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Mace JV picked for £12.6bn Hudson Tunnel project

Will Ing — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:48:40 +0000

A joint venture between Mace, Arcadis and tech firm Parsons has been chosen to deliver a $16bn (£12.63bn) US tunnelling project under the River Hudson between New York and New Jersey. The joint venture, named MPA Delivery Partners, will work with client Gateway Development Commission…

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Costain to move to London HQ

Will Ing — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:07:25 +0000

Costain is moving its headquarters from Maidenhead in Berkshire to the City of London. The UK’s fifth-largest publicly listed contractor is set to take over the seventh floor of the Mace-built ‘Can of Ham’ building at 70 St Mary Axe. The 1,600 square metre office…

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McAlpine appoints new transport MD

Will Ing — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:00:25 +0000

Sir Robert McAlpine has appointed a new managing director of transport and two new framework directors as it continues to rejig its executive team. Days after announcing the sudden departure of chief executive Paul Hamer, the family-owned contractor has named former Keltbray executive Vip Gandhi…

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Material prices stable but Middle East crises threaten inflation

Will Ing — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:00:20 +0000

Material prices are remaining stable or falling slightly but crises in the Middle East threaten to inflate products including plywood and semiconductors, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has said. In its latest update, the CLC’s Material Supply Chain Group said 2024 continues to see “good…

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Police hold fresh interviews in Didcot tragedy probe

Will Ing — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:00:39 +0000

Police officers have carried out new interviews in the criminal investigation into the fatal building collapse at Didcot Power Station. Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. Four men – Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable and John Shaw – died after the boiler…

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Multiplex starts work on £190m South Bank tower

Will Ing — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:07:26 +0000

Multiplex has started construction work on a 50-storey residential tower at Bankside Yards by the River Thames in central London. The Australian contractor is working with building-frame subcontractor Keltbray and facade subcontractor Scheldebouw on the 250-flat tower, which is part of the £3bn Bankside Yards…

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Homes England investment boss returns to Kier

Will Ing — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 07:00:50 +0000

Homes England’s interim chief investment officer is departing to rejoin Kier as a managing director within its Kier Property business. David Bridges first joined Kier in 2020, where he was chief executive of Kier Living until its £110m sale to private equity group Terra Firma…

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ISG to build £300m Bucks prison approved by Gove

Will Ing — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:31:29 +0000

ISG is set to build a £300m Buckinghamshire prison approved by housing secretary Michael Gove, Construction News can reveal. Gove rubber-stamped plans for a new 1,468-capacity Category C prison at HMP Grendon on Tuesday (30 January), following a recommendation from a planning inspector. Buckinghamshire Council…

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Revised plans submitted for UK’s joint-tallest building

Will Ing — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:34:57 +0000

A revised planning application has been submitted for a 74-storey tower in the City of London, which would be the joint-tallest building in Western Europe. The City of London approved plans for a 289 metre building at 1 Undershaft, near the Gherkin and the Cheesegrater,…

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Failure to ban retentions ‘contributing to insolvencies’

Will Ing — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:32 +0000

The continued use of retentions in the construction industry is contributing to company failures, a meeting of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has heard. Newly released minutes from a November meeting show that Isabel Coman, a director at Transport for London and CLC board member,…

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