Company News Roundup: 10th September 2013

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6th September 2013

Kier wins 拢50m Plymouth stadium revamp

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Kier Construction has been picked as the preferred partner to deliver a 拢50m revamp of Plymouth Argyle鈥檚 Home Park ground. The Higher Home Park scheme from club owner Akkeron includes a brand new grandstand, 10-screen cinema, a 1,500-seat ice-rink and 120-bed hotel. The new 拢10m grandstand will complete the missing element of the stadium after contractor Barr built three stands at the ground six years ago. Kier Construction is now calling up local trade contractors to potentially work with them on the project.

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Carey Group buys big London drywall contractor

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Wembley-based contractor Carey has bought 拢50m turnover drywall specialist The BDL Group. BDL was founded over 30 years ago by Frank Burke and has developed into a market leader in the drywall sector. The firm has earned its reputation on big London schemes like The Shard, Olympics, Terminal 5 and Canary Wharf, but also operates further afield across the south and Midlands. BDL employs 120 staff and boasts around 650 craft operatives working on commercial and residential projects at any one time.

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Homes by Skanska brand to disappear from UK residential market

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Skanska UK has announced it will not build any more homes as a developer under its Homes by Skanska brand 鈥渇or the forseeable future鈥�. The company is pulling out of residential development in the UK, saying it can make better returns in infrastructure, commercial development and construction. It will continue to build residential and mixed-use units, including luxury schemes, as a contractor and provide development services, such as masterplanning and layout, on sites owned by other firms.

But Skanska will no longer buy land for its own housebuilding.

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Mace bags Battersea Power Station 拢100m enabling works

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Mace has landed the job to manage the complex enabling works to rebuild the iconic Battersea Power Station in London. Work is due to start on the shell of the building next month and includes the mammoth task of dismantling and then rebuilding the four chimneys in concrete to the original design. The painstaking process of cutting down the chimneys will begin in February. Mace will also oversee the extensive brick repair package of work to the existing shell, which has been left shored up by temporary works for more than 20 years. Tenders for this will be invited next year with a start planned in early 2015.

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