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• Brickwork contractor Lee Marley returns to profit

  20-05-2024 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The country’s largest integrated brickwork and scaffolding subcontractor Lee Marley Brickwork has returned to profit buoyed by larger multi-storey and complex projects.
  The brickwork specialist bounced back to a £2.8m pre-tax profit last year after a prior year loss of £2.2m in the face of wage and materials inflation.
  Revenue over the year to December 2023 was up over a fifth to £80m driving a jump in staff numbers to 210 from around 180 in the more challenging prior yea
  
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• JRL plans first Manchester 28 storey resi block

  03-06-2024 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London construction group JRL has submitted plans to build a 28-storey build-to-rent tower in Manchester.
  The £75m project close to Piccadilly station on Sparkle Street will provide around 360 flats and requires demolition of low rise commercial units before work can get underway.
  It is JRL’s first development project in Manchester and will see the group’s main contracting arm Midgard deliver the project, designed by architect SimpsonHaugh.Midgard has been operation in Manchest
  
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• Barratt and Springfield deal to deliver new Scottish village

  03-06-2024 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  House builders Springfield Properties and Barratt Developments have entered into a partnership to accelerate the delivery of a new 3,042-home village at Durieshill, on the outskirts of Stirling.
  Springfield is supplying the land, having driven the development through the design and planning process while Barratt will lead the provision of an ambitious infrastructure programme across the 600 acre site.
  Initial groundworks are expected to start later this year creating over 200 new jobs.The infras
  
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• CR Construction (UK) wins £34m historic mill restoration

  03-06-2024 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The UK arm of Hong Kong-listed contractor CR Construction has won the job to create 190 flats at the historic former Talbot Mill in Manchester.
  Manchester-based developer Capital & Centric is behind the plans to restore one of the city’s oldest Victorian mills, located in Ellesmere Street, Castlefield.
  Under a £37m contract, CR Construction (UK) will deliver 190 homes along with public realm and amenity block works against a 105-week programme.The project will consist of three re
  
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• Weston Homes names next CEO

  03-06-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private volume house builder Weston Homes has promoted south east  housing expert Peter Gore as the new chief executive officer of the group.
  In his new role, he will work closely alongside chairman Bob Weston driving growth at Weston Homes, offsite specialist British Offsite and serviced office provider Weston Business Centres.
  The group also encompasses environmental and safety consultancy Stansted and construction plant hire and warehousing arm Weston Logist
  
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• Staff at surface repair specialist Merlin looking for new jobs

  03-06-2024 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Staff at hard surface repair specialist Merlin are looking for new jobs.
  A number of the firm’s 100 workers took to LinkedIn over the weekend after being suddenly let go by the Manchester based contractor.
  Merlin Repair Specialists has a nationwide team of technicians who specialise in the repair and resurfacing of damaged manufactured interior and exterior surfaces for some of the country’s largest construction companies.
  The firm’s website states: “Our customers include
  
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• Vigil for worker killed at Berkeley site

  03-06-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Safety campaigners held a vigil last Friday for a construction worker killed at the Camden Goods Yard site in north London.
  Berkeley Group company St George is developing the 600+ new homes site where the fatality occurred.
  The Enquirer understands the victim was hit by an asphalt paving lorry.Construction union Unite and campaigners from the London Hazards Centre staged the vigil after news of the incident emerged.
  A St George spokesperson told the Camden New Journal: “A fatal accident oc
  
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• Industry rebar supplies at risk from Chatham Docks scheme

  31-05-2024 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Steel producer ArcelorMittal is warning that its rebar facility supplying 30% of UK needs may have to close as a result of a planned new business park at Chatham Docks.
  Developer Peel Waters last night gained planning consent from Medway council to transform the 18 acre waterfront industrial estate at Chatham Docks into a new high-spec business park.
  The Basin 3 employment and enterprise campus is hoped to bring thousands of new jobs to the area.
  Peel Water’s planned Basin3 waterfront busi
  
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• 18 win £600m North Wales construction framework

  31-05-2024 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Eighteen firms have secured spots on a £600m Welsh construction framework to be used for school buildings and public sector projects by six North Wales authorities.
  The North Wales Construction Partnership, led by Denbighshire County Council, is the third-generation North Wales Construction Framework.
  Five firms Read Construction, Wynne Construction, Kier, Morgan Sindall and Galliford Try have secured places on the major project lot covering projects worth more than £10m.The renewal
  
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• Manchester 37-storey student tower approved

  31-05-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to redevelop The Hotspur Press former Victorian mill building in Manchester to provide nearly 600 student bedrooms have got the planning green light from city planners.
  The scheme is London developer Manner’s first in Manchester and will preserve much of the old cotton mill’s existing brick exterior.
  Sprouting from the old mill building will rise a 37-storey brick-clad tower incorporating the student rooms. The lower floors of the mill will be occupied with commercial space.
  Th
  
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• Kier chalks up £23m Bradford school job

  31-05-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier has finalised the price for a complex rebuild and refurbishment of Trinity Academy school in the Queensberry area of Bradford.
  The firm was granted planning last month and is gearing up to start the project which will be delivered in three phases while the school remains open.
  The first phase will start with the demolition of an existing 1930s block which has already been closed because of disrepair and asbestos.This will be replaced by a new two-storey block containing the sports and main
  
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• Galliford Try wins £70m Oxford immigration centre

  31-05-2024 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has secured two big Government contracts for an immigration centre in Oxfordshire and the next phase expansion of the defence intelligence estate at RAF Wyton, together worth £101m.
  First, the group’s Building Southern business has reached financial close with the Home Office for a £70m project to reopen Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
  The project will see the construction of a 400-bedroom immigration removal centre for men
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across Glasgow

  31-05-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Constructionline is bringing its Marketplace Live event to Glasgow on June 18 where big name contractors and clients will be looking to boost their supply chains.
  The event will be staged at DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Spa & Golf Resort where buyers will be able to connect with regional suppliers and subcontractors and discuss new work.
  The event, previously known as ‘Constructionline Meet the Buyer’, features several of the UK’s top contractors, public sector a
  
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• M&E sector leads rise in subcontractor tender activity

  30-05-2024 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractor tender activity is on the rise despite lingering concerns about projects crossing the line to start construction.
  The latest survey of around 150 package contractors by leading framework provider Southern Construction Framework reveals tender activity improved 3.2% in the first three months of 2024.
  M&E firms saw the biggest rise in demand to price work, up 9.5%, while drylining subcontractors also enjoyed a 6.7% rise.
  This rise in activity is being driven in the main by both r
  
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• Court fight continues for specialist hit by CCJ blunder

  30-05-2024 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A leading screeding contractor is still fighting to get an incorrect county court judgement wiped from its records seven months after it was lodged against the business.
  Directors of Chester based William Lea Ltd are facing a frustrating battle through the court system to repair their credit rating which was hit by a clerical error.
  The firm started receiving calls from suppliers last October after the CCJ appeared against its name on industry credit checking services.William Lea discovered the
  
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• Funding deal for Salford Michigan Tower job

  30-05-2024 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  X1 Developments has completed a £69m funding deal to start construction of the first building in its Michigan Towers residential scheme at Salford Quays.
  The deal paves the way for Vermont Construction to start work on the 34-storey tower, which will contain nearly 400 flats.
  X1 Michigan Towers is an iconic development at the very heart of the MediaCityUK.
  The site is located on Michigan Avenue, near the Broadway Metrolink stop and will see up to four main towers built over the next seven
  
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• Steel contractor Embrace targets £100m revenue

  30-05-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Expanding structural steel specialist Embrace Steel has strengthened its management as it sets course to double in size within two years.
  Investor group Embrace entered the steelwork sector two years ago after buying North Yorkshire steel designer and fabricator Hambleton Steel.Since revenue doubled to £27m, a record annual turnover for the business.
  Last month Embrace continued on its expansion path snapping up South Wales steel fabricator Shufflebottom, taking the Embrace Steel group to
  
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• Morgan Sindall bags £60m raft of NHS projects

  29-05-2024 15:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall Construction has landed multiple new-build and refurbishment projects as part of a package of improvements for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.The tier one contractor’s Essex business was selected for the six projects as part of the new ProCure23 framework.Peter Whitmore, managing director for Morgan Sindall Construction in the East, said that two main aspects of the work will include a new Community Diagnostic Centre in Pitsea and the creation of the Southend Elect
  
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• Peri buys shoring and temporary bridge specialist Mabey Hire

  29-05-2024 10:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scaffolding and formwork specialist PERI has bought Mabey Hire to expand into temporary the bridges and shoring and propping sectors.
  Mabey Hire turned over just over £50m last year to generate a pre-tax profit of £9.5m, including £4.4m of disposals.
  The firm employs around 400 staff operating out of 16 different locations.Under the deal with German-owned PERI, Mabey Hire will continue under its current management, brand and name and will operate as an independent company under
  
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• Northumbria Uni invites bids for £75m CHASE project

  29-05-2024 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The University of Northumbria has started the bid race for a landmark £75m teaching and research facility in Newcastle.
  Its ambitious plan to develop its Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) will bring together academics working on health, social care, education, wellbeing and equity issues across the University’s City and Coach Lane Campuses into one central base in the heart of Newcastle.
  It will provide laboratories and teaching space to house some of the University’s
  
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• McLaren to build new Hertfordshire primary school

  29-05-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has been appointed to build the £11.4m High Leigh Primary School at Hoddesdon for Hertfordshire County Council.
  The award came through the Department for Education framework which McLaren won a place on to deliver medium value contracts in London, the South East and East of England in 2021.
  The new two-form entry primary school for 420 pupils aged 4-11 has an integrated 30-place nursery.It replaces the existing one-form entry Westfield Community Primary School in Hodde
  
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• Civils firm Akela appoints former Robertson director as MD

  29-05-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scottish civils contractor Akela Construction has appointed former Robertson director Robert Ogg as Managing Director.
  Ogg has over three decades of industry experience  including previous positions at Morgan Sindall as Managing Director of Scottish infrastructure works and Balfour Beatty, leading the delivery of key frameworks and projects.
  His expertise in leading large-scale frameworks includes a key role in assisting the Scottish Government in the creation of the pan-Scotland Civil Engi
  
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• Vinci/McAlpine go-ahead for £312m Midlands hospitals revamp

  29-05-2024 08:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has got the green light to start work on its £312m hospitals transformation programme.
  Vinci and McAlpine joint venture Integrated Health Projects is the design and construction partner for the project to transform acute hospital services.
  The JV has been carrying out preparatory works at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site. The NHS Trust has now gained full business case approval allowing, IHP to move to full construction.
  Under the plans, the
  
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• Mount Anvil seals Isle of Dogs estate rebuild

  29-05-2024 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mount Anvil has signed off a deal to regenerate the Tiller Road Estate on the Isle of Dogs in east London.
  The firm will work with social landlord The Riverside Group in joint venture to deliver over 300 new homes within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
  It will include new affordable and private homes, in addition to the supply of 72 new homes for current residents to replace those in the three existing buildings: Kedge House, Starboard Way and Winch House.The scheme expands Mount Anvil&rsqu
  
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• Developer picked for Stafford town centre regeneration

  29-05-2024 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staffordshire County Council has selected a developer partner to progress a major regeneration scheme in the centre of Stafford.
  ION Developments will now work with the county council to take forward the Eastgate regeneration scheme.
  Outline proposals have been submitted by ION for residential and mixed-use developments on several sites including the reuse of a large part of the vacant former county council offices.
  The proposals are likely to include new public realm and green spaces near to St
  
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• Lendlease puts construction arm up for sale

  28-05-2024 13:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease is pulling out of the UK and selling its construction business in a radical strategic business overhaul to focus on its home Australian market.
  The firm expects to offload its UK construction arm within the next 18 months and said it was already well advanced on plans to sell the US construction operation.
  The plan to simplify and restructure the global development and construction business comes after a disappointing four years which has seen Lendlease’s stock fall by around hal
  
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• Caddick steps-in at former Lane End housing job

  28-05-2024 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Construction has been appointed to restart work at a residential scheme hit by the administration of Lane End Developments last year.
  The Rivington Chase scheme is part of a £262m regeneration project containing 1,700 homes in Horwich.
  Caddick will restart construction at the former Loco Works to regenerate the former railway buildings to become 38 family homes and 78 apartments.Dave Saville, Regional Director at Caddick Construction North West, said: “All projects, particula
  
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• BAM wins first phase of North Devon hospital revamp

  28-05-2024 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM Construction has won the first phase of a major redevelopment programme at North Devon District Hospital.
  Phase one of the The Our Future Hospital project will see BAM oversee redevelopment of staff accommodation.
  The work is key to boosting the hospital’s recruitment and retention levels, to support future models of care, and will also enable the development of new clinical buildings at the hospital site, which the Trust plans to deliver in programme’s second phase.Chris Tidman,
  
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• Plans in for Leeds iconic Tetley building revamp

  28-05-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been submitted to secure the future of the iconic Tetley building in Leeds.
  Vastint UK, the developer behind the 24-acre Aire Park mixed-use district on Leeds’ South Bank, plans to reopen the disused building with a market hall, food and drink space and offices above.
  The 92-year-old building, once the brewing giant’s headquarters, will form a historic centre piece to the wider brewery site redevelopment.The building’s art deco façade will be retained while an
  
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• Costain A1 £260m dualling job finally gets go-ahead

  28-05-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has finally given the go-ahead for the dualling of a 13-mile stretch of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham in Northumberland.
  Main contractor Costain has been waiting for the green light on the long delayed £260m project, originally timetabled to start in the Summer of 2022.
  The Department of Transport pushed back its decision four times since being handed the planning inspectors report back in October 2021.The original delay was blamed on the need for the Government to gi
  
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