Competition Act 1998 Decision of the Office of Fair Trading No. CA98/02/2009 Bid rigging in the construction industry in England 21 September 2009 (Case CE/4327-04)

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COMPETITION ACT 1998 DECISION

Case CE/4327-04 Bid rigging in the construction industry in England 21 September 2009

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CONTENTSA brief description of the contents of each section of this document. Capitalised terms used in this Contents section are defined in the Glossary at pages 28 to 29 below. Purpose of this Contents section (i) This Contents section is intended to assist readers with understanding the structure and purpose of this Decision. A more detailed Index follows.

Section I Introduction (ii) The Introduction lists the Parties to the Infringements of the Chapter I prohibition of the Act which form the subject of this Decision. Some Parties comprise more than one legal person, i.e. the Participant Company, together with its ultimate parent company at the time of each Infringement, where relevant.

Section II Factual Background (iii) The first part of the Factual Background section, II.A The Parties, describes each of the Parties primary activities and corporate structure. It lists details of the Parties turnover and directors for each of the relevant years, and sets out the OFTs analysis of undertakings comprising more than one legal person, where relevant. The Parties representations in relation to these matters are also addressed here. The second part of this section, II.B The OFTs Investigation, provides details of the investigation carried out by the OFT in this case, including dates of inspections and searches, interviews and written requests for information, and the Statement and Supplementary Statements. This part also lists the leniency Parties and describes the OFTs Fast Track Offer made to the non-leniency Parties. It also describes the process by which the OFT selected the Alleged Infringements included in the Statement from information received in relation to the Suspect Tenders, and sets out the OFTs decision not to pursue certain Alleged Infringements following the issue of the Statement and receipt of the Parties representations. This part also describes the circumstances in which leniency Parties will receive full immunity for Infringements, when a reduction in penalty will be available, and in general terms the number of penalties each leniency Party and non leniency Party will face. Representations from the Parties on possible alternative remedies, the nature, length and conduct of the OFTs investigation, the leniency process and the Fast Track Offer are also addressed in this part. The third part of the Factual Background section, II.C Definition of Relevant Markets, sets out the OFTs definition of the relevant product markets and relevant geographic markets within which each of the Infringements is considered by the OFT to have occurred, and which form the basis of the starting point for the OFTs calculation of the penalty in respect of each of 2

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those Infringements. The Parties representations on market definition are also addressed here. Section III Legal Background (viii) This section sets out the legal framework against which each of the Infringements has been considered by the OFT. It includes, but is not restricted to, a description of the law relating to undertakings, price fixing and bid rigging activities including cover pricing and compensation payments. This section also addresses the Parties representations on the legal background to this Decision.

Section IV The Conduct of the Parties (ix) This section describes the Infringements that form the subject of this Decision, namely, bid rigging activities in the construction industry in England between the coming into force of the Act on 1 March 2000, and December 2006. The majority of the bid rigging activities discovered by the OFT involved cover pricing, which occurs when a company obtains a price from a competitor in the tender process which is not designed to win the contract but is intended to give the appearance of competition. In addition the OFT found a number of instances of payments made between bidders, commonly referred to as compensation payments. The first part of this section, IV.B General comments on cover pricing and other bid rigging activities in the construction industry in England, sets out certain common themes that emerged in the course of the OFTs investigation, concerning the way in which construction companies conducted the practice of cover pricing and other bid rigging activities during the period under investigation. Many of the Parties in this case have testified to the endemic nature of the practice. The widespread and endemic practice of cover pricing in the construction industry was carried out in a relatively standard way, and the comments in this section should be read as applying to all Parties and all of the Infringements that are described in the following sections, except as specifically otherwise stated in the descriptions of the Infringements. The Parties representations in relation to these matters are also addressed in this part. In order to avoid extensive repetition, the OFT sets out in the second part of this section, IV.C Leniency Parties Approach to Cover Pricing and other Bid Rigging Activities, evidence on the way in which each of the leniency Parties engaged in cover pricing and other bid rigging activities, that is common to all of the Infringements in which each leniency Party has been found to have participated. The Parties representations in relation to this evidence are also addressed here. The information on each leniency Party is described in alphabetical order. The third part of this section, IV.D The Infringements, sets out the specific evidence, and the inferences and conclusions drawn by the OFT from that evidence, in respect of each of the 199 specific Infringements in which the OFT has concluded that the Parties engaged in cover pricing and other bid rigging activities. The Parties representations in relation to this evidence and the OFTs conclusions are also addressed on an Infringement-by-Infringement basis. The Infringements are described in chronological order.

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Thus for each Infringement, reference should be made not only to the particular part of section IV.D setting out details of the Infringement, but also to the relevant part of section IV.C detailing the cover pricing activities of any leniency Party(ies) involved in that Infringement, and in addition to the general comments on cover pricing in section IV.B, which precedes both of those parts. The OFT has therefore included, in Annex A towards the end of this Decision, a Navigation Table (see below), which details the paragraphs in which the case against each Party may be found in relation to each relevant Infringement.

Section V Legal Assessment (xiv) This section assesses the Infringements against the Legal Background and sets out the OFTs conclusions, together with any representations from the Parties, and the OFTs response.

Section VI Enforcement (xv) This section states that the OFT is imposing financial penalties on each of the Parties in respect of a maximum of three Infringements. It sets out the factors the OFT has taken into account and its calculation methodology, including a separate penalty calculation for each Infringement and application of a Minimum Deterrence Threshold methodology at step 3 of the calculation. This section also describes how the OFT has applied reductions in penalty for leniency Parties and discounts for non-leniency Parties that accepted the OFTs Fast Track Offer. The Parties representations on the OFTs penalty calculations are also addressed in this section.

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Annex A Navigation Table (xviii) The Navigation Table in Annex A details the paragraphs in which the case against each Party may be found in relation to each relevant Infringement. The Parties are listed in alphabetical order and against each Party are listed the Infringement(s) in which that Party engaged in bid rigging activities, together with references to the relevant paragraphs in section IV.D describing that Infringement and the relevant paragraphs in section IV.C describing the cover pricing activities of the leniency Party(ies) involved in that Infringement, where applicable. The Navigation Table also makes it clear in respect of each Infringement: (a) for a leniency Party, whether: (i) it will receive either full 100 per cent immunity for that Infringement (because it is a But For Infringement for that Party); or (ii) it will receive its allocated leniency percentage deduction from the penalty for that Infringement (because it is a Not But For Infringement for that Party); or (iii) there will be no penalty (because the Infringement is not amongst the most recent three Not But For Infringements for the Party); and (b) for a non-leniency Party, whether it is receiving a 25 per cent deduction from penalty on that tender (because it accepted the OFTs Fast Track Offer in respect of that tender) or alternatively is not receiving any deduction from penalty on that tender (because it did not accept the OFTs Fast Track Offer in respect of that tender). 4

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Annex B List of Markets affected by each of the Infringements (xx) The table in Annex B sets out the relevant product market and the relevant geographic market into which the OFT considers each of the Infringements falls. This forms the basis of the starting point for the OFTs calculation of the penalty for each of the Parties in respect of each of those Infringements.

Annex C List of Parties whose directors the OFT considers were involved in one or more of the Infringements (xxi) The tables in Annex C contain a list of the Parties whose directors the OFT considers were involved in one or more of the Infringements. The first table in Annex C lists the Parties in respect of which the OFT has evidence of general director involvement in bid rigging activities for all instances of bid rigging. The second table lists the Parties in respect of which the OFT has evidence of specific director involvement in bid rigging activities in relation to particular Infringement(s). The OFT considers that the involvement of company directors in the Infringements is an aggravating factor and has taken this into account at step 4 of the penalty calculation as set out in Section VI.

Annex D Annexes to Definition of Relevant Markets (xxii) This section contains the Annexes D(1) to D(5) of section II.C, Definition of Relevant Markets.

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INDEX SECTION I INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 30 A. The purpose of this document ................................................................... 30 B. Summary of the Infringements and the OFTs enforcement action .................. 34 SECTION II FACTUAL BACKGROUND................................................................ 35 A. The Parties.............................................................................................. 35 Introduction to this Section........................................................................... 35 Points of general applicability and importance .............................................. 35 References to years (e.g. 2000, 2006) ....................................................... 35 A. H. Willis and Sons Limited (A H Willis) ..................................................... 36 A.R.G. (Mansfield) Limited (ARG) ................................................................ 37 Ackroyd & Abbott Construction Limited (Ackroyd & Abbott Construction) ........ 37 Ackroyd & Abbott Limited (Ackroyd & Abbott).............................................. 37 Adam Eastwood & Sons Limited (Adam Eastwood)........................................ 39 Sir John Eastwood Foundation (Eastwood Foundation) ................................... 39 Admiral Construction Limited (Admiral) ........................................................ 42 A C Holdings Limited (A C Holdings) ............................................................ 42 Allenbuild Limited (Allenbuild) ..................................................................... 44 Bullock Construction Limited (Bullock).......................................................... 44 Renew Holdings plc (Renew)....................................................................... 44 Apollo Property Services Group Limited formerly known as Apollo London Limited (Apollo).................................................................................................... 51 Apollo Holdco Limited formerly known as Apollo Group Holdings Limited (Apollo Group) ...................................................................................................... 51 Arthur M. Griffiths & Sons Limited (Arthur M Griffiths)................................... 53 B & A Construction (Leicester) Limited (B & A).............................................. 54 Baggaley & Jenkins Limited (Baggaley & Jenkins) .......................................... 55 Balfour Beatty Construction Limited (BBCL) .................................................. 56 Balfour Beatty Refurbishment Limited (BBRL) ................................................ 56 Balfour Beatty plc (Balfour Beatty plc) .......................................................... 56 Mansell Construction Services Limited (Mansell) ............................................ 56 Mansell plc (Mansell plc) ............................................................................ 56 Ballast Nedam N.V. (Ballast Nedam)............................................................. 65 Beaufort Construction (S-in-A) Limited (Beaufort) .......................................... 68 Beaufort Holdings U.K Limited (Beaufort Holdings)......................................... 68 Bodill & Sons (Contractors) Limited (Bodill) ................................................... 70 Bowmer and Kirkland Limited (Bowmer & Kirkland) ........................................ 70 B & K Property Services Limited (BKPS) ....................................................... 70 Bramall Construction Limited (Bramall) ......................................................... 73 Frank Haslam Milan & Company Limited (Frank Haslam Milan) ........................ 73 Keepmoat Limited formerly known as Keepmoat plc (Keepmoat)...................... 73 C.J. Ellmore & Company Limited (C J Ellmore) .............................................. 76 Caddick Construction Limited (Caddick)........................................................ 77 Caddick Group plc (Caddick Group) ............................................................. 77 Carillion JM Limited (Mowlem) .................................................................... 78 Clegg Construction Limited (Clegg) .............................................................. 80 D E Clegg Holdings Limited (D E Clegg) ........................................................ 80 Connaught Partnerships Ltd (Connaught)...................................................... 82 Connaught plc (Connaught plc) ................................................................... 82 Crown Point Maintenance Group Limited (Crown Point) .................................. 84 Davlyn Construction Limited (Davlyn)........................................................... 89 Derwent Valley Construction Limited (Derwent Valley) ................................... 90 6

Chevin Holdings Limited (Chevin) ................................................................ 90 Dukeries Building Company Limited (Dukeries) .............................................. 92 Gavco 159 Limited (Gavco) ........................................................................ 92 Concentra Limited formerly known as Durkan Pudelek Limited ('Durkan')............ 94 Durkan Limited ('Durkan Limited').................................................................. 94 Durkan Holdings Limited ('Durkan Holdings') ................................................... 94 E. Manton Limited (E Manton) ................................................................... 105 E. Taylor & Sons (Southwell) Limited (E Taylor)........................................... 106 Trading as Carmalor Construction (Carmalor) .............................................. 106 F. Parkinson Limited (F Parkinson) ............................................................. 107 Mowbray Holdings Limited (Mowbray) ....................................................... 107 Francis Construction Limited (Francis) ........................................................ 108 Barrett Estate Services Limited (Barrett) ..................................................... 108 Frudd Construction Limited (Frudd) ............................................................ 110 GAJ Construction Limited (GAJ) ............................................................... 111 GAJ (Holdings) Limited (GAJ Holdings) ...................................................... 111 G Carter Construction Limited (G Carter) .................................................... 113 G.F. Tomlinson Building Limited (G F Tomlinson) ......................................... 114 G.F. Tomlinson Group Limited (G F Tomlinson Group) .................................. 114 G G Middleton & Sons Limited (G G Middleton) ........................................... 116 G. & J. Seddon Limited (G & J Seddon) ..................................................... 117 Seddon Group Limited (Seddon) ................................................................ 117 GMI Construction Group plc (GMI)............................................................. 119 GMI Construction Holdings plc (GMI Construction Holdings) ......................... 119 Geo Houlton & Sons Limited (Geo Houlton)................................................. 121 Geo. Houlton & Sons (Holdings) Limited (Geo Houlton Holdings).................... 121 Greswolde Construction Limited (Greswolde) .............................................. 123 Mantisson Limited (Mantisson) .................................................................. 123 Hall Construction Group Limited (Hall) ........................................................ 124 Harlow and Milner Limited (Harlow & Milner) .............................................. 125 Harold Adkin & Sons (Sutton-In-Ashfield) Limited (Harold Adkin) ................... 126 Haymills (Contractors) Limited now trading as Straw Realisations (No1) Limited (Haymills) ............................................................................................... 127 Corringway Conclusions plc (Corringway) previously known as Haymills plc (Haymills plc).......................................................................................... 127 Haymills Group Limited (Haymills Group) .................................................... 127 Henry Boot Construction (UK) Limited (Henry Boot) ..................................... 132 Henry Boot plc (Henry Boot plc) ................................................................ 132 Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited (Herbert Baggaley) ............................ 135 Baggaley Group Limited (Baggaley Group)................................................... 135 Hill Bros. (Nottingham) Limited (Hill) .......................................................... 136 Hobson and Porter Limited (Hobson & Porter) ............................................. 137 Holroyd Construction Limited (Holroyd) ...................................................... 138 Holderness Investments Limited (Holderness) .............................................. 138 Holroyd Construction Group Limited (Holroyd Group) ................................... 138 Interclass Public Limited Company (Interclass)............................................. 141 Interclass Holdings Limited (Interclass Holdings) .......................................... 141 Interserve Project Services Limited (Interserve)............................................ 143 Interserve plc (Interserve plc) .................................................................... 143 Irwins Limited (Irwins).............................................................................. 146 Jack Lunn (Construction) Limited (Jack Lunn) ............................................. 146 Jack Lunn (Holdings) Limited (Jack Lunn Holdings) ...................................... 146 J. Harper & Sons (Leominster) Limited (J Harper) ........................................ 149 Harper Group plc (Harper plc).................................................................... 149 7

JH Hallam (Contracts) Limited (J H Hallam) ................................................ 151 JH Hallam (R & J) Limited (Hallam) ............................................................ 151 J. J. & A. R. Jackson Limited (J J & A R Jackson) ...................................... 153 J. J. McGinley Limited (J J McGinley) ........................................................ 153 McGinley Holdings Limited (McGinley Holdings)........................................... 153 John Cawley Limited now trading as John Cawley Developments Limited (John Cawley) .................................................................................................. 156 John Sisk & Son Limited (John Sisk).......................................................... 157 Sicon Limited (Sicon) ............................................................................... 157 K. J. Bryan (Builders) Limited (K J Bryan) ................................................... 161 Kier Regional Limited (Kier) ....................................................................... 161 Kier Group plc (Kier Group) ....................................................................... 161 Lemmeleg Limited (Lemmeleg) .................................................................. 164 Rok plc (Rok) .......................................................................................... 164 Lindum Construction Co. Limited (Lindum).................................................. 166 Lindum Group Limited (Lindum Group) ....................................................... 166 Linford Group Limited (Linford).................................................................. 169 F. & E.V. Linford Limited (F & E V Linford).................................................. 169 Loach Construction & Development Limited (Loach)..................................... 170 Lotus Construction Limited (Lotus) ............................................................ 171 Milward Construction (Belper) Limited (Milward) .......................................... 172 Morgan Ashurst plc formerly known as Bluestone plc (Bluestone) .................. 173 Morgan Sindall plc (Morgan Sindall) ........................................................... 173 North Midland Construction plc (North Midland) .......................................... 175 P D H Developments Limited (PDH)............................................................ 176 G. Hurst & Sons Limited (G Hurst) ............................................................. 176 P. Casey & Co. Limited (P Casey) .............................................................. 178 The Casey Group Limited (The Casey Group) .............................................. 178 P. Waller Limited (P Waller)....................................................................... 179 Pearce Construction (Midlands) Limited (Pearce).......................................... 180 ISG Pearce Limited (formerly Pearce Group Limited formerly Pearce Group plc) (Pearce Group) ........................................................................................ 180 Crest Nicholson plc (Crest Nicholson)......................................................... 180 Peter Baines Limited (Peter Baines) ............................................................ 189 Phoenix Contracts (Leicester) Limited (Phoenix)........................................... 190 ISG Jackson Limited (Jackson).................................................................. 191 ISG Regions Limited formerly known as Totty Construction Group Limited (Totty) ............................................................................................................... 191 ISG Regions Building Limited formerly known as Totty Building Services Limited (Totty Building) ....................................................................................... 191 Propencity Limited..................................................................................... 191 Propencity Group Limited (Propencity)........................................................ 191 Quarmby Construction Company Limited (Quarmby) .................................... 198 St James Securities Holdings Limited (St James Securities) .......................... 198 Quarmby Construction (Special Projects) Limited (Quarmby (Special Projects)) 202 Justgrade Limited (Justgrade) ................................................................... 202 R Durtnell & Sons Limited (R Durtnell) ........................................................ 204 R Durtnell & Sons (Holdings) Limited (Durtnell Holdings) ............................... 204 R.G. Carter Limited (R G Carter) ................................................................ 206 R.G. Carter Building Limited (R G Building).................................................. 206 R.G. Carter Holdings Limited (R G Holdings)................................................ 206 Richardson Projects Limited (Richardson Projects)........................................ 208 Robert Woodhead Limited (Robert Woodhead)............................................. 209 Robert Woodhead Holdings Limited (Woodhead Holdings)............................. 209 8

Robinson & Sawdon Limited (Robinson & Sawdon) ...................................... 211 Shaylor Construction Limited (Shaylor) ....................................................... 211 Simons Construction Limited (Simons) ....................................................... 213 Wrights Construction (Lincoln) Limited (Wrights (Lincoln)) ............................ 213 Simons Group Limited (Simons Group) ....................................................... 213 SOL Construction Limited (Sol) ................................................................. 216 Barkbury Limited (Barkbury) ...................................................................... 216 Speller-Metcalfe Malvern Limited formerly known as Speller-Metcalfe Limited (Speller-Metcalfe) .................................................................................... 218 Stainforth Construction Limited (Stainforth) ................................................ 219 Strata Construction Limited (Strata) ........................................................... 219 T. & C. Williams (Builders) Limited (T & C Williams) ..................................... 220 T. Denman & Sons (Melton Mowbray) Limited (T Denman) ........................... 221 TF Realisations Limited formerly known as Thomas Fish & Sons Limited (Thomas Fish) ....................................................................................................... 222 Fish Holdings Limited (Fish Holdings) ......................................................... 222 Thomas Long & Sons Limited (Thomas Long).............................................. 224 Radford Holdings Limited (Radford)............................................................ 224 Thomas Vale Construction plc (Thomas Vale) ............................................. 226 Thomas Vale Holdings Limited (Thomas Vale Holdings) ................................ 226 Thorndyke Limited (Thorndyke) ................................................................. 228 Try Accord Limited (Try Accord) ............................................................... 230 Galliford Try Construction Limited (Galliford Construction) ............................ 230 Galliford Try plc (Galliford Try) .................................................................. 230 W.R. Bloodworth & Sons Limited (W R Bloodworth)..................................... 234 Wiggett Bros & Co Limited (Wiggett) ......................................................... 235 Wildgoose Construction Limited (Wildgoose) ............................................... 235 William Sapcote and Sons Limited (William Sapcote) .................................... 236 Sapcote Holdings Limited (Sapcote Holdings) .............................................. 236 William Woodsend Limited (William Woodsend) ........................................... 238 Willmott Dixon Construction Limited (Willmott Dixon) .................................. 239 Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited formerly known as Willmott Dixon Limited (Willmott Dixon Limited)........................................................................... 239 Wright (Hull) Limited (Wright (Hull)) ........................................................... 241 T. Wright & Son (Holdings) Limited (T Wright Holdings) ............................... 241 Wygar Construction Co Limited (Wygar)..................................................... 243 Wygar (Holdings) Limited (Wygar Holdings) ................................................ 243 York House Construction Limited (York House) ........................................... 245 B. The OFTs Investigation .......................................................................... 246 The initial contact...................................................................................... 246 Section 27 inspections in November 2004.................................................... 246 Section 28 searches of premises in June and July 2005................................. 246 Section 27 inspections in January 2006....................................................... 248 Section 28 searches of premises in February/March 2006 .............................. 249 Section 28 searches of premises in March 2006 ........................................... 250 Interviews conducted in October/November 2006 ......................................... 251 Section 27 inspections in January 2007....................................................... 252 Section 26 notices sent during the course of the investigation ........................ 252 Consolidation of the investigation ................................................................ 253 The position of the non-leniency Parties ....................................................... 256 The position of the leniency Parties ............................................................. 257 But For tenders ......................................................................................... 257 Fining for a maximum of three Not But For tenders ........................................ 258 Further interviews conducted ...................................................................... 258 9

Closure of availability of leniency in the investigation ..................................... 260 The Fast Track Offer to non-leniency Parties ................................................. 260 The supplementary Fast Track Offer to ultimate parents of non-leniency Parties 263 Final selection of tenders for the Statement .................................................. 264 Non-leniency Parties ............................................................................... 264 Leniency Parties..................................................................................... 265 Company groups ....................................................................................... 265 Dissolved companies and companies in liquidation ......................................... 266 (a) Representations on Alternative Remedies ................................................. 267 (b) Representations on the length of the investigation .................................... 268 (c) Representations on the conduct of the OFTs investigation ........................ 269 (d) Representations on the consolidation of the OFTs investigation ................. 270 (e) Representations on the leniency process .................................................. 274 (f) Representations on the Fast Track Offer................................................... 275 Amendments to representations by certain non leniency Parties in order to comply with the terms of their acceptance of the Fast Track Offer ............................. 283 Amendments to representations by certain leniency Parties in order to comply with the terms of their leniency agreement .......................................................... 283 Supplementary Statements of Objections ..................................................... 284 Decision not to pursue certain Alleged Infringements ..................................... 286 C. Definition of Relevant Markets ................................................................. 288 Industry background .................................................................................. 288 Approach to market definition in cartel cases ................................................ 288 Product market definition in the present case ................................................ 289 The relevant product market ....................................................................... 294 Switching between sectors of work.......................................................... 295 Extent of supply side substitutability......................................................... 296 1. Management and staff resources.......................................................... 297 2. Ability to obtain new clients ................................................................ 298 3. Additional finance/capital required ........................................................ 298 4. Need to undertake market research ...................................................... 298 5. Need to incur marketing costs.............................................................. 298 6. Lead in time on specialist materials....................................................... 299 7. Difficulties in entering certain sectors ................................................... 299 (a) Housing ........................................................................................ 299 (b) Healthcare..................................................................................... 299 (c) Defence ........................................................................................ 299 8. Costs associated with switching .......................................................... 299 Switching between categories of work ..................................................... 301 Type of work ............................................................................................ 303 NB and RMI........................................................................................... 303 Segmentation of education sector ............................................................ 309 Size of contract ........................................................................................ 309 Method of procurement.............................................................................. 311 The different characteristics of traditional and non-traditional methods of procurement and the scope for cover pricing ............................................. 313 Demand and supply side substitutability between different methods of procurement.......................................................................................... 315 Partnered agreements ............................................................................. 318 Conclusion on market segmentation by method of procurement ................... 319 Conclusion on the relevant product market ................................................... 319 The relevant geographic market .................................................................. 320 The demand side.................................................................................... 322 The supply side...................................................................................... 322 10

Conclusion on the relevant geographic market............................................... 328 Conclusion on Definition of Relevant Markets................................................ 329 Reclassification of market for certain Infringements ....................................... 330 First Market Definition Supplementary Statement 18 March 2009 ................ 330 Second Market Definition Supplementary Statement 19 May 2009 ............... 334 Other representations on reclassification made in response to the Statement .... 335 SECTION III LEGAL BACKGROUND ................................................................. 339 A. Introduction........................................................................................... 339 B. The Chapter I Prohibition......................................................................... 339 In General ................................................................................................ 339 Consistency with EC Law........................................................................... 339 C. Article 81 of the EC Treaty...................................................................... 340 D. Undertakings ......................................................................................... 340 Concept of an undertaking ...................................................................... 340 Wholly owned companies........................................................................ 341 Majority-owned companies ...................................................................... 343 Succession............................................................................................ 345 Agency relationships .............................................................................. 346 E. Agreements or concerted practices between undertakings........................... 348 Agreement and/or concerted practice......................................................... 348 Agreements .............................................................................................. 349 Concerted Practices................................................................................... 350 Undertakings Concerting Together............................................................ 350 Conduct on the Market ........................................................................... 353 F. Prevention, restriction or distortion of competition...................................... 354 No need to prove anti-competitive effect where anti-competitive object established ............................................................................................................... 354 The law on anti-competitive object .............................................................. 356 Bid rigging ................................................................................................ 356 Price fixing ............................................................................................... 358 Exchange of competitively sensitive information ............................................ 359 G. Cover bidding ........................................................................................ 360 Cover bidding as a form of concerted practice............................................... 361 The anti-competitive object of cover bidding ................................................. 362 Tenders where no contractor is ultimately appointed .................................. 367 Cover bidding as a form of bid rigging .......................................................... 367 Whether cover bidding is a less serious form of bid rigging .......................... 367 Cover bidding as a form of price fixing ......................................................... 368 Cover bidding and the exchange of commercially sensitive information............. 369 Cover bidding involving compensation payments ........................................... 370 H. Compensation payment arrangements....................................................... 371 Compensation payment arrangements as a form of agreement and/or concerted practice.................................................................................................... 372 Anti-competitive object of compensation payments (without cover pricing) ....... 373 Agreement to add the amount of compensation to bid prices ....................... 374 No express agreement to add the amount of compensation to bid prices ....... 375 Compensation payments and the exchange of commercially sensitive information ............................................................................................................... 377 I. Parties representations on the applicability of previous CAT judgments ........ 377 J. Appreciable restriction of competition ....................................................... 380 K. Effect on trade....................................................................................... 382 Effect on trade within the United Kingdom.................................................... 382 Effect on trade between Member States....................................................... 384 L. Burden and standard of proof .................................................................. 385 11

Burden of proof ..................................................................................... 385 Standard of proof................................................................................... 386 Evidential presumptions and inferences ..................................................... 387 Evidence required to establish a concerted practice .................................... 387 Documentary evidence and conduct on the market..................................... 389 Witness evidence ................................................................................... 391 Conclusion ............................................................................................ 391 M. Matters pre-dating 1 March 2000 ......................................................... 392 Agreements which might have been concluded before 1 March 2000 ........... 392 Evidence which pre-dates 1 March 2000................................................... 393 SECTION IV THE CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES.................................................. 395 A. Structure of this section.......................................................................... 395 B. General comments on cover pricing and other bid rigging activities in the construction industry in England ..................................................................... 396 Cover pricing in the construction industry in England ..................................... 396 The widespread nature of cover pricing in the construction industry in England . 397 Publications and training regarding cover pricing............................................ 399 Reasons given for cover pricing................................................................... 401 Potential effects of cover pricing ................................................................. 406 How cover pricing was carried out............................................................... 410 Contact was almost exclusively by telephone ............................................ 410 Contact in each tender was reciprocal ...................................................... 410 Obtaining details of bidding competitors who could provide a cover price ......... 412 Subcontractors ...................................................................................... 412 Competitors .......................................................................................... 413 The Builders Conference ......................................................................... 413 Glennigans ............................................................................................ 413 Trade Associations ................................................................................. 414 Giving a cover price by informing a competitor of the companys own bid ........ 414 Giving a cover price by telling a competitor what it should bid ........................ 414 Calculating a cover price ............................................................................ 414 Companies caught out and asked to submit additional details.......................... 415 Adding a further amount to the cover price................................................... 416 Refusal to give a cover price ....................................................................... 417 An unwritten reciprocal arrangement ........................................................... 417 Completion of non-collusion statements ....................................................... 418 Availability of contemporaneous documentary evidence ................................. 419 Trade associations and other information exchanges ...................................... 420 Activities of the Guilds ........................................................................... 420 Members perspective of the Guilds.......................................................... 421 Facilitation of cover pricing...................................................................... 422 Compensation payments ............................................................................ 423 How compensation payments were made.................................................. 424 The compensation payments influenced the tender bids that were submitted . 425 Navigation table ........................................................................................ 425 C. Leniency Parties Approach to Cover Pricing and other Bid Rigging Activities . 426 Adam Eastwood........................................................................................ 426 Admiral .................................................................................................... 428 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 428 Admiral taking cover prices ..................................................................... 429 Admiral giving cover prices...................................................................... 429 Contemporaneous documents tender documentation ............................... 429 ARG ........................................................................................................ 430 ARG taking cover prices.......................................................................... 430 12

ARG giving cover prices .......................................................................... 431 Arthur M Griffiths...................................................................................... 432 Tendering procedure............................................................................... 432 Arthur M Griffiths taking cover prices ....................................................... 433 Arthur M Griffiths giving cover prices ....................................................... 433 Contemporaneous documents tender documentation ............................... 433 Balfour Beatty........................................................................................... 433 BBCL giving cover prices......................................................................... 435 BBRL taking cover prices......................................................................... 436 Bluestone ................................................................................................. 437 Cover pricing - general ............................................................................ 438 Bluestone taking cover prices .................................................................. 439 Bluestone - giving cover prices................................................................. 441 Bodill ....................................................................................................... 442 Bodill giving cover prices......................................................................... 443 Bodill taking cover prices ........................................................................ 444 Original and copy tender sheets ............................................................... 444 Bramall .................................................................................................... 446 BC NW taking cover prices ...................................................................... 446 BC NW giving cover prices ...................................................................... 448 BC Yorkshire taking cover prices .............................................................. 449 BC Yorkshire giving cover prices .............................................................. 450 Clegg....................................................................................................... 450 Clegg taking cover prices ........................................................................ 452 Clegg giving cover prices ........................................................................ 454 Cover pricing activity at Clegg ................................................................. 455 List of companies with whom Clegg exchanged information ........................ 455 Davlyn ..................................................................................................... 456 Davlyn taking cover prices ...................................................................... 456 Davlyn giving cover prices....................................................................... 457 Derwent Valley ......................................................................................... 458 Derwent Valley taking cover prices........................................................... 459 Derwent Valley giving cover prices ........................................................... 461 Cover pricing activity at Derwent Valley.................................................... 463 Derwent Valley list of contractors exchanging cover prices.......................... 463 Frank Haslam Milan ................................................................................... 464 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 464 Frank Haslam Milan taking cover prices..................................................... 465 Frank Haslam Milan giving cover prices ..................................................... 465 Contemporaneous documents tender documentation ............................... 466 Frudd....................................................................................................... 466 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 466 Frudd taking cover prices ........................................................................ 468 Frudd giving cover prices ........................................................................ 469 List of competitors ................................................................................. 469 Harlow & Milner ........................................................................................ 470 Harlow & Milner taking cover prices ......................................................... 470 Harlow & Milner giving cover prices.......................................................... 472 Henry Boot ............................................................................................... 472 Henry Boot taking cover prices ................................................................ 473 Henry Boot giving cover prices................................................................. 474 Herbert Baggaley....................................................................................... 475 Compensation payments ......................................................................... 475 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 476 13

Herbert Baggaley taking cover prices ........................................................ 476 Herbert Baggaley giving cover prices ........................................................ 477 Contemporaneous documents .................................................................. 478 Hobson & Porter ....................................................................................... 478 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 479 Contemporaneous documents tender documentation ............................... 479 Hobson & Porter Major Works giving cover prices.................................... 480 Hobson & Porter Major Works taking cover prices ................................... 480 Hobson & Porter Minor Works giving cover prices ................................... 480 Hobson & Porter Minor Works taking cover prices ................................... 481 Irwins ...................................................................................................... 481 Irwins taking cover prices........................................................................ 482 J H Hallam ............................................................................................... 484 J H Hallam taking cover prices................................................................. 484 J H Hallam giving cover prices ................................................................. 485 Jack Lunn ................................................................................................ 486 Jack Lunn taking cover prices.................................................................. 487 Jack Lunn giving cover prices .................................................................. 488 John Cawley ............................................................................................ 489 Cover pricing - general ............................................................................ 489 John Cawley taking cover prices .............................................................. 489 John Cawley giving cover prices .............................................................. 490 Contemporaneous documents .................................................................. 490 List of companies with whom John Cawley have/may have been in communication ..................................................................................... 490 Loach ...................................................................................................... 491 Loach taking cover prices........................................................................ 491 Loach giving cover prices ........................................................................ 493 Mansell .................................................................................................... 494 Compensation payments ......................................................................... 496 North East Region (NER) ....................................................................... 497 Thames Valley Region (TVR) ................................................................. 497 TVR taking cover prices .......................................................................... 498 TVR giving cover prices .......................................................................... 499 Eastern Region....................................................................................... 499 Eastern Region taking cover prices ........................................................... 499 Eastern Region giving cover prices ........................................................... 501 London Region....................................................................................... 501 London Region taking cover prices ........................................................... 501 Mowlem................................................................................................... 502 East Region Gateshead office................................................................ 503 East Region Nottingham office .............................................................. 504 South East Region West Malling office ................................................... 505 P Waller ................................................................................................... 506 P Waller taking cover prices..................................................................... 507 P Waller giving cover prices..................................................................... 508 Phoenix.................................................................................................... 508 Cover pricing general ........................................................................... 508 Phoenix taking cover prices ..................................................................... 509 Phoenix giving cover prices ..................................................................... 509 Contemporaneous documents tender documentation ............................... 509 Propencity ................................................................................................ 510 Totty .................................................................................................... 510 Totty taking cover prices ........................................................................ 511 14

Totty giving cover prices......................................................................... 512 Totty Building ........................................................................................ 512 Totty Building taking cover prices............................................................. 513 Totty Building giving cover prices ............................................................. 513 Jackson ................................................................................................ 513 Jackson taking cover prices..................................................................... 514 Jackson giving cover prices..................................................................... 514 Simons/Wrights......................................................................................... 515 Wrights ................................................................................................ 516 Simons Minor Building Works................................................................ 518 Lincoln ................................................................................................. 518 Nottingham ........................................................................................... 519 York ..................................................................................................... 519 Sol .......................................................................................................... 520 Sol taking cover prices............................................................................ 521 Sol giving cover prices ............................................................................ 523 Companies with whom Sol engaged in cover pricing................................... 524 Strata ...................................................................................................... 524 Strata taking cover prices........................................................................ 525 Strata giving cover prices........................................................................ 527 List of companies with whom Strata engaged in cover pricing ..................... 528 T & C Williams.......................................................................................... 529 T & C Williams taking cover prices ........................................................... 529 T & C Williams giving cover prices ........................................................... 531 Thomas Fish ............................................................................................. 532 Thomas Fish taking cover prices .............................................................. 536 Thomas Fish giving cover prices............................................................... 539 Compensation payments ......................................................................... 540 Thomas Fish lists of competitors and contacts ........................................... 540 Thomas Vale ............................................................................................ 541 Cover pricing general and the use of the Tender Status spreadsheet .......... 541 Thomas Vale taking cover prices .............................................................. 542 Thomas Vale giving cover prices .............................................................. 545 Other divisions at Head Office ................................................................. 546 Other Thomas Vale offices ...................................................................... 546 W R Bloodworth........................................................................................ 547 Cover pricing - general ............................................................................ 547 W R Bloodworth taking cover prices ......................................................... 547 W R Bloodworth giving cover prices ......................................................... 548 Contemporaneous documents .................................................................. 548 Wildgoose ................................................................................................ 548 Wildgoose taking cover prices.................................................................. 550 Wildgoose giving cover prices.................................................................. 551 List of Wildgooses contacts.................................................................... 552 York House .............................................................................................. 553 York House taking cover prices ................................................................ 553 D. The Infringements .................................................................................. 554 Alleged Infringement 1: Not included in the Decision ................................... 555 Alleged Infringement 2: Not included in the Decision ................................... 555 Alleged Infringement 3: Not included in the Decision ................................... 555 Alleged Infringement 4: Not included in the Decision ................................... 555 Alleged Infringement 5: Not included in the Decision ................................... 555 Infringement 6: Conversion of Offices to Flats, 2 Water Lane, Leeds 3 March 2000 ...................................................................................... 555 15

Infringement 7: Guiseley School, Fieldhead Road, Guiseley, Leeds 8 March 2000 ...................................................................................... 562 Infringement 8: Four Flats at Viking Way, Kiveton Park 14 March 2000 ...... 567 Infringement 9: Residential Training Centre, Ollerton 11 April 2000 ............ 571 Alleged Infringement 10: Not included in the Decision................................. 575 Alleged Infringement 11: Not included in the Decision................................. 575 Alleged Infringement 12: Not included in the Decision .................................... 575 Alleged Infringement 13: Not included in the Decision................................. 575 Infringement 14: Office Development at Lancaster Park, York 12 June 2000 ..... .................................................................................... 575 Alleged Infringement 15: Not included in the Decision................................ 581 Alleged Infringement 16: Not included in the Decision .................................... 581 Infringement 17: Internal Redecoration of King Edward Court, Nottingham 2 August 2000 .................................................................................... 581 Infringement 18: Superstore, Retail Units and Petrol Filling Station, St Andrews Retail Park, Small Heath, Birmingham 11 August 2000................................ 585 Alleged Infringement 19: Not included in the Decision................................ 589 Infringement 20: Mason House, Shirley 18 August 2000 .......................... 590 Infringement 21: Proposed St Vincents Parish Centre at Crookes, Sheffield 25 August 2000 .................................................................................... 594 Infringement 22: Refurbishment 73 Wates Houses, Windsor 7 September 2000 .................................................................................... 597 Infringement 23: New Pavilion and Facilities, Pole Lane, Unsworth Cricket Club 15 September 2000 .................................................................................. 601 Alleged Infringement 24: Not included in the Decision................................ 604 Alleged Infringement 25: Not included in the Decision................................ 604 Alleged Infringement 26: Not included in the Decision .................................... 604 Infringement 27: Proposed Police Station, Spennymoor 16 October 2000 ... 605 Alleged Infringement 28: Not included in the Decision .................................... 608 Infringement 29: Refurbishment of a House, 143 Sneinton Dale, Sneinton, Nottingham 8 November 2000 ................................................................. 608 Infringement 30: Environmental Improvements, Pearmain Drive, Nottingham 24 November 2000 .................................................................................... 613 Infringement 31: New Church Blacker Road 27 November 2000 ............... 619 Infringement 32: Alterations to Reception at King Edward Court, Nottingham 27 November 2000 .................................................................................... 623 Alleged Infringement 33: Not included in the Decision................................ 626 Infringement 34: Civic Accommodation, County Hall, Nottingham 5 December 2000 .................................................................................... 626 Infringement 35: Proposed Extension, Milford Sports Club 8 December 2000 .... .................................................................................... 632 Infringement 36: Summerhill Terrace, Birmingham 8 December 2000.......... 636 Infringement 37: Extension to Vermuyden School Centenary Road, Goole 13 December 2000 .................................................................................... 640 Infringement 38: Fresh Start Phase 5, River Leen School, Bulwell, Nottingham 15 December 2000 ................................................................................... 643 Infringement 39: Saxton Gardens Phase 2 20 December 2000................... 649 Infringement 40: Upgrade of Six Gregory Flats, Phase 4, Kipling Close, Worksop, Notts 21 December 2000........................................................................ 655 Infringement 41: Chilwell T. A. Centre, Garage and Workshop 11 January 2001 ................................................................................... 658 Infringement 42: Uxbridge College, Academy Building 12 January 2001 ..... 663 Infringement 43: Prebendal Estate, Phase 3, 52 Housing Refurbishments Aylesbury 17 January 2001 .................................................................... 667 16

Hospital Street, Dudley Road 19 January 2001................ 670 Rock City, Talbot Street, Nottingham 19 January 2001 .... 675 New House at Western Terrace, The Park, Nottingham 22 .................................................................................... 678 Environmental Works at Burley Lodge, Leeds 31 January 2001 .................................................................................... 686 Infringement 48: Herschel Grammar School, Music and Drama Block, Slough 9 February 2001 .................................................................................... 692 Infringement 49: New Build of a Medical Centre, Two Storey Doctors Surgery, Pharmacy and Dental Surgery, Car Park and Landscaping at the New Medical Centre, Lawley, Telford 16 March 2001 .................................................... 696 Infringement 50: 12 Self-Contained Flats, Castle Street, Mansfield Woodhouse 30 March 2001 .................................................................................... 701 Alleged Infringement 51: Not included in the Decision................................ 705 Infringement 52: New Build Extension, Dowager House at Belvoir Rest Home, Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire 17 April 2001.............................................. 705 Infringement 53: Classroom Extension, Sudbury Primary School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 19 April 2001 ........................................................................ 709 Infringement 54: Toilet Refurbishment CPS, King Edward Court, Nottingham 27 April 2001 .................................................................................... 715 Infringement 55: Alteration and Extension to Front Entrance, Cantrell Primary School, Bullwell, Nottingham 27 April 2001............................................... 721 Infringement 56: Mobile Classroom Replacement, Cantrell Primary School, Bullwell, Nottingham 27 April 2001 .......................................................... 727 Infringement 57: Early Excellence Centre, Aughton Nursery School 30 April 2001 .................................................................................... 733 Infringement 58: The Toll House, Stratford upon Avon 8 May 2001 ........... 739 Infringement 59: Alterations, Improvements & Extension, Burnholme College, York 8 May 2001 ................................................................................... 743 Alleged Infringement 60: Not included in the Decision................................ 747 Infringement 61: Fire Safety Works to Two Tower Blocks at Gleadless & Jordonthorpe Sheffield 29 May 2001........................................................ 747 Infringement 62: General Building/Fit-out of John Street Market, Bradford 6 June 2001 .................................................................................... 751 Infringement 63: 13 Flats, Charnwood House, Brant Hill Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire 29 June 2001.................................................................... 755 Infringement 64: Priestnall CDT Extensions and Alterations 9 July 2001 ..... 763 Infringement 65: Consolidation Works at Fairham Community College, Clifton, Nottingham 9 July 2001 ......................................................................... 767 Infringement 66: New Assembly Hall Seely Church Primary School Nottingham 13 July 2001 .................................................................................... 773 Infringement 67: Robert Mellors Primary School, Nottingham 25 July 2001. 780 Infringement 68: Pre-War Improvements 2001/02 Replacement Kitchens, Swadlincote 30 July 2001...................................................................... 785 Infringement 69: Stoke Poges School 13 August 2001 ............................. 790 Infringement 70: Brick Cladding and Associated Works, 15 Cornish Dwellings, Phase 7, Milton Drive, Worksop, Notts 15 August 2001.............................. 794 Alleged Infringement 71: Not included in the Decision................................ 797 Infringement 72: Proposed IT Suite, Rawdon Street, Derby, Indian Community Centre & DTC 24 August 2001................................................................ 798 Alleged Infringement 73: Not included in the Decision................................ 802 Infringement 74: Toxicology Laboratory, City Hospital, Birmingham 7 September 2001 .................................................................................... 802 Infringement 44: Infringement 45: Infringement 46: January 2001 Infringement 47: 17

Infringement 75: Refurbishment, Wattville Thomas J&I School, Handsworth 18 September 2001 .................................................................................... 807 Alleged Infringement 76: Not included in the Decision................................ 818 Infringement 77: New Primary School, Riverside Development, Oundle Road, Peterborough 1 October 2001.................................................................. 818 Infringement 78: 15 Dwellings, Station Road, Kimberley Phase 2 8 October 2001 .................................................................................... 822 Infringement 79: Fullhurst Community College, Phase C, Braunstone, Leicester 23 October 2001 ................................................................................... 827 Infringement 80: Upgrade of Four Bungalows, Doncaster Road, Costhorpe, Nottinghamshire 1 November 2001 .......................................................... 831 Alleged Infringement 81: Not included in the Decision................................ 834 Infringement 82: Crown Premises Inspection Group ('CPIG') Repair Work HMP Nottingham 20 November 2001 ............................................................... 835 Infringement 83: Business Centre Extension and New Training Centre, Driffield 28 November 2001 ................................................................................... 840 Infringement 84: Inclusion Unit Extension, St Benedict Catholic School & Performing Arts College 30 November 2001 .............................................. 844 Infringement 85: New Press Foundations & Associated Alteration Works Derby Daily Telegraph, Derby 3 December 2001.................................................. 848 Infringement 86: Trustwide Fire Improvements at Various Sites, Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust 3 December 2001 ................................. 856 Alleged Infringement 87: Not included in the Decision................................ 860 Infringement 88: Renal Dialysis Unit, City Hospital, Birmingham 5 December 2001 .................................................................................... 860 Infringement 89: Extension to Offices, Meadow House, Bath Street, Mansfield 11 December 2001 ................................................................................... 864 Infringement 90: Diabetes Centre, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham 17 December 2001 .................................................................................... 876 Infringement 91: Repairs to 13 Wimpey No-fines Houses, High Wycombe 19 December 2001 .................................................................................... 881 Alleged Infringement 92: Not included in the Decision................................ 884 Infringement 93: Waverley Street Clinic, Derby 21 December 2001............ 884 Infringement 94: Proposed Club Fandango, Morley, Leeds 23 January 2002 888 Infringement 95: Five No. Health Centres, Primary Care Trust (East), East Midlands 4 February 2002....................................................................... 893 Infringement 96: Sir John Moore Primary School, Appleby Magna, Derbyshire 7 February 2002 .................................................................................... 897 Infringement 97: Refurbishment 92 Dwellings, Mandeville Road Housing Estate, Aylesbury 7 February 2002 ..................................................................... 905 Infringement 98: Conversion of Davers Steel Building, Sheffield 20 February 2002 .................................................................................... 908 Alleged Infringement 99: Not included in the Decision................................ 919 Infringement 100: New Classrooms, Heart of England School, Balsall Common, Solihull 25 February 2002 ....................................................................... 919 Alleged Infringement 101: Not included in the Decision .................................. 923 Infringement 102: Centre for Organic Horticulture Phase 1, Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry 15 April 2002 ............................................................. 924 Infringement 103: Refurbishment of Psychiatric Services, Wards S2 and S3, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge 16 April 2002 ..................................... 928 Infringement 104: Alterations to Caf and Conservatory Extension, Burton College 22 April 2002............................................................................. 932 Infringement 105: Alterations and Extensions to Haigh Hall Medical Centre 23 April 2002 ................................................................................. 941 18

Infringement 106: International House, Elmdon Trading Estate, Birmingham 26 April 2002 ................................................................................. 948 Infringement 107: Gas Training Centre, Evesham College 29 April 2002 .... 953 Infringement 108: Office Block, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham 15 May 2002 958 Alleged Infringement 109: Not included in the Decision .................................. 964 Infringement 110: Fire Damage Refurbishment, 22 Midlame Gardens, Bulwell 30 May 2002 ................................................................................. 964 Alleged Infringement 111: Not included in the Decision .................................. 968 Infringement 112: Winthorpe Road Estate Repairs, Newark 31 May 2002 .. 968 Alleged Infringement 113: Not included in the Decision .................................. 973 Infringement 114: Conversion and Extension of a CCTV Control Room at Beeston Police Station, Nottinghamshire 8 July 2002.............................................. 973 Infringement 115: Classroom & Dining Room Refurbishment, Shirebrook School, Shirebrook, Nottinghamshire 12 July 2002 ................................................ 977 Infringement 116: 45 Modernisations, Highbury Vale, Nottingham 2 August 2002 ................................................................................. 982 Alleged Infringement 117: Not included in the Decision .................................. 986 Infringement 118: Internal Alterations to Workshops, Rooms 25 and 29, West Nottinghamshire College, Derby Road, Mansfield 6 September 2002............. 986 Infringement 119: Critical Care Development, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gayton Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 16 September 2002 .......................................... 992 Infringement 120: Refurbishment of Changing Rooms, St Benedict School, Derby 20 September 2002 ............................................................................... 996 Infringement 121: Residential Development, Elmdale, Herefordshire 23 September 2002 ............................................................................... 1002 Infringement 122: Reception and Office Extension at St Anne's Community Special School, Welton, Brough 25 September 2002 ................................ 1006 Infringement 123: External Fabric Overhaul of 194 Dwellings at Ferguson Lane, Whickham View 11 October 2002.......................................................... 1010 Infringement 124: Dronfield Gorsey Brigg Primary School Extension 15 October 2002 ............................................................................... 1019 Infringement 125: New Office Block and Refurbishment of Warehouse, Doncaster 28 October 2002 .................................................................. 1023 Infringement 126: 25 Stoney Street, Nottingham 4 November 2002........ 1028 Infringement 127: Refurbishment of 27 Empty Council-Owned Properties, Major Works Phase 1, Citywide Properties, Nottingham 13 November 2002 ......... 1034 Infringement 128: Sports Hall Extension at Robert Atkinson Youth & Community Centre, Thornaby 22 November 2002 ..................................................... 1038 Infringement 129: Re-Building of Eight Newland Properties, Bilborough, Nottingham 25 November 2002 ............................................................. 1042 Alleged Infringement 130: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1046 Alleged Infringement 131: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1046 Alleged Infringement 132: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1046 Infringement 133: Hill Crescent Changing Block 19 December 2002........ 1046 Infringement 134: Classroom Extension and Interior Alterations, Crich Fritchley Primary School 24 January 2003 ........................................................... 1052 Infringement 135: 17/18 Dover Street, London 27 January 2003............ 1059 Infringement 136: Pitched Roof Conversion, 1-15 Pankhurst Place, Clay Cross 5 February 2003 ............................................................................... 1070 Infringement 137: Flats Refurbishment, 110 and 124 Sycamore Road, Burton-onTrent 7 February 2003.......................................................................... 1083 Infringement 138: Chapeltown Partnership Office Refurbishment, Sheffield 12 February 2003 ............................................................................... 1089 Infringement 139: Factory and Offices, Haydock 28 February 2003 ........ 1093 19

Infringement 140: Alterations to Newhall Methodist Church, Swadlincote, Derbyshire 3 March 2003...................................................................... 1100 Infringement 141: Refurbishment & Extensions to St Catherines Cottages, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire 3 March 2003 ............................. 1105 Infringement 142: New Judo Hall Walsall Campus 7 March 2003............ 1111 Infringement 143: Refurbishment Work and an Extension to 144 Sneinton Dale, Sneinton, Nottingham 14 April 2003 ..................................................... 1115 Infringement 144: Two Wheelchair Bungalows, Howden Road, Leicester 14 April 2003 ............................................................................... 1121 Alleged Infringement 145: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1125 Infringement 146: Construction of Four-Storey Lift Tower, Burton College 12 May 2003 ............................................................................... 1125 Infringement 147: New Extension and Alterations to Building to Form a Veterinary Surgery, 36 Clipstone Road West, Mansfield 13 May 2003 ........ 1137 Alleged Infringement 148: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1141 Infringement 149: Ward Refurbishment, Calow 23 June 2003 ................ 1141 Infringement 150: Two Gates Primary School, Tamworth 25 June 2003.. 1145 Alleged Infringement 151: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1149 Infringement 152: Demolition and Redevelopment, 57 and 59 Mayfield Street, Kirkby-In-Ashfield 27 June 2003 ............................................................ 1150 Alleged Infringement 153: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1155 Infringement 154: Re-roofing and External Repairs, 242 254 Banbury Road, Oxford 8 July 2003 .............................................................................. 1155 Infringement 155: Mount Pleasant, Greenford, External Remedial Work (Phase 2) 11 July 2003 ............................................................................... 1163 Infringement 156: Redhill Comprehensive New Sixth Form Block 15 July 2003 ............................................................................... 1167 Infringement 157: Refurbishment to Allerton Bywater, Miners Welfare Centre 21 July 2003 ............................................................................... 1172 Infringement 158: North Lodge and Cricket Pavilion, Queens Park, Chesterfield 25 and 30 July 2003............................................................................... 1176 Infringement 159: Norfolk Heritage Park, Bowls Pavilion, Sheffield 28 July 2003 ............................................................................... 1200 Infringement 160: Refurbishments at Sneinton Corporate Properties, Nottingham City Council 1 August 2003 .................................................................. 1208 Alleged Infringement 161: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1212 Infringement 162: Nursery at Westfield Primary School, York 8 August 2003 ... ............................................................................... 1212 Infringement 163: Environmental Improvements to 26 Houses, Pearmain Drive Estate, Nottingham 5 September 2003 ................................................... 1219 Infringement 164: Fire Damage, Stenson Fields, Derby 22 September 2003 ..... ............................................................................... 1225 Infringement 165: Residential Development, Stanningley Road, Leeds 24 September 2003 ............................................................................... 1229 Infringement 166: Waterfront Business Park, Merry Hill 1 October 2003 .. 1233 Alleged Infringement 167: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1238 Infringement 168: Ashgate Hospice, Old Brampton, Chesterfield 21 October 2003 ............................................................................... 1238 Infringement 169: Assessment Centre HMYOI Glen Parva Leicester 28 October 2003 ............................................................................... 1248 Alleged Infringement 170: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1252 Infringement 171: Alterations to Ward C31 and C32 to Form a Women's Centre, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham 12 November 2003........................... 1252 20

Infringement 172: Alterations to Building, Universal Milling Technology, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull 5 December 2003......................................... 1258 Infringement 173: 18-bed Ward Extension, Beynon Centre, New Cross Hospital 11 December 2003 ............................................................................... 1261 Infringement 174: Unit 1, Dutton Road, Aldermans Green Industrial Estate, Coventry 22 December 2003................................................................. 1266 Infringement 175: Refurbishment of Silverwood Flats 22 December 2003 1271 Infringement 176: Group Repair Scheme, Phase 29, 2 to 8 Bronte Street and 7 Beeches Road, Lawkholme, Keighley 28 January 2004 ............................. 1275 Alleged Infringement 177: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1278 Infringement 178: William Sharp Comprehensive School, Bilborough, Nottingham 30 January 2004 ............................................................................... 1278 Infringement 179: Beacon Resource Centre, Cromwell Road, Charlestown, Salford 9 February 2004 ....................................................................... 1284 Infringement 180: Construction of a New Two-storey Medical Centre at Harborough Avenue Medical Centre, Sheffield 9 February 2004 ................. 1292 Infringement 181: New Sports Centre, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham 20 February 2004 ............................................................................... 1297 Infringement 182: Apartment Development, Speculation Street, York 25 February 2004 ............................................................................... 1302 Infringement 183: Conversion for Audio Visual Services, 12 Chiswick Road, University of Leicester 5 March 2004 ..................................................... 1309 Infringement 184: Butlers Hill Infant & Nursery School, Hucknall, Nottingham 5 March 2004 ............................................................................... 1314 Alleged Infringement 185: Not included in the Decision ................................ 1317 Infringement 186: Buswells Lodge Primary School, Beauville Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester 23 March 2004 .............................................................. 1317 Infringement 187: Amalgamation of Portland/Hartland Schools 16 April 2004... ............................................................................... 1321 Infringement 188: Willington Down Farm, Didcot 16 April 2004 ............. 1328 Infringement 189: Salvation Army Halls, Doncaster 27 Apri