Articles by Date : July 03 2000 - July 09 2000
JCB hits £1m for NSPCC
JCB's Millennium Appeal for the NSPCC reached its £1m target
during the Open Day Spectacular at the Rocester factory on 17 June.
As the event.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Hotline at hours to suit
Hewden Plant Hire has launched a 24hour plant hire hotline to
"satisfy customer demand for plant hire". Joe Murtagh, Hewden
divisional marketing.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Eurodumper rolls into UK market
After successful sales in Europe, Jones Equipment brings XJ range to UK more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
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(05 July 2000 00:00)
Bovis management shake-up
Bovis Lend Lease has undertaken a major restructuring of its senior
management. Sir Frank Lampl, currently BLL's chairman, is made
president with a.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Leading clients give clout to new body
Exclusive by Kathy Watson
Mike Roberts, group technical director of airports operator BAA,
has been invited to lead a new and powerful.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
FCO nets £1m from private deal
by Kathy Watson
The Government benefited to the tune of £1m from choosing a
private finance initiative deal to procure the British.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
BBC meets famous five
The five consortia seeking to become commercial partners in the
BBC's £500m property development programme were invited to a
bidders'.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Five universities put their heads together
Exclusive by Kathy Watson
Five universities have banded together to launch a project-specific
training initiative to overcome the skills.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Is construction doomed to stay at loggerheads?
The construction industry's attempts to make its concerns heard in
the circles of power have always foundered on the fact that it had
no single.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
House of Commons to pay damages to Harmon Fa‡ades
The House of Commons has been ordered to pay £1.85m to
contractor Harmon Fa‡ades as damages over the unfair award of
the curtain wall.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Ireland calls for toll road bids
Contractors from the UK and Europe are asked to tender for road network more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Building specialists quit Confederation
FBSC decision prompts speculation over house builders and woodworkers more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Back bites
Wednesday 5 July 2000 more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
BT to cut preferred contractors
Exclusive by Kathy Watson
Telecommunications giant BT is to slash the 100 or so contractors
who refurbish and fit out its estate to a.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Task force looks for input from contractors
by Kathy Watson
The Local Government Task Force is looking for input from
contractors for the three working groups it is setting up.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Serco appears for the Defence
The Defence Procurement Agency has awarded a £38m facilities
management contract for its headquarters in Abbey Wood, Bristol to
Serco.
.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Self-employed to get holiday pay
Tribunal rules that a self-employed person can also be a company worker more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Irish £1bn road spend - É plus £25m on schools
Six-year Irish national development programme will rely on British workers more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Try fined for roof safety breach
by Glenda Thisdell
A potentially fatal accident last July, in which an operative fell
through a rooflight and plunged 12m down a.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Haymills' novel refurb solution
by Glenda Thisdell
A 1960s office block on a prime location near Cambridge city centre
was crumbling, unattractive and an ideal candidate.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Court ruling sends Bridgeway over the cliff edge
by John d'Arcy
Bridgeway Construction, the specialist subcontractor involved in a
controversial court ruling on an adjudication clause in.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Engineer sued for £1m
Glauser claims negligence over flawed designs for central London
contracts Glauser International is suing structural engineer Assim
Khan, trading.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Firms must change
Minister warns of commercial suicide if firms don't adopt Rethinking Construction more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
CJ award shortlists
The shortlist has been finalised for this year's Contract Journal
Construction Industry Awards.
Amec, Thomas Vale, Taylor Woodrow and HBG will.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Construction goes global
Alliance of four companies is a response to the ever-shrinking world economy more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Carillion launches 'cost-saving' website
Carillion Specialist Services, the largest independent provider of
building control services, is targeting the lucrative £70m
building.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Director faces six-year management ban
A director of a roof-restoring business that failed with an
estimated deficiency of nearly £300,000 has been disqualified
for six years from.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Record profits at Berkeley
Housebuilder Berkeley has announced a 30% increase in pre-tax
profit to £140m. The group's latest financial results show
that the average sale.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Partnerships UKtakes off
Partnerships UK, the replacement for the former Treasury PFI Taskforce, is designed to prmote and speed up the flow of public private.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Speedy comes up trumps
Further expansion planned for Allen Group's Speedy Hire more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Mr Procurement bows out
Prior to his recent move to the private sector, Mike Burt was a key figure in the Government's drive to become a best practice client. Just.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Talking heads
Éhappy holiday Do you feel guilty taking your annual leave entitlement? more
(05 July 2000 00:00)
Work winners this week
Who's winning the work?Contracts Hotline is your at-a-glance digest of the latest contract awards around the UK. Data supplied by ABI Building.... more
(05 July 2000 00:00)