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• Deal to start £1.1bn British Library extension

  19-03-2025 16:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Japanese developer Mitsui Fudosan has committed to go it alone and spend £1.1bn on the delayed British Library Extension project with plans to start construction next year.
  The developer will retain its former joint venture partner Stanhope as development manager for the vast project.
  Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and engineer Arup drew up the plans for the site at the rear of the existing library building near St Pancras station in London.
  It will involve a 100,000 sq ft exten
  
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• Plans to be submitted for £140m Cardiff Central revamp

  19-03-2025 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport for Wales and Network Rail will shortly submit plans for a £140m upgrade of Cardiff Central station.
  The proposed improvements will modernise the station and support long-term passenger growth, while still complementing the history and heritage of the building.
  Plans include a larger concourse to increase capacity, improve passenger flow and access through additional gate-lines, and help customers link up with other ways to travel.
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• ISG accountants face investigation over audit

  19-03-2025 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Watchdogs at the Financial Reporting Council have opened an investigation into the auditors of collapsed contractor ISG.
  The probe will focus on the audit of the financial statements of ISG Limited for the year ended 31 December 2022 conducted by MacIntyre Hudson LLP.
  The investigation will be conducted by the FRC’s Enforcement Division under the Audit Enforcement Procedure.The £2.2bn turnover ISG group went into administration last September with debts of £1.1bn including more
  
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• Developer given suspended jail sentence for fire safety breaches

  19-03-2025 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A company director has been handed a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to breaching fire safety regulations at a high-rise residential building in Worthing.
  Anthony Coates, a company director from Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, was prosecuted by West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service for significant breaches of fire safety regulations.
  Coates was the director of two companies involved in the purchase and renovation of Columbia House in Romany Road, Worthing around 2022.The former office
  
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• Muse submits 1,600-home regen plan for Solihull town centre

  19-03-2025 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Muse has lodged plans with Solihull Council for the regeneration of Mell Square shopping centre.
  The mixed-use scheme will include an improved retail offer, new public spaces, leisure facilities and up to 1,600 homes,including a mix of build-to-rent and affordable homes to attract young professionals and families
  The wholesale redevelopment of the 6.4ha site will involve a 10-year-long building programme.Subject to planning, the first phase of redevelopment could get underway early next year.
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