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Bauer secures piling for Beckton depot expansion

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metres, using its BG30 rigs operating in continuous flight auger (CFA) mode, penetrating the dense Lambeth and Thanet Sand strata to support a new maintenance building. Fire fighters called in to sort out Building Safety Regulator 1 day Reforms to the Building Safety Regulator are to be made, under new leadership and with extra staff.

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Manchester United New Stadium: £2bn 100,000-Capacity Vision to Replace Old Trafford

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Key Takeaways Manchester United is building the UK’s largest football stadium with a 100,000-seat capacity on land adjacent to Old Trafford, designed by Foster + Partners as part of a £2 billion regeneration project set to complete by 2030-31. The project promises significant economic benefits with Oxford Economics projecting £7.3

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Deep energy retrofits: The future of sustainable buildings

Construction Specifier

As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions.

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New plant operator school opens in London

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The Green Plant Academy has been designed to specialise in training on zero-emission equipment, providing career development while also helping the construction industry further transition to cleaner ways of working and ultimately address the climate emergency. Got a story? Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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Boot begins Sheffield children's hospital

The Construction Index

The National Centre for Child Health Technology Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Ruth Brown added: “Sheffield Children’s has come a long way since caring for 29 patients in 1876 – our first year and from one building. Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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Fox Brothers acquires Fishers

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Construction News Ofgem gives initial approval to £24bn grid investment 4 hours Ofgem has given the provisional green light to an initial £24bn energy investment, Fire fighters called in to sort out Building Safety Regulator 1 day Reforms to the Building Safety Regulator are to be made, under new leadership and with extra staff.

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Fire fighters called in to sort out Building Safety Regulator

The Construction Index

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR), established as by the Building Safety Act 2022 as the post-Grenfell building control authority for residential tower blocks, is to be shaken up – with actual fire fighters taking charge. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry had recommended nationalising it to bring it under state control.