Articles by Date : March 01 1999 - March 07 1999

Victory for adjudicators
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers the enforcement of adjudicator's decisions more
(03 March 1999 00:00)

New compressors from Atlas
Atlas Copco has introduced seven new models of portable compressor for a variety of heavy-duty applications including sandblasting and quarrying. .... more
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So, you think you know construction?
Win a weekend in Paris by testing your knowledge of the industry in our Construction Fantasy League and contribute to Macmillan Cancer Relief more
(03 March 1999 00:00)

Work winners this week
LONDON & SOUTH EAST Heathrow subway Work: Subway Location: Heathrow/Hounslow/ Middlesex Value: £6m Type:.... more
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£85m profit for Wimpey
UK's leading housebuilder watches future market for pre-fabrication more
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Other BOXTEXT: "We have probably passed the high water mark of consultants' share of the work. It is spilt milk." Richard Saxon, BDP .... more
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Other BOXTEXT: Hire Industry Awards Hireperson of the Year in the 1999 HAE/Hire Industry Awards (presented at the Metropole Hotel after.... more
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Time for a change
You can have all the Egan reports you like, but it is only once concrete change happens in the real world that many people start to take note. More.... more
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Reading's velvet revolution - Chairman's view
The Reading Construction Forum has helped construction think, now it wants to help it change. David Nunn talks to Malcolm Dodds - former.... more
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Laing tipped for Pfizer £30m HQ
US firm tipped for 16ha campus-style HQ to accomodate 900 on Surrey site more
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Jarvis-led JV wins first major N Ireland PFI deal
Northern Ireland's first major PFI deal for a £30 million court complex in Belfast was signed last week between the Northern Ireland Court.... more
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Talking heads
What would you like to see in next week's Budget? more
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HBG to manage £50m scheme for Sun Micro
HBG Construction is to manage the building of a major development for US computer giant Sun Microsystems near Fleet in Hampshire. The scheme, which.... more
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Railtrack accept the Osborne safety case
The Osborne Group has had its Railway Safety case accepted by Railtrack. This allows the Osborne Rail Division to operate road rail plant on the.... more
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Other BOXTEXT: SCANCEM AUCTION INTERESTS CRH CRH, the Irish building materials group, is bidding in the £1 billion auction of.... more
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BT holds procurement summit
Exclusive by David Nunn BT has called in the directors of top construction companies to help redefine its whole approach to procurement.... more
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Other BOXTEXT: CITB FORMS TEC ALLIANCE The Construction Industry Training Board has formed a strategic alliance with the 78 local Training.... more
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Rail workers head for strike action
Further strike action by the 12,000 rail maintenance workers looks likely following last week's four-day walk-out by 2,200 workers employed by.... more
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Newcomer makes debut in rail sector
Alfred McAlpine and Adtranz Signal have formed a joint company to target work in the railway infrastructure maintenance market. It hopes to achieve.... more
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DEO makes a pact with contractors
Construction's largest client has pledged that it will improve its management structure and take a more enlightened approach in its dealings with.... more
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Treasury guides blast lump-sum
Treasury study heralds end of traditional contract, making way for new methods more
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Contractors to gain in procurement shake-up
Consultants' role to change in leaked Treasury report into procurement more
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Consultant sues Mowlem for £51,000
Consulting engineer Allott and Lomax is suing John Mowlem, via its subsidiary Ernest Ireland Construction, for £51,000 for non-payment of.... more
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Canadian firm's costly UK debut
Exclusive by Michael Gordon Canadian contractor Z&W Management UK, Kvaerner Construction, and civil engineering contractor Donal Hayes were.... more
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Bovis for Crystal Palace
Bovis is believed to be working with London and Regional Properties in a pre-construction capacity on the £50 million Crystal Palace leisure.... more
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Railtrack promises wannabes
Railtrack has promised the three leading contenders for a slice of the rail maintenance workload that at least one of them will win a contract.... more
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Bankers fear PFI 'fait accompli'
Concern over compensation at 'market value' prompts calls for review rethink more
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DETR pilots new quality scheme
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions is piloting a scheme which will be used as a measure of quality for new and existing.... more
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QPA hopes to win tax row
The Quarry Products Association is hopeful that the Chancellor will finally give the go ahead to its package of environmental measures instead of.... more
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Bailey boss criticises UK firms
"British companies will never become genuinely world class unless they abandon methods which have become completely archaic in modern international.... more
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Planet Platform access courses
To help meet the training requirements of the access industry, Planet Platforms is offering an expanded programme of safety training courses for.... more
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Moon resigns as director of Construction Confederation
The Construction Confederation is losing its third senior executive this year with the announcement that Stephen Moon has resigned his position as.... more
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Training incentive plea
The need for greater commercial incentives for employers to train operatives was a key theme in the latest round of discussions between.... more
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Ucatt rejects T&G plan
The lay executive council of Ucatt has rejected a new plan to resolve the inter-union battle over representation on the Construction Industry Joint.... more
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Developers criticise CIC
CIC campaign criticised as developers praise benefits of new Contracts Bill more
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Employers in Euro revolt
Contractors condemn 'impractical' directive on consulting employees more
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UK civils 'good' - Kvaerner
Despite a programme of disposals parent still carries debt of £840 million more
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Beazer completions fall by 13%
Beazer's completions fell 13 per cent in the second half of the year to 3,035 as a result of planning delays. Last week, Beazer chairman Victor.... more
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Birse defends Hastings writ
Whites brought the writ against Birse in retaliation for a £12m additional claim more
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Ashtead buys UK Plant
Response mixed as Ashtead expands to become a 273-depot operation in UK more
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Genie launches new articulated boom
Genie Industries new Z-45/25 articulating boom replaces the popular Z-45/22. It offers all of the outgoing model's useful attributes and adds in a.... more
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Back bites
Going nowhere? The Movement For Innovation, born of Sir John Egan's Construction Task Force, has not had an easy start in life. The image.... more
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