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• £2.2bn Gatwick second runway decision delayed

  27-02-2025 13:46
  
  The Government has requested additional time to review Gatwick Airport’s proposal for a second runway.
  Northern Runway plan includes new terminal buildings and transport enhancement
  Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that she was “minded to approve” the plans but today formally extended the deadline for a decision until the end of October.
  She explained that the nine-month delay is necessary to evaluate certain environmental adjustments to the airport’s expansion pl
  
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• Network Rail fined £3.41m after Surbiton track worker death

  27-02-2025 12:50
  
  Network Rail has been fined £3.41m following the death of a track maintenance worker at Surbiton in February 2021.The firm pleaded guilty to a safety offence following an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road.It is the second heavy fine in as many weeks following a £3.75m penalty imposed following the death of two trackworkers at Margam, Wales.In the latest fatality, 30-year-old track worker Tyler Byrne was struck by a passenger train near to
  
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• Funding deal for £237m Tide Construction student tower

  27-02-2025 11:54
  
  A £237m funding deal has paved the way for construction of the first major high rise student accommodation scheme at Canary Wharf in London.
  Tide Construction will build the 1,068-bed student tower at 30 Marsh Wall, to the south of West India Dock.
  A light bronze aluminium vertical band on the principal façade will extend up the full 48 storeys
  Demolition has been completed at the site with construction now ready to start, subject to regulatory approval.The 48-storey project for Vit
  
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• McLaren wins £29m south east London industrial job

  27-02-2025 09:21
  
  Stoford and Axel Logistics have awarded McLaren Construction the £29m contract for a 320,000 sq ft urban logistics hub in Crayford, South East London.
  Known as MLM Crayford, the scheme comprises three sustainable industrial buildings with Grade A office space, ranging in size from 32,000 sq ft to 110,000 sq ftt. A multi-storey car park will also be built to serve the development.
  The presence of the Slade Green to Dartford railway line on the Northeastern boundary calls on McLaren’s
  
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• CITB set to spend £2m with advertising agency

  27-02-2025 09:13
  
  The CITB has gone out to tender with a £2.1m  contract for media planning and buying services.
  The deal will see an advertising agency appointed to help support the CITB’s “strategic marketing objectives.”
  A Construction Industry Training Board spokesperson said: “A key objective for CITB is to inspire and enable diverse and skilled people into construction by increasing new entrants into the industry through various routes.“As part of this, we endeavour
  
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• Sisk starts remediation work for 1,600-home Birkenhead scheme

  27-02-2025 09:12
  
  ION Developments and Wirral Council have appointed John Sisk to carry out site remediation and infrastructure works for a major new urban village set to be built next to Birkenhead town centre.
  The firm has signed a pre-construction agreement to carry out site investigations and remediation work at the former gas works to deliver development parcels ready for the first phase to begin in 2027.
  Last month councillors backed plans for the Hind Street Urban Village Project granting outline consent f
  
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• Green light for £100m A47 road junction upgrade

  27-02-2025 09:10
  
  The Government has finally given the green light for the £100m-plus A47/A11 Thickthorn junction upgrade near Norwich.
  The long-awaited A47/A11 Thickthorn junction scheme will speed up journey times, and support development of 44,000 new homes in the area.
  National Highways’ A47 road scheme has been held up in the courts and was retendered last year to seek better value.Skanska is understood to have secured the project although the contractor has still to be confirmed officially.
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• Taylor Wimpey fire safey retrofit costs rise by £88m

  27-02-2025 09:07
  
  Taylor Wimpey has been forced to raise provisions for fire safety remediation works after an escalation in costs on recent tenders.
  By the end of 2022 Taylor Wimpey had made a £245m total provision for cladding fire safety remediation works.
  Announcing annual results this morning the house builder revealed that it had now increased the provision by £88m.
  The firm said the increase was due to higher costs based on recent tenders, including project delivery administration costs and fun
  
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