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• Statom expands with launch of Northern HQ

  19-02-2024 17:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Statom Group has expanded its coverage to the whole of the UK with the opening of a Northern Head Quarters in Glasgow.
  The remediation, groundworks and RC frames contractor is expanding from its traditional London and southern England operations with Kevin Graham appointed as Statom Group North Managing Director.
  Graham has a vast experience in the civil engineering and reinforced concrete sector spanning almost 40 year sholding senior positions with Dunne Group and Kilnbridge.The Glasgow of
  
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• High Court dismisses Stonehenge tunnel challenge

  19-02-2024 16:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge against the Government’s renewed plans to build a tunnel near the historic Stonehenge site.
  The campaigners were challenging the Government’s development consent order last summer for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade.
  Previously Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site campaigners succeeded in blocking progress on the project after the High Court in July 2021 quashed the scheme over concerns about the environmental impact on the site.B
  
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• First viaduct steel section installed at HS2’s complex junction job

  19-02-2024 12:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian steelwork specialist Victor Buyck has jacked in the first 300-tonne steel viaduct section on HS2’s complex Delta Junction project.
  Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the firm 11.5 hours using push-pull jacking to install the 84m long section.It is the first section of two 158m viaducts which will take high speed trains over the M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.
  Before the end of this year, a similar two-stage operation will move the identical ‘West Link V
  
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• First steel viaduct section on HS2’s most complex junction job

  19-02-2024 12:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian steelwork specialist Victor Buyck has jacked in the first 300-tonne steel viaduct section on HS2’s complex Delta Junction project.
  Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the firm 11.5 hours using push-pull jacking to install the 84m long section.It is the first section of two 158m viaducts which will take high speed trains over the M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.
  Before the end of this year, a similar two-stage operation will move the identical ‘West Link V
  
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• £1.5bn Teesside carbon capture scheme consented

  19-02-2024 11:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has granted approval to build the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture, usage and storage capability on Teesside.
  Net Zero Teesside (NZT) Power – under development by partners bp and Equinor at Teesworks – aims to become the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster as early as 2030.
  The £1.5bn project could create and support up to 4,000 jobs during construction.
  The final hurdle before construction can start on the first of a g
  
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• McLaughlin & Harvey suffers £8.6m loss

  19-02-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Privately-owned contractor McLaughlin & Harvey fell £8.5m into the red last year after suffering losses principally at its Northern Ireland construction business and Scottish environmental arm.
  Group revenue rose in the year to June 2023 reaching £736m, compared to a pro- rata 12-month figure of £533m in the previous year, which was reported over 18 months at £800m.
  This saw the average number of employees rise to 816 from 791 in 2022.In a statement with the results,
  
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• Unite Students to build £250m Newcastle scheme

  19-02-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Unite Students has signed a joint venture with Newcastle University to develop 2,000 new student beds at the Castle Leazes site.
  The current site was built in 1969 and provides 1,250 beds.
  The university has committed to closing existing accommodation this year  with plans to start demolition work in the summer.The redevelopment will cost £250m with main construction work expected to start early in 2025.
  Joe Lister, Unite Students Chief Executive Officer, said: “Partnering with
  
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• Sister scaffold firms file administration notices

  19-02-2024 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two scaffolding specialists owned by the same firm have filed notices of intention to appoint an administrator.
  South London based BCM Scaffolding Services and Bristol based Scaffteq West lodged the court notices last week.
  Both firms are part of the Safe Rise Scaffolding group which was set-up in 2018 as an umbrella brand to “acquire high performing scaffolding companies across the UK.”BCM and Scaffteq were aquired by Safe Rise in 2019 and are the only deals to date by the business
  
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• Britcon poaches Tilbury Douglas business development chief

  19-02-2024 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scunthorpe-based contractor Britcon has hired Tilbury Douglas national business development director Don Stewart to lead the next phase of growth.Stewart has joined the Britcon board as strategic director after a decade at Tilbury Douglas.
  The newly-created role will support sustainable growth across all their business streams and regional operations.
  He brings over 30 years of construction experience including senior roles at Morgan Sindall, ISG and Tilbury Douglas, where his responsibilities h
  
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• Regulator opens probe into National Highways delivery

  19-02-2024 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Office of Rail and Road has opened an investigation into National Highways and its delivery of schemes after a concerning performance dip.
  The roads and rail regulator said the investigation, which will run to April, would focus 0n the root causes of the current under performance and whether the second road investment strategy can be delivered as planned.
  It said the formal investigation was being launched with 13 months remaining on RIS2 to allow time for corrective action to be taken befo
  
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