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• Funding deal for £86m wind turbine test centre

  14-05-2024 16:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The world’s most advanced wind turbine blade and drive train testing centre will be built in Blyth, Northumberland following an £86.5m funding deal.
  The new facility will be based at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre.
  Construction is scheduled to start this summer on the 150-metre blade test facility that will replicate the harsh conditions at sea.A contractor is yet to be confirmed for the scheme.
  Andrew Jamieson, ORE Catapult Chie
  
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• London 25km Super Sewer hooked up for commissioning

  14-05-2024 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineers on the London Super Sewer project have successfully connected the new infrastructure to the capital’s existing sewer system. 
  Ahead of the two-week connection job, a thick concrete wall separated the 25km super sewer from the 6.9km Lee Tunnel, which links Abbey Mills pumping station to Beckton sewage treatment works.
  Now, those two tunnels are connected for the first time, creating the London Tideway Tunnels network and paving the way for the new system to begin its protecti
  
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• Record results at maintenance specialist Renew

  14-05-2024 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Infrastructure maintenance and renewal specialist Renew has posted record first half results.
  And the firm is confident its core markets will continue to boom as infrastructure providers increase their focus on maintenance work.
  Results for the half year to March 31 2024 show pre-tax profits up to £30.3m from £26.3m last time on turnover up to £552.8m from £471.8m as operating margins stayed steady at 6%.CEO Paul Scott said: “I am very pleased to report we have deli
  
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• Barhale lands £21m shaft scheme for Thames Water

  14-05-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barhale has been selected to deliver a £21m scheme for the Thames Water Ring Main (TWRM) in West London.
  The Mogden Pump Out Shaft scheme will upgrade the existing inspection shaft on the TWRM fresh water artery running beneath London to provide additional resilience of supply in the west of the capital.
  Four pumps will be installed in the Mogden shaft and a new pipeline will be connected to the existing Kew main to the north of the site. A new surge column, surge tank, additional surge ve
  
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• Plan in for Manchester ‘upside down’ 18-storey tower

  14-05-2024 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Soller has submitted plans for a distinctive 18-storey tech office project in Manchester that incorporates several buildings at street level.
  The main tower will be cantilevered to allow the floorplate to widen as the building rises in height.
  Designs by architect Howell for the NXQ scheme retain and restore 19th century buildings on the site while respecting the neighbouring grade II-listed Daily Express Building.NXQ will be accessed via a new publicly accessible courtyard at the hear
  
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• £200m Lincoln ring-road approved

  14-05-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The £200m final stretch of the Lincoln bypass has been approved by the local council paving the way for work to start next year.
  The North Hykeham Relief Road will link the A46 Pennells Roundabout to the Lincoln Eastern Bypass, creating a ring-road around the city.
  Balfour Beatty is understood to be in line to design and build the new relief road, which will take around three years to deliver.Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “I’m incredibly happy t
  
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• Caddick names new north east director

  14-05-2024 07:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Construction has appointed Steve Ford as regional managing director for Yorkshire and the North East.
  Ford joins the business from Marrico Asset Management where he held the position of development director for over eight years. Before that he worked a Laing O’Rourke is several leadership roles.
  His expertise spans the retail, commercial, education, industrial and manufacturing sectors, as well as residential and heritage buildings.Ford’s appointment follows a period of susta
  
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