Birse Build wins deal to build B&Q HQ

Birse Build wins deal to build B&Q HQ
Birse Build has sealed an £11m contract to build the new corporate headquarters for B&Q at Chandlers Ford in Hampshire. The job will involve the construction of two linked office buildings with completion in July 2004.

Amec sells shares in Spie Batignolles
Amec has sold its majority share in Spie Batignolles, its French regional construction business, to a management buy-out team. Amec retains a minority interest in the firm.

Green Mac directors pass safety test
All directors of McNicholas Construction ('green Mac') have attended and passed an Institute of Occupational Safety & Health course on safety for senior executives.

McCarthy & Stone chairman resigns
John McCarthy has resigned as chairman of McCarthy & Stone, the retirement home business he founded 40 years ago. He launched an unsuccessful bid in June to buy back the company and was planning to hand it to his sons.

Berkeley chief exec in £1.2m award debate
A confrontation looms between Tony Pidgley, chief executive of housebuilder Berkeley, and its major shareholder over his retrospective award of £1.2m under an incentive scheme dating back to 2000.

Ballast Manchester wins £15m contracts
Ballast's Manchester office has picked up five contracts worth more than £15m. The largest is the £4.1m deal to construct a 108-apartment development in Ludgate Hill for David McLean Homes.

Crispin & Borst bags £3m extension job
Vinci subsidiary Crispin & Borst has won two jobs worth £4.5m, led by the £3m contract to extend Queen Mary University of London's School of Medicine and Dentistry in Whitechapel.

Kiely Brothers employee death off site
The Kiely Brothers Tar-Drives employee killed two weeks ago (CJ 6 August) was not killed on site, but when a car collided with his vehicle as it was being driven back to the company's depot.