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• NG Bailey fined £135,000 after hospital site death

  22-03-2024 23:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NG Bailey Limited has been fined £135,000 following the death of a worker.
  Alistair Hutton, a subcontractor hired by NG Bailey, lost his life while working on the construction of the Baird Family Hospital in Aberdeen on 18 January 2023.
  He had been navigating a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) along an unfinished corridor at the hospital when his head struck a metal lintel.Hutton, who lived in Forfar, immediately lost consciousness, and died at the scene shortly thereafter. The 51-yea
  
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• Award-winning steelwork firm files administration notice

  22-03-2024 09:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North Yorkshire-based award-winning steelwork specialist SH Structures has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The business set up in 1992 by now chairman Simon Holden is understood to have been touted around the market for some time.
  But management failed to find a buyer for the firm despite a formidable reputation for delivering specialist bridges and complex steel structures.
  Its high-profile projects include the monumental Kelpies steel horse-heads near Falkirk in Scotla
  
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• Plans to be lodged this summer for 54-floor London office

  22-03-2024 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Brookfield has release further details of its planned redevelopment of 99 Bishopsgate in London with what would be the Square Mile’s fourth tallest office building.
  Designs released by architect RSHP for final public consultation show the landmark building would rise to 54 storeys. The scheme reflects growing confidence in the City office market and further stirrings to start work on the next generation of towers.
  Plans will be submitted in the next few months for the scheme, whi
  
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• Lighthouse modular staff start looking for new jobs

  22-03-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at modular homes specialist Lighthouse are looking for new jobs
  The firm filed a notice of intention to appoint  an administrator last week as bosses battled to save the Sheffield based business.
  But the Enquirer understands staff were sent an email last night confirming that the business will cease trading with an official announcement on its future due this morning.The message sent by CEO Tom White said: “As you all know, our leadership team has been working tirelessly to secu
  
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• Billington bags £90m haul of steelwork orders

  22-03-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steelwork specialist Billington has secured the largest single contract in its trading history to achieve a record order book.
  Details of the large win have not been released but the project is understood to be for a major energy from waste scheme in North London worth more than £50m.
  Among the other orders, which lift Billington materially ahead of the previous record in the first quarter of last year, the firm also has a job for the food manufacturing sector and another in retail distrib
  
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• Wates interim construction MD lands permanent role

  22-03-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steff Battle has been appointed as Managing Director of Wates Construction.
  He has held the role on an interim basis since October 2023 when former MD Mark Tant left the business after nine years.
  Battle has been at Wates since 1995, spending his initial 18 years in a regional capacity including five years as Regional Director. Following this he led the pre-construction function for Wates Construction Group, which includes SES Engineering Services, for more than six years.The construction busine
  
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• Trio win Thames Water £160m programme partner deals

  22-03-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thames Water has picked three consultant teams to lead programme and project management of large infrastructure projects supporting the delivery of its Strategic Resource Options Programme.
  This programme include building a new reservoir in Oxfordshire and a new river abstraction point on the River Thames to  support demand for an additional 1 billion litres of water every day for its customers over the next 50 years.Programme Partner Framework winners
  Arcadis Consulting – (subconsult
  
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