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• Mace warns clients to avoid lowball bids

  21-03-2024 12:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace Consult is warning clients to avoid cut-price bids from contractors as material price rises continue easing.
  The firm’s latest UK Market View report warns developers to steer clear of contractors dropping prices heavily to win work as company failures continue to hit supply chains.
  Andy Beard, Global Head of Cost and Commercial Management, Mace, said: “Over the past quarter, material prices have continued to drop and there are now signs that labour costs are starting to fall. Wh
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across South London

  21-03-2024 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers can discover the latest work opportunities across South London at Constructionline’s latest Marketplace Live event.
  The event – formerly known as ‘Meet the Buyer’ – will attract firms from the surrounding home counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex looking to work with major contractors on sites across the capital.
  It will be held at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Tuesday April 16.Major players looking to boost their supply chain will include BA
  
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• York M&E specialist JDL enters administration

  21-03-2024 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  York M&E specialist JDL Electrical, Plumbing & Heating has been placed into administration.
  The firm set up 17 years ago by three electricians grew in size running two offices and employing over 40 staff.As the business grew it split into two divisions, one known as JDL MEP covering commercial projects for main contractors and tier 1 M&E contractors on projects up to £1m.Its other small works department offered plumbing, heating, and electrical services to the domestic market.
  
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• HS2 viaducts show future for low-carbon crossings

  21-03-2024 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Designers and engineers working on five key HS2 viaducts have succeeded in cutting their carbon footprint by up to two thirds by adopting an innovative ‘double composite’ structure which uses significantly less concrete and steel than a more traditional design.
  The news comes as HS2 engineers at Westbury on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border began carefully sliding the second of the new viaduct decks into position.
  The team rolled out the more efficient design to four viaducts in
  
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• BAM to build new £38m Scunthorpe college block

  21-03-2024 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM has been appointed to build a new £38m teaching building at North Lindsey College in Scunthorpe.
  The three-storey building will provide a new focal point on the College’s Kingsway Campus, consolidating teaching space within a modern sustainable building that will be capable of accommodating up to 1,400 students and staff.
  The new, highly sustainable building has been designed around a central social heart space and will include general and specialist classrooms, dining areas, a d
  
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