Galliard Construction has been appointed by developer Sager as the principal contractor for Sager’s £400m Islington Square project.
South London’s Lambeth College has selected Carillion Developments to build a new skill centre in the college’s Vauxhall site.
Developer Hammerson has announced that work on the £1bn Whitgift shopping centre redevelopment project in Croydon, London is now pushed back to 2017.
The proposals to redevelop the historic Tower Works site in Holbeck, UK have been approved by Leeds City Council.
The company is active in 80 countries and has designed, built and operated construction projects from public sector buildings and private sector buildings to transport infrastructure and energy and communication networks.The company has been in operation for more than 60 years and today employs a team of 53,500 people.
Bouygues UK has secured a contract from Bristol City Council to build the £90m ($129.7m) Bristol Arena next to Temple Meads railway station in Bristol, UK.
Northern Ireland-based developer McAleer & Rushe has signed a £70m ($101m) contract with Queen’s University Belfast to develop student housing on two of its city centre sites in Belfast.
Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiaries Tecnimont and KT-Kinetics Technology have won an EPC contract worth $180m from Socar Polymer for a new polyethylene plant in Azerbaijan.
Highways England has completed a £100m ‘smart’ upgrade along a stretch on the M6 motorway in the Midlands, UK.
German automotive supplier Continental is set to build a new commercial vehicle tyre plant in Mississippi, US.
Ardmore has secured an £80m ($115.3m) contract from Notting Hill Housing and Sellar Developments for phase one of Project Light at Canada Water in Southwark, UK.
Developer Essential Living has secured approval from Ealing Council to deliver a £200m build-to-rent development in North Acton, London.
Danish engineering company FLSmidth has signed an EPC contract for the supply of a greenfield cement plant in Algeria.
The company offers project planning, including cost and risk analysis, feasibility studies, logistics, impact assessments, and stakeholder engagement activity. It also designs intellectual capital - management systems and business processes; structures including office towers, schools, aircraft, bridges and highways; and advanced technology systems such as biometric scanners and superfast broadband networks.Atkins focuses on infrastructure projects, covering buildings, transport, information communications and security systems, and utilities such as energy and water. The company works for national and local governments as well as the commercial sector.
The company covers areas including water and energy projects, skyscrapers, the planning of new cities, infrastructure and travel links, and public spaces. It provides design and build capabilities, financing, and project management.
When the Highways Agency announced its Collaborative Delivery Framework in November 2014, it emphasised collaboration among all partners as the key ingredient in the successful delivery of the £24 billion investment to transform England’s major road networks up to 2021. Simon Ellison, Highways Sector Director at Costain, outlines his views.
Athenex, a manufacturer of oncology medication, is set to invest $1.62bn to expand its operations in Dunkirk and Buffalo in New York.
Construction Partnership UK (CPUK) has started work on the first phase of the £107m Bridge Street Regeneration Project in Warrington, UK.
Chinese bio-energy company Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group is set to construct a €1bn ($1.13bn) biofuel refinery in Kemi, Finland.
CLS Holdings has received approval from Lambeth Council Planning Committee for the revised £400m Vauxhall Square mixed-use project in London.