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• Historic property magazine to close

  06-12-2024 16:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Property magazine and data business EG has announced it will be closing down next year.
  The title – formerly know as Estates Gazette – has been in business since 1858.
  An announcement today said: “The group’s parent company has taken the tough decision to start the process of withdrawing all EG products and services from the market during 2025.“After serving as a partner to the UK commercial real estate industry since 1858, the decision to close the EG business, whi
  
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• RED Construction tops £100m turnover

  06-12-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  RED Construction Group has delivered a strong year of growth nearly doubling turnover to £115m.
  In the year to April 2024, RED doubled pretax profit to £2m maintaining profit margin at 1.7%.
  Based on a strong order book, RED is forecasting another year of strong controlled growth that should generate revenues of over £130m to April 2025.
  The firm, which operates from business centres in London and the south west, delivers a mix of projects ranging up to £50m.
  Its spe
  
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• Amey FM firm fined after legionella kills prisoner

  06-12-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after it failed to manage the risk of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water systems at HMP Lincoln.
  Graham Butterworth died on 5 December 2017 after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while serving a prison sentence at HMP Lincoln.
  Water samples from Butterworth’s cell and nearby shower blocks tested positive for legionella days after the 71-year-old died.An HSE investigation found Amey Community Limited, which provided faci
  
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• Timber designs shortlisted for roads ‘footbridge of the future’

  06-12-2024 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Highways has picked three timber designs among the five shortlisted as a next-generation template for footbridges over the country’s highways.
  The winner of the low-carbon footbridge design race will be tested on a crossing over the A127, a key strategic road connecting Southend and London, close to the northern end of the Lower Thames Crossing.
  But National Highways said the winning design could also form the new footbridge standard and be replicated across Britain’s roads.
  
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• £191m revamp funding approved for London Barbican Centre

  06-12-2024 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A major programme of critical repairs and upgrades to the iconic Barbican Centre can now proceed after a £191m funding packages was approved.
  The funding from The City of London Corporation will support a five-year project of works to secure the future of the renowned brutalist grade-II listed site.
  Subject to planning permission, construction will begin in 2027 with this first phase complete in time for the Barbican’s 50th anniversary in 2032.The Barbican Centre was opened by the Qu
  
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