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• City’s biggest retrofit tower scheme approved

  11-02-2025 15:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Development manager Stanhope has got the go-ahead for a 33-storey office tower in London’s Square Mile.
  The 70 Gracechurch Street project will provide 550,000 sq ft of office space and ranks as one of the city’s largest retrofit projects.
  The 155m tower will be stepped, with three glazed office elements split vertically.Plans for a similar building on the site were first brought forward by Hong Kong developer Tenacity and Stanhope.
  These were approved in 2021, but the scheme failed t
  
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• Defibrillator saves worker’s life on Wates site

  11-02-2025 11:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  A machine operator for groundworks specialist McCoy Contractors is still alive thanks to his quick thinking colleagues on a Wates prison job.
  Driver Chris Bird suffered a cardiac arrest last November and “died” for 16 minutes at the HMP Brinsford site near Wolverhampton.
  His colleagues and Wates site managers sprang into action to perform CPR and administer the on-site defibrillator which saved his life.Chris Haughey, Managing Director of McCoy Contractors said: “Through C
  
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• Funding deal for £125m Camden Roundhouse scheme

  11-02-2025 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Regal has secured £115m of funding to progress its distinctive purpose-built student accommodation scheme next to the Camden Roundhouse in North London.
  Maslow Capital is supporting the plan to construct a 264-bed student accommodation project alongside 30 affordable homes and 9,000 sq ft of commercial space.
  The overall design will enhance the setting of the famous Roundhouse music venue.Four proposed buildings, designed in collaboration with DSDHA, will reach 12 storeys at the
  
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• Foundations complete at HS2 Old Oak Common station

  11-02-2025 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Foundations for the HS2 station at Old Oak Common in London have been completed.
  The 850-metre-long underground station base, which will house six platforms for high-speed trains, has been constructed using 76,000 cubic metres of concrete and 17,000 tonnes of reinforced steel.
  The base slab covers 45,000 square metres – equivalent to more than six football pitches – and reaches nearly two metres thick at its deepest point. Construction began in April 2023 and required 91 separate con
  
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• ABP bidders day for £150m Humber ports pipeline

  11-02-2025 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  The country’s largest port operator Associated British Ports is to hold a bidders day in Hull at the end of the month to set out its planned pipeline of projects across the region.
  ABP procurement and projects teams will provide an overview of the 2025 and 2026 pipelines for Humber projects to support automotive and energy transition customers as well as Freeport investment, and ABP operations and minor works across our ports.
  There are nine projects in the pipeline from warehouses, to pav
  
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• Hinkley Point C to create 3,000 jobs as work ramps up

  11-02-2025 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Hinkley Point C project is set to create an extra 3,000 new jobs in the next 18 months.
  Many of the new jobs at the site will support the fit-out of the nuclear power station with miles of pipes, cables and equipment.
  As work ramps up, the project will hit peak construction with the workforce swelling to 15,000.Hinkley Point C has also announced that the number of apprentices trained has passed a new milestone of 1,500, exceeding the original target by 500 with more to come.
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• Bids invited for £175m consultancy framework

  11-02-2025 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fusion21 is renewing its £175m national Construction Consultancy Services Framework and is now inviting bids from interested suppliers providing regional, or national coverage.
  The national procurement specialist is looking for consultants operating in the public sector – including SMEs, to provide members with a streamlined approach to source construction-related consultancy services for the built environment.
  Designed to support housing providers and local authorities in addition t
  
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• Hercules sells suction excavator division for £2.4m

  11-02-2025 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Labour supply specialist Hercules Site Services has sold its suction excavator business for £2.4m.
  The deal sees its 30-strong fleet of trucks sold to commercial vehicles dealer SNC Holdings (NW) Limited.
  Hercules started looking for a buyer last month after the suction excavator division caused a loss at the £100m turnover business in its latest results.Hercules said the sale “will materially reduce the company’s debt and lease liabilities by approximately £9m imme
  
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