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• HS2 awards £3bn of track contracts

  26-11-2024 18:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has confirmed the teams that will deliver contracts worth £3bn for track, signalling, communications, and other systems.
  The ‘rail systems’ contracts will see almost 140 miles of tunnels, bridges and earthworks between London and the West Midlands transformed into an operational railway.
  The winners will first design and then install around 280 miles of track capable of speeds of up to 225mph (360km/h) as well as power supplies and signalling equipment required for the safe
  
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• Wates wins Middlesbrough Gresham regen scheme

  26-11-2024 14:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates will deliver a major regeneration project expected to transform an abandoned area at the heart of Middlesborough.
  The regeneration of a large disused brownfield site in Gresham is being spearheaded by the mayoral-led Middlesbrough Development Corporation, which has teamed up with property developers iMpeC and Buccleuch Property.
  The transformational project sits as part of the wider Middlesbrough masterplan, with the first phase including more than 230 build-to-rent flats and residential a
  
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• Severfield finds weld problems on nine HS2 bridges

  26-11-2024 09:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The country’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield has uncovered weld problems on a dozen bridge projects.
  This morning it revealed that remedial works to fix the problems will cost at least £20m, but warned it was still assessing the full impact of fixing weld issues.
  While Severfield did not reveal where the bridge projects are, HS2 this morning confirmed that nine of bridges were impacted on their scheme.
  A spokesperson for HS2 Ltd said: “We have identified a number of we
  
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• Severfield finds weld problems on a dozen HS2 bridges

  26-11-2024 09:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The country’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield has uncovered weld problems on a dozen bridge projects.
  This morning it revealed that remedial works to fix the problems will cost at least £20m, but warned it was still assessing the full impact of fixing weld issues.
  While Severfield did not reveal where the bridge projects are, it is understood that they are structures on the giant HS2 project.
  The extent of Severfield’s problems were revealed for the first time this morn
  
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• Kier in line for £70m Bishop’s Stortford town centre job

  26-11-2024 09:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regeneration specialist developer Cityheart has signed a development agreement with East Herts District Council to deliver a mixed-use town centre scheme in Bishop’s Stortford.
  The Old River Lane site development agreement paves the way to draw up a detailed masterplan for the 4-acre site.
  Expected to cost over £70m to build the development will include scheme will include 145 new homes, alongside nearly 40,000 sq ft of retail and office space.A new internal road, accessed from Link
  
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• Scottish Water launches £9bn bid race

  26-11-2024 09:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scottish Water has launched its largest ever procurement programme.
  Firms are being invited to bid to be involved in a new enterprise-style approach to enhancing Scotland’s water and waste water infrastructure over the period 2027 to 2033, with a potential extension for another six years.
  The overall value of the enterprise – known as Delivery Vehicle 4 – is between £5bn and £9bn and is the highest value venture put into place by Scottish Water.Director of Capital I
  
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• Kori Construction lands £21m Leicester care home

  26-11-2024 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kori Construction has landed a £21m contract to build a new luxury care home in Thurnby, Leicester.
  Construction work for client Cinnamon Care Collection will start next month with completion anticipated in August 2026.
  The project, managed by Construction Project Management Consultants Fed3 Projects, will transform a brownfield site into a 73-bed scheme featuring 10 premium care suites.Kori will be hiring locally, engaging with local suppliers and offering apprenticeships and training opp
  
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• Vp launches dedicated rail division

  26-11-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Equipment rental specialist Vp plc has launched a dedicated rail division.
  The launch of Vp Rail provides customers with direct access to the firm’s rail capabilities across its divisions providing a single point of contact.
  Vp has a 30-year track record of working on the UK railways network including 14 years as a framework  contractor to Network Rail.Torrent Trackside, its principal rail plant, people and solutions business, already works for many of the tier 1 and tier 2 contractor
  
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• Multiplex signs off £400m Westminster barracks resi job

  26-11-2024 00:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Multiplex has settled on a final price to deliver a luxury 179-home scheme at the site of the former St John’s Wood Barracks in Westminster, London.
  Totalling 5.5 acres, the St John’s Wood Square development will transform the site previously occupied by the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery into a super prime central London scheme.
  Homes include 11 townhouses, 109 private and 59 affordable flats, spread across nine buildings rising from three to six storeys.The works include
  
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