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• Bids due in to replace Luton Airport car park destroyed by fire

  05-06-2024 14:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tenders are due back by the end of this week to rebuild a car park at Luton Airport which was destroyed in a major blaze last year.
  Some of the industry’s biggest names will be vying for the job awarded under the Crown Commercial Service Construction Works and Associated Services framework.
  The Enquirer understands the contract to rebuild the Terminal Car Park is worth up to £37.5m.Interested firms attended a bidders day late last year and toured the site last week for a detailed loo
  
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• Seven secure £3bn United Utilities sewage works deal

  05-06-2024 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Utilities has named the seven contractors and consultants it will partner with to deliver a £3bn spend on improving wastewater infrastructure in the North West.Partner firms
  C2V, (VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture), Costain, Jacobs, Murphy, Kier Integrated Services, Mott Macdonald Bentley, and MWH Treatment.As well as using large suppliers, the water company is keen to tap into the local supply chain and will be appointing more delivery partners in the coming months.The partnership
  
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• Kier FM arm splits into three business streams

  05-06-2024 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier’s FM business Kier Places is splitting into three clear business streams in a fresh five-year plan for growth.
  The business led by managing director Jamie McKechnie will now operate across three distinct client-focused areas: Building Solutions; Residential Solutions; Workplace Solutions
  The reorganisation will also see Kier extend its geographical reach to the south coast through the Building Solutions stream in a bid to open up to more framework opportunities in the region, alongsid
  
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• Plan in for £500m London beds and sheds docks scheme

  05-06-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Regal London has submitted a revised planning application for a mixed-use development at Orchard Wharf in London Docklands.
  The scheme next to the mouth of the River Lea on the northside of the Thames will comprise a safeguarded wharf and logistic centre, over 200 affordable flats and nearly accomodation for 1,400 students.
  Regal also proposes a ground floor cafe and community hub, 7,400m² of landscaped space.
  Regal has now teamed up with Thames Clippers Logistics to use the propo
  
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• Boot gets nod for £110m Walsall warehouse scheme

  05-06-2024 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henry Boot has clinched planning consent for a £110m industrial and logists scheme at the SPARK brownfield development site in Walsall.
  The approval covers three units totalling 464,000 sq ft on the wider 620,000 sq ft SPARK project is being delivered in partnership with Walsall Council, Homes England, West Midlands Combined Authority and Black Country LEP.The former James Bridge Copper Works site, once the largest undeveloped brownfield site in the Black Country, is currently undergoing s
  
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• Surface repair rivals offer lifeline to ex-Merlin staff

  05-06-2024 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Rivals of collapsed hard surface repair specialist Merlin are joining forces to help staff and contractors hit by the firm’s demise.
  Around 100 Merlin Repair Specialists staff are looking for new jobs while contractors have been left in limbo for repair and resurfacing work on sites.
  Now fellow specialists Prymo and LS Surface Repairs are working together to offer former Merlin technicians work and step-in to help contractors left in the lurch.Prymo managing director Jasen Jackiw –
  
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