Project & Company News Roundup: 18 August 2015

Balfour Beatty £17m Cardiff office project stopped

A £17m Balfour Beatty office development in the centre of Cardiff has been stopped after the Welsh Government announced it was looking to sell the land.
Project: 13300898

£100m of highways work up for grabs

Contractors are sought for in the region of £100M of highways surfacing work in the North East.
Project: 15272570

Jestico + Whiles' Edinburgh hotel wins go-ahead

Jestico + Whiles has won planning for a controversial hotel within the £850 million Edinburgh St James scheme after councillors ignored the recommendation of officers to refuse it.
Project: 8049363

Legal & General plan for two more mega deals in 2016 following £1.5bn Leeds deal

Legal & General will follow its £162m investment in a Leeds project with 'at least another two' similar deals before the end of the year, as its £1.5bn partnership with the government's Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) begins to bear fruit.
Company details: Legal & General Group Plc

Balfour Beatty pain continues with £150m half-year

Balfour Beatty made a pre-tax loss of £150m in the first half of 2015 despite its Build to Last transformation programme improving the group¿s cash position.
Company details: Balfour Beatty Plc

Scott Brownrigg buys GMW Architects

Burgeoning AJ120 practice Scott Brownrigg has taken over GMW Architects as part of plans to move into the airport sector
Company details: Scott Brownrigg Ltd