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As it reported a record order book of £11.9bn, the Salford-headquartered company said it would streamline its operations to focus on its core infrastructure and construction business.

The Preston contractor is to deliver an £18m project that will provide a new home for Hope School & College.

Front-loaded with retail, industrial to follow – hybrid plans for a bypass-adjacent site next to Formby Industrial Estate are recommended for approval. The redevelopment of Birkdale’s Greenbank School is also set for the green light.

Unanimous committee approval has been given for a primary school in Basford East, the strategic site that also includes 850 homes and industrial development.

Council sign-off is expected next week for the firm to deliver 144 affordable homes at Robert Hall Street in Ordsall.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has set the ball rolling on plans for 270 homes across two parcels of land on the estate, north of the town centre.

The council’s executive board will be asked to rubber-stamp the disposal of the R&D-led development’s flagship building and reinvestment in a second building at the park, a joint venture with Barnfield.

The Building Safety Regulator has granted approval for the first 1,000-bedspace phase of construction at the £286m Cambridge Halls project.

A contractor has been appointed to get started on delivering the 1,715-place Category C facility between HMP Garth and HMP Wymott in Leyland,  a scheme that was approved by the government after being marked for refusal three times – once by the local authority and twice by the Planning Inspectorate.

Step-free access at railway stations is the main target of a £100m Transport for Greater Manchester programme that will see a further seven locations upgraded in the next two years.

The procurement specialist has launched a national construction services framework, providing public sector bodies with a compliant route to market over a four-year period.

The contractor has achieved practical completion on a 102,000 sq ft industrial & logistics unit for Hillwood UK at the Wigan development.

Working for Cumberland Council, the contractor has started on a pair of buildings amounting to 64,000 s ft at Leconfield Industrial Estate in Cleator Moor.

Demolition contractor AJ Kelly & Co has been appointed to clear a site between the town’s rail and bus stations that has planning permission to be transformed into 102 homes.

PP O’Connor has completed the demolition of the former Greater Manchester Police HQ, which is earmarked for redevelopment by FEC.

Citing challenging trading conditions across the industry as well as cash-flow pressures caused by project delays, the Oldham-based light gauge steel frame specialist announced today that it had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.

The initial stages of work are underway at the 300-acre residential scheme, with Manchester and Cheshire Construction kicking off the creation of a gateway to the development a couple of weeks ahead of schedule.

Crown View is the final building to be handed over at Victoria Riverside, which is part of the £4bn Victoria North masterplan.