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• Carpenter killed by falling timber frame panels

  03-05-2024 14:19
  
  A specialist contractor has been fined after a 22-year-old carpenter died after he was struck by roofing materials on a building site.
  On 30 October 2019, Niall McCormack from Kettering, Northamptonshire had been working for KM Carpentry Contractors Limited installing roof trusses at a new build site at Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire.
  Both the truss packs and party wall spandrel panel had been lifted by crane onto a pair of semi-detached properties the day before the incident – temporaril
  
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• Anglian Homes rides in to finish crashed Everest contracts

  03-05-2024 09:21
  
  Anglian Home Improvement has pledged to fulfil orders taken by crashed double-glazed window rival Everest 2020.
  Administrators Resolve confirmed today that a deal has been struck to sell certain assets of the failed business to Anglian Home Improvements.
  While the terms of the agreement are finalised, the joint administrators have entered a subcontractor arrangement that will enable customer orders to be fulfilled by Anglian where possible.
  This will ensure all Everest customers impacted by Ever
  
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• Final work starts to connect super sewer to London system

  03-05-2024 08:46
  
  Engineers on the super sewer project have begun work to connect the new infrastructure to London’s existing sewer system. 
  Major construction work on the 25km Thames Tideway tunnel was finished last month after a 1,200-tonne concrete ‘lid’ was lifted into place to cap the project’s deepest shaft at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in east London.
  Now, the teams are preparing to bring the tunnel into service by making a connection to the 6.9km Lee Tunnel, which has been in
  
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• Road sweeper specialist files administration notice

  03-05-2024 08:35
  
  Road sweeper hire specialist Go Plant has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The firm’s machines are a common sight on building and civils jobs across the country.
  Go Plant’s latest accounts show the business had a turnover of £44.8m for the year to June 30 2022 generating a pre-tax loss of £4m while employing 443 staff.Sister company Go Plant Fleet Services has also filed a a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The current operation is
  
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• Legal challenge launched against £1.5bn A66 dualling

  03-05-2024 08:29
  
  A legal challenge has been launched against £1.5bn plans to dual parts of the A66 just as contractors were gearing up to start work.
  The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project, which received development consent last month, looks set to delay the project again.
  National Highways said it would fully support the legal process as the challenge passes through court.
  A spokesman said: “We have been designing and developing the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project, and we will continue to carry
  
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