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• Over 120 firms win £660m retrofit and decarb framework

  25-02-2025 22:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Local authority procurement specialist LHC has selected 126 specialist consultants and contractors for its major new public sector retrofit and decarbonisation framework.
  Spaning the procurement body’s five regional business units, the framework covers a full range of retrofit services.
  Capabilities cover six workstreams of consultancy, multi-disciplinary works, building insulation, low-carbon heating systems, control and management systems, and electrical services, including EV charging a
  
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• Lovell Partnerships to build 2,260 South Wales homes

  25-02-2025 16:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lovell Partnerships has been named preferred bidder to deliver a major council house building programme for Cardiff and Vale Housing Partnership.
  The partnership is Cardiff Council’s second housing programme following the success of its Cardiff Living scheme delivered by Wates, and forms part of its wider development plans to deliver more than 4,000 new homes in the city, including at least 2,800 new council homes.
  The Vale of Glamorgan Council has also embarked on an ambitious house-build
  
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• Costain signs PM and engineering resources deal for Sizewell C

  25-02-2025 16:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Costain has secured a professional resources framework to support project management and engineering functions for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station.
  The 10-year framework will see Costain provide engineering and commercial people resource across three areas: delivery integration, quality and engineering integration.
  This covers job roles such as cost controllers, risk managers, quality engineers, quality delivery managers and project engineers.Costain will apply its expertise
  
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• Gateway 2 approval delay pushes back Bristol student scheme

  25-02-2025 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The country’s biggest student accommodation developer has had to push back the opening of a £70m student scheme in Bristol because of delays caused by Gateway 2 approval from the fire safety watchdog.
  The 500-bed Freestone Island development scheme in the Temple Meads area of Bristol was originally timetabled to open by September next year, but delays in gaining key Gateway 2 approval to start construction have now pushed the project back by around a year.
  Joe Lister, Unite chief exe
  
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• Winners named for NHS building safety and fire compliance deal

  25-02-2025 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  Sixty-six specialist contractors and consultants have secured places on a new £200m framework to deliver building safety and fire compliance across the NHS and wider public estate.
  Leading corporate provider, NHS Shared Business Services has launched the new framework agreement which provides a full compliance offer, including active and passive fire safety, fire risk assessment, and consultancy.
  Specifically it gives Government teams access to a new line-up of vetted suppliers for special
  
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• Grants extended to switch van fleets to electric

  25-02-2025 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government is extending a grant scheme to encourage construction companies to switch their van fleets to electric vehicles.
  The plug-in van grant will be available for another year meaning businesses and van drivers can receive grants up to £2,500 when buying small vans up to 2.5 tonnes and up to £5,000 for larger vans up to 4.25 tonnes.
  The government is also making it easier to switch to zero emission vans – which can be heavier than their petrol and diesel counterparts d
  
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• HS2 Euston tunnel work put on hold

  25-02-2025 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tunnelling work along the final 4.5 mile stretch of HS2 underground high-speed railway into London Euston station is being rescheduled with some parts put on hold for up to two years.
  The Enquirer understands that suppliers and subcontractors were given the bad news by main contractor SCS JV on Friday.
  Two giant tunnelling machines have been assembled and are ready to dig the HS2 tunnel between Old Oak Common and London Euston after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed funding for the project in l
  
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• Axa submits plan for 46-storey London city tower

  25-02-2025 01:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  AXA IM Alts has submitted plans for a 46-storey office block in London’s Square Mile, estimated to cost around £500m to build.
  The planned biodiverse office project at 63 St Mary Axe would be a similar height to the nearby Gherkin.
  It would provide 635,000 sq ft of space at the edge of the City of London’s Eastern Cluster and include a new park and multi-function ground-level auditorium.AXA’s decision to advance the scheme comes after the property firm achieved full occup
  
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• Harmony Fire re-appointed to NHS SBS national framework

  25-02-2025 00:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  Harmony Fire has been re-appointed to the NHS Shared Business Services’ (SBS) Building Safety and Fire Compliance Framework, taking a lead position on each of the three lots it bid for. The NHS SBS Framework will manage £125 million of NHS spend over a four-year term and provides a highly efficient procurement vehicle for Health Trust’s and the wider public sector.
  The leading fire protection specialist was successfully selected as a framework partner to deliver both passive an
  
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