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• Bouygues wins Immingham £170m import jetty job

  28-01-2025 16:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Associated British Ports has selected French civils contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics as its partner to deliver marine works at the proposed Immingham Green Energy Terminal in the North East.
  The project, which will involve dredging and construction of a 1.2km jetty at the port, is believe to be worth around £170m.
  The Immingham Green Energy Terminal project will set the site up to handle imported bulk liquid ammonia from Saudi Arabia, which will then be converted into hydrogen to fuel t
  
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• McAlpine clinches £1.25bn Port Talbot low carbon steelworks job

  28-01-2025 10:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine has sealed a construction management deal with Tata Steel to build its new low carbon steelworks at Port Talbot in South Wales.
  The steel producer is investing £1.25bn in constructing a new electric arc furnace, ladle furnaces and associated works within the existing site.
  Sir Robert McAlpine will manage the main, civil, structural and building works required for the construction of a new electric arc furnace-based steel production facility that will produce around thre
  
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• Robertson strengthens East Midlands leadership

  28-01-2025 09:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Robertson Construction has strengthened its Yorkshire & East Midlands leadership with two key appointments.
  Sean Woodcock is promoted to the role of operations director and is joined from BAM by Ben Brown as new commercial director.
  Woodcock joined Robertson a year ago as operations manager, bringing with him over 20 years of industry experience, with roles including project director at Buckingham Group.Brown comes to Robertson from BAM where he spent 24 years eventually rising to commercia
  
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• Match-maker service for stalled S106 housing projects

  28-01-2025 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A new match-maker service aims to break the logjam in unbuilt affordable homes committed to by developers in section 106 planning agreement.
  The new clearing service set up by Homes England aims to hook-up developers with social housing landlords after developers complained they can’t find takers for affordable homes schemes as housing associations become stretched for cash.
  Nearly 300 organisations from across England have signed up to the new Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Servi
  
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• Avant Homes starts redundancy consultation

  28-01-2025 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regional house builder Avant Homes is planning a round of redundancies at its Central region.
  The Enquirer understands that job loss consultations are underway at the regional office which covers South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, North Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
  An Avant Homes spokesperson said: “We continually review our business structure, systems and processes to ensure we address the current challenges and opportunities presented by UK residential development.“Through targeted
  
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• Plans in for Barnet leisure park and 1500 homes

  28-01-2025 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regal has submitted plans for a major housing and leisure centre scheme in Barnet, North London.
  Its ambitious plan for the redevelopment of Great North Leisure Park in Finchley will transform over 11 acres of neglected land into a new 1,500-home community with a major health and leisure centre at its heart.
  The new leisure centre will feature three indoor water areas, an outdoor lido overlooking the Glebelands, a sauna, steam room, gym, children’s play area, and multi-purpose studios.
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• £200m Edinburgh Lloyds HQ redevelopment plan

  28-01-2025 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lloyds plans to transform its Scottish Widows HQ building in Edinburgh city centre into an innovation hub as part of a £200m redesign led by Drum Property Group.Billed as one of Edinburgh’s largest ever pre-letting deals, the complex will become Lloyds Banking Group’s main base in Scotland following completion of the works in 2027.The 280,000 sq ft Port Hamilton building in the city’s financial district has been home to Scottish Widows for almost 30 years.
  In an innovativ
  
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• Turnover flat as Glencar rethinks strategy

  28-01-2025 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Industrial and logistics building specialist Glencar saw revenue remain steady last year as a strategy revamp focused on “the right type of work.”
  Turnover at the firm for the year to September 30 2024 was £406.8m from £405.9m last time while pre-tax profit improved to £4.8m from £2.2m.
  Last year chief executive Eddie McGillycuddy had set a target of 10-20% revenue growth for this financial year.The firm had a strategy rethink during the period and is now targ
  
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