Company News Roundup: 27 May 2014

Kier beats Wates to win PSBP contract for Nottinghamshire priority schools

Exclusive: The Education Funding Agency has selected Kier for the Nottinghamshire batch of priority schools, Construction News understands.

The contractor has beaten Wates to the batch of six schools in Nottinghamshire, which is the 16th batch of capitally funded schools under the Priority School Building Programme.

Wilmott Dixon win £19m contract for University of Birmingham School

Willmott Dixon has been appointed under a £19m deal to build a University training school in Birmingham.

The University of Birmingham School is being built for the University of Birmingham on Weoley Park Road in Selly Oak and will accommodate 750 pupils aged between 11-16, with a further 400 places in the sixth form.

Company Page: Wilmott Dixon

Northern Line £600m extension down to two

The race for the £600m Northern Line extension deal is down to two bidders.

Construction News understands Balfour Beatty/ Bam and Ferrovial/ Laing O’Rourke are the final two bidders in the race for the £600m deal.

TfL confirmed the race was down to two bidders when contacted by Construction News.

Company Page: Balfour Beatty

Coffey wins Science Museum library job

Clerkenwell-based practice sees off Witherford Watson Mann, David Kohn and 6A with scheme `to recreate the feeling of sitting under a tree.

Company Page: Coffey Architects