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• Thames Water OK’d for £400m water works upgrades

  06-03-2024 19:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The water regulator has cleared Thames Water to invest £400m in upgrading two London water treatment works to secure drinking water supplies.  
  The deal with Ofwat allows it to take forward several schemes at Coppermills and Hampton water treatment works.
  Works will involve replacing ageing infrastructure and building new treatment capabilities.The full programme of work is due to finish by January 2032.
  Esther Sharples, chief operating officer at Thames Water, said: “It&rs
  
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• Budget: £242m to Canary Wharf and Barking for 8,000 homes

  06-03-2024 14:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today bundled up a set of small spending pledges to sugarcoat reductions in previous future spending commitments and frozen income tax thresholds to fund tax cuts.
  In his Budget statement, he said: “Because we have turned the corner on inflation we will soon turn the corner on growth.”
  There were no big surprises after the leaked 2p cut in National Insurance for both employed and self-employed workers, costing £10bn.Among a clutch of small spending announ
  
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• Budget: £242m to Barking and Canary Wharf for 8,000 homes

  06-03-2024 14:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today bundled up a set of small spending pledges to sugarcoat reductions in previous future spending commitments and frozen income tax thresholds to fund tax cuts.
  In his Budget statement, he said: “Because we have turned the corner on inflation we will soon turn the corner on growth.”
  There were no big surprises after the leaked 2p cut in National Insurance for both employed and self-employed workers, costing £10bn.Among a clutch of small spending announ
  
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• Plan lodged for 42-storey Birmingham BTR tower

  06-03-2024 13:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted to transform a derelict hospital in Birmingham into a 42-storey skyscraper with 300 flats.
  Planning consultancy Marrons, acting on behalf of HJB Investments, submitted the plan to redevelop the Grade II-listed former Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in 80 Broad Street.
  The historic building last used as a nightclub and known as Islington Villa would be restored and a 134m tower constructed for the rental flats, 20% of which will be affordable.The plans, designed by architects
  
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• ISG starts two prison upgrades worth £135m

  06-03-2024 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  ISG is underway with two major prison upgrade projects at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset and HMP Liverpool, together worth £135m.
  Its £79m project at Guys Marsh prison will deliver two houseblocks, one with 122 cells, the other with 59, to increase capacity by 31%.
  The project includes a new extension and a general refurbishment programme.Designed to be net zero carbon in operation and achieve a BREEAM Excellent environmental performance rating, the new house blocks feature air source heat
  
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• Balfour Beatty director joins John F Hunt

  06-03-2024 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Demolition specialist John F Hunt has appointed former Balfour Beatty Regional Build Director Darren Potter as Operations Director.
  Potter will work alongside John F Hunt’s current board members and brings nearly 40 years’ experience within the construction industry having held leadership positions at John Laing, Laing O’Rourke, Countryside Properties, Careys and more recently Balfour Beatty.
  John F Hunt said: “His aptitude for negotiation, execution and hand over of high
  
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• Steel worker crushed to death between two beams

  06-03-2024 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A structural steel contractor has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two beams.
  In May 2019, Steve Rooke, 55, was working in the workshop at manufacturer and installer Mifflin Construction Ltd in Leominster, Herefordshire.
  Rooke, who had worked at the company for more than 27 years was using an overhead travelling crane to lift the middle of three beams to position it better on a trolley or ‘bogey’ which ran on rails in the workshop.The
  
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• Galliford Try profit jumps a third to £16m in first-half

  06-03-2024 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has reported strong growth in revenue and profit in the first half after it reaped the rewards of strong risk management across the business.
  Growth at both infrastructure and building divisions lifted revenue 21% to £819m. This improvement generated a 33% uplift in pre-tax profit to £15.6m, before costs associated with upgrades to the company’s computing system.
  The improvement saw divisional operating margin edge up by two percentage points to 2.5%, putting Gall
  
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• Former Readie Construction finance boss joins Breyer

  06-03-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Breyer Group has appointed former Readie Construction finance director Jess McCarthy to run the numbers at the property services specialist.
  McCarthy will take over from current Breyer finance director Neil Fisher who is retiring.
  She spent seven years at Readie Construction before the business went into administration last month.McCarthy said: “I am delighted to be appointed FD for Breyer and look forward to building upon the solid foundation and legacy that Neil leaves behind.
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