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Record year for Lakesmere
In the year ending 31st January 2015, Lakesmere’s turnover reached £95.6m, an increase of 11% from the 2014 figure of £86m. Pre-tax profit was up 23% from £1.99m to £2.44m. It was Lakesmere’s best trading year to date and...
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Skanska lands Glos lighting deal
Skanska has been handed a contract worth up to £41m to change 55,000 standard street lights to LED ones. Gloucestershire County Council has awarded Skanska a 12-year contract to reduce the energy consumed by the county’s street lighting. ...
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T&T lands contract for Canadian newspaper HQ
Turner & Townsend has been appointed to lead the project and cost management for the new corporate headquarters for Canadian newspaper 'The Globe and Mail'. The project, which is scheduled to be complete by January 2017,...
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Black & Veatch sets up in South Africa
Galliford Try JV secures £560m water dealBlack & Veatch to design Jeddah desalination plantGrant Thornton picks T&T for Joburg officeStudy takes forward Thames flood protection schemeMace picked for Joburg regeneration Black & Veatch has established a local operation in South...
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Engineers look to learn from stealthy owls
Civil engineers are hoping that research into how owls fly so quietly could lead to new ways of making wind turbines quieter. Most birds make a noise when they flap their wings but not owls. The aspiration is to...
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Unions plan living wage protests
Union activists are planning demonstrations outside the offices of construction employers’ organisations in protest in protest against their refusal to adopt the London Living Wage for construction workers. Trades unions Ucatt and Unite are staging their...
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Thales and Siemens win Spanish high-speed rail contract
A joint venture of Thales and Siemens has won a €34.8m (£24.7m) contract on the Chamartín-Torrejón de Velasco section of Spain’s high-speed rail network. The contract covers signalling facilities, train protection systems, fixed telecommunications and centralised traffic control, including...
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