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Developer fined £165,000 for fire safety failings

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As construction work was still ongoing, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and HSE worked together to deal with the site. An HSE inspector found the company was not complying with its duty to ensure suitable fire safety precautions were in place during ongoing construction work.

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Plans lodged for 1m sq ft City of London office

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Working for LaSalle Investment Management and with designs by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the proposals aim to replace the outdated Linklaters HQ with 91,100 sq m of commercial space, alongside a host of cultural and public realm upgrades. A shared-use hall is also planned for local groups and events.

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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering Celebrates Grand Opening of City of San Diego Fire Station 52 at Torrey Pines

Civil + Structural Engineer

San Diego, CA – On October 17, 2024, Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering joined officials from The City of San Diego, UC San Diego, The Muller Hull Partnership, Level 10 Construction, and other stakeholders at a Grand Opening ceremony for San Diego Fire Station 52 (also known as the Torrey Pines Fire Station).

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Laing O’Rourke wins £920m animal health super-lab job

Construction Enquirer

Laing O’Rourke has secured the £920m main works contract to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey. Around 1,000 staff work at the site, which has been a base for animal health science for over a century.

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Hundreds of projects to reconnect communities separated by roadways will launch in 2025

Civil + Structural Engineer

It is currently in the environmental permitting process, but this large effort will require many types of collaborative engagements between public and private sector partners. It will also include remediating a large, previously unusable brownfield site so that it can be used for greenspace. billion will be launched in Massachusetts.

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Tampa airport unveils design for $1.5B Airside D terminal

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Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ Dont miss tomorrows construction industry news Let Construction Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. It represents the third phase of the airport’s master plan, a blueprint for how it will deal with projected traveler growth, according to the release.

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Infrastructure costs keep rising. Consider these approaches to mitigate them.

Civil + Structural Engineer

On one hand, the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has catalyzed unprecedented infrastructure investment, while on the other, rising costs for materials, labor and energy are squeezing project budgets and complicating project planning and execution. And thats all against a backdrop of political transition.