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• Construction buyers see first growth in six months

  05-04-2024 18:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers saw a return to industry growth for the first time in six months in March.
  The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rose from 49.7 in February to 50.2 in March.
  Crucially it was above the 50 growth mark for the first time since August 2023.Adding to signs of a recovery, new orders expanded at the fastest pace since May 2023.
  Civil engineering was the best-performing sector in March with increased work on infrastructure projects and resili
  
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• Travelodge picks builder for latest Stratford hotel

  05-04-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Travelodge has exchanged contracts for a new hotel in Stratford east London with Barnes Construction appointed as main contractor.
  Barnes will start on site next month to transform the vacant office building Gredley House into a 151-room Travelodge.
  The new Travelodge will be built to a BREEAM Excellent standard and will feature the group’s new premium look and feel design, as well as its new 85 Bar Cafe.Tony O’Brien, UK Development Director, Travelodge said: “Travelodge is del
  
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• Bouygues seals deal for East London student digs job

  05-04-2024 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues development arm Linkcity and Crosstree Real Estate have secured financial close to start a major purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Canning Town, East London
  Phase 4 of the £600m Hallsville Quarter regeneration has been designed by PRP Architects and involves building 375 purpose-built student accommodation rooms.
  As with the previous phases, Bouygues UK will be the main contractor and will take a low-carbon, sustainable approach targeting BREAAM Excellent.This project
  
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• Worker killed by falling excavator attachment

  05-04-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Kent plant firm has been fined £175,000 following the death of an employee.
  Liam McArdle, from Gravesend was fatally crushed by an excavator attachment while working for Erith Plant Services Limited on 21 September 2021.
  A demolition grab, attached to an excavator, fell onto the 24-year-old while it was loaded onto a lorry at Erith Plant Services Limited’s workshop at Eastern Quarry on Watling Steet, Swanscombe.An HSE investigation into the incident found Erith Plant Services Limit
  
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• United Living buys MEICA water specialist

  05-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Swanley-based United Living Group has bought water, marine and energy sector specialist EcoGenR8 in a push on the MEICA work sector.
  The business, which trades as AFECO and employs around 30 staff, has been operating for 10 years.
  AFECO develops and delivers mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation services and solutions related to water, wastewater and biosolids treatment, in addition to energy generation and expert consultancy.
  AFECO will sit in United Living’s Inf
  
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• Main contractor trade credit insurance hits crisis point

  05-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Jittery insurers are pulling trade credit insurance cover on some of the country’s leading contractors.
  The Enquirer has been contacted by several subcontractors and suppliers in recent weeks warning they are unable to obtain cover on some of the industry’s biggest names.
  The spectre of further insolvencies following recent main contractor failures is disrupting the normal function of insurance within the sector as subcontractors say they are being forced to turn down work.The nervou
  
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