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• Grayson backs Masonry Mentors 2025

  03-02-2025 19:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building products firm Grayson is working with Oaklands College for the inaugural Masonry Mentors 2025 event – a groundbreaking bricklaying pilot designed to inspire and develop the next generation of construction talent.
  Co-developed by Grayson and Oaklands College, the concept was conceived by FE expert Bob Noseda. The event is set to take place on Monday 10th February 2025 at Oaklands College in Hertfordshire to concide with National Apprenticeship Week 2025.
  Pairing full-time students
  
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• Piling jobs at risk over safety regulator high rise project delays

  03-02-2025 19:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hold-ups on gaining safety regulator approvals for high rise building projects is starting to put workers jobs at risk deep in the supply chain.
  Specialist demolition and foundation contractors are warning jobs cut loom as work dries up because developers are struggling to get clearance to start construction.
  Since the introduction of the new regulatory framework in April 2024, only a handful of high risk building (HRBs) projects have cleared the approval system known as Gateway 2.Now the Federa
  
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• Piling job cuts loom over safety regulator project delays

  03-02-2025 19:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hold-ups on gaining safety regulator approvals for high rise building projects are starting to put workers jobs at risk deep in the supply chain.
  Specialist demolition and foundation contractors are warning job cuts loom as work dries up because developers are struggling to get clearance to start construction.
  Since the introduction of the new regulatory framework in April 2024, only a handful of high risk building (HRBs) projects have cleared the approval system known as Gateway 2.Now the Feder
  
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• Lab pipeline specialist SHJ boosts team

  03-02-2025 17:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  SHJ Medical & Lab Gas Specialists, a leading supplier of medical and lab gas pipeline systems and services, has promoted Ben Slawinski to the role of Plant & Service  Manager.
  Slawinski has managed SHJ’s Plant Department for many years now, focussing on production, installation and development of the  SHJ Plant product line.
  With his detailed technical knowledge and hands-on leadership approach he has now been promoted to also manage SHJ’s Service Department.
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• RVT Group expands to meet growing demand

  03-02-2025 17:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  RVT Group has opened a brand-new 35,000 sq ft warehouse facility in Sheffield to cope with growing industry demand for its hazard control products.
  The Sheffield depot will act as its Northern fulfilment centre while the Kent depot will act as the Southern distribution centre enabling RVT to speed up delivery times and respond to engineer support calls quicker.
  The firm offers bespoke solutions for fume extraction, dust filtration, noise control, climate control, ventilation and water treatment.
  
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• Ferrovial lands £230m National Grid tunnel

  03-02-2025 16:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ferrovial has been awarded the contract by National Grid for its £230m Grain to Tilbury electricity infrastructure upgrade project.
  Work will start on site shortly and last four years to construct a new 2.2km long high voltage cable tunnel and two 35m deep shafts.
  The job will be overseen by an integrated joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and BEMO.The JV will be using a Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM) allowing for simultaneous excavation and installation of the final lining
  
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• Developer Ghelamco swaps to self delivery for Battersea tower

  03-02-2025 12:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian developer Ghelamco UK has swapped to a self-delivery model as main construction work gets underway at its £140m Battersea scheme in south London known as The HiLight,
  John F Hunt was lined-up last May for demolition, enabling works and construction of the 24-storey resi tower on the site of the former 1830s Price’s Candle Factory in Battersea.
  But the firm parted-ways with the developer and Ghelamco has now confirmed its new contractual arrangements for the main build.The in-
  
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• FM Conway family chair steps away from business after Vinci deal

  03-02-2025 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  FM Conway chair Joanne Conway has stepped-away from the business after VINCI formally completed its acquisition of the £580m civils contractor last week.
  Founded in 1961 by Frank Conway, FM Conway was owned by the Conway family. His granddaughter Joanne Conway took over the role of chair and CEO of the FM Conway Group following her father Michael Conway’s death in March 2022.
  FM Conway is now part of VINCI Construction but will continue to operate as a standalone business.VINCI said:
  
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• Tax-row tunnellers down tools on Balfour Hinkley job

  03-02-2025 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  A tax-row is disrupting work on Balfour Beatty’s giant tunnelling contract at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station site.
  More than 100 workers downed tools last week following a dispute with their employer TG Tunnelling Ltd (TGT).
  The Enquirer understands the dispute is over lodging allowances for agency workers on the site.TGT is one of several labour suppliers on the job but it hasn’t been deducting tax from lodging allowances like its fellow suppliers.
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• New £4.5bn funding model for stalled London rail schemes

  03-02-2025 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A new funding model allowing borrowing against future increases in tax revenue could unlock billions of pounds to support three key London transport schemes.
  An adaption of the financing model first used successfully in the Capital to deliver the Northern Line extension to Battersea would drive economic growth and housing development, according to a report published today by campaign group BusinessLDN and consultant WSP.
  The transformative model could generate up to £4.5bn over 25 years, u
  
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• Speedy Hire latest to be hit by slow CP7 rail spending

  03-02-2025 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Speedy Hire has become the latest member of the Network Rail supply chain to be hit by slower than expected spending in the current CP7 investment round.
  The plant-hire specialist said that the delay in CP7 rail works has “had an impact on trading in the final quarter but remains a significant opportunity for the Group into FY2026.”
  A number of firms have also flagged slow spending in the £45bn Control Period (“CP7”), which commenced in April 2024.Infrastructure spe
  
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• Manchester Hotspur Press mill scheme rescued

  03-02-2025 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has given developer Manning the green light to move forward with the redevelopment of the historic Hotspur Press mill in Manchester city centre.
  Approved plans to build a 37-storey student tower and save the derelict mill building threatened to be scuppered after an anonymous individual made an application for the building to be listed.
  More than 800 members of the public including residents, politicians and business leaders joined Manner’s campaign to proceed and save the m
  
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