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• Welcome to the Plain Language Group Blog

  10-07-2024 18:27 via justpractising.com
  
  Thanks for visiting the new Plain Language Group blog.
  What is the Plain Language Group?
  The Plain Language Group is an independent advocacy group dedicated to broadening and improving the understanding and use of digitisation in the construction industry. You can read more about us here.
  We started our work in December 2017 because we were concerned that advocates in the construction sector for what was then known as BIM were not aware of the complexity of trying to access reliable information
  
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• Listing bid by one person could scupper 37-storey student tower

  10-07-2024 16:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Approved plans to build a 37-storey student tower in Manchester could be scuppered after an anonymous individual made an application for the building to be listed.
  Developer Manner gained unanimous planning approval last month from Manchester City Council for its proposals to transform the Hotspur Press site into 595 student bedrooms.
  Work would include restoring the historic façade of the original building.A similar request to list the former Victorian cotton mill was refused by Historic
  
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• Crest Nicholson set to accept revised Bellway bid

  10-07-2024 11:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Crest Nicholson directors said they are“minded to recommend” an improved bid for the house builder by rival Bellway.
  Both firms confirmed today that a revised offer had been made after two previous bids topping out at £650m were rejected.
  Crest Nicholson has also been approached by Avant Homes but rejected the deal while talks with Bellway continued.The latest all-share offer would see Crest Nicholson’s shareholders hold an 18% stake in the enlarged group.
  A shared stock
  
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• Tendering opens for £3.7bn Eastern Green Link 3 work packages

  10-07-2024 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tendering is now underway to secure cable and converter station work packages for the proposed £3.7bn Eastern Green Link 3 powerline connection between Peterhead in Scotland and Norfolk in England.
  A joint venture between SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission intends to transfer renewable power generated in the north of Scotland to Eastern England through 680km of buried onshore and subsea cables.
  EGL3 is the UK’s largest proposed HVDC transmission project and
  
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• Concrete frame problems cost Barratt another £130m

  10-07-2024 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Barratt has set aside another £192m to cope with legacy building problems.
  The extra costs include £130m for further work to “developments previously identified as potentially requiring remediation work, which have been previously disclosed. ”
  Barratt conducted a review of completed reinforced concrete frame building after design defects were discovered at its Citiscape project in Croydon, south London.It said the work “relates to the remediation of tw
  
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• Concrete frame problems cost Barratt again

  10-07-2024 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Barratt has set aside another £192m to cope with legacy building problems.
  The extra costs include £130m for further work to “developments previously identified as potentially requiring remediation work, which have been previously disclosed. ”
  Barratt conducted a review of completed reinforced concrete frame buildings after design defects were discovered at its Citiscape project in Croydon, south London.It said the work “relates to the remediation of t
  
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• GF Tomlinson trio decamp to rival Miller Knight

  10-07-2024 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Three long-serving senior directors at Derbyshire-headquartered G F Tomlinson have taken senior roles at rival East Midlands building contractor Miller Knight as it gears up for expansion.
  Chris Flint, Andrew Foster and Jamie Braybrook aim to expand £24m turnover Miller Knight’s service offerings within the regional construction market.
  Flint, former managing director at GFT, is Miller Knight’s new regeneration director. Andrew Foster has been made commercial director and Jamie
  
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• Ex-Taylor Wimpey chief to head Travis Perkins

  10-07-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House building veteran Pete Redfern is to become the new chief executive of builders’ merchant chain Travis Perkins.
  He will take over from present incumbent Nick Roberts when he steps down in September.
  Redfern spent more than 14 years as chief executive of house builder Taylor Wimpey before stepping down two years ago, leaving the business on a strong footing.He benefits from a deep understanding of Travis Perkins, having served on the board as a non-executive director for nine years to
  
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• Balfour awarded £185m A9 dualling contract

  10-07-2024 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd has been awarded the £184.7m contract to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy.
  The route between Perth and Inverness was retendered last September when Transport Scotland had to revise risks in the contract documents to attract new bidders.
  Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, John Graham Construction and Wills Bros Civil Engineering were originally shortlisted to bid for the 9.6km dualling job.But after two pulled out, just one bid was submitted at a price
  
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