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• Plans unveiled for 50-storey plus Liverpool tower

  26-02-2025 23:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  KEIE Limited and Beetham have released latest designs for the emerging King Edward project in Liverpool.
  The image of the £1bn development, viewed from the Wirral shoreline, illustrates the scale of the project with a 50-storey plus tower.
  Hugh Frost of Beetham said: “Our thinking will continue to evolve as we head towards a Q3 submission for our masterplan, but this image lets the market know that we are intent on delivering a scheme of international significance.”The CGI by s
  
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• Consultants revive clerk of works role

  26-02-2025 18:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Midlands building consultancy is reviving the forgotten concept of a Clerk of Works as building safety and compliance becomes increasingly important.
  Birmingham-headquartered The Construction Consultants (TCC) is offering a Clerk of Works service to help developers ensure their projects are safe and comply with specification and regulations.
  TCC co-founder and director Sandeep Singh Sunner FRICS said since Grenfell, rigorous compliance had become more important and the position of Clerk of Wor
  
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• Government to license principal contractors after Grenfell

  26-02-2025 16:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has promised a further three years of sweeping reforms to the way the industry operates in its response to the Grenfell Inquiry report.
  It confirmed that seven firms criticised in the Grenfell report will now be investigated under the Procurement Act and face a total ban from government contracts.
  The Government also accepted the recommendation to introduce licensing of principal contractors wishing to undertake the construction or refurbishment of higher-risk buildings.
  It confir
  
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• Overbury profits lift Morgan Sindall to another record year

  26-02-2025 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall’s fit-out arm Overbury delivered another stellar performance last year contributing more than half of the construction group’s profits.
  A strong daily net cash position of £374m (2023:£282m) helped Morgan Sindall to remain choosy about the work it took on helping the mainstream construction arm to achieve a 3% operating margin, a medium-term target for the business.
  Infrastructure and mixed-use partnerships divisions also put in strong performance leading t
  
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• MPD Construction lands major HS2 concrete deal

  26-02-2025 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  MPD Construction Group has landed another major HS2 deal to install 32 kilometres of concrete walkway in the Northolt Tunnel between Old Oak Common station and West Ruislip.
  MPD will be installing its Bridgeform system designed in collaboration with partners KERN Tunneltechnik.
  The ground-breaking dynamic formwork system is fully automated and hydraulically operated.Work will start in May for main contractor SCS Railways to deliver and install 60,000 cubic metres of concrete with a peak workforc
  
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• Galliford Try wins £45m high security prison fire safety retrofit

  26-02-2025 08:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has clinched a £45m contract to deliver essential fire safety improvements at high-security Category A prison HMP Wakefield.
  Delivered by Galliford Try’s Building North East and Yorkshire team, on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, the project will involve improvements across the entire facility, requiring close collaboration with the prison to minimise disruptions to daily operations.
  Work has now commenced on site on the comprehensive upgrades that include fire compar
  
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