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• Briefings start for £2bn Construction Professional Services race

  04-07-2024 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Crown Commercial Service will start the first round of market engagement events this month for its upcoming £2bn Construction Professional Services Framework renewal.
  Around 25 consultants will be fighting to retain their places on the prized Government framework as the second-generation deal formally goes out to tender on 1 December.
  The target start date for CPS2 is October 2025.
  Ahead of this market engagement webinars will be held on 16 July for consultants. The outcome will inform
  
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• New contractor appointed to complete Ilke Homes site

  04-07-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Jigsaw Homes Midlands has appointed a new contractor to complete the development of 131 affordable homes in Nottinghamshire where work ground to a halt when Ilke Homes went bust last year.
  Midlands-based Morro Partnerships has been appointed at at Rolleston Drive in Arnold and will start work on the scheme this month.
  Ilke went into administration last June with massive debts including £68m to Homes England and £17m to subcontractors and suppliers.The Homes England-backed scheme, kno
  
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• Hinkley C second reactor being built 20%-30% faster

  04-07-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Around 12,000 workers are now driving ahead construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station as preparation work advances to install the first reactor in Unit 1.
  Simon Parson, Nuclear Island Area Director, said work was also now accelerating on building second reactor unit buildings where work was typically progressing 20%-30% faster than on unit one.
  He said: “It the same job but we are learning better ways to do it.”
  Contractors are pioneering a new welding method that is
  
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• Plan revised for £100m London Holborn office rebuild

  04-07-2024 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Evans Randall Investors has submitted revised plans for its £175m redevelopment of Thavies Inn House on Holborn Circus, London.
  Detailed designs have been worked up by the architect WilkinsonEyre, with the submission marking the latest milestone for the office project which is expected to cost up to £100m to build.
  This follows Evans Randall Investors securing control of vacant possession of Thavies Inn House on New Fetter Lane last autumn.The redevelopment will bring the t
  
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