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• McAlpine under fire after another panel comes loose from hotel

  29-01-2025 20:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Local councillors have laid into Sir Robert McAlpine after another cladding panel came loose on its problem Hilton Hotel job in Woking town centre.
  The panel was discovered after high winds last weekend and has forced the closure of the adjacent A320 Victoria Way while further checks and repair work are carried-out.
  The road has been shut numerous times due to external panel issues during the construction of the hotel and since it opened last Autumn.The A320 had only reopened in mid January afte
  
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• Four arrested after hospital construction site burglary

  29-01-2025 17:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Four men have been arrested after a burglary on a construction site within the grounds of Hinckley and District General Hospital.
  Leicestershire Police officers received a report of a suspicious vehicle within the grounds of the Mount Road site around on Tuesday afternoon.
  When officers arrived at the scene one of the two suspect vehicles was seen leaving the site and failed to stop for them. That vehicle was last seen heading along Rugby Road in Burbage.It is believed a group of people broke in
  
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• NHBC launches new event to tackle construction challenges

  29-01-2025 11:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  NHBC has launched a new event designed to reflect the ever-changing nature of the house-building industry, address the wide range of issues affecting the sector and examine the unique challenges those in construction face.
  For three decades, Building for Tomorrow was NHBC’s leading annual technical event. Now, based on delegate feedback, it has been reimagined as BEYOND ’25 LIVE – a full-scale, national conference to be held at Coventry Building Society (CBS) Arena on Thursday
  
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• Aggregate Industries appoints new contracting chief

  29-01-2025 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aggregate Industries has appointed Kevin Murgatroyd as Managing Director for its Contracting business.
  His promotion follows more than two years with the firm after joining the business as Regional Director for the South in 2022, managing ten asphalt plants and the southern contracting business.
  Murgatroyd will now lead on the surfacing contractor’s strategy development, maintaining key customer relationships with National Highways and other tier one and two contractors, as well as ensurin
  
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• Project delays dull Van Elle first-half results

  29-01-2025 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Project delays on the rail and high-rise building sectors took the shine off piling specialist Van Elle’s first-half results to October 2024.
  Revenue slipped back 4% to £65m and pre-tax profit fell to £1.9m from £2.5m previously.
  Despite the macroeconomic backdrop and challenging market conditions chief executive Mark Cutler said there were signs of improvement in the housing market and energy and water sectors.
  He added that several delayed projects in London and th
  
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• Plans in for latest phase of Leith port revamp

  29-01-2025 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Forth Ports has submitted Detailed Planning Consent to The City of Edinburgh Council for phase two of the Harbour 31 scheme to transform land to the south east of Edinburgh Dock within the Port of Leith.
  Latest plans for The Dry Dock at Harbour 31 involve a creative and commercial hub as part of the wider Harbour 31 regeneration containing 337 new homes and 244 sq m of commercial space
  Following planning consent, construction would likely begin in 2025 for occupation in 2026.Pamela Smyth, Chief
  
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• McLaren to build top-down on £60m New Bond Street contract

  29-01-2025 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has confirmed its top-down build programme for O&H Properties on the £60m first phase of a Foster & Partners designed development on the corner of New Bond Street and Grafton Street in London’s West End.
  The seven-storey, 5,400 square metre prime retail and office development includes lower ground, ground and first floor retail space with five storeys of office and event space above.
  A complex three-storey basement provides retailers with a lower ground f
  
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