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GSH celebrates clean, green fleet

Source: FM World 08-04-08

Amec buys project services firm

Source: FM World 02-04-08

Amec has bought project services company Rider Hunt International for £25 million. Rider Hunt International (RHI) provides project services to the oil, gas, chemical, energy and process industries. The firm employs 240 staff in 15 countries. RHI will continue to be operated as an independent, stand-alone business.

Source: FM World 26-02-08

Balfour Beatty has announced that its chairman Sir David John is to retire following the company’s AGM in May.

Steve Marshall, who joined the Balfour Beatty board as a non-executive director in 2005, will succeed him as chairman. Marshall is currently non-executive chairman of Delta and also a non-executive director of Southern Water.
He is a former group chief executive of Thorn and Railtrack group, having served as finance director at each company.

LS confirms Trillium sale rumour

Source: FM World 27-02-08

The board of Land Securities Group has announced that, following recent expressions of interest, it is considering the benefits of a selling its Trillium business against the merits of a demerger.

This will run in parallel with the demerger process, which remains the primary focus of the board, it said.

Land Securities appoints London head

Source: FM World 03-03-08

Land Securities has appointed Jonathan Evans as head of London asset and property management in its London business division. It will be the first time that such a role has existed in Land Securities’ London business and will control assets of over £8 billion.

Evans joins from DTZ where he headed the inward investment team having previously been in charge of the West End business team. His appointment comes as Robert Heskett, currently head of London asset management, announces his intention to step back from a day-to-day operational role at the company.

Cofathec lands Berr deal

Source: FM World 06-03-08

Cofathec has won the contract to provide M&E, fabric maintenance services and energy management at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

The contract, which will last for an initial five-year period will cover nine Berr sites ranging from London to Scotland. In support of the department’s sustainability targets, Cofathec has appointed a full-time energy manager to the Berr contract, together with 21 other staff members

Balfour Beatty chairman retires

GSH Group has a clean, green and safe fleet, according to a latest review from the Energy Saving Trust. Following the trust’s Green Fleet Review, GSH’s van and car fleets are predominantly Euro 3 or 4 emission standard and its cars are largely NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) 4 or 5 rated – and therefore considered to be safe and more environmentally friendly. The Euro standards for toxic emissions are a measure of the pollution produced, whilst the NCAP is a benchmark of the safety of new vehicles.

In 2007, all GSH directors exchanged their existing company cars for environmentally friendly hybrid models and last year, the firm reduced its CO2 consumption by 14,305 tonnes for its UK clients.
Neil Murray, GSH managing director, said that the review highlighted the proactive approach that the firm took “as well as the importance we place on both environmental, and health and safety issues.”

Kier awarded £500m station upgrade deal

Source: FM World 02-04-08

Network Rail has named Kier Property as the preferred bidder on a £500 million station regeneration project. The joint venture will regenerate stations at Enfield Town, Epsom, Guildford, Maidstone East, Twickenham and Walthamstow and a further site at Wembley Cutting. The sites will include new residential, retail and office accommodation along with new passenger facilities.