Buildings

Plans for a new £84 million Bournville College in Longbridge, Birmingham have been given the green-light.

The college is part of the next phase of the £1 billion redevelopment of the former MG Rover works at Longbridge by regeneration specialist St Modwen and joint land owner Advantage West Midlands. The…

Shepherd Engineering Services has won a £14 million contract to install mechanical and electrical services for main contractor Bouygues UK at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust is undertaking a 30-month build programme as part of the centralisation and modernisation of acute services at the hospital.Work is…

Derry City Council has advertised a £5 million contract for the external restoration of the Guildhall in Derry.

Work will see the repair of external stonework, roof structure, slating, flashings and stained glass windows.Repairs will also take place on the clocktower, rainwater goods and lightning protection.The work is expected to take…

The University of Sheffield is inviting bids for the £34 million revamp of its entrance, which will be turned into a glazed atrium.

The build will also include a new roof structure that includes walkways to link the student union building with University House.Work is due to start on site in…

Bids are invited for the £6.5 million construction of a new law school for the University of Hertfordshire.

The design and build contract is for a new stand alone teaching building and the refurbishment of the ground floor of an existing building.Work on the project is expected to take 14 months…

Costain has won a 10-year contract with Severn Trent worth an estimated £400 million.

Work on AMP5 will start in April 2010.   Costain is one of eleven firms picked for the framework which has been awarded a year early in order for the companies involved to be able to begin on…

Morgan Ashurst has won a £4.8 million contract to build Ynysowen Community Primary School in Aberfan, Wales.

The firm will build the school for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to meet environmentally-friendly guidelines set by the Welsh Assembly. A number of ‘green’ features will be incorporated into the new school including a…

Balfour Beatty subsidiary Birse Civils has won a £10.5 million flood alleviation contract in North Lincolnshire.

The firm will strengthen 750m of sheet piled river wall in Gainsborough between now and 2010.The Environment Agency-project also involves the installation of low level anchors to be carried out between tides as well as…

The London Borough of Hounslow is looking for contractors to upgrade a number of leisure centres in the area under a deal worth up to £15 million.

The contract, advertised on the Official Journal of the European Union this week, will cover improvement works on three leisure centres in west London.Work…