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• MPB clinches substructure for HS2 Curzon Street station

  04-02-2025 16:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace Dragados joint venture is beginning to ramp up construction at HS2’s flagship Curzon Street station project in Birmingham with the first of a series of major contract awards.
  Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures has clinched the contract to build the substructure foundations.
  This work follows the piling operation currently being delivered by Keltbray to install 2,000 concrete piles to support the foundations for the station.A team of around 140 people from MPB will now start o
  
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• MBP clinches substructure for HS2 Curzon Street station

  04-02-2025 16:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace Dragados joint venture is beginning to ramp up construction at HS2’s flagship Curzon Street station project in Birmingham with the first of a series of major contract awards.
  Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures has clinched the contract to build the substructure foundations.
  This work follows the piling operation currently being delivered by Keltbray to install 2,000 concrete piles to support the foundations for the station.A team of around 140 people from MPB will now start o
  
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• Vinci bags first phase of £350m Stockport scheme

  04-02-2025 15:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci has edged-out Willmott Dixon to land phase 1 of Stockport 8 – a new £350m mixed residential neighbourhood to the west of Stockport town centre.
  Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) and ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse – confirmed the win with work set to start on site early next year beginning with the demolition of the existing bus depot.
  Paul Richards, deputy chief executive of Stockport Council and chief executi
  
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• Turnaround strategy continues to pay off for Careys

  04-02-2025 15:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civils and construction group Careys has posted another strong set of numbers as its turnaround and investment strategy continues to pay off.
  The firm hit a low point back in 2022 when Carey Group made a pre-tax loss of £43m.
  But it bounced back to profit the following year after a strategy shift and latest results for the year to September 30 2024 show a pre-tax profit of £7.5m from £4.6m last time on turnover of £388m from £402m.The firm is benefiting from tighter
  
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• Crest Nicholson slumps to £144m loss

  04-02-2025 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Surrey-based house builder Crest Nicholson reported a £144m pre-tax loss for last year after incoming chief executive Martyn Clark delivered a root and branch review of the ailing business.
  He said the house builder was working hard to draw a line under the expected cost of future fire remediation works and had also revised up site completion costs at two now-closed divisions.
  Total exceptional charges reported for the year to October 2024 soared to £166m, including an extra £1
  
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• Giant HS2 viaduct deck slide breaks records: Video

  04-02-2025 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has released new timelapse footage showing engineers completing the heaviest and longest single-stage viaduct deck slide on the project so far.
  The four-day operation – which was completed on Sunday – involved sliding the 4,500 tonne deck across a road and railway line near Wendover in Buckinghamshire.
  Stretching for 345m, the Small Dean viaduct is one of 50 major viaducts on the HS2 project.Its concrete and steel deck was assembled to its full length before the slide began with
  
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• Pagabo starts renewal race for two mega frameworks

  04-02-2025 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pagabo is calling for interest for the renewal of two of its largest frameworks.
  Prior Information Notices (PINs) have been published for the Major Works Framework and Developer Led Framework with the bid race proper set to start in June.
  The current Major Works Framework gives access to 25 contractors for large-scale construction projects valued above £5m.It was initially launched in 2020 to run for up to six years and has seen over 75 projects procured alongside over 100 opportunities fo
  
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