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Lakesmere extends in the Energy from Waste sector with contract for new riverside waste management facility in London(13/09/2011)
Lakesmere has been appointed to design and install an innovative building envelope solution to a new riverside waste management facility in Belvedere in the London borough of Bexley, which is the largest of its kind in the UK. Waste from Central London will be brought in by barges along the River Thames as well as by road and the creation of this pioneering facility is expected to make a significant contribution to London’s landfill diversion tar... [more]
Costain secures contracts for Manchester and London Heathrow airports(07/02/2011)
Costain has been awarded two new airport contracts for Manchester Airport and London Heathrow. The first is an £18.6 million contract, as principal contractor, to refurbish Manchester Airport's main runway, Runway 1, under an existing Framework agreement. The Runway 1 Project will continue through to September 2011 and the Airport will remain operational 24 hours a day during the runway closures period by utilising the 2nd runway. Costa... [more]
Costain secures Highways Agency contract in the North West(27/01/2011)
A new scheme will see the A556 between Knutsford and Bowdon in Cheshire, which is used by 51,000 vehicles a day, upgraded to dual carriageway standard. A bypass will take traffic away from the communities of Bucklow Hill, Mere and Over Tabley and Junction 7 of the M56 will be upgraded. Costain has been awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract by the Highways Agency to design and construct the major scheme to relieve congestion an... [more]
Costain to rebuild four more schools for the London Borough of Lewisham(19/01/2011)
Costain has been appointed by Lewisham Council to rebuild four more schools at a total value of £71 million after financial close was reached on the fourth phase of its Building Schools for the Future ('BSF') project. Work will shortly begin on building a brand new special school for pupils with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), Prendergast Vale College, a new all-age school, and the rebuilding of two secondary schools, Bonus Pastor Catholic C... [more]
Costain awarded Port Talbot contract to build dual carriageway access road(11/01/2011)
Costain has been awarded a £59m contract by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the Port Talbot PDR project to construct 4.5 km of dual carriageway access road from the M4 Junction 38 into Port Talbot and the Docks as well as completing the link to Junction 42 on the M4 and West Wales. The scheme includes the construction of a bridge over the Swansea to London railway, railway realignment and signalling works and a new main entrance i... [more]
Costain builds new Tesco store over a railway(09/12/2010)
The new Tesco store at Gerrards Cross is the first store to be built over a railway in a unique land-reclamation scheme where Tesco lease the air rights to the land from Network Rail. The project hit the national headlines in June 2005 when a section of the tunnel under construction over the operational Chiltern Line collapsed. Taking over from the previous contractor, Costain has led the reconstruction of the tunnel and new store above. Works... [more]
Costain to construct a new water pumping station for Severn Trent Water(28/07/2010)
Frankley water treatment works, one of Severn Trent Water's major water treatment works in Birmingham, supplies water to around 1.4 million people in Birmingham and the surrounding area, making it a major piece of national infrastructure and a vital asset for Severn Trent Water. Costain, in partnership with MWH, has achieved preferred bidder status on a potential £15 million contract for Severn Trent Water to construct a new treated water pump... [more]
Costain to construct a major road decongestion and regeneration scheme in Lancashire(01/06/2010)
Costain has been awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract by Lancashire County Council (LCC) to develop and construct a major road decongestion and regeneration scheme. The route is a 4.8km long two-lane dual carriageway. Around 20 major structures will need to be built including bridges over the West Coast Mainline railway, Lancaster Canal and the River Lune. The scheme will link the A589 Morecambe Road near Torrisholme to a ... [more]
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