Construction news

• BAM plans another round of construction redundancies

  25-06-2024 15:00
  
  BAM has started anther round of redundancies at its construction division.
  The Enquirer revealed in March that up to 40 jobs were at risk as BAM started consultation on job losses at its London and Western regions.
  The contractor confirmed this is a separate round of cuts with a similar number of jobs at risk across the Northern and London offices.A BAM spokesperson said: “Like all businesses we need to be flexible and adapt to current market conditions.
  “Within the construction sect
  
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• Caddick wins £10m Manchester college extension

  25-06-2024 09:17
  
  Caddick Construction has bagged a £10m deal to build a 24,000 sq ft extension at Loreto Sixth Form College in Hulme, Manchester.
  The new three-storey campus building for Loreto College will be constructed on Moss Road West adjacent to the existing campus on Chichester Road South.
  The new building will sit alongside the existing college building, with facilities to enhance the learning environment and curriculum delivery. These include 20 classrooms, a lecture theatre with a seating capacit
  
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• ARJ Construction went down owing £9m to supply chain

  25-06-2024 09:03
  
  Hertfordshire based contractor ARJ Construction went into administration owing more than £9m to subcontractors and suppliers.
  The scale of the Stevenage based firm’s debts are revealed in an update from administrators at FRP Advisory who took over the business in April.
  ARJ had been in business since 1991 specialising in projects from £10m to £60m across the South East in the residential, healthcare, education and commercial sectors.FRP said the firm had enjoyed a signifi
  
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• Eastern Green Link 1 looking for local suppliers

  25-06-2024 08:54
  
  Eastern Green Link 1 is inviting local suppliers to learn about the project’s supply chain opportunities at an upcoming ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in County Durham on Wednesday 3 July.
  The drop-in event, which will take place at Seaham Hall, aims to connect potential suppliers from across the Seaham area, County Durham and the North East with EGL1’s main works contractors Metlen, Murphy Group, GE Vernova and Prysmian.
  EGL1 is a two-gigawatt high voltage direct current electri
  
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• Green insulation firm buys flooring contractor

  25-06-2024 08:26
  
  Insulation manufacturer and installer energystore has acquired a majority share in Scottish specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS).
  Energystore designs, manufactures, and installs insulation systems for floors, walls and roofs and is the leading supplier of high-performance EPS (expanded polystyrene) bead insulation products to the UK and Irish construction industry.
  Fife-based ATS was established in 2014 and works with commercial customers across Scotland and the re
  
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• CBRE and T&T to combine project management arms

  25-06-2024 00:13
  
  US giant CBRE has decided to combine its project management businesses with that of its majority-owned Turner and Townsend consultancy.
  The move to merge the two PM divisions will create a $3bn business employing more than 2,000 staff across 60 countries.
  CBRE bought a 60% controlling stake in the 75-year-old T&T nearly three years ago for £960m.
  The new deal to merge the PM businesses will see CBRE up its stake to 70% in the new Turner & Townsend/CBRE Project Management entity rel
  
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