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• Balfour puts human recognition cameras on plant

  29-07-2024 23:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty is making human recognition cameras compulsory on large plant and machinery across all of its UK operations.
  Balfour claimed it is the first tier one firm to make the move and said it will be rolled out across its supply chain from next year.
  This latest technology is designed to proactively cover “Blind Spots” around machines. The cameras detect the human form and will trigger an alarm to alert pedestrians and the operator of the plant to the potential risk.In additio
  
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• Bouygues UK losses widen to £62m

  29-07-2024 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK sunk even deeper into the red last year after making additional building safety provisions and suffering further contract losses due to inflation and subcontractors going to the wall.
  The French-owned contractor suffered pretax losses of £62m in the year to December 2023, worse than the £42m loss reported in the prior year.
  Bouygues UK, which carries out an array of work from schools to housing, student accommodation and healthcare projects, also reported turnover down by
  
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• Stonehenge Tunnel and A27 scrapped by Chancellor

  29-07-2024 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has axed the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel  and the A27 Arundel Bypass scheme in West Sussex in a bid to fix a £22bn black hole in the public finances.
  Reeves revealed in Parliament on Monday that the previous government had committed to an overspend of £1.6bn in the transport budget this year.
  The two routes have been sacrificed after Reeves claimed the Conservatives “made unfunded commitments knowing the money wasn’t there.”She added that th
  
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• Labour set to cancel major road and hospital jobs

  29-07-2024 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves is today expected to announce plans to cancel flagship road tunnel projects and pause the already delayed hospital building programme in an attempt to plug a £20bn black hole in public finances.
  Exact details of which projects are to be axed will be revealed later today but the multi-billion pound Stonehenge Tunnel and Lower Thames Crossing are rumoured to be in her sights.
  There is also speculation that Boris Johnson’s already delayed 40 new hospital program
  
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• Railway stations to get 3D printed toilets

  29-07-2024 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A 3D concrete printing specialist has developed a toilet pod designed to be installed at UK railways stations.
  Worcestershire based specialist Changemaker 3D has teamed-up with consultant Baily Garner and Dutch technology partner CyBe Construction to develop the pods.
  They consist of three separate, modular wall elements, all of which can be printed in under five hours.The pods have been tested at  the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation and are now ready to be commissioned
  
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• Two major London city office refurbs approved

  29-07-2024 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  City of London planners have given the green light to two major office refurbs jobs as efforts to upgrade work in the Square Mile continues to ramp up.
  The largest of the two planned office overhauls is at St Magnus House on the Thames north riverside path in front of the Walkie Talkie building.
  Developer Pegasi’s plan for the Lower Thames Street building includes creating more green terraces as well as improving the building’s energy performance and public realm.Sisk, 8Build and Mac
  
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• Watkin Jones to start 400-bed East London student job

  29-07-2024 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student room developer Watkin Jones has forward sold a planned near 400-bed student scheme with workspace and commercial units in Stratford, East London.Housing Growth Partnership, a social impact investor and part of Lloyds Banking Group, will take a 75% stake in the joint venture development with Watkin Jones taking the remaining 25%.Under this arrangement, Watkin Jones will deliver the three-year build and take on its ongoing management through Fresh, Watkin Jones’ accommodation managem
  
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