Tilbury wins £50m Rover job
Tilbury Douglas has scooped a £50 million partnering contract
to provide management services for Rover/BMW's new 'Mini' building
project. The work involves the construction of a car assembly
building at Rover, Birmingham together with a new press shop at
Solihull. The new Mini will be in production by 2001. The work will
be undertaken by the Construction Services Division of Tilbury
Douglas in partnership with Rover/BMW.
Bovis Lelliott scoops FT printworks job
Bovis Lelliott has won a £10.5 million management contract to
convert the former Financial Times Printing Works in London's East
India Docks into a new telecommunications centre for Echo Property
Investment. The glass and steel building designed by Nicholas
Grimshaw and Partners and built by Bovis in 1989, will provide
16,350m2 of telecom accommodation.
Norwest Holst wins Bardon chill store
Norwest Holst Construction has been awarded a £9 million
contract to design and construct a chill store, warehouse and
office development for ProLogis Kingspark Developments at Interlink
Park in Bardon, Leicestershire. The scheme will provide 23,000m2 of
warehousing with 1,840m2 of offices and the 6,440m2 chill
store.
Boot to fitout Dome catering facilities
Henry Boot Management has been contracted by New Millennium
Experience Company to construct refreshment and catering facilities
for the Millennium Dome and its associated support buildings. The
work involves fitting out the structure to incorporate catering
facilities and a central storage area.
Ringway to maintain Kent roads
Ringway Highway Services has been awarded a term contract worth
around £10 million by Kent County Council for highway
maintenance. The contract runs for an initial period of five years
with an option of extending it for a further two. The work includes
winter maintenance and emergency call outs on the network, which
consists of 8,000km and 4,700 structures.
Laing awarded Dubai port upgrade
John Laing International has won a £6.5 million contract to
refurbish and expand the operations of Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. The
contract includes expanding and upgrading an existing quay and
building additional container handling and storage facilities at
two other berths.
WS Atkins to manage Barclays property
WS Atkins has been awarded an initial two year contract to provide
Barclays Bank Group Property Services with facilities management
property services to its retail property portfolio. The portfolio
includes over 3,000 Barclays' branches. Atkins will manage building
maintenance, cleaning, data cabling, utilities and minor
refurbishments.