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• Reclaimed steel oil rig columns worked into London office revamp

  19-12-2024 17:40
  
  Developer Kajima has picked Curo Construction to deliver a major office building revamp in the heart of Fitzrovia in Central London.
  Designed by Gibson Thornley architects, the 16 Berners Street project will reduce embodied carbon by retaining the 70% of building’s existing structure and utilising reclaimed materials, including recycling bricks on site and utilising steel from the oil and gas industry in the structure.
  Curo will transform the 1930s-built 28,600 sq ft office building while
  
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• CITB delays levy approval consultation

  19-12-2024 14:51
  
  The Construction Industry Training Board is delaying its Consensus process which asks the industry if it agrees with the training levy.
  CITB bosses said the procedure will now start on 17 March 2025 and continue until 9 May – five weeks later than the original planned dates.
  The move follows further delays to publication of a report into the effectiveness of the CITB by industry consultant Mark Farmer.The CITB said it needed to see the final report before it publishes its latest strategic
  
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• BAM Nuttall fined £800,000 after concrete skip tragedy

  19-12-2024 11:51
  
  BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands.
  Liam MacDonald, from Tain, Ross-shire, lost his life on the morning of 5 June 2022 while removing dried concrete from a pouring skip at the Viking site on Upper Kergord.
  The agency worker had started on the site just over a month earlier and was using a hammer to chip away the concrete when the skip’s bale arm fell on top of him.The 23-year-old was found motionles
  
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• Ofwat approves £104bn water industry spending plan

  19-12-2024 09:09
  
  Water companies have today received the green light to advance a £104bn infrastructure spending plan to improve water quality across the country.
  The green light means household water bills will rise by an average of 36% to fund big investments in water and wastewater treatment upgrades.
  The 2024 Price Review final determinations will trigger a quadrupling of new investment over the next five years realising a promised work bonanza for firms installed on water frameworks.
  It will also open
  
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• Norwich Council acts to revive £300m Anglia Square scheme

  19-12-2024 08:53
  
  Norwich City Council has bought Anglia Square Shopping Centre in a move to try to revive the stalled £300m Anglia Square scheme after Weston Homes pulled out earlier this year blaming planning delays, cost inflation and the second staircase rule.
  The purchase in partnership with support from Homes England marks a significant milestone in attempts to transform a key part of the city centre with around 1,100 new homes.
  A bid for further grant funding from Homes England has been made to kicks
  
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• Henry Boot to take total control of Stonebridge Homes

  19-12-2024 08:43
  
  Henry Boot has unveiled plans to take full ownership of regional house builder Stonebridge Homes Group.
  Boot will acquire the 50% share it does not own from its JV partner in three tranches over the next five years with a basic purchase price of £30m plus performance linked payments.
  Tim Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Henry Boot, said: “This transaction represents an important strategic milestone for Henry Boot, allowing us to acquire full ownership of a high growth builder of pre
  
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• Go-ahead for 4,500-home Cambridgeshire new town

  19-12-2024 08:19
  South Cambridgeshire District Council has given the green light for up to 4,500 homes at Waterbeach, six miles north of Cambridge.
  A joint venture between Royal London with Aquila Investments and Turnstone Estates aims to deliver the new town homes, of which 30% will be affordable.
  Alongside new homes, the outline planning permission for RLW Estates includes development of business, retail, community, leisure and sports use, as well as new primary and secondary schools, in addition to
  
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• Costain/ Siemens JV clinches HS2 power supply job

  19-12-2024 08:15
  
  A joint venture between Siemens Mobility and Costain has won its bid to deliver high voltage power supply systems for the HS2 project throughout the 225km route from Birmingham to London. 
  The contract, which will be formally signed shortly, is expected to be worth in the region of £300m to the joint venture, with optional contract extensions.There is also a separate maintenance contract following the design and build phase that will operate for seven years worth around £32
  
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