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• Go-ahead for Bristol Temple Quay hotel and build to rent job

  03-09-2024 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  IKB Developments and development manager Marick Real Estate has gained planning for a hotel and build to rent scheme at Bristol’s Temple Quay.
  The scheme designed by architect Sheppard Robson will see construction of three new buildings comprising a 230-room hotel, a 170-room extended stay aparthotel, and over 100 build-to-rent flats.
  This site known as Plot 3 has been vacant for around 30 years and is owned by Homes England. It neighbours the 130-hectare Government-funded urban regenerati
  
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• Coroner in training call after scissor-lift tragedy

  16-09-2024 17:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A coroner is calling for improved industry safety training after an electrician was crushed to death between a scissor lift and the internal roof of a building he was working on.
  Rutland and North Leicestershire coroner Fiona Butler has written to industry training bodies and contractors following the death of Jason Holland in February 2023.
  Holland died after being trapped between a scissor lift and ladder racking at a height of approximately 20 metres at the Mercia Park site where Winvic was m
  
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• Vinci Building and FM arms rack up big losses for second year

  16-09-2024 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vinci’s combined UK operations suffered a pre-tax loss of £6.4m last year dragged down by further big provisions from the building and facilities businesses.
  On-going legacy problems relate to two fixed-price large building projects, University College London and Hospital Corporation of America in Birmingham, that were secured pre-Covid for Vinci Building, and a toxic healthcare PFI hard service contract in Coventry for Vinci Facilities.
  The problems at the two building businesses ov
  
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• Plan lodged for two Birmingham student towers

  16-09-2024 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham developer Sama Investment has lodged plans to build two towers rising to 41 and 48 storeys to provide student accommodation in Lancaster Circus Queensway.
  The proposals will transform the vacant 1960s office building site at Lawson Street, which was previously council offices, and act as a gateway to the Gun Quarter.
  Designed by Stride Treglown architects, the new development known as the Perryian Works, draws on the history of the site, which used to be home to Perry & Co –
  
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• Galliford Try delays annual results announcement

  16-09-2024 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has confirmed its annual results announcement will be delayed “due to the Group’s auditor, BDO LLP, requesting more time to complete its audit quality control standard procedures.”
  The results were due to be posted this Thursday and Galliford said it “will provide an update with a revised results date in due course.”
  A Stock Exchange announcement added: “The Group confirms that both the outturn for the year ended 30 June 2024, and outlook remain
  
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• Latest construction hotspots appear outside London

  16-09-2024 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Analysis conducted by Barbour ABI and the Construction Products Association (CPA) has revealed that construction spending is seeing a geographic shift with new hotspots appearing outside of London and the South East.
  Comparing ONS figures from 2022 with contract awards data from 2023, researchers discovered spending shifting away from the traditional construction powerhouses.
  Barbour ABI’s head of business and client analytics, Ed Griffiths said: “There are clear hotspots for upcomin
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across north London

  16-09-2024 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers across north London will get the chance to win new work at the latest Constructionline event next week.
  The latest Marketplace Live event will take place at the StoneX Stadium, home of the Saracens Rugby Club on Thursday September 26 and will showcase work opportunities from the capital and nearby areas such as Buckinghamshire, Hertford, and Essex.
  The event, previously known as ‘Constructionline Meet the Buyer’, features some of the UK’s top contra
  
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• CITB urged to give everyone a say over need for levy

  16-09-2024 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Construction Industry Training Board is being urged to give the whole industry a say in its latest consensus process to gauge whether it has construction’s support to continue collecting a levy for training.
  The CITB has announced industry consultations will run from September 26 to October 24.
  But critics of the training body have slammed the process as a “charade”.CITB said it will be hosting a series of webinars on the subject to gather industry feedback which can also b
  
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• Bachy Soletanche rejigs business in new growth plan

  16-09-2024 06:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bachy Soletanche has restructured its business into three distinct divisions as part of a new three-year growth plan.
  The Lancashire-based geotechnical specialists will operate a regional business, formed of Northern and Southern Divisions, along with a nationwide Projects Division.
  The Northern Division, led by Shaun Davison, will specialise in delivering smaller projects, for new and existing clients, throughout the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland.The Southern Division, with Martin Sta
  
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• Bachy Solentanche rejigs business in new growth plan

  16-09-2024 06:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bachy Soletanche has restructured its business into three distinct divisions as part of a new three-year growth plan.
  The geotechnical specialists will operate a regional business, formed of Northern and Southern Divisions, along with a nationwide Projects Division.
  The Northern Division, led by Shaun Davison, will specialise in delivering smaller projects, for new and existing clients, throughout the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland.In addition to this, the team will continue to deliver
  
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• Luton airport £2.4bn expansion decision delayed

  13-09-2024 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has delayed its decision on whether Luton Airport can go-ahead with major expansion plans.
  The planned £2.4bn airport expansion would raise capacity from 18m to 32m passengers per year and be a much-needed economic boost to the region.
  Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns the airport, is seeking development consent to build a new terminal, a major programme of earthworks to create an extension to the current airfield platform and new airside and landside facilit
  
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• Winchmore wins £10m brickwork package with Lovell

  13-09-2024 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Winchmore Brickwork Group has landed a £10m package for Lovell Partnerships at Southmere Village Phase 2 in Thamesmead , south east London.
  The specialist will start on the brickwork package next month with work lasting through to 2026.
  Lovell, and joint venture partner Peabody will work with Winchmore to deliver 329 new homes alongside 1,000m2 of commercial space.Winchmore will be laying nearly one million (16,000m2) of handset bricks on the development which is running alongside a range
  
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• Green light for £125m Camden student scheme

  13-09-2024 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regal’s plans for the £125m redevelopment of 100 Chalk Farm Road have been unanimously approved by Camden Council.
  The Purpose Built Student Accommodation will contain 264 student bedrooms, 30 affordable homes, nearly 11,000 sq ft ground floor commercial space and new public realm enhancements located next to the famous Grade II-listed Roundhouse live performance venue.
  The overall design will enhance the setting of the Roundhouse and listed building works will repair its original fa
  
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• BAM, Arup and Amey win £800m Network Rail contract

  13-09-2024 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A collaborative construction consortium has been appointed to deliver the next phase of the Transpennine Route Upgrade West project – which at £800m is the largest single contract by value awarded by Network Rail.
  Working together the TRUWest Alliance of BAM, Arup, Amey, and Network Rail will deliver the next phase of the TRUWest project over three and a half years completing in 2028.
  It will cover a range of multi-disciplinary railway upgrades between Huddersfield and Leeds, transfo
  
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• BAM, Arup and Amey win £2bn Network Rail contract

  13-09-2024 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A collaborative construction consortium has been appointed to deliver the next phase of the Transpennine Route Upgrade West project – which at £2bn is the largest single contract by value awarded by Network Rail.
  Working together the TRUWest Alliance of BAM, Arup, Amey, and Network Rail will deliver the next phase of the TRUWest project over three and a half years completing in 2028.
  BAM and Amey will share £800m each with the remainder to Arup on design related work.
  It will c
  
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• Balfour Beatty wins £363m Suffolk/Essex electricity grid upgrade

  13-09-2024 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Grid has awarded Balfour Beatty a £363m contract to deliver the Bramford to Twinstead high voltage electricity network reinforcement project in Suffolk and Essex.
  Main construction is expected to commence in the first half of 2025 with completion expected in 2028.
  At peak construction, Balfour Beatty will employ over 200 people including 10 apprenticeship and graduate positions.
  The big power project will see Balfour replace the existing high voltage electricity network betwe
  
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• Balfour Beatty wins £363m electricity grid upgrade job

  13-09-2024 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Grid has awarded Balfour Beatty a £363m contract to deliver the Bramford to Twinstead high voltage electricity network reinforcement project in Suffolk and Essex.
  Main construction is expected to commence in the first half of 2025 with completion expected in 2028.
  At peak construction, Balfour Beatty will employ over 200 people including 10 apprenticeship and graduate positions.
  The big power project will see Balfour replace the existing high voltage electricity network betwe
  
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• Plan in for 2m sq ft Hertfordshire data centre campus

  13-09-2024 07:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been lodged to build a 2 m sq ft of data centre campus consisting of three buildings in Hertsmere, Hertfordshire.
  Developer DC01UK said the campus will involved a £3.75bn investment sustaining 500 jobs over the course of the construction programme.
  It is the latest firm to advance plans for a major data centre complex following Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
  DC01UK said the latest campus will be built at an 85-acre site adjacent to the A1 and M25, just east of South Mimms Service
  
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• Hotel M&E specialist Gallant files adminsitration notice

  12-09-2024 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mansfield-based M&E specialist Gallant Building Services has filed a notice to appoint administrators.
  Latest accounts for Gallant, which also has offices in Liverpool and London, are overdue at Companies House although last posted result for 2021 show the specialist contractor turned over around £29m.Set up 24 years ago, the firm specialises in hotel and healthcare MEP work and employed up 30 staff.
  The firm is facing a winding up petition in the courts.
  Gallant’s present jobs i
  
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• Hotel M&E specialist Gallant files administration notice

  12-09-2024 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mansfield-based M&E specialist Gallant Building Services has filed a notice to appoint administrators.
  Latest accounts for Gallant, which also has offices in Liverpool and London, are overdue at Companies House although last posted results for 2021 show the specialist contractor turned over around £29m.Set up 24 years ago, the firm specialises in hotel and healthcare MEP work and employed up 30 staff.
  The firm is facing a winding up petition in the courts.
  Gallant’s present jobs
  
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• Strong revenue and profit growth puts Kier on firm footing

  12-09-2024 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Strong revenue growth at both Kier’s construction and infrastructure divisions drove growth in profits and halved average month-end debt in the year to June 2024.
  The strong performance at the contractor saw revenue recover to £4bn again, up 17% from the prior year. This uplift as margin remained stable at 3.8% powered pre-tax profit forward nearly a third to £68m.
  Kier’s order book continued to grow and increased 7% year over the year to £10.8bn. Around 60% of Kier
  
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• Torsion to deliver £43m Leeds student scheme

  12-09-2024 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Torsion Group and financier Zenzic Capital have secured planning consent on a £43.5m purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on Kirkstall Road in Leeds.
  The project is being undertaken as part of Zenzic’s joint venture with Torsion which now comprises five major schemes all located in Russell Group university cities.
  The latest Leeds scheme will comprise 205 studio rooms across 10 floors as well as communal spaces, roof gardens, a gym, a social lounge, cycle storage and stu
  
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• Galliford Try steps-in to build £57m Banwell bypass

  12-09-2024 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has been signed-up by North Somerset Council to build the £57m Banwell bypass after original winner Alun Griffiths Contractors Ltd walked-away from the job earlier this year.
  Alun Griffiths told the council in March that it would not be building the bypass it had started enabling works on the month before.
  Main construction work was due to start this spring but was put on hold while the hunt started for a replacement contractor.Galliford Try’s first task will now be the
  
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• Go-ahead for London Barbican office to flats project

  11-09-2024 18:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  City of London planners had nodded through plans to convert an office block on the edge of the Barbican Estae to over 170 co-living homes.
  Developer HUB is developing the project, known as Cornerstone, in partnership with sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management.
  Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris the project involves converting a seven-storey 1950s office at 45 Beech Street into a residential block for city workers.The retrofit scheme, which will take two years to deliver,
  
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• Traditional builders dominate £800m MMC framework

  11-09-2024 11:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An £800m modern methods of construction framework has been dominated by traditional builders who won 20 out of 22 places
  Winners of the Integrated Traditional Build & MMC framework have been revealed by Procurement for Housing (PfH) and Building Better.
  The alliance of housing associations and councils is working together to boost the use of MMC in social housing.It said 20 traditional construction companies and two MMC firms have been appointed to the new build framework where they wi
  
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• Dubai contractor sells 15% stake in Costain

  11-09-2024 10:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Dubai-based contractor Al Shafar General Contracting Company has sold its 15% stake in Costain for £38m.
  The firm acquired the stake for £25m back in May 2020 as part the UK contractor’s £100m fund raise.
  The ASGC  shareholding is understood to have been placed with institutional investors.A Costain spokesperson said, “We note that the sale by ASGC was increased from their original proposal, reflecting strong demand from other institutions for our shares includ
  
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• Plan lodged for Square Mile’s fifth tallest tower

  11-09-2024 09:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Brookfield has submitted plans to redevelop 99 Bishopsgate in London with a 54-floor tower that would be the Square Mile’s fifth tallest office building.
  Architect RSHP designed the 240m tall scheme, which includes an expansive arcade at the street level rising to 18m and a 6-storey standalone cultural building for public use next to the main tower.
  It would replace a 1976-built 24-floor office block on the site which was damaged after an IRA bomb exploded in the City of London i
  
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• Construction output slide in July ends two-month growth spurt

  11-09-2024 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The pace of construction growth in Britain remains volatile as latest Government figures for output in July showed the industry lurched back into contraction.
  The 0.4% fall in output recorded in the General Election month of July curtailed the early summer recovery, which saw a 1.7% increase in May and 0.5% rise in June.
  Small falls in activity were seen in both new work (-0.2%) and repair and maintenance (-0.7%).At the sector level, the drag on growth came from private commercial new work and p
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wants to meet subcontractors across Scotland

  11-09-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McAleer & Rushe is looking for new subcontractors across Scotland following a string of work wins.
  The firm is hosting Meet the Buyer event next week to discuss the opportunities available on projects including a 373-unit build to rent scheme in Leith and upcoming jobs in Glasgow and Edinburgh within the student accommodation, residential and hotel sectors.
  Scotland-based businesses of all sizes are invited to attend the event on Thursday 19th September at 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow betwee
  
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• Amazon to invest £8bn in hyperscale datacentres

  11-09-2024 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services has today confirmed it plans to invest £8bn to build the next-generation of hyperscale datacentres in the UK.
  AWS said the five-year datacentre investment plan would support around 14,000 jobs per year at local businesses, including those across the supply chain in construction, facility maintenance, engineering and telecommunications, as well as well as other jobs within the broader local economy.
  The location of the new datacentres has not been d
  
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