HOT LINE

The pick of œ20m in new orders won by Granite Construction, the contracting arm of the property group Birch, is a œ7.8m contract to build 6,900m2 of office space at the Phoenix Centre, Nottingham.

FJ Construction, part of the Jackson Group, has been awarded a œ7m contract to design and build a private hospital on the outskirts of Ipswich for Independent Care Management. Jackson Civil Engineering has a œ1.3m contract to reconstruct 250m of the Thames river wall in Gallions Reach.

Norwest Holst has been awarded a œ6.3m contract by the Metropolitan Police to construct a three-story building at Staines Police Station in Middlesex.

Birse has secured a œ3.6m award from BNFL for the Hex Line 3 building at Springfields, near Preston. It also has a œ2.6m contract at ICI Melinex in Dumfries to provide civils works for an industrial building.

Shepherd has a œ2.8m contract to refurbish 37 houses and 42 flats on the Glyntaff Farm Estate in Pontypridd for Newydd Housing Association and two contracts, worth a total of œ2.2m, for the redevelopment of the Pavilion and Indoor School at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford.

Ballast Wiltshier has won a œ2.7m contract to build the new Bonarsteads leisure pool at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Kier London has started work on a œ1.7m contract to construct a three-storey Academic Neuroscience Centre for the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College Hospital in London.



Faithful & Gould have been appointed as facilities managers for Esso Petroleum for an unspecified period. Works will cover building, electrical and all insurance work on UK petrol stations.