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Cameron gets OK for Bamford Place

Cameron Homes has received planning approval from East Staffordshire Borough Council for a £39m project to build 119 homes on the former Bamford Works factory site in Uttoxeter, in partnership with JCB.

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TBM starts on Thames power tunnel

A Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine has been lowered into the ground using a Weldex crawler crane, for Ferrovial Bemo JV, who are building a new power tunnel under the Thames for National Grid.

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Mott MacDonald to buy Leed

Mott MacDonald has agreed to buy Australian civil contractors, Leed Engineering & Construction.

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Support for carers

Bringing in the heavy kit for excavation support

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Kier's King's Speech a damp squib on rainy Wednesday

As storm clouds rolled over the capital, the King announced the Government's lawmaking plans for the year ahead. Commentators from RIBA, the CIOB, the Residential Freehold Association, and Churchill Living appeared to struggle to find anything to be...

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Leguan launches electric spider lifts

Leguan has announced the global launch of a new electric option for its range of all terrain spider lifts.

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Travis Perkins keeps Wandle work flowing

Wandle Housing Association has appointed Travis Perkins Managed Services (TPMS) as its new supplier, with digital tools helping ensure a reliable flow of building materials.

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Roadways delivers early in Portsmouth

Roadways, working as sole asphalt surfacing contractor for VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster joint venture, VSBW, delivered a key phase of the Southsea Coastal Scheme in Portsmouth two months early.

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RPS brings sun to Vico homes

RPS Group has formed an £8.2m partnership with Vico Homes, which will see it install PV panels on over 2,000 social homes in West Yorkshire, funded in part through the Warm Homes: Social Homes Fund.