Articles by Date : April 03 1995 - April 09 1995
IR makes bid for Clark
Ingersoll-Rand, US manufacturer of construction equipment, has
revealed its interest in buying Clark Equipment subject to the
company completing.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Refuse side loader response to regs
Linktip has fitted its new Linklifter side loader to three 'Derby'
refuse collection bodies, built on LDV400 chassis, for Luton
Borough Council. .... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Revolutionary way to widen road
A Blaw-Knox road widener, fitted with a specially shaped blade
looks set to revolutionise the technique for constructing drainage
channels in.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Case Europe shifts Russian soil with 1288s
To strengthen its position in Russia - where construction is
booming - Case Europe has established a sales and service outlet
through its.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
A BUMPER CROP AT BAUMA
Lawrie Tootell reports from this year's Bauma in Munich on some of the important new launches more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
MORE MANAGEMENT, LESS MONITORING
UK contractors must learn to manage rather than just monitor
subcontractors.
That was the central conclusion of a 1986 University of.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Selwood Hire buys out Pump Hire from MK Irrigation
Selwood Hire, part of the Pascon Group, has acquired MK(Pump Hire
and Sales) from MK Irrigation of Milton Keynes.
The acquisition which took.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
CONSTRUCTION INSOLVENCY-WEEKLY UPDATE
CJ's weekly list of corporate insolvencies in the construction
industry. For œ160, IT Systems will fax details to subscribers
on a daily.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
WHERE THE JOB CUTS HAVE COME
Thousands
19891990199119921993
Contractors' operatives583583516437390-33%
Contractors' APTC 1254266251221204-20%
.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
WHO IS THE BEST CONTRACTOR?
The fiercely competitive nature of contracting extends from the first tender stages to jealous comparisons of financial results. First Thursday.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
CREATIVE ACCOUNTING CREATES PROFITS
Buying a company is not easy when you can't be certain of what you're buying. Figures can lie, and if they do - what hope is there of the.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
WHO'S WHO
Main Contractor:
Trollope and Colls
Concrete Contractor:
AJ Morrisroe
Piling:
Cementation
Steelwork:
Watsons.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Dash-6 tech from Komatsu
In a month buzzing with news of innovative products, Komatsu
Europe's hot gossip is the launch of its PC210-6 and PC240-6
excavators and 62.5kW.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Moves
John Mowlem construction has appointed John A Scarrow to the board. He will take responsibility for the newly formed Environmental Services.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Time to put the wolf whistles away
In the week that the Chartered Institute of Building has produced
an authoritative report on sexism in the construction industry,
Backbites has.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
in brief
Costain sells again
Costain this week sold its 40% stake in GKN Kwikform, the UK
scaffolding group, for œ11m. The firm says there is.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Latham law time table tightens
Prospects of legislation this year to outlaw unfair contract
conditions are looking shakier following a delay in publication of
a government.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
DBFO bidders hit out at risk of first private roads
Contractors bidding for the first wave of private finance roads
have written to the Highways Agency to complain about the risks
they are being.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Cash flow crisis kills off Wilson
Sutton-Coldfield based Wilson Group has collapsed putting more than
100 jobs at risk. Touche Ross has been appointed as receiver.
Wilson was.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Taywood plans 250 staff cuts
Taylor Woodrow Construction's workforce is to be decimated in UK
cuts which will see 250 jobs lost across the board over the next
year.
The.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
HAMBLY'S LEGACY
Those who doubt if contractors give a fig for environmental
concerns should have been at the Institution of Civil Engineers'
annual dinner last.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Cash flow dispute simmers at Jubilee
A row is brewing between contractors and London Underground over
payment for claims and variations on London's massive Jubilee Line
Extension.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Drafting row threatens JCT survival
Reform of the building industry's Joint Contracts Tribunal and the
continued survival of the JCT as a body producing standard forms of
contract.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Civils relief over new M25 plans
Contractors have given a muted welcome to the Government's decision
to limit widening of the M25 to 12 lanes between junctions 12 and
16.
The.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Part of A34 in 6 month delay
A section of the œ87 million A34 Wilmslow and Handforth bypass
will be six months late, according to Kent County Council
engineers. Most of.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Costain 'holds-up M27', says council
A row has broken out between Costain and Hampshire County Council
over an œ8.3m improvement contract on the M27 near
Portsmouth.
The.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Christmas comes but once twice a year
Whether its a spin off from the recession or just the industry
gearing up its marketing activities for the 90s, contractors will
now do pretty much.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Five shortlisted for Durham hospital
Five companies have been shortlisted for the multi-million North
Durham District Hospital. Two will be asked to submit detailed
proposals for the.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
JCB profits hit all time high of œ72m
JCB Excavators notched up a 174% rise in pre-tax profits last year,
to a record figure of œ73 million, with the prediction that
this year's.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Women suffer hostility at work
More than half of all women in the building industry experience
discrimination from their male colleagues, according to a report
published this.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
New plant register to tackle theft
A major initiative to tackle plant theft was launched last
week.
The Equipment Register is a national database for construction
equipment.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Marathon men make a mint
There are few to match demolition workers when it comes to digging
deep in aid of a good cause. And, true to form, the National
Federation of.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
'New work to rise 1%,' BMP
The construction industry's workload will remain stagnant, climbing
only by 1% in 1995. Valuable growth in the private sector virtually
cancelled.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Industry tops drinking survey
It's official - workers in construction smoke and drink more than
in any other industry.
In a survey of the drinking and smoking habits of the.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Grey days ahead for Buxton quarry
In today's fast-track marketing-oriented world, quarry owners are
handicapped by the fact that their products are less than glitzy -
I mean how can.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Shepherd backs skills certificate
York-based Shepherd Construction has announced its backing for the
Construction Skills Certification Scheme which was launched last
month.
The.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
NWW finds extra œ180m for projects
North West Water is to spend an extra œ180 million on capital
investment over the next five years. This sum is in addition to the
company's.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
'Silent majority' blasts bank
Small and medium-sized general building contractors - sometimes
regarded as the industry's silent majority - have won their own
voice within the.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Osborne made MD at Amec D&M
Gerald Osborne has been appointed managing director of Amec Design
and Management.
Formerly the company's London and Central operations.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
œ14,000 fine for concrete death
A concrete company managing director was fined œ3,000 this
week following the death of a worker who died from massive head
injuries inflicted.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Artic dumps steal the show
Gordon Brown of Imaco fame is back again with a new range of
articulated dump trucks.
These are no conventional ADTs with tipping bodies. In.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Scots retail jv plans site work
Retail Parks (Scotland), a joint venture between Miller
Developments and Stannifer, plans to start work this summer on a
œ20 million retail.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
œ18.8m office work for TH
Trafalgar House has secured an œ18.8m contract for an office
development in Maidenhead and is tipped to win the œ30m Abbey
Mills pumping.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
H&H construction sales up œ20m
Higgs & Hill's overall profits nudged ahead last year as its
strategy of negotiating contracting work continued to cut losses in
its.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Amec makes recovery abroad
Shares in Amec rallied on news of an unexpectedly strong recovery
in its overseas construction businesses. The turnaround proved more
persuasive.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Buyer sought for Depledge steel
Steel fabricator George Depledge will be shut down and its
workforce of 180 be made redundant unless parent company Norwest
Holst can find a buyer.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Ready mix regulations
The Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete (QSRMC) has launched
new quality and product conformity regulations for the material at
a ceremony.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Hambly: controversial to the end
Following the sudden death of the Institution of Civil Engineers'
president Dr Edmund Hambly last week, the speech he was due to make
at ICE's.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)
Oxford homes job for Persimmon
Persimmon Homes has been selected by Railtrack Property to develop
an œ18 million residential scheme in the centre of Oxford. The
148 home.... more
(06 April 1995 00:00)