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• Modular builder TopHat managing director departs

  09-05-2024 16:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The managing director of volumetric house builder TopHat is stepping down amid an ongoing streamlining programme.
  Andrew Shepherd leaves the firm at the end of this week after nearly four years at the business that has to make a profit.
  He said:  “After a roller-coaster near-four years in the world of modular house building I will be moving on to a new challenge.
  “I wish my colleagues all the best moving forward and would like to express my personal gratitude for all their hard
  
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• Graham nets £60m stands revamp at Lord’s

  09-05-2024 14:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has been confirmed as main contractor on the latest £60m redevelopment at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
  Work will start at the end of September to redevelop the Tavern and Allen Stands with completion due in May 2027.
  Graham will work alongside Gardiner & Theobald, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, and Arcadis to deliver the project for client the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).Throughout the redevelopment, Lord’s Cricket Ground will remain fully operational, ensuring minimal disru
  
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• 15 win £3.5bn Eastern Route Partnership railway deal

  09-05-2024 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has named the 15 firms it will work with on its new Eastern Routes Partnership set up to deliver a £3.5bn work programme through the control period 7 investment phase to 2029.
  The framework covers four main delivery areas, with each split with generalist firms forming the core partnership team to deliver the larger, more complex projects and several specialists.Eastern Routes PartnershipBuilding & Civils
  Generalists: Amco, BAM, Morgan Sindall, Story
  Specialists: Taziker (s
  
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• 33 firms secure spots on £3.6bn Northumbrian Water framework

  09-05-2024 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northumbrian Water has completed the final contractor appointments to deliver its £3.6bn AMP8 capital investment programme.
  The latest wave sees 33 firms take spots on its collaborative framework including 11 firms joining for the first time for work across the company’s Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water operating areas.Northumbrian Water AMP8
  AE Yates
  GLC Projects
  MGL Demolition
  Absolute Civil Engineering
  Gowland and Dawson
  Network Plus Services
  Applebridge Constructi
  
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• Ready mix concrete giant files administration notice

  09-05-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London concrete supplier Mixit has filled a notice of appointment to appoint an administrator.
  The firm’s ready mix lorries are a regular sight in the capital where the company used to operate as Jim’ll Mix It until it rebranded in 2015.
  Mixit Concrete Ltd has been in business since 1983 with plants in Tilbury, Barking and Edmonton.Latest results for the firm for the year to September 30 2021 show a turnover of £21.8m generating a pre-tax loss of £698,000 while employing
  
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• Construction boss in court over dodgy van deals

  09-05-2024 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The director of a Leeds-based construction firm who failed to keep up-to-date accounting records and explain why his company spent more than £800,000 on over 100 vehicles has been given a suspended prison sentence.
  Eugenijus Nalivaika was sentenced to 15 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, when he appeared at Leeds Crown Courty. He was also ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £4,714.30.
  The 46-year-old pleaded guilty to failing to keep accounting reco
  
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• Expanding Caddick Group tops £500m turnover

  09-05-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Yorkshire-based Caddick Group lifted revenue 17% to £575m last year after a turnaround in fortunes at the construction arm.
  Caddick Construction returned to profitability across all regions, helping the operation to swing from a £2m loss previously to deliver a £7.4m profit as revenue jumped 38% to £318m in the year to August 2023.
  This helped the developer, rental homes operator and construction group deliver a £35.5m profit.
  During the year, construction benefitte
  
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• Structure Tone returns to profit

  09-05-2024 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Structure Tone is back in the black and confident of future prospects in the London fit-out and refurb market.
  The contractor’s latest results for the year to December 31 2023 confirm a £1.28m pre-tax profit compared to a £130,000 loss last time as turnover ticked-up to £134m from £121m.
  Structure Tone said “the last couple of years has seen a significant improvement in both the quality, management, and close out of projects establishing a great foundation on
  
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• Dual student towers plan for Birmingham Gun Quarter

  09-05-2024 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham-based residential developer Sama Investments has unveiled plans for a dual tower scheme at a former city council office building in the Gun Quarter of the city.
  The planned student scheme, known as Perryian Works, will be located at 1 Lancaster Circus and and involves building towers rising to 40 and 50 storeys.
  The proposals will support the continued growth of nearby universities, with Aston and Birmingham City University only a short walk away.Plans are now out for public consultat
  
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