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• Vinci signs £138m Sheffield steel forge expansion deal

  10-04-2024 18:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci Building has clinched a £138m contract to deliver the UK’s largest open-die forging facility in Sheffield.
  The project involves erecting a 13,800 sq m building to house the groundbreaking forging facility at Sheffield Forgemasters’ historic site on Brightside Lane.
  Vinci has been working under a preconstruction agreement for nearly two years and is now starting to pile foundations ahead of erecting a 40m-high superstructure and installing building services and a water pum
  
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• McAlpine hires HS2 programme boss to head defence arm

  10-04-2024 15:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine has brought in HS2 programme director Mike Hickson as managing director of its defence operation.
  Hickson will be responsible for setting and delivering McAlpine’s defence strategy which forms a part of its core infrastructure business unit.
  Hickson brings 30 years of military experience to his new role, including active service in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  As a brigadier, he was appointed chief logistician at PJHQ Northwood before becoming Director of the Royal Logistic Co
  
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• McAleer & Rushe promotes five staff to contracts directors

  10-04-2024 12:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London-anchored design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe has strengthened its senior management team promoting five senior staff to contracts directors.
  It comes as the contractor gears up for further growth having secured expected revenue of £450m for 2024 and targeting £500m in 2025.
  The new contracts directors together with the other department directors will work closely with the McAleer& Rushe Contracts UK main board in the active management of the business strategic
  
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• IBMG raises funds for further expansion

  10-04-2024 10:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Southern-based Independent Builders Merchant Group has secured funds to continue its expansion.
  The £650m turnover builders’ merchant has secured new capital investment from Ares Management and Farallon Capital to advance its strategic growth plans.
  Martin Stables, IBMG’s CEO, said that during 2024, IBMG would be launching new customer propositions covering renewables and sustainability.
  He said the business would also look to expand its independent brand network through new br
  
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• Consultant quartet win Government estate upgrade deal

  10-04-2024 10:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government Property Agency has named the four consultants it will use to support delivery of its workplace building upgrades and net zero retrofits.
  The firms will provide project management, cost management, design and health and safety advice to the GPA.Consultants securing three-year contractsArcadis, Tetra Tech, AtkinsRéalis, McBainsThe GPA is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1bn in property assets, and over 45% of the Government’s office es
  
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• Vistry strikes deal with Homes England for 1,000 units

  10-04-2024 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Partnership housing specialist Vistry has struck a deal with Government body Homes England to build 1,000 units on two sites in Birmingham and Northamptonshire.
  In Birmingham, Vistry has sealed the deal to deliver the regeneration of City Hospital after working closely with Birmingham City Council and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
  The Homes England-owned site has outline planning permission for 750 homes, of which more than 50% will be affordable or private rent tenures, with
  
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• Lendlease tops March contracts league

  10-04-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease Construction has topped March’s contracts league ranking after confirming two major project wins worth over £470m.
  The brace of projects include a major £200m overhaul of the former flagship Debenhams’ store on Oxford Street in London and Imjin Barracks near Gloucester, which includes the mostly new-build construction of live, work and train facilities on-site.
  BAM ranked second after its JV with Hitachi secured the two major converter stations for the Easter Gr
  
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