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• Vistry secures 600-home Sunderland scheme

  21-05-2025 16:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Vistry has picked up the next major phase of Sunderland’s flagship Riverside regeneration with a 600-home neighbourhood at Sheepfolds.
  The site is located on the north side of the river next to the Stadium of Light and St Peter’s Metro Station.
  Vistry will work with Sunderland City Council to create the city centre’s largest new residential community on the brownfield site where enabling works are underway.Designed by architect Faulknerbrowns, the site will feature a mix of bes
  
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• Bowmer + Kirkland to build Manchester office block

  21-05-2025 16:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Landsec has appointed Bowmer + Kirkland to build Manchester’s newest office at the Mayfield Park city-centre site.
  Work will start this summer on the 233,000 sq ft building to be known as The Republic .
  It is hoped the development of the Republic will unlock the delivery of a total 1,700 homes as part of a major residential led scheme on the park.Henrietta Nowne, Development Director at Landsec, said: “The next generation of talent is rightly looking for more from
  
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• Saint Gobain to build new stone wool insulation factory

  21-05-2025 11:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Saint-Gobain UK has confirmed plans to build a new stone wool insulation manufacturing factory at the former Holwell Foundry Works in Melton Mowbray.
  Construction could start early next year subject to planning approval with the new factory targeted to begin production in 2027.
  The new plant will use all-electric melting technology to power the furnace, powered by renewable electricit and initially produce 50,000 tonnes of stone wool insulation products under the Saint-Gobain Isover brand.The fa
  
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• Wates calls for PFI reboot to unlock schools and hospitals

  21-05-2025 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Wates Group is urging ministers to revive private finance initiatives to help fund the next wave of public infrastructure, warning that without private cash the UK can’t build the schools, hospitals and housing it desperately needs.
  The contractor unveiled a new “Alliance Investment Model” at today’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds.
  Wates CEO Eoghan O’Lionaird said it was time to ditch the stigma around PFI and unlock pension fund investment
  
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• United Living acquires civils firm Peter Duffy

  21-05-2025 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  United Living Group has acquired £22m turnover civil engineering contractor Peter Duffy Ltd.
  The Wakefield-based firm specialises in water infrastructure and will become part of United Living’s Infrastructure Services division.
  Peter Duffy Ltd has been trading since 1972 and employs 135 staff.Neil Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, United Living Group, said: “The acquisition of Peter Duffy Ltd represents another key milestone in our strategy to become a market leader in wastewater in
  
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• BBV gears up for big HS2 viaduct slide over M6

  21-05-2025 01:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty Vinci has hit a major milestone on HS2, completing the first stretch of steelwork for twin viaducts to be slid over the M6 near Birmingham Airport.
  The 320m-long viaducts are being built to one side of the motorway before being slid into position during a series of weekend closures to minimise disruption.
  The first double box steel structure is set for its first 119m launch over a slip road during the weekend of 7/8 June.
  Strand jacks will be used to push the decks forward at a sp
  
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