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• Go-ahead for West London 58-storey resi skyscraper

  28-10-2024 17:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Egyptian developer Aldau Developments has got the planning thumbs up for one of the capital’s tallest residential schemes in West London.
  Two towers rising to 58-storeys and 44-storeys will provide around 670 flats and a 90-room hotel at the Old Oak and Park Royal development zone in North Acton.
  The latest approved plan for 4 Portal Way is the second incarnation of the high-rise gateway scheme following approval of a slightly shorter double tower project designed by architect KPF three ye
  
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• Plans in for £200m Trafford Wharf scheme

  28-10-2024 15:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been lodged for 438 build-to-rent flats, 419 student beds, alongside a 24,100 sq ft academic facility at Trafford Wharf in Manchester.
  Developer Cole Waterhouse said the £200m scheme would be built at a two-acre site that was home to the former Hilti headquarters in Stretford.
  Designed by Chapman Taylor, the scheme would feature two build to rent towers rising to 21 storeys and 24 storeys.Purpose-built student accommodation would be spread across two block rising to 13 and 16 st
  
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• ISG Fit Out arm went down owing subbies £111m

  28-10-2024 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators from ISG have identified another £111m in debts owed to suppliers from collapsed contractor’s ISG’s fit out division.
  A filing at companies house shows hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers owed cash ISG fit-out – with one electrical contractor alone owed more than £20m.
  The latest debts are on top of the £180m already identified at the defunct group’s other divisions.And the total is set to grow as subcontractors fear the debt levels a
  
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• ROCKWOOL buys Wetherby Building Systems

  28-10-2024 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Materials giant ROCKWOOL Group has acquired Manchester based insulation and render specialist Wetherby Building Systems Ltd
  Wetherby will become part of the ROCKWOOL Wall Systems organisation under the new nameWetherby Wall Systems.
  ROCKWOOL Group CEO Jes Munk Hansen said:  “This acquisition underlines ROCKWOOL’s commitment to further expanding our presence in the UK market and to continuing to transform the construction sector towards sustainable and non-combustible faça
  
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• Construction to grow 2.5% next year

  28-10-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction forecasters are expecting the industry to rebound next year after a tough 18 months.
  Economists at the Construction Products Association said cautious optimism is returning to the industry, led by an improving outlook for private housing and hopes for infrastructure spending growth next year.
  Overall, total construction output is forecast to rise by 2.5% in 2025 and 3.8% in 2026 after falling by 2.9% this year.Autumn forecast highlights
  • Construction output falls by 2.9% in 20
  
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• Safer concrete pours after Balfour and O’Rourke trials

  28-10-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractors can now make concrete pouring operations safer thanks to a new system developed during trials with Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke company Select Plant Hire.
  The new attachments for concrete skips developed by Conquip Engineering Group remove the last lifting operation in the industry where a person needs to stand below a suspended load to operate the equipment.
  The extended flow gate handle can control the pour from a safer distance keeping operatives safely away from the su
  
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• Go-ahead for £88m York Coney Street Riverside

  28-10-2024 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Helmsley Group’s proposals for a 250,000 sq ft mixed-use development on York’s waterfront have got the green light from planners.
  The Coney Street Masterplan, led by the York-based property specialist, will see the creation of £88m mixed-use retail, leisure, commercial and residential space along the River Ouse.
  Construction works for zone 2 to 4 are estimated at around £56m. This includes conversion of retained buildings and new build elements of 3 to 6 storeys
  
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• Kier lands £100m naval helicopter base rebuild

  28-10-2024 01:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has landed a major four-year construction project to upgrade and expand facilities at the Royal Naval’s anti-submarine helicopter airbase at Culdrose in Cornwall.
  The £100m project near Helston on the Lizard Peninsula will replace and refurbish the 820 Naval Air Squadron hangars and associated office buildings, as well as the full replacement of the Engineering Training School.
  The project covers a combination of demolition, a new build within the same site footprint, and the re
  
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• Chancellor finds over £1bn for new schools and social homes

  28-10-2024 01:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce in Wednesday’s Budget an extra £550m next year to get the school building programme on track and an extra £500m to boost affordable housing.
  The extra spending on schools will lift next year’s school building programme spend up to £1.4bn.
  Her cash injection aims to get the 10-year rebuilding programme, unveiled by Boris Johnson in 2021, back on track towards delivering an originally promised 50 new schools a year.
  So far just 2
  
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