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• NPC supplies pile croppers at Kier super prison

  15-05-2025 16:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Pile Croppers (NPC) has landed a deal to supply its products during the construction of the £684m HMP Glasgow super prison.
  Kier is main contractor on the job for the Scottish Government where NPC will be supplying an array of its hydraulic pile croppers.
  Kier has been on site since October 2023, undertaking works to remediate the complex brownfield site which once housed a gas works before the start of the main construction process.
  Roger Bullivant has been appointed the piling c
  
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• Tide gets go-ahead for over 1,000-home London scheme

  15-05-2025 11:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Volumetric housing specialist Tide has bagged planning approval for a 1,051-home scheme near Bermondsey in London.
  The revised scheme for Ilderton Road in Southwark ramps up affordable housing by 55% to 186 social rent units and boosts the co-living element from 605 to 865 homes.
  Designed by architect tp bennett, the four-block development will transform a vacant brownfield site with a mix of high-density housing and upgraded public realm, including a revamped central pocket park.Constructi
  
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• Plans go in for 100 acre Port of Tilbury expansion

  15-05-2025 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted for a 100-acre extension of the Port of Tilbury.
  Construction work on the site the size of 70 football pitches could start in 2026 with a target of being fully operational by 2030.
  Owner Forth Ports has submitted an outline planning application to Thurrock Council for a range of activities including general industrial storage, warehousing and processing; a construction material and aggregate terminal; container handling and storage and and vehicle storage.Work on the T3
  
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• Construction output flickers into life in March

  15-05-2025 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction output rose 0.5% in March, driven by gains in new work and repair activity but overall growth for the first quarter of 2025 remained flat.
  The March uptick followed a revised 0.2% rise in February and a 0.3% dip in January, leaving Q1 output level with the previous quarter. New work rose 0.9% over the period, while repair and maintenance slipped 1.2%.
  Milder weather helped boost activity, with five of nine sectors reporting growth in March. Infrastructure and private housing led the
  
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• Munnelly founder hands over CEO role to son

  15-05-2025 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Munnelly Group founder Phil Munnelly is handing over the CEO reins to his son Paul David Munnelly in a boardroom reshuffle at the top of the family-run business.
  After more than 40 years leading the London-based construction group he founded in 1982, Phil Munnelly will become chairman, taking on a more ambassadorial role while remaining involved in strategic decision-making.
  His son has served as chief operating officer for the past two-and-a-half years.Phil Munnelly said: “This leadership
  
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• Mayor backs 46-storey student tower at Canary Wharf

  15-05-2025 00:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s mayor has given Canary Wharf Group the planning green light for a 46-storey student accommodation tower at its Wood Wharf estate.
  The scheme at 7 Brannan Street will deliver 912 bedrooms and is the latest move to diversify the growing residential community at the Docklands district.Designed by Howells, the tower will feature communal and leisure spaces at ground, mezzanine, ninth and roof levels. Plans also include new ground floor retail and two waterside public gardens.
  The proj
  
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