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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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Carillion seals deal on £187m Midlands schools programme
A Carillion joint venture has reached financial close on the Midlands priority school building programme, a private finance concession contract. The new Queen Elizabeth Academy in Atherstone Carillion Construction will build eight schools at a capital...
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Government puts King’s Cross stake up for sale
The government has launched the sale of its stake in the 67-acre development site around King’s Cross station in London. The decision to sell the government’s 36.5% interest in King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP), which is developing land...
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Arup targets Colombia with new office
Arup has opened a permanent office in Bogota aimed at high-impact engineering projects in Colombia. Federico Torres, Arup's CEO in Colombia, said: "Having an office in Bogotá is a strategic measure, because whenever there are job opportunities for us...
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