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• Operator trapped on crane boom in London site fire

  04-06-2024 16:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a construction site in east London.
  In dramatic scenes, a worker presumed to be the crane operator sought refuge at the end of the counter jib as thick black smoke engulfed the mast of his Wolff tower crane.
  The fire broke out at contractor Bouygues’ Makers Yard residential scheme, near Silvertown Way in Canning Town.According to the London Fire Brigade, the fire started within a base in the commercial unit in the 10-storey
  
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• Operator trapped on crane boom in London fire

  04-06-2024 16:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a construction site in east London.
  In dramatic scenes, a worker presumed to be the crane operator sought refuge at the end of a boom as thick black smoke engulfed his crane.
  The broke out at contractor Bouygues’ Makers Yard residential scheme, near Silvertown Way in Canning Town.According to the London Fire Brigade, the fire started within a base in the commercial unit in the 10-storey residential building still under cons
  
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• Statom Group wins civils package to transform port site

  04-06-2024 10:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Statom Group North Limited has landed the major civil engineering works package to transform Ardersier Port just east of Inverness.
  Port owner Haventus is transforming Scotland’s largest brownfield port into a facility for the deployment and servicing of offshore wind installations.
  Civils work will last until October 2025 and the Enquirer understands the package is worth more than £40m.Statom’s work will include RC capping structures to form the new quayside and anchor wall (b
  
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• Swedish giant officially launches UK operation

  04-06-2024 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Swedish-owned Sortera has officially launched in the UK this week as GBN Services and O’Donovan Waste Management formally merge following Sortera’s acquisition of the two London-based companies last year.
  The merger sees Sortera assume responsibility for six existing sites – Rochford, Harlow, Edmonton, Uxbridge, Tottenham and Wembley –previously owned and operated by GBN and O’Donovan’s respectively, as well as close to 400 members of staff.
  The rebranded wast
  
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• Wrekin joins civil engineering products “supergroup”

  04-06-2024 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Products specialist Wrekin has joined forces with four other European firms to form civil engineering “supergroup” Civitec.
  Road ironworks specialist Wrekin will now work alongside Product Industriels Lorrains (P.I.L), Fonderies de Saint Dizier (FSD), Geoworks, and Encotel who are all involved in the design, specification and manufacturing of products for the civil engineering industry .
  The group aims to “contribute to the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructur
  
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• Vistry strikes deal to build 1,750 private rental homes

  04-06-2024 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry has struck a deal to build around 1,750 homes for the private rented sector.
  The homes with a development value of £580m will be owned by Blackstone Real Estate and Regis, while being managed by Leaf Living.
  The portfolio, concentrated in the south east, will come from building out plots in Vistry’s former house building landbank across 36 development sites.  The homes would be pre-sold in-line with Vistry’s Partnerships strategy of pre-selling around 65% of all hom
  
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• Top construction chiefs call for more foreign workers

  04-06-2024 00:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A dozen construction chiefs have set out a blueprint for the next Government to deliver infrastructure growth and boost the wider economy.
  The plan calls on the next Government to implement a dozen reforms to deliver an unprecedented 244 projects that form the UK’s ambitious pipeline.
  The hit list of reforms calls for a more flexible immigration system to allow firms to fill immediate skills gaps and help transfer specific skills to the UK workforce.
  Tier 1 bosses also want to see the Appr
  
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