HOT LINE

The pick of œ17m-worth of new contracts won by Tarmac Building are a œ5.3m contract for a 10-storey shopping complex in Stevenage for Richardson Cordwell; a œ5m contract to reclaim a former power station site at Nechells; and a œ3.3m office and stores contract at Didcot, Oxford-shire, for National Grid.

Balfour Beatty has a œ6m contract to construct 50km of tank track road over the North Yorkshire Moors near Catterick Camp and two contracts for Northumbrian Water worth œ3.3m for work on the Tees Estuary Environmental Scheme.

Birse has been awarded a œ6m contract to refurbish 18 buildings into teaching accommodation, mess building, armoury and retail unit at the Chicksands defence establishment at Shefford, near Bedford.

South West Highways has won a œ4m contract to maintain the M5 between junctions 21-27 and the A303 and A36 in Somerset.

Wates has secured a œ2.7m contract to repair and refurbish 68 flats in Welshpool Street, London E8, for the London Borough of Hackney.

Lorne Stewart has won a œ2.5m order from Amec Management for the installation of M&E services at the new BT Telesales Centre in Warrington.

Essex-based J Hodgson has been awarded a œ2.3m contract to build the Little Haven Children's Hospice in Rayleigh, Essex.

Kier North East has negotiated a œ2.1m contract to construct the second phase of development at Follingsby Park, Gateshead, for White Rose Development Enter-prises.