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• Government set to fund £1bn final HS2 London tunnel drive

  08-05-2024 09:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government is set to give the go-ahead for the final HS2 main tunnel drive under London to Euston station.
  The project was halted as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s £6.5bn cost-cutting plan announced last October.
  This involved axing phase 2 to Manchester and finding a private investor to pay for the final 5.4-mile TBM drive to the station and the redevelopment of Euston site through over-station development.
  According to Whitehall sources, the Government has decided now to
  
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• Development firm fails hitting London building team for £2.6m

  08-05-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The collapse of a developer behind a planned super-prime residential scheme on London’s Victoria Embankment has left main contractor Ant Yapi and consultants owed over £2.6m.
  A special purpose vehicle, Doulton Development, was set up by Australian developer Thirdi to buy the existing Westminster Tower building so that it could be redeveloped into 28 luxury flats.
  The SPV enlisted the professional team and last June signed up contractor Ant Yapi to advance the 18-storey project, marke
  
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• Developer fails hitting London building team for £2.6m

  08-05-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The collapse of a developer behind a planned super-prime residential scheme on London’s Victoria Embankment has left main contractor Ant Yapi and consultants owed over £2.6m.
  A special purpose vehicle, Doulton Development, was set up by Australian developer Thirdi to buy the existing Westminster Tower building so that it could be redeveloped into 28 luxury flats.
  The SPV enlisted the professional team and last June signed up contractor Ant Yapi to advance the 18-storey project, marke
  
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• Bidding open for £800m professional services deal

  08-05-2024 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Procure Partnerships has started the race for its second-generation professional services framework for public works promising places for smaller firms.
  The new professional services agreement will run for four years alongside its established national contractor framework and is estimated to be worth up to £800m.
  The body has been operating and delivering successful frameworks across England for the past seven years, supporting the delivery of over 400 public sector projects.The tender doc
  
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• G&H Group lands £20m+ M&E package from JJ Rhatigan

  08-05-2024 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Main contractor JJ Rhatigan has selected G&H Group to deliver a £20m+ mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) design and build package at the Crown Trading Centre in Hayes.
  The £109m scheme in West London on the Grand Union Canal for property manager Greystar will consist of 407 build to rent, affordable rent and shared ownership apartments, commercial spaces, amenity areas, car and cycle parking, and landscaped areas.
  G&H Group’s 100-strong team will start on s
  
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• G&H Group lands £10m+ M&E package from JJ Rhatigan

  08-05-2024 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Main contractor JJ Rhatigan has selected G&H Group to deliver a £10m+ mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) design and build package at the Crown Trading Centre in Hayes.
  The £109m scheme in West London on the Grand Union Canal for property manager Greystar will consist of 407 build to rent, affordable rent and shared ownership apartments, commercial spaces, amenity areas, car and cycle parking, and landscaped areas.
  G&H Group’s 100-strong team will start on s
  
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• Stricken road sweeper specialist rescued

  08-05-2024 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Waste Management contractor Sweeptech has acquired road sweeper hire specialist Go Plant after the firm went into administration last week.
  The pre-pack deal was completed by administrators from Alvarez & Marsal Europe who sold a number of depots to Go Plant saving 116 jobs.
  Not all of Go Plant’s depots were sold with some shutting resulting in redundancies at the firm which employed over 400 staff.Sweeptech provides a broad range of services including waste management, high pressure j
  
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• Amazon fires up Big-Box market with £500m job

  08-05-2024 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Online retail giant Amazon has confirmed plans to build a £500m super-shed at the the giant SEGRO Logistics Park site near junction 15 of the M1.
  The decision marks Amazon’s return to the Big-Box building market in the UK after expansion plans went on hold two years ago in a belt-tightening exercise.
  Amazon said the new building offering around 2m sq ft will be the latest generation fulfilment centre, with three floors of robotics where goods will be stored and customer orders will b
  
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• Costain highways lead joins Buro Happold

  08-05-2024 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Costain’s key account director for National Highways Paula Gough has left the contractor to join engineering design consultant Buro Happold.
  She has taken the role of UK Development Director for Infrastructure after two and a half years as part of Costain’s Highways Senior Leadership Team.
  Gough will lead Buro’s infrastructure growth strategy for the UK public sector, leveraging the extensive global expertise within the business. She aims to expand and enhance key highway and r
  
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