Balfour Beatty subsidiary appointed on local improvement finance trust (LIFT) scheme

Contractor Mansell, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty, has won construction work worth £8m as part of a Leicester local improvement finance trust (LIFT) scheme.

The group will design and construct two health centres in the city: Belgrave Health Centre in Brandon Street and De Montfort University Health Centre in Grassmere Street.

The 2,396m2 Belgrave Health Centre, worth £4.8m, will offer integrated primary care services to 30,000 people. The centre will include several GP practices, a pharmacist, district nurses and community matrons.

The £3.3m De Montfort University Health Centre will be three storeys high, with a gross internal floor area of 1,478m2.