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• Carey co-founder Tom Carey passes away

  16-01-2025 17:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tom Carey, one of the founding brothers of the Carey Group, has died.
  The Carey family confirmed his passing on Tuesday.
  A family statement said: “It is with heavy hearts we share that on Tuesday 14th January, Tom Carey, one of the three founding brothers of the Carey Group, sadly passed away.“Tom was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle and friend to  many. He will be greatly missed by his loving family and close friends, whom we ask  you to keep in you
  
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• Henry administrators chase £10m director payment

  16-01-2025 15:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators for Henry Construction Projects have launched legal action to recover £10m paid to a former director before the company went under.
  Investigations by FRP advisory have revealed the company paid £10m to parent company Henry Group Holdings, which is in liquidation, in January 2023.
  The cash was subsequently paid in May 2023 to a shareholder who was a director of both companies.Henry Construction Projects went into administration in June 2023.
  FRP has demanded repayment o
  
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• Three in race for £20bn fusion power station

  16-01-2025 09:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  Three construction consortia have been shortlisted to build the UK’s commercial prototype fusion energy plant at the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire.
  The multi-stage procurement process to deliver a fusion plant, known as STEP – Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production – is led by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Group.
  After months of selection, the bid race is down to three construction consortia and two engineeri
  
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• Office work drives 0.4% uptick in construction output

  16-01-2025 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  After a few bruising months, construction has jumped into pole position as the best performing sector of the economy.
  Monthly construction output grew by 0.4% in volume terms in November after sliding 0.3% in the prior month.
  The main contributors to the monthly increase were private commercial new work and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 3.1% and 1.1%, respectively.
  These sectors drove rises in both new work (0.3%) and repair and maintenance (0.5%).
  But trend figures show cons
  
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• Office work drives 0.4% uptick construction output

  16-01-2025 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  After a few bruising months, construction has jumped into pole position as the best performing sector of the economy.
  Monthly construction output grew by 0.4% in volume terms in November after sliding 0.3% in the prior month.
  The main contributors to the monthly increase were private commercial new work and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 3.1% and 1.1%, respectively.
  These sectors drove rises in both new work (0.3%) and repair and maintenance (0.5%).
  But trend figures show cons
  
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• Plans in for 34-storey Manchester student tower

  16-01-2025 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Student accommodation developer Vita has submitted plans for an 861-room student tower in the First Street area of Manchester.
  Designed by Tim Groom Architects, the project will feature a 34-storey main block clad with black metal panels and a connected 12-storey brick envelope block.
  The latest student project from Vita is planned for an already cleared site on the corner of Hulme Street and Medlock Street.The construction management plan has been drawn up by Manchester high rise specialist Ren
  
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• Council quits homes joint venture to speed-up construction

  16-01-2025 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Worthing Borough Council is selling its stake in a joint venture to build 216 new homes to raise funds and accelerate construction.
  The cash-strapped council is now negotiating the sale of the land at Union Place to house builder Roffey Homes.
  Worthing partnered with Roffey Homes in 2022 to build the Union Gardens scheme containing 216 flats, with residents’ gardens, a pocket park, and a 236-space car park at the long-dormant brownfield site.But the scheme had stalled and councillors have
  
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• Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade

  16-01-2025 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier has signed on the dotted line on a contract to upgrade Keogh army barracks in Aldershot.
  The £243m contract includes mostly new-build construction of live, work and train facilities over the next five years.
  The award is part of the wider Defense Estate Optimisation Single Living Accomodation & Technical Infrastructure Programme, which spans the MoD’s UK estate.Seven firms – Galliford Try, ISG, Graham, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Lendlease Construction and Morgan Sinda
  
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• Jackson signs £19m Sizewell C access roads deal

  16-01-2025 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Jackson Civil Engineering is the latest firm to secure an enabling works deal for the Sizewell C nuclear power station project ahead of a Government decision to go-ahead with main construction.
  The firm will deliver key road schemes early in 2025 for the vast project.
  The latest contract award was announced as Sizewell C confirmed it has already signed £2.5bn worth of contracts for the project spread around nearly 300 UK suppliers.
  Pre-construction work and early enabling works got underwa
  
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