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• Cat deal sees Flannery plant investment top £100m this year

  14-03-2025 11:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leading plant hirer Flannery is set to invest more than £100m in new kit this year following its latest deal with manufacturer Cat.
  Dealer Finning has secured a deal with Flannery to supply £65m of Cat machines to the hirer.
  The deal will bring Flannery’s planned investment on plant across all manufacturers to £107m in 2025.The latest investment includes 100 Cat excavators, 70 Cat Bulldozers, 86 Cat ADT Trucks and 20 Cat Rollers.
  Patrick Flannery, Director at Flannery Pla
  
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• Berkeley warns over-regulation a drag on planning reform gains

  14-03-2025 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builder Berkeley has warned that building safety regulatory changes are placing significant pressure on the delivery of new homes and threaten to overshadow the upside benefits of recent Government planning reforms.
  In a trading statement this morning, the firm said it had seen a modest improvement in demand. But it highlighted that for this to continue and sales rates to return closer to the levels of three years ago, there needed to be greater confidence in the trajectory of interest rat
  
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• Fall in office and housing activity dents industry output

  14-03-2025 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A sharp fall in commercial new work contributed to a 0.2% dip in overall construction output in January, following an equivalent fall in December.
  The dip was attributed to bad weather but also highlights ongoing fragile market confidence amid wider economic uncertainties.
  This decrease in monthly output came solely from a fall in new work (0.7%), while repair and maintenance grew by 0.4%.Main contributors to the monthly decrease were private commercial new work, and private housing new work, wh
  
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• Fresh plan for £170m Newcastle resi tower and hotel

  14-03-2025 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  North east property group Gainford has unveiled its revised plan for a £170m residential and hotel project to transform Newcastle’s skyline.
  It plans to redevelop a former Premier Inn site on New Bridge Street, with a 29-storey tower of 185 flats, alongside a separate 150-bedroom hotel, and bars, restaurants, and leisure space.
  FaulknerBrowns Architects’ latest proposals were unveiled at the Mipim property show in Cannes.The scheme has been scaled down from a 37-storey tower pr
  
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• Lendlease OK’d to start Birmingham’s £1.9bn Smithfield scheme

  14-03-2025 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease can kickstart the first phase of its regeneration of £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield scheme after receiving detailed planning for phase one.
  Planning approval yesterday for a landmark mixed-use building paves the way for over 400 build to rent homes in the first major project.
  Designed by Bell Phillips and local practice Intervention Architecture, the block will overlook Manor Square and also feature a health and wellbeing-inspired leisure facility, along with a mix of shops, bars a
  
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• Lendlease OK’d to start £1.9bn Smithfield Birmingham scheme

  14-03-2025 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease can kickstart the first phase of its regeneration of £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield scheme after receiving detailed planning for phase one.
  Planning approval yesterday for a landmark mixed-use building paves the way for over 400 build to rent homes in the first major project.
  Designed by Bell Phillips and local practice Intervention Architecture, the block will overlook Manor Square and also feature a health and wellbeing-inspired leisure facility, along with a mix of shops, bars a
  
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• Cost of M3 upgrade soars by £80m

  14-03-2025 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The cost of the M3 Junction 9 Improvement scheme near Winchester in Hampshire has jumped from £210m to £280m.
  The Government confirmed the latest budget as the scheme was granted ministerial approval today despite site preparation work starting five months ago.
  The job is being carried-out by a joint venture of VolkerFitzpatrick and Balfour Beatty and will be instrumental in unlocking sites for 2,000 new homes around Winchester.Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said: “Anyon
  
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• Cost of M3 upgrade soars by £70m

  14-03-2025 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The cost of the M3 Junction 9 Improvement scheme near Winchester in Hampshire has jumped from £210m to £280m.
  The Government confirmed the latest budget as the scheme was granted ministerial approval today despite site preparation work starting five months ago.
  The job is being carried-out by a joint venture of VolkerFitzpatrick and Balfour Beatty and will be instrumental in unlocking sites for 2,000 new homes around Winchester.Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said: “Anyon
  
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