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• Deck falls off huge scissor lift at Winvic site

  28-03-2025 17:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two workers have been seriously injured after the platform detached from the arms of a giant scissor lift on a Winvic warehouse site in Northampton.
  The scene of the accident was captured in this photograph showing how far the victims plunged with the work deck.
  Experts at crane and access publication Vertikal.net said the machine involved is a new 65ft LGMG SR2024E electric Rough Terrain scissor lift owned by Premier Plant & Tool Hire which is part of Winvic.Manufacturer LGMG has sent a tec
  
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• Bouygues seals deal for £119m Cardiff college campus

  28-03-2025 14:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK has been awarded the contract to build the £119m Barry Waterfront Campus and the Advanced Technology Centre in the Vale of Glamorgan for Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC).
  The single contract will be delivered under the Mutual Investment Model (MIM) programme with both campuses due to be be open and operational for students in 2027.
  It will be the largest job being delivered through the MIM programme which is the Welsh government’s specialised model for private investment i
  
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• London Mayor calls in blocked 600-bed student scheme

  28-03-2025 09:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Mayor of London has ‘called in’ plans to build a 600-room student development in London after it was refused for the second time by Westminster Council’s Planning Committee.
  Student developer Unite plans to build the 20-storey student accommodation block on a Travis Perkins builders’ merchant site at Baltic Wharf in Paddington Basin.
  The proposal includes a new canal-side path along the Grand Union Canal and a revamped space for Travis Perkins at the ground and lower
  
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• Bid race starts for £15bn schools framework refresh

  28-03-2025 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Department for Education has opened bidding for its anticipated next-generation framework to deliver the schools building programme in England.
  The existing £7bn Construction Framework (CF21) of 23 firms is set to expire in November 2025.
  This will be replaced with a new construction framework estimated to be worth over £15bn, based on a six-year term with the option to extend for a further two years.
  Successful firms will deliver a mix of projects from primary and secondary scho
  
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• Arrest after pedestrian death on construction site

  28-03-2025 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A man has been arrested after a 61-year-old pedestrian was hit by a truck and later died on a construction site in Wigan.
  The accident happened last week during site preparation works for a new multi-storey car park for Wigan Infirmary.
  Greater Manchester Police told the BBC the man died at the scene despite the efforts of emergency services and a joint investigation involving police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been launched.A 58-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of gross
  
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• Planning green light for Sheffield warehouse site

  28-03-2025 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Outline Planning consent has been granted for a 271,750 sq ft industrial and logistics development on a prime site in Sheffield.
  The Europa Sheffield site is off Junction 34 of the M1 adjacent to the well-established Sheffield Business Park and in the heart of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMID).
  Logistics specialist Rula Developments will demolish existing factory premises to make way for one single unit of up to 271,750 but will consider splitting the site to meet occupier de
  
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