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• Home office says sorry to FP McCann after site raid

  22-05-2025 22:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Home Office has apologised to precast concrete contractor FP McCann and agreed to pay “substantial damages” over false allegations of illegal workers on one of its sites.
  The Home Office briefed the media on a raid on on the Shotton Mill site in Deeside, north Wales in March 2024 warning that McCann could face fines of up to £225,000 after 13 people were arrested.
  But within weeks McCann was issued with a “No Action Notice” from the Immigration Enforcement divis
  
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• Groundworks firm Corbyn goes under

  22-05-2025 15:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London based groundworks and concrete frame specialist Corbyn Construction is now in administration.
  The company first flagged its financial troubles late last year when the start of a series of notices of intention to appoint an administrators was filed.
  Since then data and credit checking specialist Red Flag Alert shows a string of County Court Judgements against the firm.A notice in The Gazette yesterday confirmed that FRP Advisory Trading Limited has now been appointed as administrator at th
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins Crystal Palace sports centre revamp

  22-05-2025 11:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has landed the design and build deal to redevelop the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in south London.
  The contract was awarded through the Southern Construction Framework and will include major refurbishment of the 50m swimming and diving pools and improvements to the indoor facilities, external pitches and athletics stadium.
  Opened in 1964, the centre comprises an athletics stadium, indoor arena, swimming and diving pools, together with a large gym and a multitude of other
  
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• Design team named for £1bn rebuild of Airedale Hospital

  22-05-2025 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a specialist design team to lead its £1bn-plus new hospital project as part of the Government’s flagship New Hospital Programme.
  P+HS Architects has been named as lead consultant for the major rebuild of Airedale General Hospital, supported by AHR and Hospital 2.0 specialists HDR.
  The Keighley hospital in West Yorkshire is one of the first projects to move forward under Wave 1 of the Government’s £20bn New Hospital Programme.
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• Bilfinger bags National Gas compressor stations deal

  22-05-2025 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bilfinger UK has secured a contract with National Gas to maintain flow along the National Transmission System (NTS).
  This win will create up to 100 jobs with Bilfinger UK undertaking the role of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor at key locations.
  Work will include upgrades to Felindre Compressor Station in South Wales.Compressor stations are strategically located at intervals along the NTS to maintain the flow of gas. Each station comprises two or more compressor units that pressurise
  
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• Court ruling opens floodgates for legacy defect claims

  22-05-2025 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers can now pursue negligent designers and contractors for historic building safety failings after a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
  In a major win for Barratt Developments subsidiary BDW Trading, the court dismissed an appeal by structural engineer URS and backed developers’ rights to recover costs even for defects in buildings they no longer own.
  The judgment provides long-awaited clarity on how the Building Safety Act’s extended 30-year limitation period applies and will lik
  
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