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• Clients ‘ignoring building safety’ reforms

  08-01-2025 09:13
  
  Construction clients are failing to engage with the new building safety regime, according to research carried out by trade body the Building Engineering Services Association.
  The heating and ventilation contractor trade body has spent the last six months canvassing its members to gauge take-up of measures introduced under the Building Safety Act, in force since 2022.
  Far from seeing evidence of any significant culture change, they warn that pressure to deliver projects faster and more cheaply wa
  
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• Castleforge plans expansion after £100m data centre deal

  08-01-2025 09:07
  
  Real estate investor Castleforge is planning a major expansion of Redhill Data Centre after acquiring the £100m site in partnership with Galaxy Data Centers.
  The centre is located near London in the Foxboro Business Park and currently spans 11,800 square metres across three buildings with 26MVA of power attracting 26 existing tenants.
  Castleforge and Galaxy plan to significantly expand the site to expand capacity by around 50%.Castleforge said: “At this time, we are actively wor
  
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• New Year layoffs as Scottish modular house builder collapses

  08-01-2025 08:32
  
  Scottish volumetric house builder Connect Modular has called in administrators just months after completing its biggest contract.
  Staff were left stunned this week after they returned from their Christmas break to be told they were being laid off.
  One taking to social media to find a new job, said: “Well, not the start to the year I was hoping for, unfortunately made redundant this morning with Connect Modular going into administration.”The bombshell came without warning for 60 staff
  
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• Morgan Sindall contracts league champion for second year

  08-01-2025 08:30
  
  Morgan Sindall has proved the industry’s most successful work winner for a second year running.
  The contractor ended the year with a tally of £2.298bn of secured orders, just £22m more than main rival Kier in one the closest finishes for many years.
  Multiplex finished the year ranked third after being boosted by a £500m order in December to rebuild the former London Television Centre on the south bank of the Thames in London.Balfour also put in a late order for high volta
  
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• Thames Water bidders day for £2.2bn reservoir scheme

  08-01-2025 08:26
  Thames Water is planning to hold an industry bidders day in March for its planned major reservoir project.
  The Abingdon reservoir in Oxfordshire could cost up to £2.2bn to build and would supply water to 15m people across the South East.
  Consultants Arup and Binnies have already been appointed joint venture technical partners for the scheme and Costain has started clay compaction trials to understand the ground conditions at the site.This fieldwork programme will help to inform an applicat
  
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