Articles by Date : September 02 1996 - September 08 1996
Case joins the battle to save county's disappearing shoreline
Sussex is gradually sliding into the sea and Eastbourne Borough
Council is using Mackley Construction in a Canute-like role to try
to stop the.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Grin and bear it - PFIpanel's message to contractors
In June Contract Journal and James R Knowles published a
challenging report on the Private Finance Initiative. It concluded
that not enough.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Intelligent Titan from I-R
The Titan 273 from Ingersoll-Rand has a new load control system
which manages the torque applied to the machine's front-wheel drive
set-up. The new.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
First Marchettis delivered by Kato
Kato Cranes has delivered its first Marchetti MG 60 units into the
UK following their successful showing at SED'96. One has gone to
Ireland's.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
O'Rourke goes for Palfinger
Select Plant, the plant division of O'Rourke Group, has fitted a
Palfinger PK 2400 23.2m/t crane to one of its Foden 3000 26t GVW
rigid trucks.
.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Firm to be sole importer for Laser Alignment Inc.
In future Construction Instruments will be the sole importer to the
UKof construction lasers and machine control equipment from Laser
Alignment.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Horner impresses Redrow Homes
Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) has announced the promotion of Karen
Horner to sales director just 18 months after joining the company.
Horner originally.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
New floor saw from Golz
Golz (UK) has introduced a new 15kW floorsaw the FS-200. It has a
twin-cylinder, electric start petrol engine and an electric water
pump to keep.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
MAN is coming to Kent
Maidstone has been chosen as the site for MAN Trucks' new
dealership operation. At first it will operate as 'MAN of Kent'
from already existing.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Improvements planned at Hythe
Southern Water Services has submitted a planning application to
Kent County Council for major improvements to its Hythe wastewater
treatment works..... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Catnic's plastic render stop
Catnic Profiles has introduced new products into its range of
plastic beads which includes a plastic render stop, which Catnic
claims offers a.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Disappointment at profits slump
Profits in the construction industry have slumped to less than a
fifth of the national average for UK industry as a whole, according
to a report.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
WORKCENTER SHIPPED
Autodesk is now shipping its WorkCenter release 1.2, a document
management and workflow package providing support for.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
post-election recovery
A review of the industry by stockbroker Merrill Lynch called "The
UK Building Industry - Whatever happened to the.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
HOT LINE
The pick of œ17m-worth of new contracts won by Tarmac Building
are a œ5.3m contract for a 10-storey shopping complex in
Stevenage for.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Three listed for Lowry bid
Bovis Construction, Laing Management and Mowlem Management have
been shortlisted for the œ70 million management contract to
build the Lowry.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Wimpey reaps reward of mega-deal
Six months after the œ600 million Wimpey/Tarmac asset swap,
Wim-pey chairman Joe Dwyer said he was happy with the outcome of
the construction.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Norwest's primary concern
The north west building division of Norwest Holst Construction has
recently completed a single storey replacement primary school in
Dobcross near.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Fearful engineers face robotic threat
Construction efficiency could be dealt a severe blow and work could
be lost to foreign contractors because British engineers seem to
fear automated.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
AAfears private maintenance will damage safety - Driven to death by road profits?
Contractors taking over the maintenance of the road network are
being forced to confront the issue of safety, following warnings
that the transfer.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Tarmac wins A13 bid
Tarmac has pipped Amey and Amec to win the latest stretch of the
A13 upgrade in Essex with a bid of œ51 million - well below
the Highways.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Sole firm joins mission
A 25-strong British trade mission visiting China this week with the
President of the Board of Trade Ian Lang includes just one
construction company.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Rowecord buys Welsh civils firm
Rowecord Holdings has taken over Welsh civil engineering firm
Andrew Scott.
The deal, in which Rowecord has bought the entire issued.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Name change reflects diversity in social housing
The National Federation of Housing Associations changed its name to
the National Housing Federation this week in an attempt to reflect
the wider.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Persimmon prospers despite land price hike
Price rises of 20% in the past two months have led to worries that
the land market in the south east is overheating. Some
housebuilders,.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Major training review launched
A major review of training has been launched by the Construction
Industry Board. The review follows the report into the current
state of training.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Norwest and Nuttall share pole position
The Norwest Holst/Nuttall joint venture looks to be in pole
position to take the œ30 million Contract 3 on the A12 Hackney
Wick to M11 link.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Amey wins first ever Royal Navy support deal
Amey Facilities Management has been awarded a five-year contract by
the Ministry of Defence to manage support services for HMS Nelson
in.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Wenroc's œ15 million win
Wenroc Construction, part of McNicholas, has secured a new three
year contract with British Gas Transco worth œ15 million.
The contract.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
CWC takes its tunnel total to œ400 million
A British-led consortium has scooped a œ50 million contract to
construct more than eight kilometres of tunnels beneath the
Egyptian capital.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
714 turnover test postponed
Changes in the Inland Revenue's construction industry tax deduction
scheme - which were expected to come into force from 1 August 1998
- are to be.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Bereaved dad slams safety exec
A bereaved father this week accused the Health and Safety Executive
of letting his family down by failing to take sufficiently swift or
robust.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Abbey's new headquarters
Abbey National is to build a new seven-storey regional headquarters
on the site of the Bradford Transport Interchange. Five of the
seven storeys.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
œ10 million centre planned
Plans for a new œ10 million Aerospace Centre at Brooklands
Museum, Weybridge, have been announced. The centre has been
designed by Broadway.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Docklands contract for Shepherd
Shepherd has won an œ8 million contract to design and build
Meridian Place, the final phase of Meridian Gate, Marsh Wall in
London's Docklands.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Embassy protest over site death
UK construction workers staged a protest at the German Embassy in
London on Tuesday last week demanding action over the death of
bricklayer Leonard.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
View from the Regions : Wales
By Roger Wightman, operations manager Wales, Christiani & Nielsen more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Protestors to fight Newbury injunction
Anti-road protestors have promised to fight High Court injunctions
forbidding them from trespassing on the route of the Newbury
bypass.
.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
New concrete manhole cover wins Kitemark
Northern Ireland company, Salmor Industries, has become the first
UK manufacturer of concrete-filled manhole covers to be awarded a
kitemark to.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Huge steel order
British contractors lost out on the bidding for the bridge section
of the Oresund crossing between Denmark and Sweden, but British
Steel has kept.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Keller's eastern profit goes west
North America yielded 70 per cent of Keller Group's operating
profits in the six months to June, according to interim figures
released last week by.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
FM gives Serco fast growth and high profits
Opportunities in the UK local authority sector are still plentiful,
said Serco, the fast-growing facilities management and contract
management.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Super road contracts signed
The first two new "super agency" contracts for managing the repair
and improvement of English trunk roads and motorways on behalf of
the Highways.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Are UK majors big enough for PFI?
Expectation has been growing in the last two years of a
polarisation in the contracting market. The private finance
initiative was expected to blot.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
BRE project plumps for polyurethane
Polyurethane surface treatments to protect concrete structures are
the most effective anti-carbonation systems, according to the
findings of a.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Nirex's pilot study proves a real blast
Tunnel boring machines have been rejected in favour of a drill and
blast system of excavation in a pilot study for the Nirex
underground repository.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Sampling advances
Technology for underreaming piles has taken another step forward
with the development of a new soil sampler, a ground engineering
specialist.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Kennedy wins cert for Yorkshire main
John Kennedy (Civil Engineering) has been named as the latest
contractor to achieve certification under Biwater Industries'
Induct Plus pipeline.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
Scottish Power invites tenders
Scottish Power is inviting tenders from contractors for the upgrade
and replacement of its fuel oil handling plant at Longannet power
station near.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)
University honours Steedman
Dr Scott Steedman, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners' director of
Engineering, has been awarded a Royal Academy Visiting
Professorship in the.... more
(05 September 1996 00:00)