Contracts

Wates has secured a key role on the construction of a 28 metre-high zero-carbon archive building for the British Library. The contractor was named as pre-construction services consultant on the project at Boston Spa in West Yorkshire. Wates will work with the British Library, architect Carmody Groarke and engineer Buro…

A £40m extension to West Cumberland hospital has been approved by local councillors. Graham has been appointed main contractor for the job, which will see a new 55,860 square feet, two-storey extension built on to the hospital. Copeland Borough Council backed the project, which is the second phase of redevelopment…

Plans for a £61m data centre in Salford have been approved with a potential 2022 start for construction. California-based data infrastructure firm Equinix is behind the scheme which would be its fifth data centre in the Greater Manchester area. It will be located in the Agecroft Commerce Park and see…

Bam Construct has been appointed to build a new ultra-green school designed to set the standard for future buildings. The Department for Education (DfE) has awarded Bam a contract understood to be worth around £30m to deliver the school, Southam College in Warwickshire. It will cater to more than 1,650…

A new £36m eye hospital will be built in Sunderland following approval from the local council. The facility will replace the existing eye infirmary, which is more than 75 years old. A consultation on the new hospital received “overwhelmingly” positive feedback, according to Sunderland City Council. Procurement for a contractor…

The University of Strathclyde has put contractors on notice for a £105m deal to build Passivhaus-standard research facilities in Glasgow. As the COP26 climate summit began in the Scottish city, university chiefs launched the procurement process to deliver the ultra-green Technology & Information Centre (TIC) Zone Development. A prior information…

Nottingham Community Housing Association is searching for one or two contractors to deliver up to £75m of maintenance work. Bids are being invited for construction work, building maintenance work and electrical installation work, including plastering, joinery, carpentry and building completion work. The housing association said it will either appoint one…

Government officials have called for interest in a £600m framework to deliver capital projects across the nationwide estate of the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published the official notice of a seven-lot framework covering design, build, installation, commissioning and handover services…

ISG has been appointed to a £21m project to revamp and modernise the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. ISG will add new seats to expand the velodrome’s capacity and add a new glazed track barrier, install the latest technology for track timing and photo finishes and install a digital display…

Kier and Morgan Sindall are among firms appointed to a new £750m public sector framework. The two firms won places to deliver the highest-value jobs worth more than £25m each alongside Farrans, JJ Rhatigan and Willmott Dixon. The framework from LHC will delivery buildings and infrastructure projects in education, healthcare,…