http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/northern_ireland_rss.xml All the latest stories on Northern Ireland. en-uk Private sector consortium the Northern Ireland Health Group is to build the country’s first PFI acute hospital in a project valued at £267 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/consortium_to_build_267m_hospital.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/consortium_to_build_267m_hospital.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Simon Ellery 29 September 2008 15:00 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/acute_hospital_resized_70_tcm18-1879331.jpg The Northern Ireland Executive has pledged to push ahead with public sector building projects to help the construction industry counter the downturn in the housing market. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ni_executive_vows_to_increase_investment_in_public_sector_projects.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ni_executive_vows_to_increase_investment_in_public_sector_projects.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 26 September 2008 09:32 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/house_building_generic_lg_resized_70_tcm18-166305.jpg A consortium of Interserve, FCC Construction, P Elliott and Allied Irish Bank has won a £300 million PFI contract to build a new hospital in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/consortium_win_300m_pfi_hospital_contract.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/consortium_win_300m_pfi_hospital_contract.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 19 September 2008 14:59 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/822347_59633629_resized_70_tcm18-708893.jpg Last week saw yet another court ruling that public bodies requesting tenders are simply not getting it right. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/extra_online/2008/09/analysis_the_stormont_tender_ruling.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/extra_online/2008/09/analysis_the_stormont_tender_ruling.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 18 September 2008 15:10 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/law_books_generic_lg_resized_70_tcm18-143700.jpg A Northern Ireland construction firm which missed out on a place in an £800 million Government framework has won a High Court action that could see it secure “sizeable” damages or even access to tender in the four-year deal http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ni_firm_seek_damages_arguing_unfair_stormont_tender_process.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ni_firm_seek_damages_arguing_unfair_stormont_tender_process.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 16 September 2008 16:58 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/law_hammer_resized_70_tcm18-1738099.jpg Thousands more jobs will be lost in the construction industry by Christmas unless Northern Ireland's banks stop putting self interest before the local economy, it was warned today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/thousands_more_ni_workers_to_lose_jobs_group_warns.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/thousands_more_ni_workers_to_lose_jobs_group_warns.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 11 September 2008 11:26 Airport operator BAA-owner Ferrovial has sold Belfast City Airport for £132.5 million to the ABN Amro Global Infrastructure Fund. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ferrovial_sells_belfast_city_airport.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ferrovial_sells_belfast_city_airport.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 08 September 2008 09:31 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/66305_2890_resized_70_tcm18-295236.jpg The Department for Regional Development in Northern Ireland is inviting bids for four road maintenance contracts. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/bids_invited_for_road_maintenance_work.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/bids_invited_for_road_maintenance_work.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 28 August 2008 11:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/roadcropped_resized_70_tcm18-266995.jpg Activity in the construction market in Northern Ireland has dropped off by about seven per cent over the past year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/northern_ireland_slowdown_worst_since_the_mid1990s.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/northern_ireland_slowdown_worst_since_the_mid1990s.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 19 August 2008 14:21 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/graph_down_again_resized_70_tcm18-1437890.jpg The Northern Ireland Executive has given the go ahead to a £46 million dual-carriageway linking Broadbridge, Maydown and the City of Derry Airport. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/a2_airport_route_to_go_ahead.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/a2_airport_route_to_go_ahead.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 19 August 2008 16:39 Belfast’s Ramada hotel is set for a £10 million expansion plan. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/hotel_to_get_10m_extension.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/hotel_to_get_10m_extension.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 15 August 2008 12:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/1030815_59076572_resized_70_tcm18-1799788.jpg The Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland is seeking bidders to build a new jobs and benefits office in Bangor, County Down. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/tenders_invited_for_new_benefits_office.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/tenders_invited_for_new_benefits_office.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 13 August 2008 11:41 Consultants ChandlerKBS has been appointed to provide cost management services on the A5 Western Transport Corridor project in Northern Ireland. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/cost_consultant_appointed_for_a5.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/cost_consultant_appointed_for_a5.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 04 August 2008 17:09 Ambitious plans to transform a rundown part of Belfast city centre were unveiled today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/plans_for_belfast_revamp_unveiled.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/plans_for_belfast_revamp_unveiled.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 26 June 2008 09:23 A contract to build Belfast’s tallest building has been awarded to Newry-based O’Hare & McGovern. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/belfasts_tallest_tower_contract_awarded.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/belfasts_tallest_tower_contract_awarded.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Alasdair Reisner 25 June 2008 12:52 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Obel_belfast_resized_70_tcm18-1636397.jpg Irish developer Killultagh Estates is to invest £6 million in the refurbishment of the Connswater shopping centre to the east of Belfast. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/belfast_retail_centre_in_line_for_6m_revamp.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/belfast_retail_centre_in_line_for_6m_revamp.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 24 June 2008 15:49 Plans to build Tesco's largest store in Ireland have been rejected, it was revealed last night. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/tescos_irish_plans_turned_down.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/tescos_irish_plans_turned_down.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Rhiannon Hoyle 24 June 2008 08:22 Fold Housing Association in inviting contractors to bid for a £4.5 million contract to build 49 homes in Roden Street, Belfast. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/housing_job_out_to_tender.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/housing_job_out_to_tender.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 James McLachlan 05 June 2008 09:47 Police arrested a man this morning after a fire at a building under construction. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/man_held_after_building_site_fire.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/man_held_after_building_site_fire.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 05 June 2008 09:38 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yayb_fire_resized_70_tcm18-342578.jpg Geoff Allister has been appointed the new chief executive of the Northern Ireland Roads Service. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/new_chief_for_ni_roads_service.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/new_chief_for_ni_roads_service.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 02 June 2008 10:22 Belfast International Airport is looking for contractors to build a new south pier in a deal worth up to £6.5 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/belfast_airport_deal_advertised.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/belfast_airport_deal_advertised.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 James McLachlan 30 May 2008 09:32 An urgent review into capital investment projects across the Northern Ireland health service was commissioned by Health Minister Michael McGimpsey today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/review_of_nhs_capital_investments.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/review_of_nhs_capital_investments.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Andrea Klettner 21 May 2008 14:41 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/822347_59633629_resized_70_tcm18-708893.jpg Northern Ireland Housing Executive is inviting bids for a revamp of 260 flats on the Rathcoole Estate in Newtonabbey, Belfast. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/housing_estate_overhaul_contract_out_to_tender.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/05/housing_estate_overhaul_contract_out_to_tender.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 James McLachlan 08 May 2008 09:59 Three Northern Ireland companies have won a place in the latest Sunday Times list of the top 100 UK private companies with the fastest growing profits. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/04/house_builder_tops_ni_growing_profits_list.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/04/house_builder_tops_ni_growing_profits_list.html;jsessionid=41042016767450A65D325958381D9B43 Myles Burke 18 April 2008 15:15 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/house_building_generic_lg_resized_70_tcm18-166305.jpg