HOT LINE

The pick of œ11m in new orders for Britannia Construction include a new Tesco store at Thornbury, near Bristol, a 5,520m2 production facility at Olympus Park, Gloucester for Robert Hitchins Development and a new club house at Brickhampton Golf Club, Gloucestershire.



Taylor Woodrow Northern has been appointed main contractor for the building of two Tesco distribution centres, each worth œ4.5m at Didcot and Chepstow.



Fairview New Homes will start work shortly on a 378 mixed private housing development near the A13 at Pitsea, near Basildon, Essex.



Costain Civil Engineering has been awarded a œ3.8m contract by the Port of London Authority to construct six river groynes on the River Thames between Tilbury power station and Coalhouse Port. It also has a œ3.3m contract to construct a 2.3km interceptor/storage tunnel between Fleetwood and Rossall for NW Water.



Wrekin Construction has a œ4.3m contract for Stage 3 of the East Castle Mine treatment works. Old workings will be stabilised and shafts infilled.



Redpath Engineering Services, part of Trafalgar House, has won a œ3m M&E contract for part of BNFL's Sellafield waste treatment complex.



Mowlem has a secured a œ2.5m contract from Sandoz Pharmaceuticals for a two-storey extension at their existing site near Camberley, Surrey.



Willmott Dixon has begun work on a œ2.2m project to build 60 new homes for rent on the edge of Peterborough for Circle 33 Housing Trust.



Wates Construction has won a œ2.2m contract to refurbish a speculative office development - Wellington Gate - Tunbridge Wells for Hill Samuel Property Unit Trust and Ashmere Securities.



Roadworks has won a œ2m contract for the refurbishment of the viaduct on the A1011 in Silvertown, East London.