CommuniquéThe newsletter of VINCI PLC ~ Issue 38 Summer 2008 2 Contents
03 Group News New Look Communiqué 04 Industrial & Commercial 07 Healthcare This issue of Communiqué has been designed to present news of VINCI PLC’s construction activities by market sector instead of by company or division as 08 Retail & Leisure in previous issues. In this way, Communiqué will more clearly demonstrate the 12 Education diverse capability available from the businesses which constitute VINCI PLC. 16 Infrastructure 20 Residential 21 Defence & Security 22 Environmental
PEL Interiors has successfully completed a £12 million contract for the fit-out of all seven floors 08 of the 18,580m2 House of Fraser anchor store in Belfast.
Tank Museum in The Building division of Norwest Holst has 11 Bovington, Dorset. completed a £27 million contract in Hackney, 14 East London. A new dual carriageway bypassing the 18 Cornish village of Dobwalls. Communiqué, the VINCI PLC in-house magazine Cover Image: Seven Dials, London. Editorial: Melanie Mathews, VINCI PLC, Astral House, Imperial Way, Watford, Hertfordshire WD24 4WW T: 01923 233433 F: 01923 470219. Design: Group Communications Department, PO Box 117, Ditton Road, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 0WE. Web site: www.vinci.plc.uk. Circulation: 5,000 copies.
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VINCI PLC Achieves Record Turnover and Profit Chernobyl The Novarka consortium, comprising VINCI In 2007, VINCI PLC achieved record turnover Construction Grands Projets (leader) and pre tax profit. Turnover increased by 23% and Bouygues Travaux Publics, has been to £774 million (2006: £632 million) on which awarded a €432 million contract by the profit before tax of £40.5 million (2006: £32 Ukrainian state corporation, ChNPP, to million) was recorded. Net cash generation, design and construct a massive metal including the payment of dividends, was a very arch which will entirely cover the existing strong feature at £41 million (2006: outflow £20 sarcophagus at Chernobyl. million). Not only will the arch be used as a Key contributors to the excellent result were containment shelter, it will also house the the building companies (Norwest Holst, Crispin dismantling operation of the sarcophagus & Borst and Weaver), VINCI Investments and and the ruins of the reactor which exploded McGill Services. on 26th April 1986.
At 18,000 tonnes, the arch will weigh three VINCI Year End Results times heavier than the Eiffel Tower and will be big enough to contain the Stade de VINCI has reported that it is ahead of target France or Statue of Liberty. in its growth plan for 2006-2009. The Group’s 2007 results showed a turnover up 17% to €30.4 billion. Operating profit is also up 17% to €3.1 billion and net profit is up 14.4% to €1.5 billion. 18,000 tonnes of metal framework Acquisitions
At the beginning of 2008, VINCI PLC acquired two regional contractors:
Cardiff-based Stradform Limited which also has offices in Swansea and Bristol. The Company undertakes a variety of contracts for a diverse portfolio of clients across Wales and 105m the South West of England.
Based in South Tyneside, Gordon Durham is a well established regional contractor 257.5m undertaking contracts throughout the North East of England. The Company works principally for the public sector in areas of 150m social housing, education, health and leisure as well as for national and local developers.
Sale of McGill Services Limited
At the end of last year, McGill Services Limited was sold to HERTEL UK Limited, part of a worldwide industrial services provider. The sale by VINCI PLC is a further step in the Company’s strategy to focus on its key activities of building, civil engineering, fit-out Images by Agence Idé and maintenance.
Issue 38 - Summer 2008 4 Industrial & Commercial
Norwest Holst Seven Dials, Covent Garden The London and Northern Home Counties region of Norwest Holst’s Building division has successfully completed an £11.5 million contract to refurbish and extend a fire damaged building at Seven Dials in London’s Covent Garden.
The five-floor building was formerly a Victorian warehouse that suffered extensive fire damage five years ago, leaving only the lower floors and outside walls, including a Grade II listed façade, which had to be partly demolished and restored.
A new glazed lantern brings daylight into the centre of the top floor, which has been doubled in size by the construction of a glass conservatory.
Work was undertaken with ground floor retail, first floor retail and basement restaurant tenants in occupation.
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Issue 38 - Summer 2008 6 Industrial & Commercial
Weaver PLC Conren PEL Interiors Apex Business Park d Coors Brewery, Burton-on-Trent Yorkshire Building Society
Weaver PLC has completed the first phase Conren’s anti-slip epoxy resin coating, PEL Interiors has completed the relocation of Apex Business Park in Worcester with the Congrip, has been installed at Coors Brewery of Yorkshire Building Society to take over the handover of a £3.4 million office development in Staffordshire to provide a safe and hygienic existing Cheltenham and Gloucester site in for A & J Mucklow Group Plc. Located surface to key areas of the plant. Southport. The £250,000 project was finished adjacent to Junction 6 of the M5, Apex Park within the scheduled eight week turn around is a speculative development of four self- Molson Coors Brewing Company is one of the period and included the complete fit-out of contained office buildings. Individual buildings world’s largest brewers, with combined annual the existing Cheltenham and Gloucester site provide top quality office accommodation from volume of more than 48 million hectolitres as well as the installation of security systems, 422m2 to 1,200m2, with comfort cooling, raised (that’s over 8,447 million pints!). including bullet proof partitioning. The access floors, suspended ceilings and each contract also included exterior signage and with generous car parking on a fully secured the complete refurbishment of the customer site. service areas.
Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst Big Yellow Storage Bidborough House, Camden Maidenhead Town Centre
The South East region of Crispin & Borst has The London region of Crispin & Borst is The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst been awarded a £3.5 million contract to design underway with a £10 million contract to has been awarded a £3.9 million contract and construct a four-storey Big Yellow Storage refurbish Bidborough House, a seven-storey to design and construct a four-storey Unit in Bromley, Kent. To make maximum use 1960s office building currently accommodating office building in Maidenhead town centre, of space on this town centre site, a watertight the Housing Department of Camden Council. Berkshire. The 44 week contract includes the piled basement structure was required. In The refurbishment of the building’s envelope fit-out of all floors, the installation of services order to meet the environmental requirements will help to reduce the office’s carbon and associated external works. for renewable energy, the scheme requires footprint. deep boreholes feeding a ground source heat pump to provide the necessary heating Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst and hot water supply. In addition to this, Milton Park, Egham Hatton Garden roof mounted photovoltaic panels supply a proportion of the building’s electricity needs. This £6 million contract is being undertaken A £2.2 million contract has been awarded to by the London region of Crispin & Borst. the London region of Crispin & Borst which The contract includes the construction of involves the conversion of a six-storey office a modern, two-storey office building for building in London’s Hatton Garden into ten prospective clients to fit-out to suit their own luxury apartments. requirements. The project is situated in Milton Park, a site comprising 12 acres of Green Belt in Egham, Surrey.
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Norwest Holst Norwest Holst Royal Oldham Hospital f North Manchester General Hospital The North West region of Norwest Holst’s Building division has completed a £14 million contract to construct 2,900m² of new laboratory accommodation and refurbish 1,750m² of existing Following on from the successful project at laboratory space for use as consultant offices and meeting rooms at Royal Oldham Hospital in the Royal Oldham Hospital, Norwest Holst will Manchester. soon commence a £25 million contract for the construction of a women and children’s unit at The region is starting work in July on the construction of a three-storey building at the same North Manchester General Hospital. hospital which will include a new ambulatory radiotherapy unit.
Stradform Limited Albion Street Nursing Home, Newport
Stradform Limited has been awarded a £5 million contract to design and construct a 70 bed community nursing home in Newport for Linc Cymru Housing Association Limited.
This is the second contract Stradform has undertaken for this client. The first comprised a £5.2 million contract to design and construct an extraCare Scheme at Usk View, Newport.
Crispin & Borst National Society for Epilepsy
The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst is underway with a £3.9 million contract for the National Society for Epilepsy. The project includes the construction of a new twenty- bed care home and an eight-bed extension to the existing facility at Queen Elizabeth House in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. The Epilepsy Centre will remain operational throughout the 48 week construction period.
Issue 38 - Summer 2008 8 Retail & Leisure
PEL Interiors House of Fraser PEL Interiors has successfully completed a £12 million contract for the fit-out of all seven floors of the 18,580m2 House of Fraser anchor store in Belfast.
A further contract has been awarded to the Company following the success of the Belfast project. This latest contract is worth £2.6 million and includes the refurbishment of the atrium on all floor levels of the House of Fraser store in London’s Oxford Street.
Work continues at the new £10 million House of Fraser store in Cabot Circus, Bristol.
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PEL Interiors Gordon Ramsay
Work has now been completed on a £2.2 million fine dining restaurant, situated in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. The contract included full service installation and feature lighting rafts as well as retail display units and a reception area.
PEL Interiors Mercedes Benz
PEL Interiors has been awarded the £420,000 contract to refurbish an existing Mercedes Benz Dealership in Tamworth.
PEL Interiors M&S BP Simply Foods
The Building Services division of PEL Interiors has won the next phase of the BP Connect roll out. The five month contract comprises the complete fit-out of seven BP Connect sites involving the insertion of Marks & Spencer Simply Food stores.
PEL Interiors McDonalds
PEL Interiors has been employed by McDonalds to incorporate a new alfresco dining concept as part of a phased re-branding exercise. The Company has been awarded the contract to refurbish 18 restaurant sites across the UK, to incorporate a softer, more welcoming themed environment, with the introduction of timber slats and green frames.
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Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst London Zoo d Capital of Culture Crompton Street Children’s Centre, Westminster The London region of Crispin & Borst has Earlier this year, Crispin & Borst provided successfully completed two projects at maintenance services at the new Liverpool The London region of Crispin & Borst is London Zoo: a £3.7 million contract to create Echo Arena in preparation for the Capital underway with a £3.5 million contract to the new Gorilla Kingdom and, most recently, of Culture launch party in March. The construct a two-storey children’s sports centre a £2 million contract to refurbish an existing 10,600 capacity arena aims to be the most for Westminster Council. The environmental Victorian building which houses the zoo’s environmentally friendly arena in Europe, performance of the building has been tropical bird collection. with all the venue’s electricity needs coming designed to achieve a BREEAM rating of from renewable sources. Both Crispin & ‘Excellent’. Borst and Rosser & Russell Maintenance are providing ongoing mechanical and electrical maintenance services at the facility.
Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst Norwest Holst Myatts Field Park, Camberwell St Botolph’s Hall, Spitalfields Gallagher Retail Park
This £1 million contract to regenerate a The London region of Crispin & Borst is The South West and Wales region of Norwest Victorian park in Camberwell is underway undertaking a £2.3 million contract to refurbish Holst’s Building division has been awarded by the London region of Crispin & Borst. The a Grade II Listed Victorian hall to provide a an £8.4 million contract by JJ Gallagher Ltd to contract includes the renovation of historic shell and core for restaurant use. The contract construct Phase 3 of Gallagher Retail Park in features such as a bandstand and round- includes the structural stabilisation of the Caerphilly, South Wales. The facility will cover house, as well as the construction of new south porch by piling and underpinning; an area of 7,400m2, comprising five retail units sports facilities and a playground. internal and external repairs to the brickwork of various sizes, together with associated A new wildlife area will provide educational and arches; replacement of terracotta external works. opportunities and a relaxing place to visit. mouldings and re-roofing.
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Norwest Holst Tank Museum, Dorset f
The Southern region of Norwest Holst’s Building division has reached a milestone on the £10 million contract to design and build a new 5,000m2 display hall at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset.
A control tower features prominently as part of the new facility and will provide the point of control for activities involving tanks and pyrotechnics in the external arena.
The stainless steel top section of the tower, forming the observation platform, was recently lifted into position using a 250 tonne crane. The 13.5 tonne pod was fabricated in two halves and transported to site where it was welded together and clad before being placed on top of the lower section of the tower.
A month and a half away from completion, the new display hall will house the biggest and best collection of tanks in the world.
Norwest Holst Shannon’s Mill, Walsall dc
The West Midlands region of the Building division has received a Built in Quality award for the ASDA Store forming part of the Shannon’s Mill development in Walsall, a £21 million mixed use development contract awarded by St Modwen Properties (Norton & Proffitt Developments) Limited.
The contract also includes the construction of 41 residential units, which are nearing completion, a number of small retail units and a 1,000 space multi-storey car park over four levels.
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Norwest Holst Norwest Holst Lancaster University f Barnet College As part of the campus redevelopment project The North West region of Norwest Holst’s Building division is underway with a £32.3 million at Barnet College, the London and Northern contract to design and build new student accommodation for the University of Lancaster. The Home Counties region of Norwest Holst’s accommodation blocks are all four storeys high and will provide a total of 783 study bedrooms for Building division has commenced preliminary the County and Grizedale Colleges. enabling works as part of a contract worth £29.8 million. The main contract will include County College will include 330 study bedrooms in six townhouse blocks. Grizedale College will the design and phased construction of a feature 216 study bedrooms in four townhouse blocks and a further 237 study bedrooms across 14,000m² college building. five blocks of flats. The new building will be mostly three-storeys The refurbishment of an existing accommodation unit will provide a further 92 offices and 176 high and organised around a south facing study bedrooms along with rooftop flats and ground floor retail areas. Designed to satisfy the atrium which accommodates escalators, lifts, client’s sustainability agenda, the accommodation comprises highly insulated and airtight timber stair cores and main circulation routes. A key frames. driver for the design has been to provide a building which is flexible in use and adaptable This is the third contract to have been awarded to Norwest Holst by the client, UPP Limited. to change through efficient space planning and the zoning of similar activities and environments.
The region is also preferred bidder on two schemes described below.
Norwest Holst Luton Sixth Form College
This £45 million contract includes the design and construction of a new Sixth Form college in Luton. The new 15,800m2 building will be constructed within the grounds of the existing college which will remain in full occupation throughout the contract.
Norwest Holst East Barnet School
This £26 million contract is for the design and construction of a new school in East Barnet. The 12,500m² school will be situated to the south of the existing building, allowing construction to take place with minimal disruption to the 140 staff and 1,350 pupils.
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Norwest Holst Simplex Foundations Crispin & Borst City College, Bordesley Green Burnley College St John Fisher Primary School, Perivale The West Midlands region of Norwest Simplex Foundations has completed the Holst’s Building division is underway with a installation of three contiguous retaining walls The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst is £10.5 million contract to design and construct and 800 load-bearing piles for the foundations nearing completion of a £5 million contract to a three-storey college for adult education at of a new college in Burnley. construct a two-storey primary school on the Bordesley Green in the West Midlands. site of the existing building at St John Fisher Primary School in Perivale, Middlesex. The PEL Building Services has been awarded a Crispin & Borst 63 week contract has been awarded by the £2.1 million contract for the full mechanical Gateway School, Westminster Westminster Roman Catholic Archdiocese and electrical installation over all three floors. Trustees. The London region of Crispin & Borst has On completion, the facility will accommodate completed the construction of a new extension the engineering, hairdressing and beauty at Gateway School in Westminster which departments for the College of Further includes additional classrooms, library, music Education. and computer rooms.
VINCI Investments Newport Schools PFI f
Newport City Council and Newport School Solutions Limited, a VINCI Investments joint venture company, have signed a PFI contract for the design, construction and operation of the new Glan Usk Primary School on the Glebelands site in Newport, South Wales. This will replace the existing Durham Road Infants and Junior Schools and Rockfield Nursery.
The South West and Wales region of Norwest Holst’s Building division has been awarded a £14.9 million contract to design and construct the school and the Building & Facilities division of Crispin & Borst has been awarded an £8.1 million contract to fit-out and provide support services at the school for a period of 25 years upon completion in late 2009.
Norwest Holst’s Civil Engineering division is currently underway with a £4 million contract which includes site remediation and preparation in time for construction to begin later this year.
Crispin & Borst Sacred Heart Primary School d
The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst has completed a £5.75 million contract for the construction of a new 660 pupil primary school in Ruislip, Middlesex for the Westminster Roman Catholic Archdiocese Trustees.
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Norwest Holst Petchey Academy The Building division of Norwest Holst has completed a £27 million contract to design and build a 10,000m2, three-storey academy in Hackney, East London. The academy will provide an additional 1,200 secondary education places and will specialise in healthcare, catering and medical sciences.
The project is sponsored by the Jack Petchey Foundation which was established in 1999 by Jack Petchey, a successful East London entrepreneur. The aim of the Foundation is to allocate grants to programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11-25.
The external façade of the building has been constructed mainly from curtain walling comprising glass panels in three shades of blue which represent the Petchey brand colours.
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Issue 38 - Summer 2008 16 Infrastructure
Norwest Holst Norwest Holst M74 Project Severn Trent Water
Norwest Holst Soil Engineering has been The Civil Engineering division of Norwest Holst has recently been awarded a £6.2 million contract awarded further investigation work on the M74 by Severn Trent Water to construct a new Archimedean screw pumping station and screen Project by the construction JV. The value of the handling facility in Derby. contract is £650,000 and follows on from the original investigation carried out in 2002 and Currently during storm conditions, the untreated flow is diverted into the River Derwent. The new additional works in 2006. The total value of facility will be capable of handling 8,000 litres/second and will provide a significant environmental these investigations is around £3 million. improvement to the area.
Norwest Holst Norwest Holst Birmingham Street Services Bristol Multi-storey Car Park c
Birmingham Street Services is a joint venture The South West and Wales region of Norwest between VINCI Concessions and Laing Holst’s Building division is making progress Investments, one of two consortia currently on a £30 million contract to design and build bidding for the £2.7 billion Birmingham City a multi-storey car park for the Bristol Alliance Council Highways PFI contract. Ringway (also - a joint venture between Land Securities a VINCI company) is a key shareholder in the and Hammerson – as part of the £500 million operations company together with WSP. The redevelopment of the city’s central shopping Civil Engineering division of Norwest Holst will area known as Cabot Circus. With nine decks undertake the refurbishment element of the of parking providing more than 2,600 spaces, contract. the car park will be one of the largest in Europe. The Birmingham City Council project is the UK’s largest privately financed highways The innovative design features two spiralling maintenance project and will include the driveways on the outside of the building and refurbishment, maintenance, management a minimum number of pillars internally, the and operation of the roads, footways, street latter being made possible by the construction lighting, structures, traffic signals and street method used for the concrete floors. furniture in Birmingham over a 25 year period. Winter maintenance and emergency response Energy usage has been minimised by the are key operational services to be provided. inclusion of an open walkway on the third floor which will allow natural light into the car park, The announcement of preferred bidder for the in addition to a special lighting system which project is expected early in 2009. will vary the brightness to suit conditions.
Image courtesy of Bristol Evening Post
Norwest Holst Norwest Holst Birmingham International Aberdeen Western Peripheral Airport e Route
The West Midlands region of Norwest Norwest Holst’s Soil Engineering division has Holst’s Building division has been awarded a been awarded a further phase of investigation £13 million contract to design and construct work on the Stonehaven Fastlink, part of the an extension to Multi-storey Car Park 3 at proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. Birmingham International Airport which will The contract is valued at £850,000 and follows provide an additional 1,577 parking spaces. earlier phases of investigation carried out in 2004 and 2006, the total value being nearly This contract forms phase 2 of this particular £5 million. Multi-storey Car Park. Phase 1 was completed by Norwest Holst in 2001 for a contract value of £10 million and comprised an eight level structure providing 1,800 car parking spaces.
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Norwest Holst Stratford City Development
The Civil Engineering division of Norwest Holst is undertaking three Image Key: 1 Woolwich Line Enclosure contracts as part of the Stratford City Development in East London. 2 High Meads Enclosure All three involve rail-associated work. 3 Temporary Footbridge
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The Woolwich Line Enclosure is in preparation In addition, a third contract for two temporary for this section of rail line to be converted footbridges has also been awarded. This into the new Docklands Light Railway that involves the construction of two 50m single will serve Stratford International Station and span bridges over Network Rail lines, to Stratford Station. provide pedestrian access to the development areas. Work will involve re-routing trackside cabling, allowing a reinforced concrete structure to be Simplex Foundations c built over 350 metres of live railway line, on top The supporting foundations of all three of which the Stratford City new town centre projects are being installed by Simplex will be constructed. Foundations using Continuous Flight Auger piling. Work is being carried out at night The High Meads Enclosure comprises a similar during a series of rail possessions. reinforced concrete enclosure over the existing railway line. Image shown right courtesy of Marcus Brierley
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John Jones (Excavation) John Jones (Excavation) A2 Pepperhill to Cobham A38 Dobwalls Bypass f John Jones (Excavation) is nearing completion John Jones (Excavation) is nearing completion of this £4.2 million earthworks contract for the of a £7 million contract for the Highways Highways Agency which will create a new dual carriageway bypassing the Cornish village of Agency to widen a 7km section of the A2 in Dobwalls. Surrey from three lanes to four lanes.
The contract recently received congratulations from the Highways Agency for completing the London bound carriageway ahead of schedule.
Attention will now turn to landscaping the old carriageway in order to provide noise and visibility protection for residents living within 30m of the old road.
Norwest Holst Liverpool Street Station f
The Civil Engineering division of Norwest Holst is underway with a contract for Hammerson UK Properties Plc near London’s Liverpool Street Station.
The 36 week contract includes the construction of a 500 tonne steel bridge deck which will span the existing railway lines outside the station.
Ten sections of the bridge deck, each weighing approximately 55 tonnes, were lifted into position using a 1,000 tonne crane (the largest in the UK), along with 236 tonnes of steel plate girders and box girders during a 52 hour possession over the first May Bank Holiday weekend.
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Crispin & Borst STOP 24 Motorway Services The South East region of Crispin & Borst has completed this £11.3 million flagship facility for Henry Boot Developments. Located at junction 11 of the M20, the facility provides the largest motorway services amenity in the UK.
The tapered steel frame, Flowcrete in-situ terrazzo flooring and innovative structure provide a high class environment for the public to enjoy the 15 retail and restaurant outlets. Extensive soil stabilisation and ground improvement works were required on the 16 acre site to transform the poor soils present into a suitable bearing strata for the building and for car/coach parking.
The Civil Engineering division of Norwest Holst carried out the £3.5 million road works contract which formed part of the overall scheme.
Simplex Foundations Norwest Holst Grand Union Canal, Airdrie to Bathgate Railway and Rothersthorpe c Linked Improvements
Simplex has installed abutment foundations The Soil Engineering division of Norwest Holst for a new road bridge over the Grand Union is coming to the end of a £2.5 million contract Canal at Rothersthorpe on the A43 at junction for Network Rail which has involved major 15a of the M1. The new bridge is necessitated ground and site investigation work as part of by the widening of two carriageways at this the improvements to the route between Airdrie busy motorway junction. and Bathgate.
Image courtesy of Marcus Brierley
Issue 38 - Summer 2008 20 Residential
Crispin & Borst Spital Square c
As part of the Spitalfields redevelopment project in the City of London, the London region of Crispin & Borst is constructing 14 high specification apartments over four floors as part of a contract worth £2.3 million. The one and two-bedroomed development will be clad in terracotta baguette tiles with a sedum roof.
The Company is also undertaking a refurbishment contract on the adjacent Grade II St Botolph’s Hall building which is being brought back into use to provide an atmospheric restaurant environment. The ground floor of the residential development also forms part of the overall restaurant complex.
There is a clear space between the apartment building and the Hall which incorporates a single storey glass structure with steel columns and glass beams which will link the two sections of the restaurant together.
Crispin & Borst Crispin & Borst Conren Aragon Housing Association Hatton Garden, London Bahrain
The Building and Facilities division of Crispin The London region of Crispin & Borst has Conren’s agents in Bahrain – Bader Trading & & Borst has been awarded a four year reactive completed a £2.2 million contract for the Contracting Co W.L.L. – are currently installing maintenance contract by Aragon Housing conversion of a six-storey office building into ‘Roofed’ waterproofing compound to the Association which includes a 24/7 out of hours ten luxury apartments in London’s Hatton podium and main roof areas of a luxury new service. Garden. development in the Seef district of Bahrain’s capital city, Al Manama.
Crispin & Borst Weaver PLC Abram Al Lulu, also known as The Pearl Towers, Dubarry House Pegasus Retirement Homes is a $252 million project which will cover an area of 18,600m2. The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst Weaver PLC has commenced a £5 million has completed a £1 million contract for the project for Pegasus Retirement Homes to The project will comprise three residential construction of a private residence in Great build 52 high-quality apartments for the towers offering a total of 860 apartment units. Missenden, Buckinghamshire. active retired in Nailsea, near Bristol. Due for Each tower will also contain four two-floor, completion early in 2009, the development four-bedroom penthouses. comprises 33 one-bedroom and 19 two- Bader Trading & Contracting Co W.L.L. has Crispin & Borst bedroom apartments over three floors. been installing ‘Roofed’ waterproofing Lampton Road, Hounslow Nailsea is the sixth project awarded by compound for over 20 years and is currently working on many prestigious projects in The Thames Valley region of Crispin & Borst is Pegasus Retirement Homes to Weaver, Bahrain. underway with a £4.1 million contract for the which is currently working on a £2.4 million construction of four semi-detached houses development of 19 apartments in Lichfield due and 35 flats in Hounslow, Middlesex. for completion this autumn.
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Norwest Holst RAF Northolt c
The London and Northern Home Counties region of Norwest Holst’s Building division is underway with a £106 million contract to redevelop RAF Northolt in Middlesex. The contract forms part of Defence Estates’ Project MoDEL (Ministry of Defence Estate in London).
A number of buildings are now nearing completion including brand new accommodation for 222 Junior Ranks and 40 Officers, as well as five new hangers, offices for 32 Squadron, offices and archive facilities for Air Historical Branch and Defence Aviation Safety Centre and a fire station.
2008 will see the demolition of a number of existing buildings in order to construct a further seven facilities, including further new accommodation for service people. Work this year will also include the complete refurbishment of the existing Officers’ Mess which is a listed building. Work is on schedule for completion towards the end of 2009.
Crispin & Borst Metropolitan Police f
The Building and Facilities division of Crispin & Borst has installed an eco friendly heating and hot water system for the Metropolitan Police. The installation consists of 385 roof mounted photovoltaic modules which will drive six inverters connected directly to the building’s electricity supply. The system will provide 40,500 kWh of energy per year.
Stradform Limited South Wales Police Authority d
Stradform Limited is underway with the construction of the new Divisional Police Headquarters at Cardiff Bay, a £17 million contract being undertaken for South Wales Police Authority.
The six floor headquarters facility is the largest capital project ever undertaken by South Wales Police and provides a state of the art building with the latest technology. The 60 cell custody suite is one of the largest in the country and features the most up to date electronic control and surveillance systems.
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Norwest Holst Innovative Remediation Technology
Complementing the Civil Engineering capability of Norwest Holst, Norwest Holst Environmental (NHE) specialises in the remediation of brownfield sites.
Central to the division’s capability is an innovative soil washing plant which uses a high pressure water system and several mechanical separating stages to treat soils, even with high fines content which are prevalent in the UK.
A full size plant is capable of treating up to 60 tonnes of contaminated materials per hour, producing the following reusable by-products:
• Fine sand • Coarse sand and gravel • A small percentage of fines in a sludge (for disposal) • A concentrated liquor for safe and cost effective disposal
The cost for excavation and disposal of hazardous soil materials is typically £85-£150 per tonne. Clean up costs using the Norwest Holst soil washing plant could be as little as £15-£35 per tonne.
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Norwest Holst Veolia Environmental Services
Among the projects recently awarded to Norwest Holst in the waste management sector are three for Veolia Environmental Services:
Hollingdean Material Recovery Facility and Waste Transfer Station c The Southern region of the Building division is underway with a £9.7 million contract which includes the design, construction, completion, testing and commissioning of a combined Material Recovery Facility and Waste Transfer Station at Hollingdean in Brighton.
Once fully operational, the Hollingdean facility will handle up to 160,000 tonnes of waste per annum, separating recyclable materials and transporting the remaining waste to the incinerator.
Nottinghamshire Waste PFI The Civil Engineering division has been awarded two contracts by Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Limited, the largest of which is an £8 million contract for the design and construction of a Materials Recycling Facility in Mansfield. The facility will have the capacity to process 85,000 tonnes of household waste per annum.
The second contract is worth £1 million and involves the design and construction of a Household Waste Recycling Centre in Worksop. The contracts form part of Veolia’s PFI agreement with Nottinghamshire County Council to deliver waste management services. As well as the construction of the facilities, the contracts include associated activities such as earthworks, infrastructure and the provision of building services.
Weaver PLC Norwest Holst Lichfield Waste and Recycling VINCI Environment UK Limited Service The capability of VINCI Environnement and the expertise of Norwest Holst’s Civil Engineering Weaver PLC has started work on a new division has been combined within a new company called VINCI Environment UK Limited. A 50-50 £2.6 million depot for Lichfield District joint venture between VINCI Environnement and Norwest Holst, VINCI Environment UK has the Council’s waste and recycling service. The capability and expertise to deliver major sustainable waste treatment technology projects for 826m2 depot has been purpose designed and waste operators and local authorities in the UK. will comprise a two-storey office building with single storey garage, weighbridge, fuel depot VINCI Environnement has been providing waste treatment solutions for almost 50 years and is and vehicle washing facilities. the only company in its field that has the capability to deliver design, construction, engineering, commissioning and training in the following technologies:
• Energy from waste • Organic waste composting • Flue gas treatment
Issue 38 - Summer 2008 VINCI PLC CSR Report
This year, VINCI PLC has produced its first Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The report features information on our approach to CSR, our achievements in 2007 and objectives for the year ahead in the six key areas of:
Our Health The People and Safety Environment
Civic Customers Corporate Involvement and Suppliers Governance
Copies of the CSR report can be ordered by e-mailing [email protected] Alternatively, the report can be downloaded from our web site at www.vinci.plc.uk/csr
As this is our first CSR report, we would welcome your feedback via the e-mail address given above, enabling us to more closely align our CSR objectives with the requirements of those with whom we do business.
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