A team led by consultant WS Atkins has been picked as preferred bidder for a £100m schools PFI project in Merton, south London. It will include the refurbishment, extension and maintenance of six schools.
Skanska hooks up with Nortel
Skanska subsidiary Skanska Konnect has become a preferred partner in a deal with telecoms group Nortel Networks. It will involve the takeover by Skanska of 76 Nortel employees and the firm's UK build operation.
Wates closes two big deals
Contractor Wates has won two contracts: a £7.8m deal for a new B&Q warehouse in Belvedere, Kent, and an £8.5m contract for three speculative office blocks at the Waterfront Business Park, Fleet, Hampshire, for developer Helical Bar.
Totty scoops student housing
Yorkshire contractor Totty Construction has won a £6.2m deal to build a 431-room accommodation block in Huddersfield for student housing provider Unilodge.
Brum deal for Benson
Contractor Benson has closed a £3.7m deal to construct 77 flats for developer Crosby Homes in Summer Hill Terrace, central Birmingham.
Kier bags £2.7m school
Kier subsidiary Kier Southern has won a £2.7m contract to build an extension to Alton College, Hampshire. The extension includes a library and a sports hall.
Symonds scores in Caribbean
Consultant Symonds has won a contract to carry out a feasibility study for a new National Science Centre in Trinidad and Tobago.
Allenbuild goes to girls' school
Allenbuild North West has secured a £2.8m deal to construct a three-storey science block for the North Manchester High School for Girls.
Gillespies to link up revamps
Consultant Gillespies has been appointed as urban designer for Guy's & St Thomas' Trust. The firm will design streetscapes for the hospital to link with the London Bridge station redevelopment in Southwark.
Kennedy wins £90m of work
Alfred McAlpine subsidiary Kennedy Utility Services has won three contracts worth total of £90m with West of Scotland Water, gas supplier Transco and Yorkshire Electricity.
