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• Rayner scraps London housing plan review

  30-09-2024 19:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has abandoned a review aimed at boosting house building in the Capital, handing a reprieve to London mayor, Sadiq Khan.
  The Deputy Prime Minister said Khan would no longer have to submit a review of the London Plan, initiated by the last Government which said he was holding back delivery of new homes.
  Rayner said there would be a new “partnership approach” to working with the London Mayor to boost house building in the capital which has a new highe
  
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• Emcor clinches £480m BBC FM deal

  30-09-2024 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Facilities management specialist Emcor has clinched a deal worth £480m over 10 years to deliver a full suite of FM work for the BBC.
  The firm will replace Mitie which previously delivered integrated FM services for the broadcaster’s sites including its flagship sites in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, and MediaCityUK in Salford, employing around 780 staff.
  The new FM deal see the US-owned Emcor provide key services to properties at 93 sites across the UK.The diverse range of properties and
  
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• L&G modular homes amassed loss hits £359m

  30-09-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  L&G is still counting the cost of its abortive foray into modular housing as it closes out the last remaining live projects.
  Latest accounts for the year to December 2023 show the L&G Modular Homes business reported a further £44m pre-tax loss stemming from the decision to close its modular factory near Selby in June 2023 and build out three remaining sites.
  The latest figures take the total reported pre-tax loss amassed over eight years to £359m.
  L&G Homes Modular report
  
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• Go-ahead for £150m Wolverhampton site

  30-09-2024 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wavensmere Homes has received planning approval from City of Wolverhampton Council for its £150m residential-led Canalside South development.
  The 17.5-acre former industrial site is located within the city centre with frontage onto the Wyrley & Essington Canal and the Wolverhampton Branch of the Birmingham Main Line Canal.
  Construction will create over 530 homes, seven acres of green space and a range of commercial amenities to transform the site which has lain derelict for 15 years.De
  
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• Profits soar at modular specialist Integra Buildings

  30-09-2024 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Modular construction specialist Integra Buildings has posted record results following a string of major contract wins.
  Yorkshire-based Integra saw turnover rise 18% to £50.4m in the year to December 31 2023 as pre-tax profits rose to £6.6m from £2.8m.
  Succesful projects included the delivery of a £6m new facility for a sports organisation and work with blue chip clients including Network Rail and Transport for London.Integra has now set its sights on exceeding £60m
  
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• £200m Wimbledon tennis courts expansion approved

  30-09-2024 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  All England Lawn Tennis Club’s controversial plan to triple the size of Wimbledon with 39 new courts to be built on a nearby golf course have been approved by the London mayor’s office.
  The ambitious project involves building a third covered show court with capacity for 8,000 spectators, alongside the new grass courts around a lake.
  AELTC has said the project would deliver one of the greatest sporting transformations for London since 2012 and would create 27 acres of new parkland, fr
  
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• £4.3bn electricity superhighway starts construction

  30-09-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction work on the country’s biggest electricity infrastructure project has kicked off with contractors breaking ground in Scotland and England at either end of the £4.3bn Eastern Green Link2 project.
  Project chiefs from National Grid and SSEN Transmission joined contractors at either end of the planned subsea link in Peterhead in Scotland and Wren Hall in Drax, near Selby in North Yorkshire.
  Hitachi Energy and BAM are responsible for the supply of big converter stations at ei
  
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