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• Bauer Technologies lands Dovetail Building piling deal

  01-12-2025 20:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bauer Technologies has been awarded the specialist piling and geotechnical works package for The Dovetail Building – a 24-storey mixed-use development in the City of London.
  Commissioned by Deconstruct UK Ltd on behalf of client Brockton Everlast, the project represents a significant addition to London’s premium office and retail landscape, featuring a three-level basement and high-specification tower structure designed to meet modern sustainability and performance standards.
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• CSCS Alliance confirms appointment of new Chair

  01-12-2025 20:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  The CSCS Alliance – the collective voice of the 37 card schemes that carry the CSCS logo – has announced the appointment of Marion Marsland as its new Chair.
  Marsland will lead the Alliance as it continues to drive higher standards and improved safety across construction and the built environment.
  With over 40 years’ experience in the thermal insulation sector, Masland has worked across contracting, distribution and manufacturing before moving into trade-association leadership.
  
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• Caddick lands £20m Nottingham addiction clinic

  01-12-2025 17:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  Caddick has been picked as preferred bidder to deliver a £20m addiction treatment clinic on the site of Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue’s former HQ in Bestwood.
  The contractor has signed a PCSA with Delamere Health to prep the plot for a new 32-room residential treatment centre billed as the UK’s biggest investment in addiction rehabilitation.
  Demolition of the old fire HQ is due to start before Christmas ahead of a full build contract expected early next year.
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• Balfour regional civils chief joins Costain

  01-12-2025 13:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Costain has appointed Peter Mumford as managing director for its natural resources division.
  Mumford will join Costain’s Executive Board and start on 2 January 2026.
  He replaces Sam White who left in October to become managing director of Mitie’s Technical Services division.
  Mumford joins from Balfour Beatty where he was managing director of its regional civils business in the UK.Prior to that he spent five years at National Highways leading the delivery of the government’s &po
  
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• Gateway 2 project backlog slashed but retrofit logjam drags on

  01-12-2025 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Building Safety Regulator has slashed the pile of legacy Gateway 2 new build cases by almost half as new approval procedures start to kick in.
  But large numbers of planned remediation and refurbishment project remain stuck in a stubborn bottleneck as fresh applications continue to outpace decisions.
  Since August, the regulator has pushed through 40 legacy high rise, new build determinations, cutting the old-case backlog from 103 to 63.
  Another nine schemes are already lined up for approval w
  
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• ECO4 axe pushes local retrofit firms to brink

  01-12-2025 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Regional energy retrofit firms are warning of a supply-chain collapse after the Government moved to axe the £6.5bn ECO4 scheme that upgrades damp, mouldy and draughty homes for the poorest households.
  The shock Budget decision scraps the £1.3bn-a-year programme in March 2026, handing bill-payers a saving of around £48 while pulling vital funding from low-income homes and the SME contractors that deliver the work.
  Around 5,000 homes a month currently receive measures through ECO
  
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• “Future of construction” firm files administration notice

  01-12-2025 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Pioneering graphene firm Versarien has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The firm’s products include Cementene – a concrete admixture hailed as the “future of construction” which boosts strength and cuts carbon.
  Versarien has trialled its products on HS2 and signed a deal with Balfour Beatty last year to work on new products.But the AIM listed business confirmed this morning that its shares were being suspended while it seeks a buyer over the next t
  
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• Stage set for Andover £24m new theatre bid race

  01-12-2025 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  Test Valley Borough Council has raised the curtain on a £24m two-stage tender to build Andover’s new flagship theatre.
  The council is hunting a contractor to deliver pre-construction services and a 77-week main works package that will form the centrepiece of its town-centre masterplan.
  The project replaces the old Poundstretcher unit on the High Street, now being demolished to create a clear site for the venue, which will become the new home for The Lights.
  Five contractors are expec
  
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• Manchester town hall refurb costs hit £525m

  01-12-2025 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  The refurbishment of Manchester Town Hall will cost another £95m and not be completed until Spring 2027 by main contractor Bovis.
  The latest total £525m budget and time scale increase has  been confirmed in a project update by Manchester City Council.
  Bovis – then known as Lendlease – started the job in 2020 with an original budget of £330m and completion date of 2024.The scheme has been hit by a series of cost and time increases in the intervening years and th
  
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• Electrical flashover at wind farm hits maintenance worker

  01-12-2025 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  A wind farm management services company has been fined £80,000 after a worker was seriously injured by an electrical flashover.
  Natural Power Services Limited had sent the then 38-year-old to carry out maintenance work in an electrical substation within the Tom Nan Clach Wind Farm, near Inverness on June 23 2020. His injuries were life-changing and have required multiple surgeries.
  An HSE investigation found that the incident happened following a departure from the prepared switching
  
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