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• Plan lodged for tallest skyscraper outside London

  25-04-2024 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Salboy has lodged plans for a dominating residential skyscraper in central Manchester that would be the tallest outside of London.
  The next phase of its Viadux scheme off Great Bridgewater Street will now see construction of two residential towers of 76 and 23 storeys containing a total of 915 apartments.
  Architect simpsonhaugh supported by M&E consultant Ridge and structural engineer Renaissance have designed the scheme.
  The distinctive tower facade has been profiled to reduce win
  
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• Curo starts £170m race for new homes framework

  25-04-2024 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bath-based housing association Curo is on the hunt for contractors to deliver an estimated £170m house building programme over the next four years.
  Curo manages close to 14,000 homes for more than 25,000 people across the West of England.
  It plans to build between 250 and 300 new social homes every year over the next five years and deliver between 100 and 200 private market sales annually.The housing association is planing to set up a panel of preferred contractors and developers to call o
  
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• Adrian Bloor targets 1,000 homes-a-year

  25-04-2024 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HarperCrewe – a UK challenger housebuilder led by experienced industry operator Adrian Bloor –is targeting construction of 1,000 homes a year after receiving an investment boost.
  The firm has confirmed a significant strategic investment from funders TPG Angelo Gordon and Ridgeback Group who have previously acquired nine UK build-to-rent assets worth £800.
  HarperCrewe was founded by Adrian Bloor – former CEO of the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK, Bloor Home
  
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• Gove approves major Cambridge North mixed-use scheme

  25-04-2024 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead to build 425 flats along with five commercial buildings near Cambridge North station.
  The decision to call in the scheme followed South Cambridgeshire District Council’s rejection of Chesterton Partnership’s plan for the mixed-use development on the 17-hectare former railway sidings site.
  The development partnership, involving Network Rail, DB Cargo and Brookgate, used architects Acme an
  
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• Gove approves controversial Cambridge North mixed-use scheme

  25-04-2024 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Homes and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead for plans to build 425 flats along with five commercial buildings for life sciences and tech labs and offices near Cambridge North station.
  The decision to call in the scheme followed South Cambridgeshire District Council’s rejection of Chesterton Partnership’s plan for the mixed-use development on the 17-hectare former railway sidings site.
  The development partnership, involving Network R
  
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• Pontins holiday park to house Sizewell C builders

  25-04-2024 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Pontins holiday park has been earmarked for transformation into accommodation for 500 construction workers building the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
  Plans have been agreed between Sizewell C and Pontins Pakefield near Lowestoft, Suffolk as preparations continue to start the £20bn power project.
  A company spokesperson told the BBC: “At peak construction, Sizewell C will require a workforce of 7,900 people with at least a third coming from the local area.“Those workers liv
  
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• Housing firm fined £528,000 after cable strike

  25-04-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post struck an underground cable suffering burns to his face.
  The MHS Homes employee and a colleague had been tasked by the company to repair three fence posts in a back garden of a tenant on 10 January 2023.
  They had already repaired two of the posts and started on a third, when one of the workers struck an underground electrical cable as he tried to break through some concrete using a breaker.The
  
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