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• Network Plus names new chief executive

  05-11-2024 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Plus has appointed Kevin Fowlie as chief executive officer succeeding Dan Holland, co-founder and CEO of the private equity-backed utility and infrastructure contractor.
  Fowlie joined Network Plus as chief operating officer from United Utilities in April 2023, shortly after the company’s investment from OMERS Private Equity.
  (l-r) Kevin Fowlie succeeds Dan Holland who becomes non-executive director
  During this time, the business has continued its growth path topping £500m tur
  
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• New consultant buys M&E specialist TACE

  05-11-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contollo Group – a new building consultancy group backed by private equity firm NorthEdge – has completed the acquisition of mechanical and electrical consultancy TACE.
  It is the second deal by Contollo this year after completing its inaugural partnership in February with cost and project management consultancy Abacus.
  TACE has offices in Manchester, Liverpool and London and its 35 staff will remain within the business operating from current locations.Ruth Percival, CEO of Contollo G
  
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• Network Rail scales back Liverpool Street station scheme

  05-11-2024 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has gone back to the drawing board to rethink its ambitious Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plan.
  The rail infrastructure firm has dropped its development partner Sellar and architect Herzog & de Meuron to recast the ambious project after coming under fire for the massing on large offices above the scheme.
  The previous plans submitted last year for a £1.5bn wholesale redevelopment of London Liverpool Street generated thousands of objections from the public. It also
  
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• TanRo lands latest Clowes business park

  05-11-2024 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  TanRo has been confirmed by Clowes Developments as main contractor on its latest business park in Nottinghamshire.
  Ground remediation assessments have been completed at the 31-acre Harrier Park site in Hucknall and an extensive four-week clean-up project is now underway at the former Rolls-Royce site.
  The boundaries will also now be fully secured as TanRo ramps up its presence on the site with a 20-week programme of remedial groundworks set to start in the new year.The business park has planning
  
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• Muse JVs with pension fund insurer to build 3,000 homes

  05-11-2024 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall-owned placemaker Muse has formed a long-term public-private partnership with investor Pension Insurance Corporation and Homes England.
  The £45m joint venture, named Habiko, aims to deliver 3,000 low-carbon, low-energy affordable homes for the rental market, unlocking institutional investment.
  Phil Mayall, managing director at Muse, said: “The Government has set out a bold and ambitious challenge to deliver a significant number of new affordable homes over the next five
  
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• £1.3bn revamp plan for South London shopping centre

  05-11-2024 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Landsec has submitted ambitious plans to redevelop 1970s-built Lewisham shopping centre in south London into a new town centre district around an urban meadow.The 17-acre masterplan will retain parts of the shopping centre while allowing room for 1,700 new homes alongside 445 co-living flats in a 23-storey building and up to 660 student beds in a 15-storey building.
  The new district will be built around eight-acres of green space and public realm, including an urban meadow above a central p
  
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