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• Durkan launches specialist housing upgrade business

  24-02-2025 17:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Durkan Group has launched a dedicated housing maintenance and retrofit business, Durkan Regen, to respond to growing market demand.
  Housing maintenance veteran Dan Germann is heading up the new business as managing director after 30 years working in the sector.
  He has previously held senior roles at Keepmoat Regeneration, Apollo Group, Engie and most recently Equans UK, where he was responsible for leading a £350m business.Durkan Regen will provide a one-stop shop for services including as
  
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• Hunt for development partner for £4bn Bristol Temple Quarter

  24-02-2025 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The hunt has started to find a major private sector development partner to help deliver the ambitious Temple Quarter scheme in Bristol.
  Around 130 hectares of brownfield land are being primed for the next phases of development around the Temple Meads station.
  The transformation of Bristol Temple Quarter is one of Europe’s most ambitious city centre regeneration projects with the opportunity to create at least 10,000 new homes.The existing public sector partners behind the delivery of Brist
  
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• Sovereign starts hunt for £750m framework builders

  24-02-2025 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sovereign Network Group (SNG) housing association is looking for contractors to join a new-build framework worth up to £750m over the next four years.
  Work will be divided into three build contract bands between £15m and £45m+ with a separate construction management deal also available.
  The framework will be split across three geographic regions – West, South, London and East – and also cover major refurbishment projects.Up to 29 firms could win places on the deal a
  
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• Sweeping changes to public procurement come into force

  24-02-2025 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The biggest shake-up of procurement laws for over thirty years comes into force today.
  The Procurement Act 2023 brings sweeping reforms to raise transparency around contract awards and contractor performance while also making it easier for small contractors to access public sector supply chains.
  The Act introduces mandatory 30-day payment terms throughout the public sector supply chain.
  Public sector contracting authorities can now base awards on most advantageous tender (MAT) rather than most a
  
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• £3bn London councils general works deal out to bid

  24-02-2025 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tendering is starting for a £3bn general works framework for new build and retrofit work across London and wider south east.
  London’s Haringey Borough Council is handling the procurement of the London Construction Programme framework, which has been reshaped to allocate places for small and medium-sized firms as well as bigger players in the market.
  It will be used for a mix of new build, fire safety, refurb/retrofit and planned preventative maintenance by LCP members including counc
  
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• Bromford sets 11,000 new homes target across West of England

  24-02-2025 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing association Bromford has set itself a goal of building 11,000 homes across the West Midlands and West of England over the next seven years.
  The ambitious target follows a strong start to the year by Bromford securing land for 179 new homes across three sites so far while progressing contracts to acquire land for over 1,000 additional homes across multiple locations with deals set to be signed by the end of next month.
  Lyndon Parkes, Head of Land at Bromford, said: “This year has st
  
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