In brief

Carillion preferred bidder for Canada job
Carillion is preferred bidder to build the £60m Royal Ottawa Hospital in Canada under a public private partnership initiative.

John Martin gets its bearings on M6 viaduct
John Martin Construction has been awarded a £24.1m contract to replace the bearings on the northbound Thelwall viaduct on the M6 in Cheshire. Each bearing location will need to be jacked up before work can start.

Totty gets phase two at Brewery Wharf
Totty Construction has won a £10m contract with Barratt Leeds for Brewery Wharf phase two, having completed the first phase of the residential development in June last year. Completion is set for summer 2005.

Dudley bags £10m Tesco refurb work
Dudley & Sons of Newport has won two Tesco contracts worth £10m: the £8m Newcastle superstore extension and upgrade; and the £2m refit of a former Co-op supermarket in South Shields.

National Construction College gets top marks
The National Construction College has been praised by the Adult Learning Inspectorate for its training provision and "particularly high health and safety standards and strong promotion of equal opportunities".

Deadline for Queen's Awards looms
Contractors wishing to enter the construction category of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise have until 31 October to do so. Go to www.queensawards.org.uk
for an application form.

Building conservation courses at West Dean
West Dean College in West Sussex is offering four Royal Institute of British Architects-approved continuous professional development courses in building conservation. For details go to www.westdean.org.uk.

Monk Dunstone director dies
Neil Kenworthy, formerly a director of Monk Dunstone Associates (MDA), died last month of a heart attack. He retired from MDA in February 2002 after 36 years but continued working on a consultancy basis.