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21 February 2003
Supreme Court judgment: HBG not guilty of mismanagement

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has overturned the decision of the Enterprise Section of the Court of Appeal at Amsterdam given on 21 January 2002.
14 February 2003
Second large award for Ballast Ham Dredging in Malaysia

Today SKS Power Sdn Bhd awarded the contract for the land reclamation and soil improvement for the construction of a 3 * 700 MWatt power plant in Johor, Malaysia, to IMW Dredging.
13 February 2003
Management appointments

Royal BAM Group will be forming three new operating companies in the course of 2003 to address the Dutch construction and property market, viz. BAM Utiliteitsbouw (general construction), BAM Woningbouw (housebuilding) and BAM Vastgoed (property).
11 February 2003
HBG and BAM work on integration

HBG is part of Royal BAM Group. We are working hard on the integration. We hope to have a new website with all the news of our new Group up and running shortly.
10 February 2003
Contract signed for PPP-A59

The first DBFM contract for road infrastructure in the Netherlands is realized. On Tuesday, 4 February, Provincial Executive drs P. van Vugt of the Province of North-Brabant signed the agreement with the Consortium Poort van Den Bosch B.V. to accelerate the conversion of state highway N50 between Rosmalen and Geffen. The agreement is a so-called Design, Build, Finance & Maintain (DBFM) contract for design, construction, financing and maintenance of the road, including viaducts and noise barriers.
9 February 2003
Bangladesh-UK 'Friendship Bridge'

A £70 million bridge project backed by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) is giving an economic boost to north-eastern Bangladesh by easing a major transport bottleneck. Civil engineering company Edmund Nuttall Ltd, based in Camberley, Surrey, designed and built the 1.2 kilometre-long concrete bridge across the river Meghna between Bhairab and Ashuganj.
8 February 2003
Two contracts for Royal BAM Group in USA

FCI Constructors [a subsidiary of HBG Constructors] was awarded two contracts in the state of California, USA, with a combined value of approximately $45 million. These projects include the reconstruction and reconfiguration of interchanges in Mountain View, Santa Clara, and a highway improvement project in San Diego County.
7 February 2003
A Cathedral job

HBG Construction has won a three million-euro contract to carry out the Plaza Works at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2003.
6 February 2003
Tebodin Middle East: Like a duck to water

Since 1974, when the group company first established itself in the United Arab Emirates, production and distribution of drinking water has been one of the most important aspects of Tebodin's work. When the oil and gas industry underwent a period of rapid development in the 1980s, it represented an expansion of activities for Tebodin Middle East.
5 February 2003
New arena for Hanover 96

Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau and Wayss & Freytag Schlüsselfertigbau are to start work next month on the renovation of Hanover's Lower Saxony Stadium. The existing Hanover 96 Stadium will be largely demolished and rebuilt. The contract is worth €63.5 million. The project is scheduled for completion early in 2005.
4 February 2003
Ground strengthened for high-speed trains

In the rolling landscape east of the Scottish capital, near the village of Dolphingstone, there is a constant bustle of activity. On behalf of Railtrack [since the beginning of October 2002, Network Rail], Nuttall is working on the construction of a new section of track in connection with remedial works on the East Coast Main Line.
4 February 2003
Contract signed for PPP-A59

218 million Euro invested to accelerate resolution of traffic bottleneck. Press release Consortium Poort van Den Bosch
3 February 2003
Berkeley Homes, Acton

HBG Construction is to design, build and fit-out a 10.3 million-euro office development at Acton in West London for Berkeley Homes.
2 February 2003
Good progress in Qatar

Six years later Interbeton is back at work on the Qafco artificial fertiliser plant in Mesaieed, Qatar. The plant is expanding and needs additional jetties, pumping stations and cooling water systems.
1 February 2003
Graffiti busters!

Not ghostbusters but graffiti-busters. Nuttall has recently joined battle with the spray-can vandals. As part of an alliance contract with Network Rail North West, Nuttall’s cleanup gangs spring into action as soon as local inhabitants report graffiti on railway viaducts, bridges and tunnels via a special hotline.