Latest Group News - January 2012

27/01/2012 - VINCI Construction UK win £12m Bristol Cathedral development
VINCI Construction UK has been appointed by Student Castle Ltd to undertake the development of the former Bristol Pro Cathedral site into high end new student accommodation.

27/01/2012 - VINCI Construction UK zero in on accidents for 2011
VINCI Construction UK had zero accidents across their North West projects in 2011. The North West region had no RIDDORS in the whole of 2011 recording an Accident Frequency Rate (AFR) of zero.

26/01/2012 - VINCI Construction UK receives exceptional score for the Wade Deacon Project
VINCI Construction UK has achieved an impressive ‘Very Good’ score for its work at the Wade Deacon project in Widnes, Halton.

26/01/2012 - Work ethic at VINCI Construction UK’s Royal Oldham Hospital project recognised as ‘Exceptional’ in national score
VINCI Construction UK achieved an ‘Exceptional’ score for its work at The Royal Oldham Hospital Phase 3, Women and Children’s project.

12/01/2012 - New Joint Venture for London Retirement Villages
LifeCare Residences Ltd, an international retirement village operator, and VINCI Construction UK have formed a Joint Venture to develop retirement villages in London.

12/01/2012 - VINCI Construction UK Awarded joint contract for Cardiff student accommodation and fire station
VINCI Construction UK has won a c. £23m contract from developers Cambrian Holst Ltd for the new build of a large student accommodation block and fire station in central Cardiff.

11/01/2012 - IHP handover last phase to complete the construction of Guild Park
IHP, the Joint Venture between Sir Robert McAlpine and VINCI Construction UK, handed over the Step Down Unit (Phase 4) at Guild Park to the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.

03/01/2012 - VINCI Construction UK secures multi-million pound contract for Stoke-on-Trent bus facility
VINCI Construction UK has been selected by Stoke-on-Trent City Council as the principal contractor for the development of a landmark new bus station in Stoke-on-Trent.

03/01/2012 - VINCI Facilities Completes work on Grade Two listed buildings
VINCI Facilities has completed the £2.25m refurbishment and upgrade of three Grade Two listed buildings, together with a mews building, situated at the rear of the site in central London for Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

17/12/2011 - UKAS Success for Laboratory
In October Soil Engineering’s geotechnical laboratory in Leeds underwent an annual UKAS surveillance visit. Soil Engineering attained their accreditation for the 18th consecutive year and this visit resulted in the lowest score of findings the laboratory have ever received.

17/12/2011 - VINCI Construction UK win contract for Weymouth mixed use scheme
VINCI Construction UK have been awarded an £8.3m design and build contract by Deeley Freed Limited acting on New Look’s behalf as development partners to build a new mixed use scheme in the heart of Weymouth.

17/12/2011 - VINCI Construction UK to build new £11m facility at Bristol’s Chesterfield Hospital
VINCI Construction UK has been awarded an £11m contract by Nuffield Health for the design and construction of a new state of the art facility at The Chesterfield Hospital in Bristol.

07/12/2011 - VINCI 2011 Innovation Awards Competition
Xavier Huillard, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of VINCI and chairman of the Final Jury for the 2011 Innovation Awards Competition, presented the 17 final prize-winners chosen from among the 1,717 projects submitted by 5,100 employees on 5 December at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.

07/12/2011 - VINCI Construction wins contract for new Crossrail Whitechapel station
VINCI Construction UK, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche are delighted to be awarded the Whitechapel Main Station Works Crossrail contract, worth £110m, as part of BBMV a joint venture with Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall.

01/12/2011 - VINCI Facilities strikes gold for St Helen’s hospital gardens
St Helens Hospital has won the best hospital grounds award in the Royal Horticultural Society, North West in Bloom competition organised by NewHosptital.

01/12/2011 -VINCI Construction UK and Park Glass Studios restore a 76 year old stained glass window
VINCI Construction UK is rebuilding and refurbishing Notre Dame High School in Sheffield. The refurbishment process includes the removal and restoration of a stained glass window designed by the artist Thomas Earley, in 1935.

29/11/2011 - Best employer accolade for VINCI
VINCI Construction UK has appeared in 4th position in Building magazine’s Good Employer Guide and is the only contractor to have made it to the top five out of a total of 120 entrants.

22/11/2011 - VINCI Construction UK to deliver new Tesco complex in West Bromwich
VINCI Construction UK have been awarded a £46m contract by Tesco Stores Limited to build a large Tesco complex in the heart of West Bromwich. The project comprises of the design and construction of the new retail and leisure development.

22/11/2011 - VINCI Construction UK Sponsor ‘It’s Liverpool – The Business Conference’ to tackle the difficult question of how we can support an enterprise culture
VINCI Construction UK was recently the main sponsor of ‘It’s Liverpool – The Business Conference’. The one-day event was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool on 13th November and was organised by Downtown In Business and Liverpool Vision.

16/11/2011 - VINCI Construction UK wins contract for extra security facilities at Gatwick North Terminal
VINCI Construction UK have won a £3m contract from Gatwick Airport to undertake various changes and improvements to the security facilities for passengers within the North Terminal.

16/11/2011 - VINCI Construction UK wins the Health and Safety Award for South Yorkshire
VINCI Construction UK won the Health and Safety Award at the Celebrating Construction in South Yorkshire Awards Ceremony, held at Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield.

07/11/2011 - VINCI brings into service the first PPP motorway in Slovakia
VINCI announces the opening, on 28 October 2011, of the first three sections of the R1 expressway, known as PR1BINA, in Slovakia. This is the first motorway infrastructure project to be undertaken on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis in Slovakia.

07/11/2011 - VINCI Facilities to deliver hard FM to Queen Elizabeth PFI Hospital
VINCI Facilities, a leading provider of facilities management and maintenance services to the public and private sector, has been awarded the the contract by Meridian Hospital Company to provide fully outsourced hard FM services to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital PFI in Woolwich, London.

01/11/2011 - VINCI Construction UK completes new Gatwick Airport South Terminal security area
The new £45m South Terminal security area, completed by VINCI Construction UK’s Air Division, has been opened by the Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers, Minister of State for Transport.

21/09/2011 - VINCI Facilities Appoints Director for Energy Management
VINCI Facilities, a leading provider of facilities management services to the public and private sector, has appointed Andy Bray as Director for Energy Management for VINCI Facilities

21/09/2011 - Brakes Group to take delivery of new distribution centre from VINCI Construction UK
VINCI Construction UK has won a c. £19m contract to build a new temperature controlled distribution centre and offices for Standard Life Investment in Reading with a pre let to Brakes Group, a leading supplier to the foodservice industry.

12/09/2011 - Muse announces a start on site at Doncaster’s New Performance Venue
Muse Developments in partnership with Doncaster Council have today announced plans for the next stage of construction at Doncaster's Civic and Cultural Quarter - the New Performance Venue (NPV).

06/09/2011 - Julian Brandon interviewed live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Julian Brandon, Managing Director, Building East did an excellent radio interview with BBC Cambridgeshire last Thursday on Andy Burrows Drive-time show at 5pm

05/09/2011 - Lord Mayor and development partners welcome major new student housing project at Bagot Street, Birmingham
A host of organisations gathered last week (26/8) to officially open a new £40m development of student accommodation at Bagot Street in Birmingham.

30/08/2011 - Technology Centre Passes UKAS Audit with Flying Colours
The Technology Centre has successfully undergone a United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) re-certification audit.

02/08/11 - Drilling into the Thames
Thames Water have recently filmed the Soil Engineering team in Phase 5 of the Thames Tidal Ground Investigation. The team has been working on Thames Water’s Thames Tunnel and Lee Tunnel projects since 2005. 

29/07/11 - Aviation management students visit terminal 3 major upgrade works
VINCI Construction UK has recently undertaken hugely complex and challenging work to upgrade Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport.

28/07/11 - Icelandic Bike Builds Homes in Haiti
Leighton Buzzard resident, David Thompson, from VINCI Construction UK’s Technology Centre, has just returned from  joining a friend who is cycling around the perimeter of Iceland.

27/07/11 - Clinton Devon Estates awards Liverton 2 contract to VINCI
Landowner Clinton Devon Estates has announced that VINCI Construction UK has been awarded a £2million contract for infrastructure works at Liverton 2, a second major business park on the outskirts of Exmouth.