Company News Roundup: 16 September 2014

Lincolnshire £48m schools batch among £100m Galliford Try wins

Galliford Try has been appointed to the Education Funding Agency’s North and North East Lincolnshire £47.6m batch of eight schools.

The batch includes three new secondary schools - The Vale Academy, Oasis Academy and Baysgarth School - and five new Primary schools - Brumby Junior School, Burton-upon-Staither, Crosby Primary School, Grange Lane Primary School and Great Coates Primary School.

Company page: Galliford Try 

Steve Farmer joins Mabey Hire from Harsco Infrastructure

Mabey Hire has appointed former Balfour Beatty Workplace and Harsco UK managing director Steve Farmer as its new chief operating officer.

Mr Farmer spent more than six years in managing director roles at Balfour Beatty, almost 10 years at Jarvis and joins Mabey Hire from Harsco Infrastructure.

Company page: Mabey

NG Bailey wins M&E package at £42m Birmingham Uni scheme

NG Bailey has won the £9.2m M&E package for Carillion at the £42m University of Birmingham New Library redevelopment.

Working with main contractor Carillion, NG Bailey’s engineering division will work on the installation and new build design of the library, which will cover six storeys over a 16,000 sq m floor area.

Costain to complete M1 J23 to 31 deal

Costain has been appointed to upgrade the M1 J28 to 31 and J32 to 35a in deals worth around £125m.

The M1 J23 to 31 deal is the final of four schemes that were set out for ‘speedy’ construction by the government in October 2012.

The two schemes are adjacent to each other and Costain said that by undertaking both projects it would be able to “effectively manage road space between them and reduce disruption to road users”.

Company page: Costain