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• What’s coming up with the Plain Language Group Blog

  17-07-2024 13:15 via justpractising.com
  
  Following the launch of our new home last week, we’re delighted at the number of people who have got in touch, shared or our news and subscribed to the blog. Thank you! If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe here and you’ll be the first to know when we publish something new.
  We thought we’d take this opportunity to tell you a little more about what you can expect from us in the coming weeks.
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• Mitie buys power contractor ESM for £8.5m

  17-07-2024 09:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mitie has struck an £8.5m deal to buy leading high voltage electrical engineering contractor ESM Power.
  Specialising in grid and power connections, the Scunthorpe-based firm has 20 years of experience in the design, delivery and maintenance of high voltage power connections across a broad range of sectors, including local authorities, commercial developments and power generation sites.  
  Blue-chip customers include Canary Wharf Group, Cemex, Centrica, PepsiCo and RWE.  ESM also h
  
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• 26 face fight to renew spots on £1bn NEPO civils deal

  17-07-2024 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The North East Procurement Organisation has started the race for its next-generation civils and infrastructure framework worth an estimated £1bn.
  Twenty-six firms now face a fight to renew their places on the framework which now has a simplified lotting structure for firms delivering projects in the north east and nationally.
  Existing partners on the national lots include: BAM Nuttal, Esh, Galliford Try, Tilbury Douglas and VolkerStevin.
  The revamped framework includes a single national su
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins £32m Walsall waste centre

  17-07-2024 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has been awarded a £32m contract by Walsall Council for the construction of a new Household Waste Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station at Middlemore Lane.
  The centre will be built on a six-hectare site formerly occupied by McKechnie Brass Ltd.
  Before starting building works, Morgan Sindall will undertake the re-engineering of soils using lime and cement stabilisation techniques, as well as managing significant lying surface water on the site.Construction work will als
  
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• String of contract wins sees turnover surge 25% at Mace

  17-07-2024 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace enjoyed a 25% rise in turnover last year helped by 60 contract wins at the main construction division.
  Revenue rose to £2.36bn for the year to December 31 2023 from £1.89bn last time while pre-tax profits from continuing operations hit £61.7m from  £36.7m.
  Last year was the halfway point in the delivery of Mace’s latest Business Strategy which targets  growing annual revenues to £3bn by 2026.The year saw major changes as the business focussed on
  
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• Go-ahead for £170m King’s Cross life sciences office project

  17-07-2024 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Delancey has secured planning for a landmark commercial building at the King Cross knowledge quarter in London.
  The 200,000 sq ft life sciences and technology-focused building will be built on a brownfield site on York Way.
  Delancey said it now hopes to start on site next year with construction completed in 2028. It is expected to cost around £170m to build and will employ an average of 300 workers a year during the 31-month demolition and construction programme.
  Demolition cont
  
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• New vision unveiled for £5bn Liverpool Waters

  17-07-2024 00:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Liverpool Waters developer Peel has submitted a revised plan to transform the city’s historic northern docks, more than a decade on from original approval.
  Its new vision for Liverpool Waters creates a more open and community-centred place to live, work and visit while retaining much of the original scale.
  It comes as Liverpool City Council prepares to receive a £55m investment boost from Homes England to accelerate the regeneration of the key Central Docks, the largest neighbou
  
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