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• Plant bosses blast “inflexible” police over road bans

  10-05-2024 14:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper calling for a more flexible regime over police bans on moving mobile cranes and large plant on the country’s roads.
  The simmering issue came to a head over Easter when police forces across the country strictly enforced road embargoes on the movement of large construction kit.
  Research by the CPA has discovered an increasingly draconian approach by some forces including one firm wa
  
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• Balfour wins major Rolls-Royce Derby campus expansion

  10-05-2024 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Rolls-Royce has selected Balfour Beatty as a construction partner for a major expansion of its works in Raynesway, Derby to fulfil a raft of major submarine contracts.
  The firm is planning to add around 1.1m sq ft of space demolishing several existing buildings at its site to make way for larger sheds and factory space.
  As part of the package of works, which will be executed in stages over the next eight years, Balfour Beatty will deliver infrastructure enabling works, build new manufacturing an
  
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• Construction recovery rained-off in first quarter

  10-05-2024 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Unusually wet weather in February and March shrank construction output in the first three months of the year, according to latest Government figures.
  But a sharp rise of 16% in first quarter order figures raises hope of recovery ahead despite on-going uncertainty caused by a looming election.
  In March, monthly construction output slid 0.4% in volume terms stemming from decreases in both new work (0.7% fall) and repair and maintenance (0.1% fall).At the sector level, while five out of the nine se
  
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• Building boss banned for covid loan abuse

  10-05-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A London-based builder has been disqualified as a company director for ten years after he overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan during the pandemic and then failed to show the money had been spent on his business.
  Marcel Ion, 39, from Bromley, was the sole director of Mavion Group Ltd, a construction business which was registered in Dagenham.
  In June 2020, Ion applied for a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan on his company’s behalf, stating that the busi
  
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• Contractors face mental health quiz to win work

  10-05-2024 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Industry accreditation  specialist Veriforce CHAS is pushing for mental health assessments of contractors to become part of the prequalification process.
  The firm has launched its first Mental Health & Wellbeing Question Set as a voluntary module within its core Veriforce CHAS  assessments.
  Managing director Ian McKinnon said:  “We hope that this heralds a new era where mental health and wellbeing are prioritised alongside traditional safety measures and mental health an
  
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• Skanska tops April contract wins ranking

  10-05-2024 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two big building wins in London saw Skanska jump to the top of the contracts league in April.
  The brace of projects include a major £250m job for a 20-storey mixed-use tower which will replace Hill House, a 1970s concrete building on a site just North of Fleet Street.
  The firm was also confirmed a £158m data centre fit-out, along with associated construction work, from global data centre provider Telehouse in London Docklands.
  Ardmore ranked second after developer Reef Group picked t
  
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