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• Third contractor to finally finish £135m Swansea job

  03-06-2024 16:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Local contractor Andrew Scott Ltd has been appointed to finish the £135m Copr Bay development in Swansea.
  Parts of the mixed-use scheme were left unfinished when main contractor Buckingham Group went into administration last September after completing most of the job.
  Willmott Dixon was drafted-in shortly after to finish the car park and some snagging work at the site with about £5m worth of work left to do.But between then and now Willmott Dixon and Swansea Council have had a change
  
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• JRL plans first Manchester 28 storey resi block

  03-06-2024 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London construction group JRL has submitted plans to build a 28-storey build-to-rent tower in Manchester.
  The £75m project close to Piccadilly station on Sparkle Street will provide around 360 flats and requires demolition of low rise commercial units before work can get underway.
  It is JRL’s first development project in Manchester and will see the group’s main contracting arm Midgard deliver the project, designed by architect SimpsonHaugh.Midgard has been operation in Manchest
  
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• Barratt and Springfield deal to deliver new Scottish village

  03-06-2024 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builders Springfield Properties and Barratt Developments have entered into a partnership to accelerate the delivery of a new 3,042-home village at Durieshill, on the outskirts of Stirling.
  Springfield is supplying the land, having driven the development through the design and planning process while Barratt will lead the provision of an ambitious infrastructure programme across the 600 acre site.
  Initial groundworks are expected to start later this year creating over 200 new jobs.The infras
  
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• CR Construction (UK) wins £34m historic mill restoration

  03-06-2024 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The UK arm of Hong Kong-listed contractor CR Construction has won the job to create 190 flats at the historic former Talbot Mill in Manchester.
  Manchester-based developer Capital & Centric is behind the plans to restore one of the city’s oldest Victorian mills, located in Ellesmere Street, Castlefield.
  Under a £37m contract, CR Construction (UK) will deliver 190 homes along with public realm and amenity block works against a 105-week programme.The project will consist of three re
  
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• Weston Homes names next CEO

  03-06-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private volume house builder Weston Homes has promoted south east  housing expert Peter Gore as the new chief executive officer of the group.
  In his new role, he will work closely alongside chairman Bob Weston driving growth at Weston Homes, offsite specialist British Offsite and serviced office provider Weston Business Centres.
  The group also encompasses environmental and safety consultancy Stansted and construction plant hire and warehousing arm Weston Logist
  
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• Staff at surface repair specialist Merlin looking for new jobs

  03-06-2024 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Staff at hard surface repair specialist Merlin are looking for new jobs.
  A number of the firm’s 100 workers took to LinkedIn over the weekend after being suddenly let go by the Manchester based contractor.
  Merlin Repair Specialists has a nationwide team of technicians who specialise in the repair and resurfacing of damaged manufactured interior and exterior surfaces for some of the country’s largest construction companies.
  The firm’s website states: “Our customers include
  
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• Vigil for worker killed at Berkeley site

  03-06-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Safety campaigners held a vigil last Friday for a construction worker killed at the Camden Goods Yard site in north London.
  Berkeley Group company St George is developing the 600+ new homes site where the fatality occurred.
  The Enquirer understands the victim was hit by an asphalt paving lorry.Construction union Unite and campaigners from the London Hazards Centre staged the vigil after news of the incident emerged.
  A St George spokesperson told the Camden New Journal: “A fatal accident oc
  
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