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• Wates hires Bouygues chief as MD for residential arm

  06-11-2024 16:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has hired Bouygues UK managing director for London and the South East to head its growing residential business.
  Phillippa Prongué will take up the position of executive managing director of the housing business in the New Year, replacing Helen Bunch who is retiring after 19 years at Wates.
  Bunch leaves Wates having overseen a 150% growth and a 73% increase in operating profit during her four-year leadership.
  The business, which employs 380 staff, generated £320m of turnover la
  
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• Civils powers on but house building falters

  06-11-2024 12:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction growth slowed in October from a 29-month high in September with house building the only sector where overall workloads contracted.
  Industry buyers quizzed in the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index recorded 54.3 in October, down from 57.2 in September.
  The index was above the crucial 50.0 no-change threshold for the eighth month running and above the average seen in the first half of 2024 (51.4) asinalling a solidexpansion of total industry act
  
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• United Living looking to continue expansion

  06-11-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Infrastructure and housing contractor United Living Group is looking to expand further as it posted a record set of results.
  The group bought social housing property services contractor Pilon last week and is looking to make further acquisitions.
  Latest results for the eight-month period ended 31 March 2024 show turnover up to £627.2m from £534.2m last time as pre-tax profits rose to £31m from £28.6m.New contracts worth £900m were landed during the period and United
  
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• Vital Energy JV to build £1bn heat network for Westminster

  06-11-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s largest heat network capturing heat from the River Thames, London Underground and sewer networks to warm around 1,000 buildings in central London, including the Houses of Parliament.
  Drawn up by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and consultant Aecom, the £1bn scheme will be delivered by a joint venture between leading players in the heat network market Vital Energy and Cumbria-based Hemiko.
  Known as the South Westminster Area Netwo
  
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• Vital Energi/Hemiko JV to build £1bn heat network for Westminster

  06-11-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s largest heat network capturing heat from the River Thames, London Underground and sewer networks to warm around 1,000 buildings in central London, including the Houses of Parliament.
  Drawn up by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and consultant Aecom, the £1bn scheme will be delivered by a joint venture between leading players in the heat network market Vital Energi and Cumbria-based Hemiko.
  Known as the South Westminster Area Netwo
  
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• Vital Energi JV to build £1bn heat network for Westminster

  06-11-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s largest heat network capturing heat from the River Thames, London Underground and sewer networks to warm around 1,000 buildings in central London, including the Houses of Parliament.
  Drawn up by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and consultant Aecom, the £1bn scheme will be delivered by a joint venture between leading players in the heat network market Vital Energi and Cumbria-based Hemiko.
  Known as the South Westminster Area Netwo
  
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• Paralysed builder stranded on floor for six hours after fall

  06-11-2024 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A builder was left paralysed from the chest down after falling through a ceiling at a housing job in Derbyshire.
  Father-of-three Andrew Clifford remained lying face down on the floor for around six hours before he was found by a delivery driver. He judged the time by hearing hourly news bulletins from his radio.
  Clifford had been working alone installing first-floor joists during the construction of a house on Main Road in Dronfield. The 51-year-old was carrying out the work on behalf of Paul Fr
  
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• Plans in for Birmingham 300-bed student scheme

  06-11-2024 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham-based developer Sama Investment Group has submitted plans for 301-bed student project on a prominent brownfield site in the heart of the city’s vibrant China Quarter.
  The new scheme would be delivered across a stepped brick building of 4 storeys, 10 storeys and 15 storeys on Pershore Street.
  As part of the transformation, a variety of amenities will be delivered, including a social lounge, TV room, gym and workspaces.
  Bilal Ahmed, founder and executive chairman of Sama, said: &l
  
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• Key industry rebar supplier loses fight to stop factory closure

  06-11-2024 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Peel Waters has cleared the final planning hurdle for its business park proposal at Chatham Docks in Kent.
  The final planning clearance by Medway Council after the Secretary of State decided not to call in the scheme means steel producer ArcelorMittal will now have to shut its major rebar facility supplying 30% of UK needs.
  The dockside factory sits on land forming part of the 18 acre waterfront industrial estate being readied for regeneration.The steel giant had claimed that it had no
  
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• Multiplex tops October contracts league

  06-11-2024 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  A £300m order for a new teaching block at Glasgow University helped to catapult Multiplex to the top of the contract wins rankings in October.
  The Keystone project will be the fifth major building to be constructed through the University of Glasgow’s £1.3bn campus development programme.
  Lendlease ranked second in the month as its development arm advanced plans for the Dovetail Building, a 24-storey office scheme on Houndsditch in the eastern cluster of the City of London.The UK
  
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