Property briefs: Trinity Walk contract in the bag for FM specialist; Wood pellet design and build contract for Spencer Group; and more

FACILITIES management specialist Oltec FM has won a contract to provide cleaning services to Trinity Walk shopping centre in Wakefield.

The three-year deal expands Oltec’s current role at the site, adding cleaning to the security service it already provides.

John Edwards, facilities management director at Oltec FM, said: “We already work with Trinity Walk to provide security services and will now add provision of cleaning services, too.  The new contract allows us to integrate all our services, meaning staff at the centre work smarter and we can offer a more efficient and effective service to Trinity Walk.

“This new contract adds to the large number of other retail developments in our portfolio, including Grand Central Birmingham, The Light Leisure Scheme in Leeds and Trident Retail Park in Runcorn.”

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HULL’S Spencer Group has won a major contract to design and build wood pellet facilities at the Port of Tyne.

Lynemouth Power, which operates Lynemouth Power Station on the Northumberland coast, has awarded a contract to the specialist engineering business for the design and construction of a facility for the handling, storage and rail-loading of wood pellets at the port.

Up to 200 construction jobs will be created as a result of the contract awarded to Spencer and work on the project has now begun.

The facilities being designed and built by Spencer are at Tyne Dock, South Shields, where the Port of Tyne recently invested £25m in extending Riverside Quay to support the project.

The new facilities will handle up to 1.8m tonnes annually of wood pellets, offering the capability to meet the full requirements of Lynemouth Power Station.

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SHEFFIELD-based HLM’s schemes for two new satellite healthcare centres have been granted planning permission.

The approval of the new children’s hospital includes the development of two new Satellite Paediatric Out Patient Departments (OPD) and Urgent Care Centres at the hospitals at Tallaght and Connolly, south-west and north-west of Dublin, respectively.

The satellite centres have been designed by HLM in collaboration with Coady Architects and will be onsite during 2016; they will be developed in conjunction with the main new children’s hospital.

A total investment of €650m has been allocated for the delivery of the new hospital and urgent care centres. Each of the Paediatric OPDs and Urgent Care Centres at Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals will provide around 5,000sq m of floor space and is being overseen by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.

Planning approval followed a ten-day public hearing chaired by An Bord Pleanála, the state’s planning authority responsible for strategic infrastructure.

HLM’ was appointed on the strength of its experience in the healthcare sector in Ireland and across the UK, including their redevelopment work of Altnagelvin Area Hospital in County Londonderry and Queen’s Centre for Oncology & Haematology in Hull.  HLM is working with Dublin-based Coady Architects.

Karl Ruddle, an associate director at HLM, said: “HLM is thrilled that this long-awaited and vital development has received planning approval. We are delighted to be working with a well-respected and established project board and design team.

“Our combined experience in the healthcare sector, gained from projects across both Ireland and the UK, has enabled us to deliver a design solution that we know will provide enhanced local facilities for Dublin’s residents and ease the burden on the Urgent Care services.”

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A TEAM of Yorkshire-based companies have completed work to strengthen Scarborough’s iconic Peasholm Glen Bridge, which since its opening in 1932 has helped to facilitate links between the north and south of the town.

The bridge has historical importance for Scarborough, allowing for the redevelopment of the Northstead estate following the opening of Peasholm Park in 1912.

The increase in daily loading demands throughout the long lifespan of the bridge has seen it requiring strengthening work in order to upgrade it to modern standards. Following the completion of this work, the bridge is back to full operating capacity.

North Yorkshire Council contracted Hull-based construction company PBS to complete the work to strengthen and repair the bridge, assisted by Fibrwrap Construction, Adept Consulting and Bambu Scaffolding.