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• Aston Villa to revamp North Stand

  24-04-2025 13:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Aston Villa Football Club has announced plans to refurbish and expand seat capacity in the North Stand.
  Expansion plans will see the capacity at Villa Park increase to over 50,000.
  Stadium renovation work will be completed in the second half of 2027, ahead of the UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament that Villa Park will be a host venue for.A full rebuild of the stand was first proposed in 2022 but revised plans will adapt and reuse the existing structure for the expansion.
  The approach ensures that the cap
  
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• Final phase of £1.5bn Elephant and Castle revamp hits planning

  24-04-2025 12:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Build-to-rent giant Get Living has submitted revised plans for the final piece of its £1.5bn regeneration jigsaw at Elephant and Castle in London.
  Dubbed the West Site, the third and final phase cluster of high rises will replace the old London College of Communication student buildings, which are making way for a new university campus being built across the road.
  The revised proposals include 507 rental homes with 165 set aside as affordable, alongside the introduction of 452 student beds
  
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• Sir Robert McAlpine claws way back into profit

  24-04-2025 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine has fought its way back into the black, posting a £10.4m pre-tax profit for the year to October 2024 after a bruising £105m loss the year before.
  The turnaround came just eight months after chief executive Neil Martin took the reins, with the booked profit arising from a slender £2.6m trading profit and £6.9m in R&D tax credits.
  In a year marked by a shift to a national, sector-focused model, the private contractor also tightened its grip on cash,
  
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• Severfield to cut staff by 6% amid pricing pressure

  24-04-2025 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Britain’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield is planning to cut staff numbers by around 6% in the face of growing cost pressure on tender prices.
  Based on last year’s published figures this will amount to over 100 job cuts.
  In a year-end trading statement this morning, the specialist contractor said: “We continue to take appropriate cost reduction actions to mitigate the effects of the trading pressures the group is currently facing.“We have recently completed a head
  
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• First live tests for flying construction robots

  24-04-2025 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Flying construction robots are being tested in site-like conditions for the first time.
  The test come as new research led by Imperial College London and co-authored by the University of Bristol predicts that aerial robotics could provide wide-ranging benefits to the safety, sustainability and scale of construction.
  The research examines the emerging field of using drones for mid-air material deposition in the construction industry – a process known as Aerial Additive Manufacturing (Aerial
  
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• JRL completes sale of 50% stake to Malaysian giant IJM

  24-04-2025 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Diversified construction group JRL has finalised the sale of a 50% stake to Malaysian property giant IJM Corporation.
  IJM gains access to JRL’s full self-delivery model, including Midgard, J Reddington and McMullen to deliver planned residential schemes in the south east.
  The tie-up also turbocharges IJM’s Innova joint venture with Network Rail Property. This is targeting eight rail-side schemes across four London boroughs topping £3bn development value.JRL’s ability to d
  
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