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• Kier wins first phase of £700m Warwick Uni campus build

  03-04-2025 17:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has been named preferred contractor to deliver Phase 1 of the University of Warwick’s£700m plan to regerated its campus with new STEM teaching facilities.
  The investment in Warwick’s West Midlands campus represents the largest single investment in campus facilities across its entire 60-year history.Phase one will involve the new science and engineering precinct to reinvigorate the heart of its campus.
  A former car park at the University’s main campus will be the site
  
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• Torsion and Khalbros to build new Leeds £1bn neighbourhood

  03-04-2025 16:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A Khalbros and Torsion Group JV has acquired the Eastgate Quarter site in Leeds and now plans a £1bn residential-led development.
  The JV has paid Hammerson £26m for its assets on Templar Street and will now push a head with a mixed-use scheme to replace the original plans for a retail development.
  Plans by the contractor and private equity investor will create a mixed-use community, combining PBSA and BTR living with workspaces, hospitality, leisure, and lifestyle amenities.Dan
  
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• JCB to double size of US factory in wake of Trump tariffs

  03-04-2025 16:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  JCB is set to double the size of a new factory currently under construction in Texas in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs
  The machinery maker confirmed today that newly-announced tariffs will significantly impact its business in the short-term.
  Today JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford said: “JCB has been in business for 80 years this year and we are well accustomed to change.
  “The United States is the largest market for construction equipment in the world and President Tru
  
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• Green light for £2.4bn Luton Airport expansion

  03-04-2025 15:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans for a £2.4bn expansion of London Luton Airport have been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport.
  Work will see construction of new terminal capacity, additional taxiways and other transport infrastructur, landside support buildings, surface access adjustments, mitigation works and other associated development.
  Airport owner Luton Rising has been waiting on a government decision since February 2023.Paul Kehoe, Chair of Luton Rising said: “Today&rsquo
  
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• Diversification pays off for concrete frame specialist Statom

  03-04-2025 14:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Statom Group has enjoyed a surge in profits and turnover after diversifying into new markets.
  Latest results for the year to 30 November 2024 show turnover up to £180m from £143m last time while pre-tax profit jumped to £10.3m from £8.5m as gross profit margins remained steady at 16% and the year-end cash balances grew significantly to £31.2m
  Chief Financial Officer Edward Nixon said Statom had benefited from diversification into civil engineering, infrastructure an
  
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• Quartet win £750m Wales & Western railway deal

  03-04-2025 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail has picked the four firms it will use to deliver reactive and minor works in the Wales & Western railway region.
  The new £750m framework split into four lots will cover both reactive / emergency works to building and civils assetsW&W reactive & minor works partners – value
  Balfour Beatty Rail – Western Civils – £262m
  Dyer & Butler – Wales Civils – £150m
  JSS Rail – Western Buildings – £225m
  MPH Construc
  
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• Permasteelisa wins cladding deal on Multiplex city tower

  03-04-2025 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Permasteelisa Group has secured a contract to engineer, supply and install the facade for the 50 Fenchurch Street office tower being built by Multiplex.
  The specialist’s Gartner brand will work in partnership with Permasteelisa UK on the 36-storey by Eric Parry Architects which will be one of the lowest carbon and most biodiverse high-rise towers in the country.
  Permasteelisa Group’s Closed Cavity Façade (CCF) technology, with integrated automated blinds to maximise daylight w
  
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• Cardo in talks to buy Breyer roofing arm

  03-04-2025 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Growing building maintenance specialist Cardo Group is in talks to buy Breyer’s roofing business from administrators.
  Lloyds Bank has called in insolvency specialist RSM as administrator for the 250-employee housing maintenance specialist Breyer.
  The decision to call time on the Essex contractor comes after subcontractor payment problems came to a head with three winding up petitions issued against £80m turnover Breyer in the last few weeks.Breyer Group was originally founded as an A
  
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• Plans in for £350m London Bridge life sciences hub

  03-04-2025 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers Oxford Properties and Reef Estates have submitted plans for a 360,000 sq ft life sciences hub near London Bridge in the Capital.The £350m Snowsfields Quarter scheme being developed in partnership with Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation is designed by Allies and Morrison and DSDHA.
  The strip site will comprises three new buildings containing 245,000 sq ft of specialist labs facilities as well as community, including exhibition and training facilities.
  Emma Kowsari, dir
  
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• Plan in for £350m London Bridge life sciences hub

  03-04-2025 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers Oxford Properties and Reef Estates have submitted plans for a 360,000 sq ft life sciences hub near London Bridge in the Capital.The £350m Snowsfields Quarter scheme being developed in partnership with Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation is designed by Allies and Morrison and DSDHA.
  The strip site will comprises three new buildings containing 245,000 sq ft of specialist labs facilities as well as community, including exhibition and training facilities.
  Emma Kowsari, dir
  
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• Surging labour costs push tender price forecast up

  03-04-2025 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has revised its tender price forecast up for the year due to surging labour costs.
  Recent data reveals that construction vacancies have surged to their highest level in 18 months, leading to persistent labour shortages.
  In the final quarter of 2024, labour costs rose by 1.6%, marking a 6.5% year-on-year increase.
  Construction pay is now rising faster than in all but one other industry sector and is growing at its second highest rate since coming out of the pandemic.
  Mace warns that higher e
  
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