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• New scaffolding training trade body launches

  12-05-2025 15:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  A new industry trade body called the Scaffolding Training Alliance (STA) has been formed.
  The launch by a group of access industry construction professionals and leading scaffolding training providers comes amid uncertainty in the industry caused by planned changes to the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS).
  CISRS has been the industry standard training scheme for 60 years but the Enquirer understands changes proposed by its owners at the NASC have not gone down well with a n
  
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• Higgins Homes and site workers face manslaughter charges

  12-05-2025 14:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Higgins Homes PLC and four men have been charged in connection with the death of a woman in Bethnal Green in 2018.
  Michaela Boor, 28, was struck by a pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks that fell from a tower crane on a Higgins Homes building development in St Pauls Way in Bethnal Green.
  She died in hospital the following day.The charges following an investigation by the Met and the Health and Safety Executive.
  Higgins Homes has been charged with corporate manslaughter and safety of
  
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• Midgard lands £145m deal to build Edition Birmingham

  12-05-2025 12:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  Midgard has been confirmed as contractor on the Edition Birmingham residential scheme under a £145m deal.
  Construction will start shortly on the scheme for developers Court Collaboration and Select Property to build 581-homes with phase one expected to be completed in 2027.
  Edition Birmingham will sit adjacent to Centenary Square in the heart of the city containing apartments split between two connected towers – the 46-storey Centenary Tower and Park Residence at 15 storey.JRL Group
  
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• McAleer & Rushe set to break £500m turnover barrier

  12-05-2025 12:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe is on track to break through the £500m turnover barrier this year after posting strong 2024 results driven by a string of major project wins.
  The design and build contractor grew turnover by 13% last year to £491m, with a forecast to hit £550m this year as momentum builds across its residential, student, and later living markets.
  Pre-tax profit jumped 46% to £16m, while cash at bank rose to £71m, up from £53m in
  
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• MoD to bid £100m command HQ enabling works

  12-05-2025 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Ministry of Defence is preparing to tender a major enabling works package at its Northwood headquarters site as part of a wider redevelopment project.
  The works packages worth around £100m will cover construction of a new multi-storey car park and associated site development works at the Hertfordshire command centre.
  An official tender is expected to be published in October for a contract expected to run from April 2026 to September 2028.The enabling phase will pave the way for a large
  
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• £1.8bn framework planned for green retrofit drive

  12-05-2025 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester social housing framework specialist Procure Plus is preparing a £1.8bn framework to deliver low and zero carbon technologies.
  The four-year deal for social housing and wider public sector buildings across the UK will cover installation of air and ground source heat pumps, electric heating, solar panels, battery storage, insulation, ventilation, and whole-house retrofit packages.
  The not-for-profit housing procurement body is targeting SMEs and larger contractors to join the fram
  
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• Top design team picked for £2.5bn YorK Central scheme

  12-05-2025 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A heavyweight line-up of architects and designers have been picked to deliver the £2.5bn York Central regeneration scheme.
  Joint developers McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate have selected Allies and Morrison as lead masterplanner for the 45-hectare site, working alongside international landscape firm Grant Associates.
  The design appointments mark a major step forward for the £2.5bn scheme, which is being brought forward with landowners Homes England and Network Rail Property
  
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• Failed shed specialist Marbank owed suppliers £10m

  12-05-2025 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Portal-framed building specialist Marbank Construction owed its supply chain £9.8m when it went into administration in March.
  Documents filed at Companies House by administrator FRP Advisory reveal the scale of debts at the Surrey based contractor which has built more more than 300 industrial sheds with a combined value of over £1bn since the company was founded in 1994.
  Hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers were left holding unpaid invoices when Marbank went down and those bills
  
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