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A Carillion joint venture has been selected to deliver the future Midland Metropolitan Hospital Public Private Partnership project, a new healthcare facility that will have approximately 670 beds and 15 operating theatre suites.

An impressive new events hall worth an estimate £10m is set to be built at the Great Yorkshire Show Ground in Harrogate, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.The facility, designed by P+HS Architects, will provide 4,320m2 of open span, versatile space to suit a wide range of events from blue chip company conferences to large dinners, exhibitions and sporting events.

The global access control and authentication market (electronic access control (EAC), automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), and document readers) was valued at US$ 18,723.6 Mn in 2013 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period (2014 - 2020) to reach a market size of US$ 49,890.3 Mn by 2020, the latest report from Research and Markets has been able to reveal.

A new £5m community hospital has officially opened in Bicester, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

Plans put forward for redeveloping the site of an old, run-down car park have been approved by the local authority in Wimbledon, opening the way for its redevelopment into a new six storey building, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

The overall security of trailers and shipping containers could be significantly improved by implementing secure access control solutions, experts in the field have argued recently.

Works on a new £700,000 sports and community centre in Oakham, Rutland has been completed by developers Clegg, a recent news report has been able to find.The redevelopment includes upgrades to the existing steel framed building and developing a sports hall along with changing rooms.

One of the UK's largest services contractors has been awarded a contract for building a £200m facility at the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre at Stanford Hall, near Loughborough, recent news in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A local council in London has approved plans for the redevelopment and extension of a local school site, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Architects at Make have submitted design plans for a bioscience and medical research hub for the University of Oxford, a news source has been able to reveal.The 16,000m2 Oxford BioEscalator development is Make's sixth project for the University and will be developed at the institutions Old Road Campus.

The University of Derby is set to build a new centre for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) worth £12m, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.The University has been granted £5 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) that will be used as part of a larger investment in a new 4,200 square metre building.

Plans for building a new assisted living scheme in Nottingham have received planning permission, with construction work set to start in the near future, a recent news report on this matter has been able to reveal.