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00:00 14 Jul 1999
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AMEC AND WOOD IN JOINT VENTURE
Amec and the Wood Group have formed a new contract-specific joint venture called Northern Integrated Services for work in the North Sea. The firm will provide services for Shell's recently merged Brent and Northern Business Units. Wood and Amec were the incumbent contractors for Brent and Northern respectively, prior to the merger. They provide engineering, construction, maintenance inspection and support services for the nine Shell installations in the unit.
DPA SEEKS SINGLE CONTRACTOR
The Defence Procurement Agency has received over 50 replies from companies wishing to bid for the facilities management contract to run its main base at Abbey Wood near Bristol. The DPA is looking for a single prime contractor using a total facilities management approach to run the 120,000m2 complex, home to 5,500 staff. An invitation to tender will be sent to a shortlist of firms in the autumn for an award in summer 2000.
HENRY BOOT AWARDED £7M CONTRACT
Henry Boot Management has been awarded a £7 million contract to build a Granada motorway service area on the M18 motorway, following the completion of pre-construction works at the site. The service area near Doncaster will include retail stores, a travel lodge and a filling station.
hull gets facelift
Architecture's big guns are to give Hull a facelift with £1 billion of regeneration projects. Last Thursday, Sir Norman Foster's architectural firm unveiled a £70 million plan to renovate 30 acres in the city centre. Lord Rogers of Riverside, meanwhile, has been looking at ways to renovate the dank waterway known as The Drain at the heart of the Preston Road estate. In a third £40m project, the architect Terry Farrell is designing an ocean discovery centre, called The Deep, which resembles a vast shark rising out of the Humber estuary.
maintenance costs fall
Maintenance costs fell in the first quarter of 1999 for the second successive quarter, but were still 4 per cent higher than a year ago, according to the BMI All-in Maintenance Cost Index. It attributed the fall in costs to material price fluctuations. The BMI forecast is for maintenance costs to rise above the level of inflation as a result of labour cost increases. The forecast is for an increase of 4.5 per cent over the 12 months to the first quarter of 2000.
johnston & mowlem announce integration
Johnston Construction and Mowlem Engineering Water have announced the integration of their businesses to offer a one-stop capability to the water industry. The move follows the acquisition last year by John Mowlem of Johnston Construction, with a view to Johnston becoming the primary focus of water industry work within Mowlem. The new company will retain the Johnson Construction identity.
detr estimates decrease in house building
The DETR has estimated that 15,700 houses were started in Great Britain compared with 16,900 in May 1998. Completions numbered 13,200 compared with 13,800 in the previous year. In the last quarter 48,700 dwellings were started, up 1 per cent on the same period a year ago, while completions at 4,030 were down 5 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.
Amec and the Wood Group have formed a new contract-specific joint venture called Northern Integrated Services for work in the North Sea. The firm will provide services for Shell's recently merged Brent and Northern Business Units. Wood and Amec were the incumbent contractors for Brent and Northern respectively, prior to the merger. They provide engineering, construction, maintenance inspection and support services for the nine Shell installations in the unit.
DPA SEEKS SINGLE CONTRACTOR
The Defence Procurement Agency has received over 50 replies from companies wishing to bid for the facilities management contract to run its main base at Abbey Wood near Bristol. The DPA is looking for a single prime contractor using a total facilities management approach to run the 120,000m2 complex, home to 5,500 staff. An invitation to tender will be sent to a shortlist of firms in the autumn for an award in summer 2000.
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HENRY BOOT AWARDED £7M CONTRACT
Henry Boot Management has been awarded a £7 million contract to build a Granada motorway service area on the M18 motorway, following the completion of pre-construction works at the site. The service area near Doncaster will include retail stores, a travel lodge and a filling station.
hull gets facelift
Architecture's big guns are to give Hull a facelift with £1 billion of regeneration projects. Last Thursday, Sir Norman Foster's architectural firm unveiled a £70 million plan to renovate 30 acres in the city centre. Lord Rogers of Riverside, meanwhile, has been looking at ways to renovate the dank waterway known as The Drain at the heart of the Preston Road estate. In a third £40m project, the architect Terry Farrell is designing an ocean discovery centre, called The Deep, which resembles a vast shark rising out of the Humber estuary.
maintenance costs fall
Maintenance costs fell in the first quarter of 1999 for the second successive quarter, but were still 4 per cent higher than a year ago, according to the BMI All-in Maintenance Cost Index. It attributed the fall in costs to material price fluctuations. The BMI forecast is for maintenance costs to rise above the level of inflation as a result of labour cost increases. The forecast is for an increase of 4.5 per cent over the 12 months to the first quarter of 2000.
johnston & mowlem announce integration
Johnston Construction and Mowlem Engineering Water have announced the integration of their businesses to offer a one-stop capability to the water industry. The move follows the acquisition last year by John Mowlem of Johnston Construction, with a view to Johnston becoming the primary focus of water industry work within Mowlem. The new company will retain the Johnson Construction identity.
detr estimates decrease in house building
The DETR has estimated that 15,700 houses were started in Great Britain compared with 16,900 in May 1998. Completions numbered 13,200 compared with 13,800 in the previous year. In the last quarter 48,700 dwellings were started, up 1 per cent on the same period a year ago, while completions at 4,030 were down 5 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.
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