ARL.L Regulatory News (ARL)

27 Feb 2006 07:00

SMC Group Plc27 February 2006 SMC Group Plc ('SMC' or 'the Company') New Contract Wins SMC Group Plc, the architects and design business, is pleased to issue detailstoday of the construction value and new fees contracted since 5th December 2005.The following projects have a total construction cost of over £0.5bn andrepresent stage fees for SMC in excess of £10m. Mixed-use Developments £€30m Masterplan for 7acre business quarter for Leicester Regeneration Company £€30m mixed use development 800 student residential units, retail and multi-storey car park £€7m Retail, Hotel and Residential Development in Chelmsford for Turnstone Estates £€16m Retail and Residential Development in Bury St Edmunds for Halladale £€10m 9acre mixed use development, Seacroft, Leeds £€30m North West LIFT Initiative (ITN Stage) for Bluestone Offices/Office Parks £€22m Offices Pre-let to Norwich Union in Norwich for Lothbury Property Trust £€5.5m Office Development in Cambridge for Capital & Counties £€2m Offices in Pampisford for Turnstone Estates £€3m HQ Office Refurbishment in Huntingdon for Anglian Water Group £€6.5m Town Centre Office Development in Chelmsford for Turnstone Estates £€10m Various Business Parks in Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth for Roc Developments Ltd Industrial/Distribution £€20m phase 1 1m sq.ft. Mercury Logistics Park Bucharest now on site £€15m 350K sq.ft. Distribution Centre in the Midlands £€15m 450K sq.ft. Distribution Warehouse, Northampton €42K sq.ft high bay cold store Holmewood, Chesterfield, for Innovate Construction £€7m Industrial/Business Park for starter workshop units for West Devon Borough Council £€8m New engineering facility, and redevelopment of Industrial Unit at Nelson for Fort Vale Residential £€10m Various residential developments in Liverpool, Lancaster and Trafford £€14m residential in Trafford - Planning Permission granted 17th February for Country & Metropolitan £€11.5m Residential Development Cambridge for Miller Homes Retail £€7m Town Centre and Residential complex, Alnwick, Northumberland £€10m 150K sq.ft. Retail Park East Midlands £€3.5m B&Q Retail Unit in Bedford for Wrenbridge Land & Estates Hotels £€20m Various Hotel projects in the Lake District, Northumberland, new build and extensions for which clients include De Vere Hotels £€8m Four Star Hotel and Conference Facilities in Cambridge for O'Callaghan Hotels Schools/Universities £€6m Phase 2 Innovation Centre for South West Development Agency £€45m Bid for Building Schools for the Future Programme for Leeds Schools by Land Securities Trillium £€10m New Build Primary School, Lancashire, for Salford Diocese and New Sports Facility, Oldham for Newbridge School £€8.4m Student Residential Accommodation in Cambridge for Camstead Homes The business continues to make considerable inroads into the Build Schools forthe Future programme and has now been invited to assist Land Securities Trilliumin their bid for Leeds Schools. We have also been appointed to the NationalFramework for the National Grid and we are at present in a limited competitionfor a major iconic building for a London University in competition with Foster,Hopkins, Grimshaw and others. -ends- For further information please contact: SMC Group Plc Tel: 44 (0)20 7495 5335Stewart McColl Noble & Company Limited Tel: 44 (0)20 7763 2200Matthew Hall Bell Pottinger Tel: 44 (0)20 7861 3232David Rydell/Geoff Callow Notes to Editors SMC Group Plc is the holding company for a group of architects and designers. Ithas established expertise in a broad range of sectors, including residential,retail, industrial, workplace, transportation, leisure and education. With theaddition of DTR:UK, the Group has national coverage throughout England, withoffices in London, Warwick, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool andLancaster, and is engaged in a range of projects throughout the UK, in Eire andin parts of mainland Europe. The Company's core strategy is to create an architectural group with the scaleand expertise to access the most profitable schemes across a range of sectorsand geographical locations. The Group intends to focus on its organic growth,increasing its share of the UK market and securing larger, higher marginprojects. The Group plans to complement this organic growth withearnings-enhancing acquisitions in order to consolidate its geographic andsector coverage. On 5th September 2005 the company announced its maiden interim results for thesix months ended 30th June 2005. SMC reported turnover of £5.4m (an increase of47% compared to the same period in 2004) and profit before tax of £1.1m (anincrease of 110% compared to the same period in 2004). The company alsoannounced plans to introduce a maiden dividend in June 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange