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• £600m delivery partner named for new hospital programme

  05-03-2025 18:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A joint venture between Mace and Turner & Townsend has been picked as the Programme Delivery Partner for the £37bn New Hospital Programme.
  The forecast value of the PDP contract for a six-year duration is up to £600m to April 3031. There is also an option to extend the deal for up to a further four years to April 2035.
  The programme will prioritise rebuilding healthcare facilities built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), with the first seven projects being deliv
  
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• Planning green light for £10bn Northumberland data centre

  05-03-2025 14:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning permission has been granted for a £10bn data centre in Northumberland .
  Plans from investment giant Blackstone-owned QTS will see construction of a 540,000 square metre data centre campus on the Cambois site which was originally going to be the home of the doomed Britishvolt battery plant.
  The approval for the site in Cambois has been described as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ – not just for the local area and the wider region – but the UK as a whole.
  
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• Police arrest plant hire theft gang

  05-03-2025 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cheshire Police officers have arrested nine people in connection to the theft of high value construction plant and equipment from hire companies following a series of dawn raids in Lancashire on Wednesday morning.
  Officers from Ellesmere Port CID, with the support of officers from The National Construction and Agriculture Theft Team (NCATT) and Lancashire Rural Crime Team, executed eight warrants at premises across Padiham and Burnley, leading to the arrest of nine people.
  The six men and three
  
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• Police arrest plant hire fraud gang

  05-03-2025 11:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cheshire Police officers have arrested nine people in connection to the theft of high value construction plant and equipment from hire companies following a series of dawn raids in Lancashire on Wednesday morning.
  Officers from Ellesmere Port CID, with the support of officers from The National Construction and Agriculture Theft Team (NCATT) and Lancashire Rural Crime Team, executed eight warrants at premises across Padiham and Burnley, leading to the arrest of nine people.
  The six men and three
  
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• Galliford Try upgrades target as half-year profits jump 54%

  05-03-2025 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try is upgrading its profit forecast for the year after a strong first half performance saw pre-tax profit jump 54% to £20m.
  A strong half of work activity across both infrastructure and building divisions saw revenue approaching £1bn at the half year to December, up 13% to £923m.
  The firm is benefitting from strong positions on Government building and infrastructure frameworks and is close to signing off a deal to take on failed ISG’s custodial work.Once signed
  
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• Ibstock pulls out of GRC cladding market

  05-03-2025 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ibstock is quitting the Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) cladding market.
  The materials giant confirmed it has ceased production of GRC after the division made a trading loss of £3m last year.
  Ibstock said: “The GRC business recognised a trading loss of around £3 million in 2024, reflecting acute pressure on margins in the current market environment, as well as losses from recent subcontractor failures. “In light of its performance and near-term prospects, durin
  
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• Oval revises Manchester scheme with trio of towers

  05-03-2025 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Oval Real Estate has revised plans for a major high-rise cluster scheme in Manchester doubling the number of flats to 800.
  The revised Albert Bridge House project will now consist of two residential towers rising to 37 and 49 storeys and a 17-storey office block.
  Planned office space has been halved compared to the previously consented plan in central Manchester.Oval said that since the previous scheme received consent in 2023, the financial landscape had shifted significantly.
  Previou
  
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• Green light for 1,000-home Wolverhampton city centre regen

  05-03-2025 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a major Wolverhampton regeneration scheme of over a 1,000 new homes, and 70,000 sq ft of retail, leisure and commercial space have been approved.
  ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General, and Muse – working in partnership with City of Wolverhampton Council have secured detailed planning for the first phase, as well as on outline consent for the wider masterplan.
  Following the decision, the new neighbourhood will be re-named Smithgate in a nod to the
  
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• Trespasser dies in crane fall at Willmott Dixon site

  05-03-2025 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A man died yesterday after breaking into a Willmott Dixon site in Manchester where it is understood he fell from a crane.
  Emergency services were called to the £60m Manchester Science Park on Tuesday afternoon after it was reported a man had fallen from a significant height.
  A Willmott Dixon spokesman said: “We can confirm that an incident took place on our site on Greenheys Lane at Manchester Science Park this afternoon, 4 March, involving a member of the public who gained unauthori
  
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• Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn to step down

  05-03-2025 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive Leo Quinn will step down from the Board later this year after more than a decade at the helm.
  Philip Hoare, Chief Operating Officer at AtkinsRéalis, has been chosen by the Board to succeed him and will join the group in September.
  Hoare has built his 30-year career in the industry at consultant AtkinsRéalis first as CEO of Atkins in the UK and Europe, and then as President of the global Engineering Services business.In January 2024 he was appoin
  
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• More repair work needed at McAlpine problem panel hotel

  05-03-2025 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Repair work to cladding on Sir Robert McAlpine’s problem Hilton Hotel job in Woking will last until April at least causing chaos in the town centre.
  A loose panel was discovered after high winds in January forcing the closure of the A320 Victoria Way while checks and repair work are carried-out.
  In her latest update Woking Borough Council leader Ann-Marie Barker said work will last at least another month.She said: “Over the past week, Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) has completed works to
  
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