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• Kier wins £30m Greenwich teaching block

  16-07-2024 22:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has clinched a job to build a new teaching block as part of the £47m redevelopment of London South East Colleges’ Greenwich Campus.
  The firm will demolish an existing building to build a 60,000 sq ft, five-storey teaching facility on the south east London site under a deal estimated to be worth around £30m.
  Alongside classrooms, there will be wellbeing spaces as well as specialist rooms to aid student interests, including a Mac studio, a training kitchen and learning resou
  
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• Blenheim House Construction applies for administration

  16-07-2024 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction has made an administration application to the court just six months after it reported its first loss in 26 years of trading.
  The building and fit-out specialist, which operates in the high-end London and wider south east market, employs around 80 staff.
  Latest accounts for the year to April 2023 reported revenue up 28% to £87m with a small £137,000 loss.Since this time, Blenheim House is understood to have run into cashflow problems
  
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• Green light for Birmingham 1,200-bed student scheme

  16-07-2024 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Birmingham university’s plans to create more than 1,200 student rooms in two blocks rising to 14 and 35 storeys in the heart of the city has received the thumbs up from planners.
  University College Birmingham aims to redevelop the Cambrian Wharf canalside site with the £100m-plus project designed by Associated Architects.
  The landmark project will consolidate UCB’s existing halls across the city.The site, which presently is home to a 1970s low-rise student halls complex, is l
  
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• GMI chief jumps to Henry Boot Construction

  16-07-2024 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henry Boot has lured Lee Powell, currently chief executive of regional contractor GMI Construction, to become next managing director of Henry Boot Construction.
  Tony Shaw, the current managing director of the construction business, will leave the business at the end of the year.
  Powell’s 28-year career to date has included senior positions at Wates Construction and Caddick Construction.
  (L-R) Lee Powell to leave GMI after over seven years and will replace Tony Shaw as Boot Constr
  
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• Greggs unveils plans for giant distribution centre

  16-07-2024 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a new National Distribution Centre for bakery chain Greggs at Symmetry Park in Kettering have been announced.
  The planning application contains details for 311,551 sq ft of logistics space on a 25.1-acre plot as part of Greggs’ strategic growth plan requiring investment in significant supply chain capacity.
  Greggs currently has 2,500 shops and its longer-term plans target more than 3,000 shops in the UK. The distribution centre will bolster its capacity to directly supply ambient
  
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• £330m south east London 1,250 homes scheme approved

  16-07-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London developer Aitch Group has secured outline planning consent for a £330m scheme to transform a former industrial site into a 1,250-home community in south east London
  Its landmark New Belvedere scheme has been designed by architect PRP and will create a new community in the London Borough of Bexley.
  The New Belvedere project will feature a variety of housing types across a cluster of around 20 blocks ranging from 2-8 storeys.
  The scheme includes a mix of affordable and family-sized ho
  
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