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• Offsite system to cut staircase construction times by 80%

  02-06-2020 16:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staircase construction times are set to be slashed by more than 80% thanks to a new off-site balustrade system.
  The new Konnekt K100 balustrade system can be integrated with pre-cast staircases in the factory or site compound.
  Pre-cast staircases complete with balustrades can then be lifted directly into place cutting out the need for traditional installation and finishing trades on site.Mark Deayton, Director of Business Development at manufacturer Delta Balustrades, said: “The introducti
  
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• JCT launches latest contract updates

  24-04-2024 11:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  JCT has announced the latest release of all contracts from the Design and Build Contract family as part of the launch of its 2024 Edition of contracts.​Design and Build 2024 contracts are available to purchase from JCT’s online store and are available in hardcopy, JCT On Demand digital, and via the JCT Construct digital subscription service.
  ​The 2024 Edition of the Design and Build Contract family includes:Design and Build Contract (DB 2024)
  Design and Build Contract Guide (DB
  
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• Unions win HS2 site access battle at Old Oak Common job

  24-04-2024 09:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 joint venture Balfour Beatty, Vinca, SYSTRA has finally agreed to allow construction union officials access to its HS2 Old Oak Common construction site.The agreement secures the right of Unite officials to visit the project’s inductions and rest facilities to talk to all the workers on the site during their breaks, in order to deal with any concerns or worries they may have.The access deal was signed after a two-year campaign by Unite, which included regular demonstrations, leafl
  
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• Pagabo reveals 56 winners of latest £1.6bn retrofit deal

  24-04-2024 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pagabo has announced the 56 suppliers appointed to its new £1.6bn Decarbonisation Solutions Framework.
  The framework provider recently launched its healthcare specific decarbonisation deal, and this latest instalment will support public sector organisations completing building works in all other sectors.
  Kingston upon Hull City Council (HCC) is serving as the contracting authority for the framework, which will run for four years.Suppliers appointed can provide a “complete business so
  
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• Contractors jack 1,100t viaduct into place in 13-hour operation

  24-04-2024 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Belgian steelwork specialist Victor Buyck has jacked in a 1,100 tonne steel viaduct on HS2’s complex Delta Junction project.
  Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the firm 13 hours using push-pull jacking to install the 158m-long viaduct over two M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.The operation was completed 10 hours ahead of schedule by a 25-strong Victor Buyck team, enabling the motorway link roads to be opened earlier than planned.
  The ‘East M42-M6 Link Viaduct&rsq
  
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• Go-ahead for £100m Liverpool Love Lane flats

  24-04-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Widnes-based Sourced Development Group and partner Network Rail have been given the green light to build over 500 flats in four blocks just outside Liverpool city centre.
  The distinctive pink/red-clad blocks will be built on four former car park plots of land at Love Lane and Pall Mall in the Vauxhall area, with buildings ranging from nine to 11 storeys.
  BDP designed the project with M&E consultant Steven A Hunt & Associates. Two of the blocks will be built above existing Network Rail-ow
  
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• Berkeley subbies face six weeks without payments

  24-04-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley Group is moving to a new finance system which could leave its supply chain facing six weeks without payment this summer.
  Subcontractors have been sent emails from the house building giant warning about disruption to payments.
  It said: “As some of you will be aware, Berkeley Group have started to introduce a new Finance, Procurement and Subcontract application throughout its businesses.“There will be some disruption caused by this and we are anticipating not being able to rai
  
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• Mace poaches Ramboll chief to be Head of Engineering

  23-04-2024 12:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace has lured consultant Ramboll’s head of London buildings Martin Feakes to take the role of group head of civil and structural engineering.
  In his new role, Feakes will lead on developing the discipline of civil and structural engineering across the group.
  His responsibilities will include setting the platform for engineering on projects and programmes, supporting design teams with buildability advice, as well as embedding Construction to Production (C2P) and optimising construction eng
  
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• Wates wins former Daily Mail printworks transformation

  23-04-2024 12:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Land has finalised a deal with Wates to transform its landmark Printworks site at Canada Water in London into offices and a cultural venue.
  The plan will reinstate and create a permanent music venue in one half of the large former Printworks building, the other half will deliver next-generation sustainable workspace and retail, known as The Grand Press.
  The designs, led by architects Hawkins\Brown, seek to maintain the building’s volume and character while creating a highly sustain
  
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• Fear of supply chain failures boosting collaboration

  23-04-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Around nine out of 10 contractors say the biggest headache they currently face is industry supply chain fragility.
  Fear of supply chain failure now dominates all other concerns like labour availability and materials cost and supply, according to consultant RLB’s annual procurement trends report.
  But widespread concern about the supply chain in construction has pushed clients towards greater collaboration with contractors.
  Contractors are also seeing an improved appetite for sharing more ri
  
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• Subcontractors form alliance for major civils jobs

  23-04-2024 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Three leading specialists have joined forces to form an alliance to help deliver major infrastructure schemes more collaboratively.
  The Shropshire Alliance consists of locally based firms Beaver Bridges, Chasetown Civil Engineering and Foundation Piling.
  The alliance members have a combined turnover of £250m and will aim is to “create something greater than the sum of its parts, delivering more efficient and cost-effective  development outcomes to the benefit of the communities
  
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• Higgins wins £75m Peabody Passive House job

  23-04-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing association Peabody has appointed Higgins Partnerships to build 189 affordable, low-energy homes at Deptford Landings in south east London.
  The £75m scheme will be one of the largest single-phase Passive House projects in the UK and will see residents benefitting from reduced energy costs and a significant improvement in comfort and air quality.
  It will be made up of three eight-storey buildings designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).The homes will be part of a
  
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• Wates sets up business to target 160,000 mouldy social homes

  23-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has launched a new dedicated service for social landlords to tackle the damp and mouldy homes epidemic, estimated to impact 160,000 social homes in England.
  The new Healthy Homes service will see Wates deliver bespoke programmes of work, using both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain.
  This will help social landlords to address repairs before they become legal disputes, reducing legal fees and resulting in happy and safe residents.
  Wates said it had already signed six social h
  
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• Wates set up business to target 160,000 mouldy social homes

  23-04-2024 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has launched a new dedicated service for social landlords to tackle the damp and mouldy homes epidemic, estimated to impact 160,000 social homes in England.
  The new Healthy Homes service will see Wates deliver bespoke programmes of work, using both a direct labour force and specialist supply chain.
  This will help social landlords to address repairs before they become legal disputes, reducing legal fees and resulting in happy and safe residents.
  Wates said it had already signed six social h
  
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• Contractors and unions sign Sizewell C working agreement

  22-04-2024 21:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A dozen contractors and unions Unite and GMB have signed labour agreements with EDF for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk.
  The site-wide deal described as ‘best in class’ by all signatories sets pay and conditions for the site, which will cover up to 8,000 workers at peak construction.
  Details have still to emerge, but the new deal is said to offer better sick pay and parental leave terms than agreed in 2013 for the Hinkley Point C site.The three Solidar
  
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• Contractors and unions agree Sizewell C working deal

  22-04-2024 21:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A dozen contractors and unions Unite and GMB have signed labour agreements with EDF for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk.
  The site-wide deal described as ‘best in class’ by all signatories sets pay and conditions for the site, which will cover up to 8,000 workers at peak construction.
  Details have still to emerge, but the new deal is said to offer better sick pay and parental leave terms than agreed in 2013 for the Hinkley Point C site.The three Solidar
  
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• Competition chiefs win legal fight for more construction raids

  22-04-2024 14:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has won a legal challenge in the High Court after it was refused a domestic search warrant as part of a construction cartel investigation.
  Last October the CMA applied for warrants to search business and domestic premises as part of its investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct regarding the supply of chemical admixtures for use in the construction industry. The CMA conducted raids to gather evidence as part of its investigation.
  While the
  
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• Kier wins Worcestershire town centre renewal

  22-04-2024 09:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has clinched the job to renew Bromsgrove town centre in Worcestershire with a new 50,000 sq ft commercial and cultural hub on the site of the former market hall.
  The regeneration project involves a pavilion building for exhibitions, markets, and community use, a separate larger 4-storey building for offices, a restaurant on the ground floor and a roof top food and drink outlet and landscape works around the site.
  Designed by ONE Creative environments and project managed by Arcadis, a large
  
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• BAM signs Kent school contract at £42m

  22-04-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM Construction has agreed a £42m price to build a new school in Sevenoaks, Kent.
  The wave two school project for the Department of Education will see the firm replace 800-pupil Wrotham School to provide 265 more places from September 2027.
  The final negotiated price is £8m above initial estimates for the project which now has full planning.The buildings to be demolished are situated to the northwest and southeast corners of the built-up area of the school campus. These will clear t
  
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• McLaren wins multi-storey urban logistics contract

  22-04-2024 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Land has appointed McLaren Construction to build a four-storye last mile logistics hub for Southwark and central London.
  It will be the first of British Land’s pipeline of urban logistics projects in Greater London with a development value of £1.3bn.
  The 140,000 sq ft building on a 0.78 hectare site on Mandela Way will stack logistics space over multiple floors allowing the building to be subdivided, multi-tenanted and adaptable to future trends and climates.The ground floor
  
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• Big social housing schemes at risk over funding uncertainty

  22-04-2024 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  JV North is warning house building will slow unless funding certainty is given beyond the current Affordable Homes Programme end date.
  With less than two years left of the 2021/26 Affordable Homes Programme, JV North says developments of over 50 homes or those that take longer than 12 months are now at risk.
  Usually government-funded programmes overlap with the last two running from 2018 to 2021 and then 2021 to 2026 allowing housebuilding to carry on unabated.
  With no announcement made in last
  
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• More Osborne companies file administration notices

  22-04-2024 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Another three divisions of the Osborne group have filed notices of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Enquirer broke the news last week that main business Geoffrey Osborne had filed an administration notice after an 18-month restructuring programme and attempts to secure new funding.
  Now a further three divisions – Osborne Construction Ltd, Osborne Group Holdings and Osborne Homes Ltd – have followed suit.Osborne said it is currently in talks with interested parties “wi
  
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• RG Group signs £121m Newcastle rental homes job

  19-04-2024 11:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractor RG Group has signed another major building job with client Olympian Homes to deliver 519 build to rent flats on the banks of the River Tyne between the Redheugh and King Edward VII bridges in Newcastle.
  It is RG Group’s fourth major project with Olympian following earlier awards in Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham.
  The 325,000 sq ft Pottery Lane scheme will be delivered in two phases. The first 11-storey block, with 292 private units, will be completed in the first quarter of 20
  
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• Another contractor cleared after high profile immigration raid

  19-04-2024 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Another contractor has been cleared after a high-profile raid by immigration officials on a site in Wales last month.
  The Home Office briefed the media following the raid on the Shotton Mill site in Deeside, north Wales warning that precast concrete specialist McCann and frame contractor Adana Construction could face fines of up to £225,000 after 13 people were arrested.
  Immigration officials decided to take no action against FP McCann earlier this week.And now Adana Construction has also
  
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• Shed specialist Benniman rides out market lull

  19-04-2024 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Worcestershire builder Benniman weathered a lull in the shed building market last year to maintain profit levels.
  The warehouse market slowdown saw revenue drop by around a fifth to £130m, but Benniman managed to keep pre-tax profit level at £8.4m.
  The shed builder also managed to end the year with stronger net cash at £55m, up from £38m in the year before.
  Steven Smith managing director of Benniman, said: “The industrial and logistics market has been challenged thr
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wants to meet new London suppliers

  19-04-2024 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McAleer & Rushe is looking to expand its supply chain of specialist subcontractors and suppliers following a series of recent contract wins including a £102m student tower in the City of London.
  The firm is holding a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event on Wednesday May 1 at the County Hall, Westminster in London.
  McAleer & Rushe said it is a prime opportunity for new companies to find out how to become a valued member of its supply chain and benefit from its strong pipeline of live
  
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• Winners named for £260m Manchester Uni framework

  19-04-2024 08:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester University has named its new line-up of contractors to deliver its ongoing works and expansion programme.
  The new build framework will be used to deliver the University’s next five-year investment strategy. It has been divided into four lots that will also cover demolition, refurbishment, decoration and landscaping, up to a total value of £260m.
  Twenty firms secured places on the framework although details of the winners for each of the four project value lots are sti
  
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• Geoffrey Osborne files administration notice

  19-04-2024 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractor Geoffrey Osborne has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The famous industry name was founded in 1966 by civil engineer Geoffrey Osborne and its main shareholders are still the Osborne family.
  Latest published accounts for the firm showed a turnover for the year to September 30 2021 of £325.8m generating a pre-tax profit of £2m while employing 800 staff.Last year group chief executive Mark Hoyland stepped down after just one month in the top job while
  
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• McAlpine signs £500m Broadgate dual towers deal

  18-04-2024 12:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sir Robert McAlpine has today signed the main building contract for a dual high-rise building at Broadgate in London.
  The vast 750,000 sq ft 2 Finsbury Avenue project consists of a large 12-storey podium supporting a 36-storey East Tower and 21-storey West Tower.
  Both buildings will be characterised by triangular patterns combining a solid and glazed sawtooth-shaped façade.
  They will be linked by the podium incorporating publicly accessible spaces green and leisure spaces, with a single-s
  
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• Work starts on Manchester 26-storey Obsidian tower

  18-04-2024 09:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester developer Salboy’s building contractor Domis has started work on the 26-storey residential tower block in the Greengate area towards the north of the city centre
  Salboy’s tenth central Manchester development in seven years, the £50m-plus building project, previously known as Trinity 2 and now renamed Obsidian, will deliver 250 flats and around 1,000 sq ft of ground floor commercial space at the Trinity Way and Willam Street site.
  Designed by architect Studio Power th
  
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