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The age of aquariums Connecting the new Berlin UpdateN The international news magazine for Balfour Beatty April 2006 News review News review 3 IN BRIEF g BALFOUR Beatty Construction (BBCL) Scottish & Southern has secured its third office contract with Wilson Bowden Developments in Glasgow. The £13.5 million design and build contract for Building 4 at Atlantic Quay follows Equinox House, in Cadogan Street, and Building 6. The contract, comprises a speculative office complex which will include a base- ment car park, ground and mezzanine levels, nine upper floors and roof-top plant rooms, to be completed in June 2007. The building’s steel and composite Cover picture: flooring frame is founded on a series of Just one of the amazing sights large-diameter bored piles, with the enve- lope embracing a mixture of curtain visitors can see at Georgia’s walling, together with rain-screen, masonry exciting new aquarium built by North Lanarkshire and pre-cast cladding. Heery. g ADDITIONALLY BBCL Scottish & See pages 12 and 13. Southern has been contracted for the design and construction of new educational chalks up first school facilities in Brighton on land next to the city’s railway station. The £26.3 million contract was secured, by a team led by Paul Smith, and From left to right, local councillor supported by Jim Falconer. WO of 24 new schools being built in a £150 tish Executive. Tommy Morgan and on the right Due for completion in September 2007, million PPP project in Scotland have been In addition to the most up-to-date educational Director of Education for North it will provide new teaching facilities, Editorial Team: handed over to the local authority. facilities, the assembly hall and dining area can be Lanarkshire Council, Michael student accommodation and administrative Tim Sharp, TUnder the project, which brings together Balfour used by the community for public meetings, recre- O’Neill. Right, the school opens offices, and will bring all of Study Group Beatty, Balfour Kilpatrick, Transform Schools and ational activities, shows and even wedding receptions. its doors for the first time. International’s Brighton activities under Lynn Harvey North Lanarkshire Council, the first two new schools An all-weather floodlit football pitch has also one roof. have been opened on a shared campus in the village of been provided for both schools and the local commu- Marjorie Hooper and Caldercruix, near Airdrie. nity, with changing room facilities that have been the Caldercruix schools was a significant milestone Schools, the local council and Balfour Beatty Construc- g AFTER 40 years with the Balfour Glengowan and St Mary’s Primary Schools are designed to cater for adults as well as children. for the local community, and its success was being tion reflects how partnerships between public and Beatty Group, the latter nine as Deputy Helen Baker the first of two dozen schools being opened in North Bob Anderson, Balfour Beatty Construction mirrored across the project. private sector can significantly raise the quality of life Finance Director, John Muirhead is to +44(0) 20 7216 6800 Lanarkshire by 2008 in a project funded by the Scot- General Manager in Scotland, said the completion of “The excellent collaboration between Transform and the provision of public services,” he added. retire at the end of 2006. Duncan Magrath has joined the group from Exel, where he has held a number of senior operational and corporate financial Written, designed and roles, and takes over from John in April. produced by Surrey House ERP roll out rolls on John, will continue to work on specific projects as a senior member of Anthony Corporate Communication g INCREASING numbers of business units are the following October. This was followed by Rabin’s team. adopting ERP – Balfour Beatty's single integrated BBCEL, RCS, Stent and BBUL along with Birm- Anthony said he had shown “tremen- +44(0) 1372 460111 business system that covers procurement, HR, ingham Hospital and the Isle of Grain JV. dous commitment and loyalty and finance and accounts, project costing and payroll. “As other units follow, valuable lessons learned performed at the highest level” during his ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning – is already from early adopters are smoothing their way,” said long career. running in five operating companies and two joint Project Manager Andrew Moore. “Instead of starting ventures, and will roll out in more units over the afresh, we can pinpoint gaps between current g Mike Archbold, Managing Director for next year. systems and the ERP solution. Operations at Balfour Beatty Capital, and a It was evolved jointly by HR, Payroll, Procure- “Then we design new or enhanced modules to founder member of Consort, will retire in ment, Inventory, Projects/Commercial and Finance, bridge the gaps, test them before implementation July after 10 years involvement in PFI. and has been designed to satisfy all their needs. It and ensure efficient roll-out. ERP really is a new Mike joined the company in 1993, having eliminates incompatibility between systems, broom sweeping away old incompatible business been involved for many years in large-scale removing waste and duplication of effort, and brings systems.” building projects, especially hospitals. Ian state-of-the-art software and thinking to the manage- Rylatt, Managing Director, Balfour Beatty ment system. Capital, said that Mike had contributed Balfour Beatty Update is Among the key benefits are: greatly to the company’s success from G Efficiency, control, visibility and auditability in times when there were just six staff on published by Balfour Beatty producing accounts roads and hospital bids. Today it has 160 G Better decision-making, thanks to a single source staff and 18 major PFI concessions in plc, 130 Wilton Road, London of financial and management data health, education, road, water and power. G SW1V 1LQ, for Balfour Collaboration and savings across the group Mike will hand over to his successor, through efficiency and better ability to negotiate ERP will roll out in Chris Spencer in mid April. Chris was Beatty people worldwide with suppliers. more units over the previously Managing Director of the Sir Design and development of ERP took until June next year Robert McAlpine PFI business. © Balfour Beatty plc 2006 2004, and the first company to go live was BBCL 4 News review News review 5 IN BRIEF Hope strengthens leading role g MANSELL has been awarded a contract potentially worth £203 million SPECIALIST healthcare concession company Financial closure for the schemes is expected to be and radiology, diagnostic and treatment centres. from Riverside Housing and Sandwell Consort Healthcare has been named preferred bidder achieved early next year. The Northern Batched Hospitals project brings Balfour Beatty’s major Borough Council. for the £190 million Northern Batched Hospitals The Salford programme will include a number of PFI hospital schemes to a total of eight. The Hawthorn Fields project will project in Greater Manchester, strengthening Balfour new buildings, including an education centre, emer- Simon Rooke, Infrastructure Business Development Manager, Balfour include the refurbishment of some Beatty’s position as the leader in the field. gency department extension, assessment unit, critical Beatty Capital Projects, said the company was delighted to have been council homes, the demolition and The project comprises a £130m redevelopment care unit, new renal and urology units and residential chosen to create first-class healthcare facilities for people in Greater rebuilding of some council homes and and new buildings programme for Hope Hospital, accommodation for hospital staff. Manchester and the staff serving them. the rebuilding of some homes for sale. Salford, under a 34-year PFI concession contract, and In Tameside, new buildings will include a mental “They are our seventh and eighth major PFI hospital schemes,” he The contract award is a Private a £60m design and build contract for a new acute and health unit for the elderly, a ward block, a day said. “We have proven skills and a first-class track record in this specialist Finance Initiative that will allow River- mental facility at Tameside General Hospital. surgery, an endoscopy unit and extensions to theatres area and are now a clear leader in the field.” side Housing to provide housing improvements from 2006 to 2031. This is considered a key regeneration scheme for Sandwell Council, looking to meet the 2010 Decent Homes target set by national Government, and residents have been fully informed and involved so far and will continue to be so as the projects continues. Steve Davies, Regional Managing Director for Mansell Construction Services Ltd, said: “It’s fantastic to have secured this opportunity to work in conjunction with two of our key clients, particularly following the success of our previous PFI project with Riverside at Donnington.” g MANSELL has also been named as one of five contractors appointed to Top: Moorfields Eye Hospital. Above, left to right: Richard Desmond, a Moorfields’ patient and work on a five-year framework with the lead donor, Lady Jacomb, Chair of the Campaign Committee, and Professor Moore, Clinical Director Catalyst Housing Group. of Paediatric Ophthalmology, performing the topping out ceremony. The company is eligible for work in two categories incorporating new build, refurbishment and regeneration work – “below £2 million,” with potentially Moorfields tops out £50m of contracts to be shared among the five contractors, and “above £2m,” THE topping-out of the new international children’s centre at London’s Moorfields Eye with up to £385m of work to be divided Hospital has been celebrated in traditional style. between the five. Balfour Beatty Construction (BBCL) is on target to complete the £15 million Richard It means that the contracts could be Desmond Children’s Eye Centre by the end of this year. It is being named after the worth £87 million to Balfour Beatty chairman of Express Newspapers, a Moorfields patient who has donated £2.5m to the over the five years.