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• Liverpool unveils £850m highways framework line-up

  20-05-2025 21:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Liverpool City Council has selected eight firms for £850m highways framework to accelerate upgrades across the city.
  The four-year Highways Planned Works Framework aims to streamline procurement and deliver a pipeline of resurfacing, active travel, bridge and signal works more efficiently.
  Firms have been split into two value bands for projects up to £1.5m and for jobs over that threshold.
  Eight winning firmsHuyton Asphalt Civils
  Dowhigh
  The Casey Group
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• Council terminates Spencer bridge repair contract

  20-05-2025 15:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  North East Lincolnshire Council has terminated its contract with Spencer Group two years into the restoration of Grimsby’s historic Corporation Road Bridge.
  The council said “unacceptable delays” to the £5m+ restoration job were behind the decision.
  Spencer started on site in February 2023 with work originally scheduled to finish this summer.The council is now going out to tender for a new firm to finish the final stages of the refurbishment.
  It said: “The council n
  
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• Plans in for £100m Church Wharf regeneration in Bolton

  20-05-2025 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester-based developer Watson has submitted plans for a £100m regeneration scheme to transform a key gateway site in Bolton town centre.
  The 7.5-acre Church Wharf site will be turned into a new neighbourhood with 415 homes, a 130-bed hotel, and commercial space for shops, bars and restaurants.
  Work is expected to start this summer, subject to planning, with phased completion by 2029.
  Church Wharf Bolton
  The scheme will be backed by £5m from the Greater Manchester Brownfield Housi
  
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• Westminster gears up for £500m housing repairs deal

  20-05-2025 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Westminster City Council has kicked off early market talks for a massive £500m overhaul of its housing repairs and maintenance services.
  The authority is planning a major restructure of how it looks after its 23,000-strong housing stock, which includes over 100,000 repairs a year and a pipeline of major works.
  Current contracts covering everything from voids and domestic heating to lifts and major works are due to expire in 2027.
  Under a proposed new model, Westminster is aiming to shift t
  
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• McAvoy on the hunt for new subcontractors

  20-05-2025 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Offsite manufacturing specialist McAvoy is seeking to expand its network of subcontractors and suppliers for upcoming projects.
  The firm is hosting a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event on Wednesday 25th June at The Beeswing, Manchester, giving businesses the chance to connect with the McAvoy team and explore opportunities to become part of its supply chain.
  Modular specialist McAvoy is expanding its network of suppliers and subcontractors to support a growing pipeline of projects across sectors
  
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• Cementation Skanska names new operations director

  20-05-2025 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Piling specialist Cementation Skanska has promoted Emma Haddow to operations director responsible for UK-wide ground engineering services.
  Haddow has over 20 years’ experience in piling and ground engineering and moves up from her previous role as business stream director in Scotland. She now joins the firm’s leadership team with immediate effect.
  Since rejoining Cementation in 2022, Haddow has played a key role in expanding the business north of the border and was instrumental in la
  
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• Forterra fires-up kilns as house building demand returns

  20-05-2025 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Materials giant Forterra is boosting production to feed growing demand from house builders.
  In a bullish trading statement the firm said revenue for the first quarter to April 30 was 22% ahead of last year at £124.1m.
  Forterra said: “Trading saw continued positive momentum with the group benefitting from an improving demand environment, primarily driven by house building.“With demand recovering and inventories reducing we are actively managing production capacity to ensure we c
  
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• Henry Boot sets October start on £1bn cyber hub next to GCHQ

  20-05-2025 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Henry Boot is gearing up to start work in October on the first phase of its £1bn Golden Valley development next to GCHQ in Cheltenham.
  The flagship tech campus is set to transform the area into a national hub for cyber, AI and quantum innovation, with planning in for 1 million sq ft of commercial space and around 1,000 homes.
  The scheme will start with construction of a 160,000 sq ft statement office building, known as the IDEA Innovation Centre. Designed to be the heart of the new distric
  
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