Today's trending news from the construction industry - 19/05
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#1. ECF picked for ￡250m Stockport regeneration
Stockport Mayoral Development has signed up The English Cities Fund as its joint venture partner to develop an eight-acre site, known as Stockport 8, in the town centre.
#2. Water industry pledges ￡10bn spend to stem sewage spills
Water companies have pledged to invest ￡10bn to reduce waste outflows after apologising for dumping billions of litres of sewage in rivers and seas.
#3. Glenigan Report - May 2023
Weak construction-starts performance continued during the three months to April with main contract awards also performing poorly. More positively, detailed planning approvals increased on the preceding three months and previous year.??
#4. Product and material supplies back to pre-pandemic levels
For the first time since Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group began meeting at the height of the pandemic, there is good availability of the vast majority of building materials across the UK, with increasing reports that availability is back to pre-Covid levels.
#5. Greater Manchester to invest a further ￡40.7m in walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure
Greater Manchester is set to invest a further ￡40.7m in its walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure as it progresses with its delivery of the largest active travel network in the country.
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#6. ￡2bn Edinburgh expansion plan takes shape
City of Edinburgh Council has struck an agreement with developers over plans for a ￡2bn residential development on its western outskirts.
#7. Sun safety campaign targets skin cancer in construction
Construction charity We Build the Future has launched a sun safety campaign to help reduce the risk and incidence of skin cancer among people working in the built environment sector.?
#8. Kori Construction appointed to ￡17.5M care home
Northamptonshire contractor Kori Construction has been appointed to build a ￡17.5m care home.
#9. Persimmon to convert former Dundee whisky factory into new homes
The former site of Stewart and Son’s whisky bottling plant on the Kingsway is set to be regenerated into a new housing development by Persimmon Homes.
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