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GEC Alsthom has won a œ24m order for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Paldang hydroelectric power station in South Korea.



Bryant Construction Southern is to build a new œ7m Weymouth and District Land Registry Building. The three-storey block with a single storey facilities building will be built in brick and has 250 parking spaces.



Laing North East is understood to be in the frame for a œ5m design, build and fit out contract for a five-storey precast concrete-framed office for the Benefits Agency on a site near Sunderland's Empire Theatre.



Turner and Townsend Project Management will be appointed, subject to GNRT board approval, project managers to Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit for Line 1 of their light rail transit system for Nottingham.



Midlands housebuilders Clarke Homes have expanded a development in the Bicester area and plan a mid-summer start on a œ13m private residential development there.



Lacey Simmons has a œ4.5m contract to construct a new wing at the American Community School, Hillingdon, Middlesex; a œ2.6m contract to renovate and convert the listed Barford Court at Hove, East Sussex and a œ2.5m D&B contract for 26 flats and 30 houses for Acton HA in Ruislip, Middlesex.



Tarmac, in conjunction with architect Corstorphine & Wright, has a œ2.5m contract to build a 5,520m2 extension for IMI Norgren in Shipston on Stour.



Simons Construction has started work on a œ2.3m project to build a 2,392m2 UK headquarters for Advanced Micro Devices at Frimley in Surrey.



The Welsh Development Agency is seeking expressions of interest for a œ6m, 13,800m2 bespoke factory development in the South Wales Valley area. It comprises a two-storey office block, fully fitted production area with air handling, external access road, car parking and new road link to highway.



The Highways Agency is seeking a contractor for a œ5m contract to reconstruct around 4km of three-lane motorway on the M62 from Beal Lane to junction 34 in West Yorkshire.