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• Architecture boss joins Caddick as Design Director

  16-09-2024 23:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Construction has appointed an architecture boss to the newly created role of Design Director as it invests more in design, building safety and compliance expertise.
  Jason Clarke joins the contractor from his last role as director of DLA Architecture where he has worked for more than 30 years.
  Clarke will lead the business design function with a keen focus on the Building Safety Act, while helping to shape the future of Caddick’s design management capability, quality and regulation
  
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• Coroner in training call after scissor-lift tragedy

  16-09-2024 17:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A coroner is calling for improved industry safety training after an electrician was crushed to death between a scissor lift and the internal roof of a building he was working on.
  Rutland and North Leicestershire coroner Fiona Butler has written to industry training bodies and contractors following the death of Jason Holland in February 2023.
  Holland died after being trapped between a scissor lift and ladder racking at a height of approximately 20 metres at the Mercia Park site where Winvic was m
  
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• Vinci Building and FM arms rack up big losses for second year

  16-09-2024 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci’s combined UK operations suffered a pre-tax loss of £6.4m last year dragged down by further big provisions from the building and facilities businesses.
  On-going legacy problems relate to two fixed-price large building projects, University College London and Hospital Corporation of America in Birmingham, that were secured pre-Covid for Vinci Building, and a toxic healthcare PFI hard service contract in Coventry for Vinci Facilities.
  The problems at the two building businesses ov
  
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• Plan lodged for two Birmingham student towers

  16-09-2024 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham developer Sama Investment has lodged plans to build two towers rising to 41 and 48 storeys to provide student accommodation in Lancaster Circus Queensway.
  The proposals will transform the vacant 1960s office building site at Lawson Street, which was previously council offices, and act as a gateway to the Gun Quarter.
  Designed by Stride Treglown architects, the new development known as the Perryian Works, draws on the history of the site, which used to be home to Perry & Co –
  
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• Galliford Try delays annual results announcement

  16-09-2024 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has confirmed its annual results announcement will be delayed “due to the Group’s auditor, BDO LLP, requesting more time to complete its audit quality control standard procedures.”
  The results were due to be posted this Thursday and Galliford said it “will provide an update with a revised results date in due course.”
  A Stock Exchange announcement added: “The Group confirms that both the outturn for the year ended 30 June 2024, and outlook remain
  
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• Latest construction hotspots appear outside London

  16-09-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Analysis conducted by Barbour ABI and the Construction Products Association (CPA) has revealed that construction spending is seeing a geographic shift with new hotspots appearing outside of London and the South East.
  Comparing ONS figures from 2022 with contract awards data from 2023, researchers discovered spending shifting away from the traditional construction powerhouses.
  Barbour ABI’s head of business and client analytics, Ed Griffiths said: “There are clear hotspots for upcomin
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across north London

  16-09-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers across north London will get the chance to win new work at the latest Constructionline event next week.
  The latest Marketplace Live event will take place at the StoneX Stadium, home of the Saracens Rugby Club on Thursday September 26 and will showcase work opportunities from the capital and nearby areas such as Buckinghamshire, Hertford, and Essex.
  The event, previously known as ‘Constructionline Meet the Buyer’, features some of the UK’s top contra
  
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• CITB urged to give everyone a say over need for levy

  16-09-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Construction Industry Training Board is being urged to give the whole industry a say in its latest consensus process to gauge whether it has construction’s support to continue collecting a levy for training.
  The CITB has announced industry consultations will run from September 26 to October 24.
  But critics of the training body have slammed the process as a “charade”.CITB said it will be hosting a series of webinars on the subject to gather industry feedback which can also b
  
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• Bachy Soletanche rejigs business in new growth plan

  16-09-2024 06:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bachy Soletanche has restructured its business into three distinct divisions as part of a new three-year growth plan.
  The Lancashire-based geotechnical specialists will operate a regional business, formed of Northern and Southern Divisions, along with a nationwide Projects Division.
  The Northern Division, led by Shaun Davison, will specialise in delivering smaller projects, for new and existing clients, throughout the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland.The Southern Division, with Martin Sta
  
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• Bachy Solentanche rejigs business in new growth plan

  16-09-2024 06:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bachy Soletanche has restructured its business into three distinct divisions as part of a new three-year growth plan.
  The geotechnical specialists will operate a regional business, formed of Northern and Southern Divisions, along with a nationwide Projects Division.
  The Northern Division, led by Shaun Davison, will specialise in delivering smaller projects, for new and existing clients, throughout the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland.In addition to this, the team will continue to deliver
  
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