Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

Ashe Construction has been awarded a £24m design and build contract to for a new primary school and community health hub for Milton Keynes Council. The job will form part of the council’s MK East development in preparation for 5,000 new homes being built in the area. The MK East school project is valued at around £14.5m, and will provide 39 nursery places and 630 primary places.

Deals 84

Deals Feasibility Infrastructure Procurement 84

Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

The Department for Transport still does not know what it is trying to achieve with the HS2 station at Euston despite spending over eight years planning and designing it. A damning report by watchdog MPs on the Public Accounts Committee said the scheme is “floundering” as cost estimates for its construction rise to £4.8bn from an original £2.6bn.

Plans 81

Plans Compensation Bidding Budgeting 81

Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

A pay deal on behalf of 1,000 construction workers employed on EDF’s power station sites has headed-off planned strike action. Engineering construction roles at EDF’s seven power stations – Hartlepool, Torness, Heysham 1 and 2, Dungeness, Hunterston Hinkley Point B and Sizewell B -n will in future be covered by the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI) guaranteeing the workers’ pay and conditions.

Deals 78

Deals Agreement Union Employment 78

Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

Oldham Council has selected Muse as development partner to deliver 2,000 homes across eight sites in the town centre. The sites include Oldham Civic Centre, which will be freed up when Oldham Council staff relocate into the redeveloped Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre. Here, 400 to 600 apartments could be created. The former Oldham Magistrates’ Court site has also been earmarked for 125 to 225 flats.

Site 70

Site Negotiation Plans Procurement 70

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