http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/west_midlands_rss.xml All the latest stories on West Midlands. en-uk Birmingham City Council could approve £15 million of construction spending on the city's schools over the next year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/plans_for_15m_spend_on_brum_schools.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/plans_for_15m_spend_on_brum_schools.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Rhiannon Hoyle 25 July 2008 14:42 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/stratforduponavon_22m_commercial.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/stratforduponavon_22m_commercial.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 23 July 2008 12:51 Carillion has won a £96 million contract to make parts of the motorway network around Birmingham ready for hard shoulder running. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/carillion_win_96m_road_job.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/carillion_win_96m_road_job.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Andrea Klettner 22 July 2008 15:29 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/motorway_resized_70_tcm18-1739081.jpg Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/stourbridge_215m_education.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/stourbridge_215m_education.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 22 July 2008 12:45 Britspace Modular Buildings is set to build a new £1.6 million nursery facility for the University of Warwick. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/britspace_build_16m_facility_for_warwick_uni.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/britspace_build_16m_facility_for_warwick_uni.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lisa Glancy 22 July 2008 12:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Tarmac’s national contracting division has appointed two directors for its Midlands and Western regions. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tarmac_appoints_contracting_directors.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tarmac_appoints_contracting_directors.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 22 July 2008 11:56 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Birmingham-based Stoford Developments has signed a deal to build a £60 million eco-friendly office for Severn Trent Water in Coventry. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/stoford_signs_60m_severn_trent_deal.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/stoford_signs_60m_severn_trent_deal.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lisa Glancy 22 July 2008 10:44 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Property consultant Drivers Jonas has been appointed to manage four projects across the Midlands worth over £100 million combined. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/drivers_jonas_locks_up_four_deals_worth_100m.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/drivers_jonas_locks_up_four_deals_worth_100m.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lisa Glancy 22 July 2008 10:17 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/law_hammer_resized_70_tcm18-1738099.jpg Tenders http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/solihull_40m_residential.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/solihull_40m_residential.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 21 July 2008 16:19 Axa Insurance has described the UK Government’s £800 million commitment to flood issues as inadequate, arguing that an additional investment is needed to improve surface drainage. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/axa_wants_700m_to_improve_surface_drainage.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/axa_wants_700m_to_improve_surface_drainage.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lucy Craymer 21 July 2008 15:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/832365_67055396_resized_70_tcm18-267030.jpg Wates Construction “put lives at risk” when it failed to check the gas flues in almost a dozen newly-built homes in Birmingham, a court has heard. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/wates_fined_over_carbon_monoxide_danger.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/wates_fined_over_carbon_monoxide_danger.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Rhiannon Hoyle 21 July 2008 12:40 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg Social housing contractor Mears has secured two contracts worth a total of £170 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/mears_clinches_170m_social_work.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/mears_clinches_170m_social_work.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lisa Glancy 21 July 2008 11:41 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/mears_logo_resized_70_tcm18-1736838.jpg Forster Refurbishment and Property Services has been fined £7,000 after one of its employees suffered serious injuries in a 4.5m fall early last year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/worker_lucky_to_be_alive_after_45m_plunge.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/worker_lucky_to_be_alive_after_45m_plunge.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Rhiannon Hoyle 18 July 2008 10:05 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/money_for_deal_resized_70_tcm18-261818.jpg Interserve has clinched a £19 million Procure21 contract to build a new hospital in Malvern for the Worcestershire Primary Care Trust. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/interserve_picks_up_19m_hospital_deal.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/interserve_picks_up_19m_hospital_deal.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lisa Glancy 17 July 2008 14:12 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Rival contractors have been brought to attention after Carillion was given the go-ahead to build the first phase of a £200 million home for armed forces medics in the West Midlands. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/huge_defence_medical_project_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/huge_defence_medical_project_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Alasdair Reisner 16 July 2008 12:26 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/carillion_logo_resized_70_tcm18-868097.jpg Thomas Vale almost doubled the amount of money it made last time with the Worcestershire contractor seeing profits hit £3 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/thomas_vale_nearly_doubles_pretax_profit.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/thomas_vale_nearly_doubles_pretax_profit.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Lucy Craymer 16 July 2008 11:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/875590_77673725_resized_70_tcm18-331788.jpg A construction worker has been killed while carrying out a track upgrade on the West Coast Mainline in Warwickshire. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/worker_dies_on_rugby_track_upgrade.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/worker_dies_on_rugby_track_upgrade.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Rhiannon Hoyle 14 July 2008 16:33 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/n22rail%20pic_resized_70_tcm18-486693.jpg Chase Midland, the parent company behind collapsed West Midlands contractor Chase Norton, has gone into administration. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/chase_norton_parent_goes_bust.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/chase_norton_parent_goes_bust.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Alasdair Reisner 04 July 2008 16:23 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/chase_midland_logo_resized_70_tcm18-1686965.jpg Carillion is being tipped to win the first major Highways Agency contract designed to reduce traffic jams on the country’s motorways. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/carillion_frontrunner_for_96m_road_scheme.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/carillion_frontrunner_for_96m_road_scheme.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 02 July 2008 18:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/roadcropped_resized_70_tcm18-266995.jpg Stoke-based construction firm Brighouse Construction has appointed a new operations director. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/brighouse_appoint_new_operations_director.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/brighouse_appoint_new_operations_director.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 James McLachlan 30 June 2008 12:01 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Morgan Ashurst has won a £10.6 million contract to build new student accommodation for the University of Worcester. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/morgan_ashurst_bags_uni_halls_contract.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/morgan_ashurst_bags_uni_halls_contract.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Andrea Klettner 30 June 2008 15:00 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/morganashurst_uni_westmids_resized_70_tcm18-1676652.jpg English Partnerships has agreed to invest £2.9 million in 408 new homes in the new City Waterside development in Stoke-on-Trent. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/stokeontrent_to_get_61m_development.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/stokeontrent_to_get_61m_development.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Andrea Klettner 30 June 2008 14:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg A firm which supplies insulation to the construction industry has announced plans to shed up to 64 jobs at its factory in Herefordshire due to the downturn in the housing market. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/insulation_firm_to_shed_jobs.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/insulation_firm_to_shed_jobs.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Myles Burke 27 June 2008 11:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/21901_2986_resized_70_tcm18-1654851.jpg A derelict building in Wolverhampton is set to be transformed into 12 apartments after council chiefs received £520,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/derelict_building_to_be_transformed.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/derelict_building_to_be_transformed.html;jsessionid=DD406CD6FE71562CDC9F46BDA4BE5279 Andrea Klettner 23 June 2008 09:24 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg