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AMEC WINS TILBURY BERTH
Amec Capital Projects has been appointed contractor for the civil engineering works for a new berth at Northfleet Hope on the Thames at Tilbury, Essex. The £20m project will double the existing riverside capacity for Tilbury Container Services, which is jointly owned by P&O Ports, Associated British Ports and the Port of Tilbury. In total, 289m of quay will be created, bringing the total quay length to 600m. Construction will begin this month for completion by autumn 2001.
TURKEY BECKONS UK EXPORTERS
British Trade International is staging a conference in London on 14 June to highlight the work opportunities available in Turkey for building products and materials suppliers. The event will be chaired by Michael Rose and will include speakers from a Turkish contractor and consultant together with British companies that are already exporting to the country. Turkey's construction market is forecast at £17bn this year and the UK currently supplies only 4% of the country's imported building materials. For details, tel: 020 8682 2442.
BALFOUR WINS WORK WORTH £31m
Balfour Beatty has picked up four contracts worth more than £31m. The largest is a £10.2m award from developer MEPC for a three-storey office on the Chineham Business Park in Basingstoke. Other contracts are: external works for Spitalfields Development Corporation in London worth £6.1m; the £8.2m refurb of Holborn Police Station; and a £6.8m project for Optima Community Association to repair two 32-storey residential tower blocks in Birmingham.
E-COMMERCE OPPORTUNITIES
The Construction Products Association is to host a conference on the opportunities presented by e-commerce. The conference, on 11 July at Lords Cricket Ground, will focus on: understanding the business opportunities; the effect on the supply chain; developing trading opportunities; and implementing an e-business strategy. For details, tel: 020 7323 3770.
HEERY LANDS COLLEGE ROLE
Construction manager Heery International has been selected by North Hertfordshire College for the £12m redevelopment of the Stevenage Centre. The design team will be appointed this month with building work expected to start in January 2001.
ECA CERTIFICATION SCHEME
The Electrical Contractors' Association has reached agreement with BRE Certification to provide a certification scheme for assessing the technical competence of electrical contractors. The scheme is due to kick-in later this year and BRE Certification is an approved assessor for the Government's Quality Mark scheme.
SMALL CONTRACTOR SHAMES THE BIG BOYS
A small Surrey contractor has put many large contractors to shame by being awarded BS EN 14001 - the environmental management standard. Burren & Whitaker of Smallfield employs just 14 people and has a turnover of between £1.5m and £2m.
NEW ACT PROMOTES E-COMMERCE
Trading electronically took another step forward last week when the Electronics Communications Bill received Royal Assent. The new Act will give legal certainty to electronic signatures and will encourage the development of secure and trusted e-commerce services. The Act will enable existing laws, which insist on pen and paper, to be modified or swept aside.
Amec Capital Projects has been appointed contractor for the civil engineering works for a new berth at Northfleet Hope on the Thames at Tilbury, Essex. The £20m project will double the existing riverside capacity for Tilbury Container Services, which is jointly owned by P&O Ports, Associated British Ports and the Port of Tilbury. In total, 289m of quay will be created, bringing the total quay length to 600m. Construction will begin this month for completion by autumn 2001.
TURKEY BECKONS UK EXPORTERS
British Trade International is staging a conference in London on 14 June to highlight the work opportunities available in Turkey for building products and materials suppliers. The event will be chaired by Michael Rose and will include speakers from a Turkish contractor and consultant together with British companies that are already exporting to the country. Turkey's construction market is forecast at £17bn this year and the UK currently supplies only 4% of the country's imported building materials. For details, tel: 020 8682 2442.
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BALFOUR WINS WORK WORTH £31m
Balfour Beatty has picked up four contracts worth more than £31m. The largest is a £10.2m award from developer MEPC for a three-storey office on the Chineham Business Park in Basingstoke. Other contracts are: external works for Spitalfields Development Corporation in London worth £6.1m; the £8.2m refurb of Holborn Police Station; and a £6.8m project for Optima Community Association to repair two 32-storey residential tower blocks in Birmingham.
E-COMMERCE OPPORTUNITIES
The Construction Products Association is to host a conference on the opportunities presented by e-commerce. The conference, on 11 July at Lords Cricket Ground, will focus on: understanding the business opportunities; the effect on the supply chain; developing trading opportunities; and implementing an e-business strategy. For details, tel: 020 7323 3770.
HEERY LANDS COLLEGE ROLE
Construction manager Heery International has been selected by North Hertfordshire College for the £12m redevelopment of the Stevenage Centre. The design team will be appointed this month with building work expected to start in January 2001.
ECA CERTIFICATION SCHEME
The Electrical Contractors' Association has reached agreement with BRE Certification to provide a certification scheme for assessing the technical competence of electrical contractors. The scheme is due to kick-in later this year and BRE Certification is an approved assessor for the Government's Quality Mark scheme.
SMALL CONTRACTOR SHAMES THE BIG BOYS
A small Surrey contractor has put many large contractors to shame by being awarded BS EN 14001 - the environmental management standard. Burren & Whitaker of Smallfield employs just 14 people and has a turnover of between £1.5m and £2m.
NEW ACT PROMOTES E-COMMERCE
Trading electronically took another step forward last week when the Electronics Communications Bill received Royal Assent. The new Act will give legal certainty to electronic signatures and will encourage the development of secure and trusted e-commerce services. The Act will enable existing laws, which insist on pen and paper, to be modified or swept aside.
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