Articles by Date : July 01 1996 - July 07 1996
CM:The Cost Benefits
n Professional oversight by the CM team from the outset of the
project helps to reduce errors and misunderstandings between
project teams and the.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
accounting errors
Shares in Richards, the building support services and contracting
company, were suspended this week after the company failed.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
sypol in cyberspace
Sypol Environmental Management has set up its own Home Page on the
world-wide web at web address: http://www.sypol.co.uk..... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Markets warning
The outperformance of the stock market by building and construction
company shares over the past few months hides a gloomier picture,
City analysts.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
HYDREX APPOINTMENTS
Hyrex Equipment (UK), the acquisitive contract hire, plant sales,
demolition and materials handling equipment group, which.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
HOT LINE
Bovis has started work on a œ7m contract to design and
construct an extension to Marks & Spencer's store in Henry
Street, Bath. The.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Booting up together
Ballast Wiltshier this week renewed its business partnership with
Boots the Chemist for a further two years.
The two sides formed an alliance.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Laing wins Cardiff Arms Park contract
John Laing has beaten off competition from Taylor Woodrow to design
and construct the Millennium Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park for the
Welsh Rugby.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
The good, the bad and the struggle
The construction industry is divided about Costain - some regard it
as a good quality contractor which ought to survive, while others
say Costain's.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Costain's Malay partner states global ambitions
Chase Perdana, the Malaysian company linked with Costain, is based
in Kuala Lumpur and a contractor with a reputation for quality
work, a.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Another blow hits PFI
United Healthcare - the Taylor Woodrow and Healthcare Group
partnership - has pulled out of the bidding for the œ55
million new PFI hospital.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
News prompts Lovell's swift JLE exit
Last week the industry's great and good (and some journalists)
found themselves assembled beneath London Bridge station, awaiting
the arrival of a.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Final Millenium round opened
The third, and probably final round for Millennium Commission
grants opens on 1 July. The closing date for new proposals is 16
September and full.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
œ33m swimming centre for Wigan
A œ33 million swimming centre is on the cards for Wigan. The
Metropolitan Borough Council given notice that it intends to invite
tenders for.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Embassy contracts go PFI
A number of new build and refurbishment contracts on British
Embassies and High Commissions are to go out under the PFI route.
The pick of.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Costain wins new work overseas
Despite its current difficulties Costain is continuing to win work
abroad with new contracts coming in from Bahrain and
Malaysia.
In Bahrain,.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Loss-making division sold for œ10m
Bovis Homes has acquired Britannia's loss-making housebuilding
division at a cost of œ10 million.
Bovis will pay half of the balance on.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Two bidders for Papworth
Sir Robert McAlpine and a consortium headed by Chesterton and HCDA
are being invited to bid for a œ20 million PFI project to
redevelop.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Proteam 4 on line for Walsgrave bid
Proteam 4, a consortium headed by Hemdean Investments and Tilbury
Douglas Construction, has been selected as the preferred private
sector partner.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
TH White introduces lorry loader
Palfinger lorry loader distributor TH White has introduced the
Palfinger PK 14080 - one of a new range of 080 lorry loaders -
built to B3.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Association launches new scheme
The Single Ply Roofing Association has launched a 10-year insurance
backed guarantee scheme against insolvency or defective workmanship
and/or.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Report calls for backup
Construction companies need more technical backup and fast turn
around times for information from manufacturers according to the
1996 Barbour.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Fears for future of fair play watchdog
Serious doubts about the ability of the Construction Industry Board
to act as the industry's best practice watchdog were expressed by
the former.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Luda for Techrete
Precast concrete manufacturer, Techrete, has acquired the former
Luda works in Humberside in order to extend its manufacturing and
production.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Allen gross margin goes up 1.6%
Allen Building, the building contracting division of the Allen
Group, produced a gross margin of 4.5% last year, well up on the
1994 figure of.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Halcrow makes desert bloom
Halcrow announced the breakthrough of the second tunnel of the
œ60 million El Salaam Syphon project in Egypt, on the west
bank of the Suez.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Filing for posterity
A society has been set up to conserve construction industry
documents for posterity.
The Construction Industry Re-source Centre Archive Society.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Wordsworth in drastic restructuring moves
A dramatic restructuring is underway at Lincolnshire-based
Wordsworth Holdings. The surprise move by the parent company of
Aveling Barford, Barford.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
New FIDIC kit urges proactive stance
The International Federation of Consulting Engineers has launched a
new training resource kit as an aid to setting up effective
environmental.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Level 2 utilities NVQ launched
A new Level 2 national vocational qualification in public utilities
distribution has been launched by the Construction Industry
Training Board and.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Birse to be Yorks droughtbuster
Yorkshire Water has awarded Birse Construction three drought
alleviation contracts worth œ11 million under the first phase
of its drought.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
PIT fills hole in research funding
The Department of the Environment invited submissions from the
construction industry last week for its Partners in Technology
(PIT) 1996.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Lovell's œ7m loss
YJ Lovell chief executive David Heppell has had a torrid time
during his first six months in office: "It has been a turnround
situation," he said.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Taywood boosts worldwide ops
The Taylor Woodrow Group announced a string of new appointments in
its housing arm Taywood Homes last week, in a move designed to
expand its.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
NVQ supremo slams "paperwork bureaucracy"
Tony Welch, the new head of the construction industry's NVQ
committee, called for simplification of the NVQ system last week in
a bid to restore.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
New CAT delivers increased power
CAT has launched the 980G wheeled loader to replace the 980F series
II and offers more power, an improved driveline, larger bucket
capacity and an.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Born in the USA
Duncan Trench has just returned from secondment in the USA with Swinerton & Wallberg, one of California's biggest contractors. Here he.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Born again in the UK?
Construction Management, which suffered in the cash-strapped 1990s, is enjoying a revival at the expense of Design and Build. Contract Journal.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Builders 'miss the boat'
Contractors can only attack manufacturers muscling in on the
building market with standardised construction on a limited range
of housing work, it.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
The job changes
As a result of Wordsworth Holdings restructuring, Peter Youlton,
former md of Aveling Barford, becomes divisional md of Barford
Construction. He.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
ACP promotions
Architects Co-Partnership (ACP) announced four promotions last
week. Richard Adams, Simon Cove, Andrew Fox and Julian Morris have
been appointed as.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Lovell's interim results
Interim results (six months to March) show a turnover of œ130
million (œ138 million) producing a loss before tax of
œ7.7 million.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)
Troubled Costain is close to deal
Costain's future was this week hanging by a thread.
With its shares suspended on the Stock Exchange, its hopes of
survival now hinge on the.... more
(04 July 1996 00:00)