansion of one of Bristol’s key waste water sites will get underway early next year after planners backed a £100m project to keep pace with the city’s rapid growth.
  More storage and processing infrastructure will be built at the waste water recycling centre in Avonmouth.
  Wessex Water is planning to start construction in early 2024 with the project expected to take five years to complete.The early stages of the scheme will prepare the ground for the infrastructure, such a
  
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