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Expanding utilities specialist Ipsum completes ninth acquisition

29-08-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com

Utility services contractor Ipsum has made its ninth acquisition with the takeover of a Staffordshire contractor and training business.
Ipsum has acquired Stoke on Trent electrical installation and maintenance contractor, Site Energy, and its associated training business SES Training Solutions.
It marks the seventh acquisition in its power division and ninth overall.Preston-based Ipsum was bought out by a private equity-backed management team in May 2023 and has grown rapidly to reach &poun

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Legendre UK lands London office scheme

29-08-2024 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com

French contractor Legendre UK has been appointed by developer W.RE and joint venture partner Taurus UK to build a new 46,000 sq ft office scheme in London’s Parsons Green following a single-stage tender.
Designed by TateHindle architects, the development will feature six floors of flexible office and amenity space, spanning from the basement to the fourth floor. The building will include accessible roof terraces on the third and fourth floors, with planting across levels two to four.
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Willmott Dixon starts £21m Northamptonshire SEND school job

29-08-2024 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com

Willmott Dixon has secured another contract for a major special educational needs and disabilities school after picking up a £100m SEND school programme in Lincolnshire.
The latest £21m school job is for West Northamptonshire Council sees the firm start building a 230-space school in Tiffield set to complete next summer.
Nick Heath, director at Willmott Dixon, said: “We have a strong record of delivering SEND schools – helping local authorities to meet the specialist

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New Homes Accelerator to unblock 200 major sites

29-08-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has launched a new expert group to speed up delivery of stalled housing sites.
The New Homes Accelerator will initially target 200 large sites which have outline or detailed plans ready to go but are yet to begin construction.
The planning hit squad consists of an experienced team from the Ministry of Housing and Homes England.It will work across government and with local councils to accelerate the build-out of housing schemes delayed by planning and red tape.

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BBC brickies firm sold in pre-pack deal

29-08-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com

A construction firm featured in a BBC series about young bricklayers has been acquired in a pre-pack deal after parts of the business filed for administration.
Hodgkinson Builders featured in the BBC Three docuseries Brickies which ran for two seasons from 2022/23 following the lives of young recruits at the Derby-based contractor.
The Enquirer revealed earlier this month that the firm had filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator at its social housing division.Now Hodgkinson

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