Skanska wins £68.8m A2 widening scheme

Skanska wins £68.8m A2 widening scheme
Skanska has been confirmed as the winning contractor for the £68.8m early contractor involvement scheme to widen the A2 between Pepperhill and Cobham in Kent. Work involves construction of 4.5km of new dual carriageway.

Addenbrooke's PFI goes to A McAlpine
As tipped by CJ (9 July) Alfred McAlpine has been confirmed as preferred bidder for a £67m PFI scheme at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge to provide additional non-emergency patient care facilities for Addenbrooke's NHS Trust.

Miller to provide £16.8m school buildings
Miller Construction has won a £16.8m contract to provide new school buildings and carry out refurbishment at the Academy of Peckham, south London. Work will be split into seven phases with completion set for December 2005.

Mivan lands £15m
townhouses fit-out
Mivan has landed the £15m contract to fit-out townhouses in the new Wycombe Square development in London for St James Homes. The contract starts in September and is due to complete in July 2005.

Ballast and Laing jv selected for Islington
A Ballast and Laing Homes joint venture has been selected by the London Borough of Islington as its preferred bidder for the provision of two new special education needs schools, valued at £13m.

Lanarkshire Council wants refurb partner
South Lanarkshire Council is advertising for a construction partner to undertake refurbishment work of its 32,000-strong housing stock under an initial five-year contract.

Hackney seeks firms for Decent Homes project
The London Borough of Hackney is seeking four to six contractors to carry out its Decent Homes Phase II Programme to bring around 10,000 homes up to the required standard under a three- to seven-year framework deal.