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Suffolk contractor goes under owing £5m to suppliers
Suppliers to failed Suffolk fit-out and drylining contractor Radford Group are owed more than £5m. The trade debt figure has been confirmed in documents filed this week at Companies House. Radford Group went into creditors voluntary liquidation on October 31 when it...
Kier confirmed for part of Facebook office complex
Kier has confirmed it has secured the job to build part of Facebook’s headquarters in the London King’s Cross development. The firm will build the 388,000 sq ft ‘P2’ building at Lewis Cubitt Square, south of the main Facebook HQ complex to be delivered by BAM...
Balfour loses damages dispute over ‘practical completion’
Balfour Beatty has lost a dispute with the University of Warwick over the interpretation of ‘practical completion’. source...
Kier confirmed on Facebook’s London HQ
Kier has been appointed as the main contractor to build Argent’s P2 building in Kings Cross, as revealed by CN on Monday. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/companies/contractors/kier/kier-confirmed-on-facebooks-london-hq/10038447.article
Aberdeen bypass JV payments withheld after fresh delay
The Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try joint venture building the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) has missed its latest deadline for completion. source...
Mace appoints director of transportation
Mace has recruited Sean Gray from Aecom to be its director of transportation.Mace has recruited Sean Gray from Aecom to be its director of transportation.Read Full Article: The Construction Index from All Construction News | The Construction Index http://bit.ly/2rO0uOf
Builder took money despite insolvency
A residential builder has been disqualified for continuing to take payments from clients despite his company being insolvent.A residential builder has been disqualified for continuing to take payments from clients despite his company being insolvent.Read Full Article:...
Go-ahead for £350m Commonwealth Games village
Contractor Lendlease has got the planning green light to start work on Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games athletes village. As principal contractor, it will begin on site in early 2019 at the former Birmingham City University campus in Perry Barr where 1,400 homes will...
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