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• Plans lodged for 3,300-home Salford tower cluster

  11-07-2024 22:37
  
  Henley Investment Management has submitted plans for a cluster of towers containing 3,300 flats on the boundary of Salford and Manchester.
  The landmark £1bn development will transform the 130,000 sq ft site at Regent Retail Park, currently occupied by Costa Coffee and JD Sports at one end to TK Maxx at the other, and the associated car parking.
  Designed by MattBrook Architects, outline plans for the new neighbourhood involve building seven towers and three mid-rise buildings.
  The tallest o
  
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• Plan for 3,300-home Salford 10-tower cluster

  11-07-2024 22:37
  
  Henley Investment Management has submitted plans for a new 3,300-home neighbourhood of 10 flat-top towers on the boundary of Salford and Manchester.
  The landmark £1bn development will transform the 130,000 sq ft site at Regent Retail Park, currently occupied by Costa Coffee and JD Sports at one end to TK Maxx at the other, and the associated car parking.
  Designed by MattBrook Architects, outline plans have been submitted for the new retail, residential and community neighbourhood, which in
  
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• Costain appoints new commercial director

  11-07-2024 16:00
  
  Costain has appointed Paul Morris as group commercial director, joining its executive board.
  Morris has been with the contractor since 2011 and has held a number of leadership roles across the organisation, most recently as commercial services director.
  He will be taking over from David Taylor who has chosen to step down from the executive board after 10 years as Costain’s group commercial director. Taylor will remain in the business to provide commercial support for specific projects.Alex
  
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• ‘Bellingham Bridge’ takes shape on HS2 in Birmingham

  11-07-2024 15:49
  
  HS2 has completed the four huge piers of the Curzon 2 bridge that will take high-speed trains in and out of Birmingham.
  The structure has been nicknamed “Bellingham Bridge” in honour of England footballer and Stourbridge-born Jude Bellingham.
  It is the tallest structure in the one-mile stretch of connected viaducts being built through the city’s industrial heartland and will carry high-speed trains over the existing Victorian brick rail viaduct, with a 25-metre-high curved trus
  
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• Ofwat approves £88bn AMP8 water spending spree

  11-07-2024 12:24
  
  Water regulator Ofwat has today cleared the way for an £88bn infrastructure spending programme across the country.
  The  AMP8 spending agreement is £16bn lower than in water companies’ business plans after the regulator removed inefficient spending and activity where companies have already been funded.
  Around £35bn will be channelled into reducing pollution and delivering greater water supply resilience.  This more than trebles the level of investment in the 2020
  
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• Construction swings from weakest to strongest sector

  11-07-2024 11:25
  
  Construction output rebounded in May ending three consecutive months of decline.
  The 1.9% jump in activity was driven mainly by new work, up 2.7%, while repair and maintenance delivered a lower increase of 0.8%.
  At a sector level, both private and public new housing returned to 2.8% growth, while infrastructure new work rose by 3.5%.
  Scott Motley, head of programme, project and cost management at Aecom, said: “An increase in output following three months of decline will give the constructi
  
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• Care home specialist Kori Construction hits 10.5% margin

  11-07-2024 09:13
  
  Later living main contractor Kori Construction is aiming to expand into the multi-room and retirement living sectors after another year of strong growth.
  The Corby-based contractor lifted revenue by almost 56%  to £54m in the 12 months to March 2024.
  Pre-tax profit climbed to £4m, up from £1.5m in the previous financial year and generating a profit margin of 10.5%.Jordan Connachie, managing director of Kori Construction,  said the firm’s deep sector understandin
  
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• A57 Mottram Bypass start date now set for early 2025

  11-07-2024 08:49
  
  National Highways has confirmed that main construction of the delayed £230m A57 Mottram Bypass scheme will finally get underway in early 2025.
  Main works contractor Balfour Beatty has been given the go-ahead to start compound works this summer ahead of a start on the £300m project.
  The A57 Link Roads project was formerly known as the Trans-Pennine Upgrade, and is referred to as the Mottram Moor Link Road and A57 Link Road project in the Government’s second Roads Investment Stra
  
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• Galliford Try upbeat as profits set to beat expectations

  11-07-2024 08:36
  
  Contractor Galliford Try has reported that revenue and profits will be ahead of expectations in the year to June.
  In a year-end trading update this morning, chief executive Bill Hocking said he was also confident about the outlook for the year ahead based on a group order book of £3.8bn (2023: £3.7bn).
  “We start the new financial year with 92% of revenue secured and with significant investment required in our chosen sectors of the UK’s infrastructure,” he said.[mobi
  
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• Council agrees extra £16m to complete Botley bypass

  11-07-2024 08:36
  
  Hampshire Country Council has agreed to increase funding for phase 3 of the Botley bypass road scheme by £16m to “meet the significant rise in construction and materials costs due to inflation.”
  Contractor Milestone Infrastructure secured an early contractor involvement deal two years ago following VolkerFitzpatrick’s completion of the first two phases (pictured in green above).
  The council said the budget will now be increased from £31m to £47m.Construction i
  
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• Hill Group names new special projects chief

  11-07-2024 08:09
  
  House builder Hill Group has promoted Cain Peters to managing director in charge of Special Projects business, concentrating on large high density construction projects in London and the South East.Cain, who began his journey with Hill as a site manager 17 years ago rising to regional director in 2015, will be tasked with further growing the business which and has become a major pillar of Hill’s recent success.He will now manage a team of over 100 staff and a division with a projected turn
  
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