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• JS Wright wins major Birmingham project 

  Building-services specialist J S Wright is to provide M&E services for 323 apartments in two high-rise blocks at Arena Central in Birmingham. The £3.5 million project for the 17- and 22-storey blocks is for Galliford Try Building. Work starts on site in August 2017 and is due for completion in February 2019. It is the tenth project for Galliford Try Partnerships in the past eight years.

• JS Wright wins major residential contracts  

  JS Wright has won two contracts together worth over £5 million for residential developments in north London and Birmingham. The London contract (pictured) is worth around £3.5 million and is for the installation of mechanical services for 227 new homes in Colindale for Galliard Homes. The Birmingham contract is worth more than £1.7 million and is for the fit-out of a new 22-story luxury apartment block working for Wates Construction.

• J S Wright design engineer wins major industry accolade  

  James Owen, a young design engineer with building-services provider J S Wright, has been highly commended for the Alfred Manley Management Awards, which is awarded by the Building Engineering Services Association. This national award celebrates the achievements of young engineers who are judged to be capable of progressing to a senior role within building-services engineering. He completed his higher-level apprenticeship with the company last year.

• JS Wright to fit out apartments on former hospital site  

  Building-services provider JS Wright has won a deal to fit out 161 mixed-tenure apartments on a former hospital site in north London. The development will comprise purpose-built and existing Grade 2-listed buildings at the £110 million Woodside Square development in Muswell Hill on the site of St Luke’s Hospital, which was in use from 1930 to 2011.

• Apprentices are key to growing workforce  

  Apprentices have played a key role in helping building-services provider JS Wright grow its workforce by over 50% over the past decade. And the company has recently welcomed the 40th new recruit to its apprentice academy, which was launched in 2008. Today, 49 of the company’s 140 employees are current or former JS Wright apprentices.