Orders boost for Oxford contractor

Mechanical-services contractor Sharp + Howse has secured contracts worth nearly £3 million. The largest is for over £2 million for the news children’s and head-and-neck hospitals being built by Carillion Construction in Oxford. The company has also won an order for a £250 00 kitchen refurbishment for Exeter College in Oxford. Another contract worth over £550 000 is for a number of plantroom and internal upgrades to existing properties in the London area for Shaftesbury Housing Association.
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