£20m contracts boost for Renew Holdings
RENEW Holdings has emphasised the growth of its specialist engineering division by announcing £20m of new orders and an extension of its work at the Sellafield nuclear plant.
The Leeds-based construction services company revealed earlier this year that despite a challenging market it felt it could capitalise on work gained through specialist engineering.
At Sellafield, Renew has agreed an extension to its contract until next March, with the possibility of a further year’s work.
Its work at the site in Cumbria covers production operations support, general infrastructure and decommissioning and is one of four ‘frameworks’ which its Shepley Engineers subsidiary holds at Sellafield.
Shepley Engineers has also been awarded a £4.3m contract from Sellafield for the recladding of Sellafield’s receipt and storage building.
The asset maintenance project, which includes the removal and replacement of cladding in addition to structural repairs and strengthening, is due to be completed by March 2012 and is outside of the framework arrangements.
In the water sector, Seymour, the group’s specialist water business, has been awarded a further £5.5m of contracts with Northumbrian Water for both flood alleviation and combined sewer overflows.
The largest schemes, valued at £2.1m and £1.1m, are located in Gateshead and Newcastle.
In land remediation, its VHE subsidiary has been awarded the initial land remediation work for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athlete’s Village at Dalmarnock in Glasgow.
The £5.9m project will commence later this summer to enable construction work to begin in Autumn 2010.
Glasgow City Council is developing the 38.5 acre site for use during the games, which will become a new residential area for the city after the event.
VHE has also been appointed preferred bidder by the Royal States of Jersey for a £4.6m project to decontaminate and remediate the former Jersey Town Gas Works to form a new town park in St. Helier, Jersey.
Final design and planning will be developed throughout 2010 with remediation works to commence on site in January 2011.
Renew’s chief executive Brian May said: “These contract wins illustrate the increasing importance, and resilience, of specialist engineering.
They emphasise the strength of our position in the nuclear and water sectors and demonstrate the excellence of our specialist skills in land remediation.”
