Articles by Date : February 03 1997 - February 09 1997

BAA's five-year plan
BAA has announced the award of two framework agreements for mechanical and electrical services contractors. Amec and Crown House Engineering, part.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Walkouts prompt wage boom fears
The œ2.6 billion Jubilee Line Extension project is facing mounting industrial unrest and 30 per cent pay hikes brought on by a severe skills.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

UK civils set to buck growth trend
While there will be a slight upturn in the civil engineering workload in Western Europe during 1997, the UK civils sector will continue to decline,.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Asbestos campaign attacked
The HSE's latest asbestos campaign has been criticised by the GMB trade union for not going far enough. The HSE will renew its asbestos.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

œ1.2b Chunnel link workload unveiled
A workload worth more than œ1.2 billion was unveiled last week, as London & Continental invited contractors to prequalify for civil.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

McAlpine wins tough Papworth PFI scrap
A Sir Robert McAlpine led consortium has been selected for a œ30 million PFI scheme to redevelop Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. The.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Hanson left with a œ220m rump
Hanson's demerger of four of its five operational divisions will leave a "rump" construction and building materials business which made a profit.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Tarmac first with tree pledge
Tarmac is the first construction and civil engineering group to publicly pledge to help the world's ravaged forests. The contractor is to offer.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Council cracks down on noise
Contractor Bellway Homes was fined œ1000 last week for noise nuisance by Tower Bridge Magistrates Court. Southwark Council successfully.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Pompey PFI teams named
Teams led by Amey, Costain and Bovis Crowngap/Diamond Investments have been selected by the University of Portsmouth to submit detailed proposals.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

How clear is your contract?
Where a contract is let on the basis that the works will be partly designed by the employer (or its agents) and partly designed by the contractor,.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Margins still sight in M&E
Margins from mechanical and electrical contracting are the tightest they have ever been, said Andrew Gay, chairman and chief executive of Drake.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
Energy efficiency A new œ4 million advertising campaign to encourage consumers to buy the most energy efficient products, measures and.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Prowting set for œ13m Magnus purchase
Prowting Homes is set to announce the purchase of Magnus Homes, a Somerset housebuilder, for œ12.8 million. A source close to the firm.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
A Good despatch Brick despatches in December were nearly 16 per cent higher than in December 1995, according to newly released Department of.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Tories go cap in hand to T&G
Conservative Party chairman Brian Mawhinney has written to George Henderson, the national secretary of the construction section of the Transport.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

CECAwill honour union agreement
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association announced that it is to adopt the national Working Rule Agreement, an accord between the trade.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Breach of safety claim from sacked operative
A site operative claimed this week that he lost his job for whistle-blowing on the lack of safety while undertaking highway repairs at Luton for.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Bleak future for social housing
Contractors involved in social housing will face a declining workfall following successive Govern-ment cuts to the Housing Corporation's budget.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Left's 'revolutionary' energy plan
Labour plans to launch a self-financing scheme to boost energy efficiency in the housing sector which would overturn the present Government-funded.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Labour backs bridge toll battle
The Labour Party is joining forces with a Highland council in a bid to scrap tolls on the new privately-financed Skye Bridge, CJ understands. .... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Rank and UCI opt in to Norwich complex
Construction work on the œ75 million Norwich Riverside retail and leisure complex is set to start by the middle of this year. Norwich City.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Government drops M80 alternative route plan
The M80 is to be completed by a major DBFO road-widening scheme, the Scottish Office announced on Monday. The Government dropped an alternative.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Dudley health shortlist due
Dudley Health Authority is to carry out interviews in mid-February with consortia wishing to prequalify for its œ68 million PFI healthcare.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Magnus boss spends Xmas sleeping rough
Raphael Magnus, owner of collapsed specialist subcontractor Magnus Services, was forced to sleep rough over Christmas. After the failure of.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Woods is a winner
Tunnel ventilation specialist Woods of Colchester has won the contract to provide the ventilation equipment for a new line in Milan's metro system..... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Shell's modular station sets trend
One of the UK's first totally modular petrol stations is being erected for Shell at a site in Surrey. The station is being installed at Mole.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

50kg bag threat
The GMB issued a warning this week to contractors who are still using 50kg bags of cement on site. GMB national construction officer Allan.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Fraser appointed by Fairclough
Richard Fraser has been appointed chief executive of Fairclough Homes, taking the reins just as a strategic review by Amec group chief executive.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Mid-sized construction firms still struggling
Medium-sized companies have been slow to recover from the downturn in the construction industry according to a major survey published last week. .... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
JCB's Recruitment drive Ken Bainbridge has become director and general manager of JCB Industrial, the company's newest division. A chartered.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Sixty tonne first for quarry Cat
Tarmac's Cliffe Hill Quarry has taken delivery of Caterpillar's first 60-tonne 775D dump truck to be sold in the UK. Supplied by Finning (UK), the.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

April release for latest crusher
Nordberg Group will unveil the HP100SX, its latest addition to its cone crusher series, on April 22 at Intermat 1997. Like the larger models in.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Hewden Stuart names new chief
Plant hire group Hewden Stuart has picked a Scot from outside the industry as its new managing director and chief executive in waiting. .... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Tarmac's first in central heating
Tarmac have installed the UK's first climate-controlled central heating and ventilation system using hot and cold concrete. The new system at.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Private roads ahead?
Roads procurement is changing fast. Soon the network could be run as a utility service, reports Patrick Reynolds. more
(05 February 1997 00:00)

Drugs probe exodus rocks Heathrow site
Twenty operatives working on Balfour Beatty's main tunnelling contract on the Heathrow Express project have left the site following allegations of.... more
(05 February 1997 00:00)