News in brief: 30 August 2006

The Chartered Institute of Building has been granted a licence by the Society for the Environment to award Chartered Environmentalist status to its members.

Hall Construction Services has won two contracts worth more than £11m. One contract is for new infrastructure at the Hatfield Colliery in Doncaster for Powerfuel. The second is for building and civils work for Bulkhaul at the Riverside Industrial Park in Middlesbrough.

Hammerson's plan for a £500m retail centre in Sheffield has been given the green light by the city council. The scheme will include residential apartments, a health club and other leisure facilities.

Housing and regeneration agency Communities Scotland has allocated more than half of this year's £800m budget to building and improving affordable homes.

Lend Lease has signed a formal co-operation agreement with Stockport Council for the Bridgefield development in the centre of Greater Manchester. The 81ha site is likely to include several hundred residential units.

The South East England Development Agency has given the green light to the 14.5ha Woolston Riverside scheme at the former Vosper Thorneycroft shipyard in Southampton. Crest Nicholson will bring forward the residential element of the Richard Rogers-designed masterplan.

White Young Green has been appointed by Lincolnshire County Council to provide consultancy services on its £18m educational project in Gainsborough.

Birse Civils has been awarded a £5.4m contract for the final phase of the Rugeley Eastern bypass by Staffordshire County Council. Work will include the construction of two river bridges, a canal bridge and embankments.

Balfour Kilpatrick has sealed a series of contracts worth £11m in total. These include a £4m M&E contract for the new Gateshead College and a £2.5m contract to provide M&E services to the No.4 Atlantic Quay development in Glasgow.

[Contract Journal, 30 August 2006, p 4]