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  • Offsite specialists on alert for £10bn Government framework
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    Offsite specialists on alert for £10bn Government framework

    By on 2022 ,January, 04

    The Crown Commercial Service is planning bidders days this month and next for a new mega offsite construction framework for use by all Government departments. Its planned pan-Government collaborative Offsite Construction Solutions framework deal is expected to be worth up to £10bn as more projects swing over to modular designs in the...[READ MORE]

  • Kier wins 142 rental home job at BBC TV centre site
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    Kier wins 142 rental home job at BBC TV centre site

    By on 2022 ,January, 04

    Joint venture developer Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan has picked Kier to build 142 affordable homes at its wider former BBC Television Centre development in West London. Construction of the two blocks on the site of a former BBC multi-storey car park at Macfarlane Place on Wood Lane will start in March with delivery expected in early 2024. The buildings form...[READ MORE]

  • Colas clinches £328m West Midlands highways upkeep
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    Colas clinches £328m West Midlands highways upkeep

    By on 2022 ,January, 04

    National Highways has named Colas as it partner contractor to maintain roads across the West Midlands area 9 highways region. The contract worth £328m over eight years will start this July. Colas will carry out routine maintenance and repairs, respond to emergency incidents and severe weather services on...[READ MORE]

  • Weston breaks ground at offsite panel factory site
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    Weston breaks ground at offsite panel factory site

    By on 2022 ,January, 04

    Its specialist British Offsite manufacturing and construction operation aims to open the 137,000 sq ft factory at the end of the year. The new factory’s £6m production line is being delivered by Swedish partner Randek AB and will boast a host of new automation and productivity machinery. Once...[READ MORE]

  • M Group buys Babcock power lines arm for £50m
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    M Group buys Babcock power lines arm for £50m

    By on 2021 ,December, 24

    Following the acquisition, the business will be rebranded to form part of Morrison Energy Services, sitting alongside and enhancing existing electricity, gas and green energy capabilities. In latest accounts to March 2021, the power business reported total revenues of £70m and pre-tax profit around £7m before allocated...[READ MORE]

  • ASCE releases world's first tornado safety building standard
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    ASCE releases world's first tornado safety building standard

    By on 2021 ,December, 23

    Dive Brief: The American Society of Civil Engineers has released a new standard for protecting buildings from tornado damage, the society announced on Dec....[READ MORE]

  • Modular bridge reconnects Louisiana community hit by Hurricane Ida
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    Modular bridge reconnects Louisiana community hit by Hurricane Ida

    By on 2021 ,December, 23

    Dive Brief: When Hurricane Ida hit the U.S. on Aug. 29, the Category 4 storm destroyed infrastructure across the northern Gulf Coast and beyond, including a vital bridge in Jefferson Parish in southern Louisiana. Global bridge engineering and supply company Acrow built a modular steel span to reconnect the area until...[READ MORE]

  • Southern Rail starts hunt for £3bn signalling and track partners
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    Southern Rail starts hunt for £3bn signalling and track partners

    By on 2021 ,December, 21

    Network Rail’s southern region has alerted firms to a forthcoming bid race to find two partners for a new 10-year-plus deal to deliver signalling and track across the territory. The region is hoping for a step-change in the way renewals are delivered on its network, making the most of modern methods of working and technology and collaboration-focused...[READ MORE]

  • Plan submitted for 30-floor Salford resi tower
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    Plan submitted for 30-floor Salford resi tower

    By on 2021 ,December, 21

    Manchester-based property developer CERT property has submitted plans for a 30-floor residential tower on Salford’s Clippers Quay. The vertically zoned tower block, designed by OMI Architects, will offer a range of private living experiences from lower level affordable to top-floor luxury. Local Manchester builder Domis Construction has been lined up...[READ MORE]

  • Ameon lands £10m M&E package on twin Leeds towers
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    Ameon lands £10m M&E package on twin Leeds towers

    By on 2021 ,December, 21

    Building services specialist Ameon has landed a £10m mechanical and electrical contract from John Sisk & Son at Latitude Purple – the Hub Group’s twin-tower residential development in Leeds city centre. Ameon will start on its 72-week phase of the contract next November and will deploy up to 80 operatives at peak on the projec. Work will...[READ MORE]

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