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00:00 24 May 2000
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by Glenda Thisdell
North of Scotland Water Authority has chosen the Catchment consortium for its £60m, 30-year wastewater treatment partnership.
Catchment, which comprises: project manager International Water, Morrison Construction, and operator United Utilities, saw off a bid from the North of Scotland Environmental Service consortium. Members of this consortium were Earth Tech, handling the design aspects of the bid, operators Kelda, and contractors Balfour Beatty. On the original shortlist of three was a Miller Construction/Northumbria Water joint venture.
The contractor will be required to design, build, own, finance and operate wastewater treatment works to serve a number of drainage catchments on the Moray coast. The new treatment plants will serve Elgin, Lossiemough, Buckie and Banff MacDuff. The contract includes the design and construction of wastewater treatment plants, stormwater storage, sludge treatment and disposal facilities, pumping stations, sewers and outfalls and the long-term operation and maintenance of the works. Construction is expected to start by the end of the year.
This contract is the third Private Finance Initiative water project won by Morrison Construction in consortia with Bechtel and United Utilities. Two years ago, the group was chosen to work on a £100m PFI waste water project at Tayside, in partnership with North of Scotland Water Authority. The group had previously been selected for Scotland's first privately funded water project, the Inverness and Fort William sewage treatment schemes, also in partnership with North of Scotland Water Authority. Elephant and Castle's pink shopping centre and surrounding maze of roundabouts could soon be a thing of the past after three detailed proposals to transform the south London site were submitted to Southwark Council.
The local authority unveiled details of the proposals last week after offering developers the 68ha site free of charge in return for the regeneration of the area, encompassing housing, transport, retail and business, open spaces and leisure.
The first bid was from London Amsterdam Countryside, consisting of London & Amsterdam Developments, Countryside Properties and ING Real Estate. Its proposal included a car-free area as big as Trafalgar Square; 85,000m2 of shopping and leisure facilities; a four-star 250-room hotel, conference centre and 300,000m2 offices.
It also planned to invest £400m in local community facilities such as a new public library, leisure centre, swimming pool, a cultural and performing arts centre. Also £130m has been set aside for a new public transport interchange and £112m to rebuild or refurbish 2,700 existing homes.
Developers St George and Land Securities have teamed up to form the St George Consortium. Its master plan included building 13,900m2 of bars, shops, restaurants and shops and 150 new apartments within two years and a new gyratory road scheme, traffic calming and a new bus interchange within four years. The proposal also included a health and fitness centre, multiplex cinema and 2,500 new homes.
The final bid was from Southwark Land Regeneration, which includes developer Godfrey Bradman's European Land Group and Frogmore Estates. The present fragmented environment will be replaced by tree lined streets, new public and private homes, courtyards, squares and promenades and a piazza. The winner is due to be selected on 21 June, with work starting next year for completion by 2010. Yorkshire County Cricket Club is looking for contractors to undertake a £10.7m reconstruction of their cricket test match ground in Leeds. Included in the contract is a new 7,000-seat stand with supporting facilities, a new members' stand with 1,600 seats and restaurant and bar.
The deadline for requests to participate is 24 May 2000. Wates Construction has won a £17.5m contract to build three office blocks in Hampshire for Legal & General Property.
The steel frame construction will provide 14,000m2 of floor area. Drake & Scull Engineering is the mechanical and electrical engineer and Clarke Nicholls & Marcel is the structural engineers.
North of Scotland Water Authority has chosen the Catchment consortium for its £60m, 30-year wastewater treatment partnership.
Catchment, which comprises: project manager International Water, Morrison Construction, and operator United Utilities, saw off a bid from the North of Scotland Environmental Service consortium. Members of this consortium were Earth Tech, handling the design aspects of the bid, operators Kelda, and contractors Balfour Beatty. On the original shortlist of three was a Miller Construction/Northumbria Water joint venture.
The contractor will be required to design, build, own, finance and operate wastewater treatment works to serve a number of drainage catchments on the Moray coast. The new treatment plants will serve Elgin, Lossiemough, Buckie and Banff MacDuff. The contract includes the design and construction of wastewater treatment plants, stormwater storage, sludge treatment and disposal facilities, pumping stations, sewers and outfalls and the long-term operation and maintenance of the works. Construction is expected to start by the end of the year.
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This contract is the third Private Finance Initiative water project won by Morrison Construction in consortia with Bechtel and United Utilities. Two years ago, the group was chosen to work on a £100m PFI waste water project at Tayside, in partnership with North of Scotland Water Authority. The group had previously been selected for Scotland's first privately funded water project, the Inverness and Fort William sewage treatment schemes, also in partnership with North of Scotland Water Authority. Elephant and Castle's pink shopping centre and surrounding maze of roundabouts could soon be a thing of the past after three detailed proposals to transform the south London site were submitted to Southwark Council.
The local authority unveiled details of the proposals last week after offering developers the 68ha site free of charge in return for the regeneration of the area, encompassing housing, transport, retail and business, open spaces and leisure.
The first bid was from London Amsterdam Countryside, consisting of London & Amsterdam Developments, Countryside Properties and ING Real Estate. Its proposal included a car-free area as big as Trafalgar Square; 85,000m2 of shopping and leisure facilities; a four-star 250-room hotel, conference centre and 300,000m2 offices.
It also planned to invest £400m in local community facilities such as a new public library, leisure centre, swimming pool, a cultural and performing arts centre. Also £130m has been set aside for a new public transport interchange and £112m to rebuild or refurbish 2,700 existing homes.
Developers St George and Land Securities have teamed up to form the St George Consortium. Its master plan included building 13,900m2 of bars, shops, restaurants and shops and 150 new apartments within two years and a new gyratory road scheme, traffic calming and a new bus interchange within four years. The proposal also included a health and fitness centre, multiplex cinema and 2,500 new homes.
The final bid was from Southwark Land Regeneration, which includes developer Godfrey Bradman's European Land Group and Frogmore Estates. The present fragmented environment will be replaced by tree lined streets, new public and private homes, courtyards, squares and promenades and a piazza. The winner is due to be selected on 21 June, with work starting next year for completion by 2010. Yorkshire County Cricket Club is looking for contractors to undertake a £10.7m reconstruction of their cricket test match ground in Leeds. Included in the contract is a new 7,000-seat stand with supporting facilities, a new members' stand with 1,600 seats and restaurant and bar.
The deadline for requests to participate is 24 May 2000. Wates Construction has won a £17.5m contract to build three office blocks in Hampshire for Legal & General Property.
The steel frame construction will provide 14,000m2 of floor area. Drake & Scull Engineering is the mechanical and electrical engineer and Clarke Nicholls & Marcel is the structural engineers.
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