Contracts News

Contractor Willmott Dixon has been awarded a £31m contract to develop the University of Birmingham’s campus in Eastside, the new building known as Curzon B and is Situated on Cardigan Street.

ISG WILL INCREASE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SPACE AT PINNACLE HOUSE BY APPROXIMATELY 50% BY ADDING THREE FLOORS AND REVISING THE INTERNAL LAYOUT.

AN ARCHITECT IS SOUGHT TO DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE CENTRE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH The new facility will be housed in an existing university warehouse, creating a collections facility 800m² in size.

SME BUILDING FIRMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAW THEIR BUSINESS GROWTH DIP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2015, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERATION OF MASTER BUILDERS (FMB) IN THEIR LATEST TRADE SURVEY.

Galliford Try has signed two contracts with the University of Leeds for building refurbishment work, worth a total of £37.8m.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HAS SELECTED FRAMEWORK PARTNER BALFOUR BEATTY TO BUILD ITS NEW £350M ENGINEERING CAMPUS.

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL HAS HANDED INTERSERVE A £12.3M CONTRACT TO REFURBISH AND MODERNISE THE CITY CENTRE’S GRADE I LISTED KIRKGATE MARKET.

MORGAN SINDALL HAS WON A £30M CONTRACT FOR A MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF A BIRMINGHAM OFFICE BUILDING.

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS FOR A £100 MILLION 1,400 UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ROCHESTER A sustainable urban extension comprising up to 1,400 new dwellings of a range of sizes, types and tenures, including affordable housing, a site of 10.00ha for a secondary and primary schools, and public open and amenity space.

ISG has bagged an £8.4m contract to build a new University Technical College (UTC) in Warrington for the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).