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BOXTEXT: BOVISlend lease gets irish deal

Bovis Lend Lease has been awarded a £3.75m construction management shell and core contract by BG Property Holdings to build an operations and control centre in Northern Ireland.

alfred mcalpine wins hospital improvements

Alfred McApline has won a £4.6m, 36-week infrastructure improvements contract for Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital. The Warrington-based firm will be constructing a new energy centre to house new generating equipment and controls for the Hospital's mechanical and electrical installation as well as other refurbishments.

Bullock awarded £3.6m contract

Bullock Construction has secured a £3.6m contract to convert the former Birmingham Eye Hospital, vacant since 1996, into a 66-bedroom hotel for the Alternative Hotel Company. Work will start in May and finish in spring 2001.

kvaerner to modify hamburg refinery

Kvaerner, the Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction Group, has won a £44.6m contract to modify a refinery in Hamburg, Germany, in line with European union directives on auto fuels.

ibex to start £4.3m refurb deal

Ibex Interiors is set to start on a £4.3m refurbishment on the 20th, 21st and 22nd floors of the 36-storey City Point tower in Moorgate, EC2 for US lawyers Simpson Thacher Bartlett.

north midland wins water deals

Nottinghamshire-based civil engineering and building company North Midland Construction has won two contracts with Yorkshire Water. The first involves modifications to existing filters and building an odour control plant. The second is to build foundations and carry out groundwork to a mechanical works north of Doncaster. The combined value of the contracts is approximately £1m.