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Plan to double affordable homes spend at centre of spending review

Construction Enquirer

The new deal will average £3.9bn a year, up from just £2.3bn a year under the previous government’s five-year £11.5bn programme running from 2021 to 2026. The new Affordable Homes Programme will form the centrepiece of the Spending Review, delivering long-term certainty for developers and doubling current investment levels.

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US DOT opens $1.5B funding round for transit buses and bus facilities

Construction Dive

This year’s funding round, part of the 2021 infrastructure law, drops equity- and sustainability-related requirements.

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Four injured after partially built floor collapses

Construction Enquirer

Work on the build began in March 2021 but by February the following year, engineers who inspected the property identified errors with the connections of the structural steel beams. This prompted the remedial works that led the structure to collapse.

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McAlpine to restore England’s largest Victorian water tower

Construction Enquirer

The project is being delivered by North Essex Heritage, which secured a 150-year lease on the tower in 2021. Pre-construction works begin this month with the main construction phase due to start in December 2025. Funding has come from the UK Government, Colchester City Council, Historic England and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Elements Europe went down owing supply chain £8.7m

Construction Enquirer

The mounting losses were primarily blamed on a disastrous move into main contracting in 2021 on two construction projects. A further loss of £22.9m was incurred in the four months to the end of April this year.

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$1.65B METRONET Ellenbrook Line now open

Roads Online

A contract to construct the new line was awarded in late 2020, with early works beginning immediately, and major construction starting in the second half of 2021. billion METRONET Ellenbrook Line is jointly funded by the Federal and Western Australian governments.

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Apprentice saws-off thumb on hotel refurb site

Construction Enquirer

On 8 June 2021, the apprentice, who had been with the company for six months, was using a portable table saw to cut plasterboard during the project at Hope Lodge in Tongue. He used his left hand to flick away material on the saw blade.