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• Six civils clients to switch to low carbon concrete and steel

  29-04-2024 15:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Six big infrastructure clients have pledged to switch to lowest carbon-sourced concrete and steel on their projects.
  Anglian Water, Heathrow, The Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways, Northumbrian Water and Sellafield have committed to scale-back use of the biggest contributors to CO₂ emissions – diesel, steel, and concrete.
  They are the first clients to sign up for the Construction Leadership Council’s “Five Client Carbon Commitments” designed to help the indus
  
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• Big civils clients to switch to low-carbon steel and concrete

  29-04-2024 15:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Six big infrastructure clients have pledged to switch to lowest carbon-sourced concrete and steel on their projects.
  Anglian Water, Heathrow, The Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways, Northumbrian Water and Sellafield have committed to scale-back use of the biggest contributors to CO₂ emissions – diesel, steel, and concrete.
  They are the first clients to sign up for the Construction Leadership Council’s “Five Client Carbon Commitments” designed to help the indus
  
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• Kier wins £118m civil service Darlington hub

  29-04-2024 12:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government Property Agency has signed Kier to deliver its civil service office hub at the Darlington Economic Campus.
  Kier has signed a pre-construction deal in readiness to deliver the project, earmarked for Brunswick Street, after the planning application was lodged with Darlington Borough Council last month.
  The Hub building would be home to 1,450 civil servants and represents a £118m investment into the town.Construction of the building is scheduled to begin ar the end of this year
  
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• Olympian Homes gets go-ahead for Bristol’s tallest building

  29-04-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Olympian Homes, working closely with Whitbread, has got the thumbs up from planners for what will be Bristol’s tallest building.
  The project, designed by architect Hodder+Partners, will redevelop a 20-storey aging Premier Inn at St James Barton roundabout, in the centre of the city.
  Olympian Homes proposes to transform the site – to be renamed St James Square – with an 18-storey co-living homes project and a 28-storey student rooms building.
  20-storey Premier Inn buil
  
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• ISG gets nod to start £20m Glamorgan school job

  29-04-2024 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  ISG has finally got the all-clear to start work on a £20m special needs school expansion project for Vale of Glamorgan Council.
  The proposal to expand Ysgol y Deri at Cosmeston, near Penarth. It will create an additional 150 places on a split-site provision.
  Kevin McElroy, Operations Director at ISG, said that indoor spaces for the school would been arranged over two storeys, allowing for the most efficient building shape, while maintaining a compact footprint and as much external space as
  
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• Banned building boss jailed for fraud

  29-04-2024 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Cumbrian building boss who pleaded guilty to fraud, disregarding a director disqualification and breaching a bankruptcy order has been jailed.
  Adam Kirkbride was sentenced to four years in prison when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court.
  Kirkbride, of Keswick, was also further banned as a director until April 2036.The 32-year-old abused his position while acting in the management of a company by siphoning off £60,000 that had been invested by a pensioner into his residential housing dev
  
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• Walker Modular lands £5m bathroom pod contract

  29-04-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Walker Modular has clinched a £5m contract to supply all the Build-to-Rent steel-framed bathroom pods for the prestigious Loft Lines project in Belfast.
  The latest major win for Walker in its key bathroom pods market will see the specialist work with Graham and Watkin Jones on the Loft Lines project which is due for completion in 2026,
  Shane Walker, Managing Director of Walker Modular, said: “We are thrilled to be selected as the preferred supplier for the Loft Lines project. Our col
  
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• Green light for £500m Newcastle health complex

  29-04-2024 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Newcastle University and partner Genr8 Kajima Regeneration have secured planning consent for a £500m Health Innovation Neighbourhood masterplan.
  Construction will transform a former 29-acre general hospital site into a new neighbourhood combining housing alongside modern healthcare, education and community facilities.
  Specialist ageing research will develop advanced infrastructure to support housing solutions that promote longer, healthier lives.The masterplan includes 350,000 sq ft of res
  
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• LHC starts race for major retrofit and decarb framework

  29-04-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Local authority procurement specialist LHC has fired the starting gun on bidding for a new framework to support the retrofit and decarbonisation of the UK’s 6.1m social homes and public sector buildings.
  It is consultants consultants and specialists contractors in energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, renewables, electric vehicles and solar PV.
  Launching in Autumn 2024, the Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework is designed to plug into government and energy company schemes incl
  
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• Windows giant Everest crashes into administration

  29-04-2024 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  One of Britain’s biggest windows and doors suppliers Everest has crashed into administration putting around 350 jobs at risk
  Administrators from ReSolve were appointed on Friday to handle the Everest 2020 Ltd business and will try to find a buyer to salvage all or parts of the operation.
  The specialist double glazing company was acquired by British venture capitalist Jon Moulton’s investment firm Better Capital over a decade ago after it then required a restructuring.Later the Covid-
  
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