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• JCT launches latest contract updates

  24-04-2024 11:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  JCT has announced the latest release of all contracts from the Design and Build Contract family as part of the launch of its 2024 Edition of contracts.​Design and Build 2024 contracts are available to purchase from JCT’s online store and are available in hardcopy, JCT On Demand digital, and via the JCT Construct digital subscription service.
  ​The 2024 Edition of the Design and Build Contract family includes:Design and Build Contract (DB 2024)
  Design and Build Contract Guide (DB
  
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• Unions win HS2 site access battle at Old Oak Common job

  24-04-2024 09:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 joint venture Balfour Beatty, Vinca, SYSTRA has finally agreed to allow construction union officials access to its HS2 Old Oak Common construction site.The agreement secures the right of Unite officials to visit the project’s inductions and rest facilities to talk to all the workers on the site during their breaks, in order to deal with any concerns or worries they may have.The access deal was signed after a two-year campaign by Unite, which included regular demonstrations, leafl
  
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• Pagabo reveals 56 winners of latest £1.6bn retrofit deal

  24-04-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pagabo has announced the 56 suppliers appointed to its new £1.6bn Decarbonisation Solutions Framework.
  The framework provider recently launched its healthcare specific decarbonisation deal, and this latest instalment will support public sector organisations completing building works in all other sectors.
  Kingston upon Hull City Council (HCC) is serving as the contracting authority for the framework, which will run for four years.Suppliers appointed can provide a “complete business so
  
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• Contractors jack 1,100t viaduct into place in 13-hour operation

  24-04-2024 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian steelwork specialist Victor Buyck has jacked in a 1,100 tonne steel viaduct on HS2’s complex Delta Junction project.
  Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the firm 13 hours using push-pull jacking to install the 158m-long viaduct over two M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.The operation was completed 10 hours ahead of schedule by a 25-strong Victor Buyck team, enabling the motorway link roads to be opened earlier than planned.
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• Go-ahead for £100m Liverpool Love Lane flats

  24-04-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Widnes-based Sourced Development Group and partner Network Rail have been given the green light to build over 500 flats in four blocks just outside Liverpool city centre.
  The distinctive pink/red-clad blocks will be built on four former car park plots of land at Love Lane and Pall Mall in the Vauxhall area, with buildings ranging from nine to 11 storeys.
  BDP designed the project with M&E consultant Steven A Hunt & Associates. Two of the blocks will be built above existing Network Rail-ow
  
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• Berkeley subbies face six weeks without payments

  24-04-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley Group is moving to a new finance system which could leave its supply chain facing six weeks without payment this summer.
  Subcontractors have been sent emails from the house building giant warning about disruption to payments.
  It said: “As some of you will be aware, Berkeley Group have started to introduce a new Finance, Procurement and Subcontract application throughout its businesses.“There will be some disruption caused by this and we are anticipating not being able to rai
  
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