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• Police ban mobile cranes from roads over Easter

  28-03-2024 17:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Crane and plant hire companies are up-in-arms after police forces across the country banned them from moving kit on the roads this Easter.
  Mobile cranes and some larger plant are covered by Special Types General Orders (STGO) which restrict the hours they can be transported mainly during peak traffic times.
  But a growing number of police forces are extending the travel embargoes with vast swathes of the country facing restrictions across the Easter holiday.Forces banning big machines from the ro
  
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• Director jailed for exposing workers to asbestos

  28-03-2024 13:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester.
  Stephen Davies, 59, had set up Cavendish Winchester Ltd with the sole purpose of refurbishing the Winnall Close commercial unit into student rental accommodation.
  His co-director Neil Bolton, 56, was spared an immediate spell behind bars when he was handed a four-month suspended sentence at Southampton Crown Court yesterday.The company its
  
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• Council finds extra £33m for Buckinghamshire link road

  28-03-2024 09:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Buckinghamshire County Council has agreed to an extra £33m funding for Galliford Try’s South East Aylesbury Link Road project as expected costs soar to £147m for the scheme.
  When work started on phase 1 of the new mile-long dual carriageway in Aylesbury the project was expected to cost £114m.
  Being built in stages, the road is set to open at the end of 2026 – with the second phase to be completed by December 2024.
  Phase 1: B4443 Lower Road to A413 Wendover Road. Pha
  
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• Site labour rates start rising again

  28-03-2024 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Labour rates on construction sites last month moved closer to the all-time high seen at the end of 2023.
  Latest figures from the industry’s biggest payroll provider show average earnings for self-employed tradespeople increased to £1,017 per week during February – almost the same as the December peak of £1,044.
  Hudson Contract said this followed the usual poor month of January when earnings dipped due to bad weather and some sites being slow to reopen after Christmas.Aver
  
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• Quartet win £490m North West & Central railway works deal

  28-03-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has named the four firms it will use to deliver a planned £490m programme of major projects in its north west and central territory for control period 7.
  The deal completes the award of a flight of frameworks set up covering the “Backbone of Britain” route over the next five years and sees Skanska and Kier take the biggest project lot.North West & Central Region Cat A framework (Value £690m)Regional Multi-discipline
  £7m – £200m projects
  
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• Galliford Try names new finance director

  28-03-2024 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has appointed Rentokill’s Kris Hampson as new chief financial officer, succeeding Andrew Duxbury who is leaving to join house builder Persimmon.
  Hampson joins from Rentokil Initial plc where he has worked in finance roles for over 16 years, most recently as group financial controller.
  Alison Wood, Chair at Galliford Try, said “Kris has considerable financial experience with a FTSE 100 company and is an excellent addition to the board.  Kris will play a key role in
  
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• Council boss hits out at bat threat to £274m road job

  28-03-2024 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The leader of Norfolk County Council has fired a broadside at Natural England after a rule change over protected bats cast doubts over plans to build the £274m Norwich Western Link.
  The government conservation advisory body has decided to confer “favourable conservation status” on Barbastelle bats in the region.
  Council leader Kay Mason said the rule change will ” make it almost impossible for us to be granted a licence  and without that licence, we cannot build the
  
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