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• Three arrested in Blu-3 and Mace bribery probe

  30-04-2025 23:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Serious Fraud Office yesterday arrested three people in dawn raids at five properties as part of a major bribery investigation tied to the construction of a Microsoft data centre in the Netherlands.
  The SFO said it was targeting infrastructure specialist Blu-3 and former associates of the Mace Group.
  Individuals at Blu-3 are suspected of paying over £3m of bribes to people linked to Mace.More than 70 SFO staff searched four homes and one commercial property across London, Kent, Su
  
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• HS2 engineers finish UK’s heaviest bridge slide early

  30-04-2025 16:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineers from HS2 main works contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI have slid a record-breaking 14,500-tonne concrete box under the carriageway of the busy A46 Kenilworth Bypass 30 hours ahead of schedule.
  The colossal structure was pushed into place in just 10 hours during a precision operation that avoided two years of disruption on one of the Midlands’ key routes.Built to carry HS2 trains beneath the A46 on the approach to the new Interchange station near the NEC, the 42m-wide concrete box wa
  
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• Murphy on board at new £32m rail station

  30-04-2025 16:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Murphy has been appointed to develop final designs for a new train station in Golborne after the £32m scheme was given the planning green light by Wigan Council.
  Transport for Greater Manchester is expecting construction to begin in 2026 with the first trains hoped to stop there in 2027.
  Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said: “To have such a respected partner like Murphy on board to take the station through detailed design is a fantastic result, and we can then move swiftly
  
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• Turkish contractor Limak to build new Luton Town stadium

  30-04-2025 15:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Turkish contractor Limak International has been chosen to build Luton Town Football Club’s new stadium with construction set to start this summer.
  The new 25,000-capacity stadium at Power Court will hold its first competitive game at the start of the 2028/29 season.
  Limak International has signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement with Luton’s development arm after beating “multiple high-quality bidders.”The Turkish based firm is one of the world’s 50 biggest con
  
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• Bowmer + Kirkland to build £190m Oxford science scheme

  30-04-2025 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bowmer + Kirkland has bagged the main build contract for central Oxford’s largest commercial science project.
  Developers Mission Street and BGO have appointed the firm to deliver the 180,000 sq ft Fabrica scheme on Botley Road, with work set to start at the end of May following groundworks by Colemans.
  Due to complete in early 2027, Fabrica will be the biggest UK science project to break ground in the first half of 2025.The five-storey building will sit at the heart of Oxford’s West
  
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• United Living lands £250m HyNet pipeline deal

  30-04-2025 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  United Living has bagged a £250m contract to help deliver the CO₂ pipeline for the HyNet carbon capture project in the North West.
  Its energy arm, United Living Energy, will design and build over 34km of new pipework as part of the CO₂ Transportation and Storage  infrastructure, linking up with 24km of existing pipeline between Ince, Cheshire and Point of Ayr in North Wales.
  The three-year deal comes from Liverpool Bay CCS – a subsidiary of global energy-tech firm En
  
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• Fly-tippers to get their vehicles crushed

  30-04-2025 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cowboy construction waste operators will get their vehicles crushed under a new Government crackdown on fly-tipping.
  Councils will work with the police to identify, seize and crush vehicles of waste criminals. Drones and mobile CCTV cameras will be deployed to identify cars and vans belonging to fly-tippers so they can be destroyed.
  Red tape blocking councils from seizing and crushing vehicles will be removed and waste cowboys will now face up to five years in prison for operating illegally
  
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• Hydrogen diggers get green light to use roads

  30-04-2025 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Hydrogen-powered diggers could soon be a regular sight on UK roads after the government changed the law to allow the green machines to drive between building sites.
  The move removes a key roadblock to the wider rollout of hydrogen-powered construction kit, giving a huge boost to JCB’s £100m drive to develop zero-emission hydrogen engines.
  Milestone moment for the use of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel in construction
  Future of roads minister Lilian Greenwood confirmed that hydrogen-fu
  
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• Go-ahead for McAleer & Rushe Glasgow student job

  30-04-2025 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  McAleer & Rushe has secured the go-ahead for a new 591-bed student tower in Glasgow after Vita Group clinched a £100m funding deal with Eldridge Real Estate Credit.
  The 18-storey purpose-built student block will rise on India Street, close to the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University, with construction expected to complete by July 2027.
  Eldridge’s latest backing brings its total support for Vita student projects to nearly £1bn across nine schemes deliverin
  
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