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Green light for £312m Vinci-McAlpine hospitals overhaul

Kerry Lorimer — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:15:19 +0000

The £312m revamp of two Midlands hospitals by Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine has been given the go-ahead. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust confirmed that the full business case for its transformation programme had been approved, allowing construction to begin. Integrated Health Projects (IHP),…

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Vinci on course for expansion of Ryder Cup resort in West Midlands

Kerry Lorimer — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:48:13 +0000

Vinci Building is carrying out the expansion and renovation of the Belfry Hotel and Resort in the West Midlands. Construction News understands the deal is worth approximately £40m to the contractor. Work is underway on the project that will see the Warwickshire resort, best known for…

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Vinci posts £44m loss as provisions nearly double

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:51:08 +0000

Vinci Construction UK made a loss of more than £44m last year after taking a hit on two contracts and cranking up its fire-remediation provisions. Newly released accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2022 show the company fell to a £44.2m pre-tax loss,…

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Vinci to give £90m facelift to St Helens town centre

Ben Vogel — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:04:58 +0000

St Helens Borough Council and the English Cities Fund (ECF) have picked Vinci Building as the main contractor on a town centre redevelopment scheme. Under a new contract, worth about £90m and hailed by the project partners as “the largest-ever single investment in St Helens”,…

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Vinci acquires Scots power line specialist

Catherine Moore — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:18:12 +0000

Vinci Energies has acquired Scotland-based firm NorPower, a specialist in extra-high-voltage overhead lines. Established in 2003, NorPower is based in Muir of Ord in the Scottish Highlands. It specialises in wood pole and steel overhead lines construction, installation, reconfiguration and refurbishment. The firm employs 30…

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Fusion21 picks 61 suppliers for £305m framework

Kerry Lorimer — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:47:29 +0000

Wates Property Services, Vinci Construction UK and the Eric Wright Group are among more than 60 companies to have secured places on a £305m public sector framework. The contractors have been selected to join Fusion21’s four-year refurbishment, construction, new-build and modular buildings framework. The framework…

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HS2 gets green light for ‘exciting’ Birmingham viaduct

Kerry Lorimer — Thu, 25 May 2023 10:57:34 +0000

Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a 150-metre section of viaduct to carry HS2 high-speed trains into the city’s Curzon Street Station. Client HS2 Ltd obtained Schedule 17 consent for the Curzon No. 2 Viaduct – also called the Bellingham Bridge after Birmingham-born footballer…

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Tier one firms help launch group to boost resi retrofit efforts

James Wilmore — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:47:09 +0000

Mace and Vinci are among a host of firms that have launched a new group aimed at driving residential retrofits at scale to meet net-zero targets. The National Homes Decarbonisation Group (NHDG), which has 17 founding members, said it will focus on growing the retrofit…

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Big names win places on £1.5bn social housing retrofit framework

James Wilmore — Tue, 23 May 2023 08:51:04 +0000

A five-strong coalition of UK housing associations has appointed more than 100 firms to a £1.48bn framework to retrofit homes for energy efficiency. The Greener Futures Partnership (GFP) – whose members Sanctuary, Hyde, Home Group, Anchor and Abri operate a combined total of around 300,000…

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Government scraps smart motorways

Catrin Picton — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:54:19 +0000

The government has scrapped its plans for the roll-out of smart motorways. The Department for Transport (DfT) and the prime minister decided to cancel all 14 of the planned motorway upgrades, following a “summer campaign pledge” made by Rishi Sunak in his bid to become…

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