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• Wernick Hire expands with launch of Modular Hire

  28-02-2025 18:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wernick Hire has launched Modular Hire – a new division dedicated to providing building regulation-compliant modular buildings for hire.
  While modular building solutions were already part of Wernick Hire’s portfolio, the addition of a specialist hire solution reflects the company’s commitment to growing its customer portfolio and services, offering an even wider choice to the market.
  By creating a dedicated division, Wernick Hire can now deliver even greater expertise and resou
  
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• Avant Homes gets green light for £68m Scottish site

  28-02-2025 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Avant Homes Scotland will deliver 256 new homes in Cairneyhill after being granted planning permission for the £68m residential development.
  The Keelyside View scheme will feature 13 of Avant Homes’ house styles including terraced, semi-detached and detached as well as townhouses.
  Work on site is scheduled to start in July with the first residents expected to move into their new homes by autumn 2026.Avant Homes Scotland managing director, Jim Wilkinson, said: “As a business, ou
  
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• Government picks 43 consultants for Net Zero programmes

  28-02-2025 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Forty-three consultants will provide strategic advisory services to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero for its major work programmes transitioning the UK to cleaner energy sources.
  The firms have secured places on the £250m Energy and Net Zero Professional Services Framework, which will run for two years.
  Advisory works will include emerging and modular nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors, and net zero innovation, renewable infrastructure and hydrogen.Jacobs
  
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• Watchdog MPs raise alarm over HS2 Euston station plan

  28-02-2025 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have lambasted the management of the HS2 project and raised grave concerns about the latest plan to deliver the Euston terminus in London.
  Their report published today calls for “fundamental reset” of the project by the summer.
  They warn that they remain sceptical about the Government’s ability to successfully deliver its revised programme following a litany of failures and unheeded warnings.The report says that the HS2 programme has become
  
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