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• Balfour gets final sign-off for HMP Highland at £209m

  08-04-2024 17:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty has achieved final sign-off at £209m to build the HMP Highland prison in Inverness.
  Once completed in 2026, it will be Scotland’s first net-zero prison, with improved education and health facilities to help with rehabilitation.
  It will be able to accommodate 200 prisoners, over 100 more than the design capacity of Inverness Prison that it will replace, allowing more adult men from the Highlands and Islands to be accommodated in their local area.When the project was con
  
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• Cardo completes fourth acquisition in a year

  08-04-2024 15:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Expanding building maintenance specialist Cardo Group has signed off its fourth acquisition in a year putting it on track to report £170m turnover in 2024/25.
  The acquisition of refurbishment and decorating specialist A&N Lewis solidifies Gardo Group’s position as the largest building maintenance contractor in Wales.
  It joins LCB Group, Cardo (South) – previously known as Osborne Property Services – and Jefferies Contractors.
  A & N Lewis was founded in Cardiff in
  
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• Watchdog clears Heidelberg takeover of Mick George

  08-04-2024 11:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Competition and Mergers Authority has cleared materials giant Heidelberg Materials’ takeover dealto buy earthmoving and demolition waste recycling contractor Mick George Group.
  Heidelberg announced the acquisition move on the £220m turnover Mick George business last year to strengthen its circular materials offering while complementing its existing aggregates and ready-mixed concrete businesses.
  Mick George operates four recycling facilities, eight waste transfer stations, 11 agg
  
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• Hospital dispute dents Lendlease Construction profits

  08-04-2024 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease Construction Europe saw pre-tax profits fall by around 37% to £11.9m after a challenging year and losing a claim against its consultant on a Leeds hospital project.
  Simon Gorski, managing director of Construction for Lendlease Europe, said revenue had also slipped by around 8% to £509m in the year to June 2023, due to depressed bidding activity over the Covid-19 period.
  Gorski said: “During the 2022/23 year, we navigated a complex market landscape characterised by inf
  
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• Halsall Construction files administration notice

  08-04-2024 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bath-based building contractor Halsall Construction has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The family-owned contractor started out in 1974 as a local builder growing into a multi-disciplinary regional contractor operating across the south west, employing around 60 staff.
  It forms part of Bath-based Shepperton Group and delivers new build and refurbishment projects up to £25m within the residential, education, health, commercial and care and retirement sectors.Last pub
  
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• Bid race for £1.5bn Scottish affordable homes framework

  08-04-2024 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scotland Excel has started the race to renew its largest-ever framework for councils to use for new build residential construction services.
  Around 19 suppliers, including 13 SMEs, face a fight to renew their places on the £1.5bn framework that was first developed five years ago to help accelerate the delivery of 50,000 new affordable homes.
  While most schemes under this build framework will comprise properties for social rent, councils may utilise the framework for other tenure, mixed ten
  
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• Road job to unlock Blackpool Enterprise Zone

  08-04-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Work to unlock 10.5 hectares of commercial land at Blackpool Enterprise Zone will begin this month.
  An £18.5m  second access road to the Enterprise Zone will be built by George Cox & Sons will undertake the pre-construction works from April before the main build begins shortly after.
  The Enterprise Zone is a 144 hectare site that includes Blackpool Airport, Blackpool Retail Park, Blackpool Business Park and surrounding land up to the border of Common Edge Road.Support to build the
  
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• Development deal to advance £1.1bn York Central scheme

  08-04-2024 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed a development agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to be strategic development partners for the York Central £1.1bn scheme.
  The vast 45-hectare scheme will transform of one of the largest brownfield sites in England alongside other partners the City of York Council and the National Railway Museum.
  The regeneration will build 2,500 new homes and create up to one million sq ft of office, retail and hospitality space, al
  
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