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• Cable installer suffers horror burns in site electrical flash

  20-03-2024 15:42
  
  A cable installer suffered severe burns to his arms and face when an electrical flash blew him backwards during work on an apartment block.
  Carl Lowery was working on new apartment blocks at The Crescent, Hulme Street, Salford when when the accident happened on 12 May 2020.
  The then 37-year-old underwent multiple surgeries following the incident and required a skin graft from his thigh.The accident happened almost three years after Lowery lost his son Bradley to a rare form of cancer. Along with
  
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• Regal London buys site to revive £100m stalled tower job

  20-03-2024 12:08
  
  Developer Regal London has bought the site of a stalled build to rent tower project in the Capital with plans to restart work.
  The 100 Avenue Road site above Swiss Cottage tube station was being developed by Essential Living to deliver 184 homes, including a landmark 24-storey tower.
  But work stalled at the foundations level due to soaring costs and a dispute with the council over affordable housing provisions.
  Regal London said today that it was committed to delivering this long-standing projec
  
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• Big bang revamp of Parliament may switch to rolling works plan

  20-03-2024 09:28
  
  MPs scrutinising ambitious plans to restore the Palace of Westminster are calling for the option of an enhanced rolling programme of maintenance works to be considered instead of a major big bang project.
  The call comes as costs for the two favoured approaches soar and estimated time frames for the project drift from 8 to 17 years.
  The Restoration and Renewal Client Board committee says that more time is needed to assess the options and a decision should be taken after the general election.
  MPs
  
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• Kier wins £23m Cardiff twin primary schools job

  20-03-2024 08:53
  
  Cardiff Council has named Kier as preferred bidder to relocate and rebuild The Court School across two new sites at existing primary schools in the city.
  Renamed ‘Ysgol Cynefin’, the £23m extra needs schools will be located in Fairwater and in Llanrumney, each accommodating 36 key stage two pupils.
  One is to be located on land to the south of Fairwater Primary School on Wellwright Road, the other will be south of Pen Y Bryn Primary School at Dunster Road in Llanrumney.The co-lo
  
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• In-house contractor YTL Construction to build Bristol Arena

  20-03-2024 08:47
  
  Site preparation and enabling work has begun on the delayed £155m Bristol Arena as a main contractor for the site has been confirmed.
  The arena is the focal point of the Brabazon Hangars scheme to transform the city’s historic former Filton Airfield into a live entertainment and cultural hub for the South West.
  The initial phase of work is now underway with decontamination of the site being carried out by Omega Environmental Services for Malaysian developer YTL Group.This will be fol
  
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• CITB sitting on £100m cash pile

  20-03-2024 08:11
  
  Construction training body CITB is sitting on a £100m cash pile despite the industry’s ongoing skills crisis.
  The £102.6m of current assets in the bank are detailed in the CITB’s latest set of accounts for the year to March 31 2023 which were published recently.
  The training body is funded mainly be levy income from contractors which hit £170.6m last year as the organisation handed back £85.3m in grants.CITB chiefs said the accumulation of funds was due to con
  
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