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• Transport jobs get £4.7bn of cancelled HS2 cash

  26-02-2024 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government has released further details of the reallocation of £4.7bn in transport funding following the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2.
  Investment from the new Local Transport Fund will provide better public transport, reduced congestion and upgraded local bus and train stations across the North and Midlands.
  The North will receive £2.5bn and the Midlands will receive £2.2bn from April 2025 over the next seven years.Regional breakdown of extra allocationsLocal aut
  
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• Cement-free concrete firm falls into administration

  26-02-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The firm behind zero-cement concrete brand Cemfree has gone into administration
  DB Group traded under the Cemfree brand and Pudlo waterproofing products.
  Administrators from BDO LLP took charge of the companies last week and the group has ceased to trade.Latest results for the year to December 31 2022 show DB Group had a turnover of £5.5m generating a pre-tax loss of £170,000 while employing 56 staff,
  The results state that funds generated by the other group businesses have “co
  
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• Competition probe launched into 8 major house builders

  26-02-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into suspected breaches of competition law by the eight major house builders.
  The Competition and Markets Authority said it had uncovered evidence during a far-reaching study into house market delivery that indicated some house builders may be sharing commercially sensitive information with their competitors.
  It added that it was concerned that this could be influencing the build-out of sites and the prices of new homes.
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• Everton Stadium now structurally complete

  26-02-2024 08:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Laing O’Rourke has lifted into place the final concrete terracing panel, completing the structural work within the bowl of Everton Stadium.
  The final piece of the huge jigsaw has been lowered into place in the east stand, ending 18-months of complex work since the first concrete terrace was positioned in August 2022.
  And with all 1,988 double-stepped units now installed, on schedule, all four stands of the stadium are intact.Gareth Jacques, Laing O’Rourke’s project director, co
  
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• HS2 launches third London Northolt tunnel TBM

  26-02-2024 07:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2’s London tunnels contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture has launched the third tunnel boring machine to be used to dig part of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel under the outskirts of the capital.
  The tunnel will be constructed using a total of four TBM’s in two phases – known as ‘Northolt Tunnel West’ and ‘Northolt Tunnel East’.
  Two TBMs, named Sushila and Caroline, are already constructing the longer 5-mile eastward Northolt Tun
  
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