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• M&S Marble Arch rebuild approved after three-year planning fight

  05-12-2024 17:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Angela Rayner has granted approval for the £480m redevelopment of the M&S store at Marble Arch following a planning wrangle lasting more than three years
  The retail giant submitted a planning application to redevelop the store in March 2021.
  But previous Secretary of State Michael Gove refused plans last summer for M&S to demolish and rebuild the store after campaigners said the building should be refurbished because of the amount of embedded carbon it contains.M&S CEO, Stuart
  
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• PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure schemes

  05-12-2024 14:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Prime Minister has committed to speed-up development consent order decisions on 150 infrastructure schemes to turbocharge economic growth across the country.
  The pledge to drive through planning on infrastructure and house building during this Parliament were laid out today as one of the Government’s six milestones in a new national Plan for Change.
  Keir Starmer’s speech today set out his blueprint for ‘mission-led Government’ that includes reform of the planning syst
  
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• Plans in for £250m Stockport 8 housing-led scheme

  05-12-2024 11:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stockport Council and development partner ECF have submitted plans for the £250m Stockport 8 mixed neighbourhood to the west of the town centre.
  The ECF joint venture of Homes England, Legal & General and Muse aims to build 1,300 homes with spaces for shops, leisure and offices at street level.
  The 8-acre site is adjacent to the town’s historic viaduct and new Stockport Interchange, located on land either side of King Street West.Under present plans, the aim is to be on site with
  
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• Buyers report boom in commercial work

  05-12-2024 11:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers have reported the strongest rise in commercial work in two-and-a-half years.
  The booming sector helped drive the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index up to 55.2 in November – up slightly from 54.3 in October – and above the neutral 50.0 threshold for nine months running.
  Tim Moore, Economics Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “The construction sector bucked the slowdown seen elsewhere across the UK eco
  
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• Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic Park

  05-12-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Partnership homes specialist Vistry has teamed up with the London Legacy Development Corporation to build 948 new mixed-tenure homes in a new community located next to Pudding Mill Lane station in Stratford, East London.
  The £600m development next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be brought forward over four phases. A minimum of 45% of the new homes will be affordable, as well as over 30,000 sqm of non-residential floor space to accommodate a mix of workspace, retail, community and
  
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• Erith explosives set demolition record at Sizewell

  05-12-2024 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Erith has used over 700kg of explosives in the first stage demolition of four giant concrete plinths as part of work to decommission the turbine hall at Sizewell A.
  The contract sets a new record for the largest use of explosives on a nuclear site for conventional demolition purposes in decades.Over 1,200 holes were drilled into the plinth structures that bore the weight of two turbo generator units weighing 605 tonnes each.The charges were then set and the plinths wrapped ready for detonation.
  
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• Inflatable formwork used for 45m tall cement silo

  05-12-2024 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Inflatable PVC formwork is being installed at Tilbury Docks in Essex to create a huge new cement silo for materials giant Aggregate Industries.
  US contractor Dome Technology inflated the airform and will now commence fitting rebar mesh to the interior surface of the innovative dome structure.
  It will soon place nearly 4,500m3 of sprayed and wet mix concrete to the internal surface to form the 45m tall, 32m diameter dome silo which when finished will store 30,000 tonnes of cement.Once operational
  
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• Galliford Try tops monthly contracts league

  05-12-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try was the most successful work-winning contractor in November securing a dozen projects.
  The firm’s big orders was the £135m Wigan Galleries town centre redevelopment project, one of Greater Manchester’s most ambitious regeneration projects to deliver new homes, leisure and retail facilities as well as a modern market, food hall and hotel.
  Galliford Try also secured the second phase of the Dolphin Square Restoration Project in central London, a large 193os built res
  
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