ARL.L Regulatory News (ARL)

19 Sep 2006 17:52

SMC Group Plc19 September 2006 SMC Group Plc SMC Education wins Building Schools for Future contract SMC Group Plc, the architects and design business, is pleased to announce thatits specialist education division, SMC Education, has joined the architecturaldesign team supply chain for The Miller Consortium after their successfulappointment by Leicester City Council as the preferred bidder for the city's£235 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. The Leicester City Council scheme represents the launch of the new six-yearpartnership between Leicester City Council, the Miller Consortium andPartnership for Schools (PfS) to refurbish or rebuild 16 secondary schools inthe city. Work is due to start in 2007 at the four schools in phase one of the BSFprogramme. The remaining 12 schools will be delivered in a further three phasesover the following six years. SMC Education is also bidding on sixteen other BSF programmes. The whole BSFprogramme in England is likely to represent c. £60bn worth of construction valueover the next 15 years For further information: David Rydell/Geoff Callow 020 7861 3232Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange