Articles by Date : July 04 1994 - July 10 1994

In brief
Botes wins Watkins jobs Botes Building has won 20 VAT Watkins contracts after negotiations with receiver Coopers and Lybrand. Worth over.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Costs of Nottingham tax hq soar by 60%
more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Rushton steps down as Laing chairman
Jon Rushton is standing down as chairman of John Laing Construction only 16 months after stepping into the breach left when Brian Gregory suddenly.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Latham reform blow
Hopes that the Government would rush to implement legislation suggested by the Latham Report were dashed this week when it was learnt that.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

M3 invasion highlights cost of protest
Around 1,500 anti-roads protestors poured onto the site of Tarmac's M3 extension last Saturday to demonstrate against the Criminal Justice Bill.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

CrossRail uncertain
The future of the CrossRail Bill was left hanging in the balance this week awaiting a decision on whether a motion to send the Bill back to.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Brooke issues Library threat
Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke has threatened to re-coup through counterclaims some of the millions of pounds spent on the British Library in.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

inland revenue
The cost of the new Inland Revenue building in Nottingham has soared by 60% because of changes in design and specification and the loss of.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Bona fide laughs
A sense of humour is essential in the construction industry - and CJ readers last week showed they have it 'in spades' with an overwhelming.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

JULES RIMET
With the two most successful world cup nations in history - Brazil and Germany - cruising into the quarter finals this week, scope for making a.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Davis herds in Northampton job
Developer William Davis is to build 47 houses and 30 flats on the site of the old Cattle Market in Northampton. The œ3.7 million.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

HOT LINE
PCM, the construction and project management arm of Tom Pettifer, has been awarded the construction management contract for a œ20 million.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

RBS continues Edinburgh complex
The Royal Bank of Scotland is to go ahead with the œ40 million second phase of its Edinburgh office complex at The Gyle in west Edinburgh. The.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

HBF campaigns against feared planning restrictions
The House-Builders' Federation has started a broad-based initiative to have the Government's new policy guidance note PPG 13 overturned. It fears.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Shortages hit brickwork market
Desperate shortages of labour and materials are destabilising the brickwork market in the south-east, say specialist contractors. They claim the.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

BB/Kier-NH contend for Clwyd Bridge
The competition to win the contract for a œ38 million cable stayed bridge over the River Dee in Clwyd looks to have narrowed down to a race.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Amec wins M4 rebuild
Amec Civil Engineering has secured an œ8 million lane rental contract to reconstruct 3.1km of the M4 on the Heathrow to Heston section. The.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Tarmac awarded A3 repair work
Tarmac has been awarded a œ10.1 million contract by Surrey County Council to undertake repair works on five miles of the A3 near Cobham. The.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Gammon seizes Far East work
Gammon Construction, jointly owned by Trafalgar House and Jardine Pacific, has continued its run of success in Hong Kong and China by securing new.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Loss-hit Donelon cuts jobs
Donelon Tyson has cut 70 jobs and announced a boardroom reshuffle as delayed results for 1993 showed a œ2.6 million loss. The figures.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

BRE reviews its year
More than 80% of the Building Research Establishment's income still comes from the Department of the Environment four years after it was made an.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Kent invites A299 bids
Kent County Council is calling for contractors to prequalify for the œ50 million A299 Thanet Way sections on the Whitstable to Herne Bay road..... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

All credit to Taywood in Cardiff
Taylor Woodrow's œ14 million new headquarters for NCM Credit Insurance was topped out in Cardiff last week. Work on the building is expected.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

UK firms go for Oresund
Four major UK contractors have prequalified for work on the œ2 billion Oresund fixed link between Sweden and Denmark. 14 consortia have been.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

D-Day anniversary
CJ's D-Day anniversary coverage of the unsung heroes behind the design and construction of the remarkable Mulberry harbours was enlivened by.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Support for ICL grows
Ten new consultants have expressed support for the new Institute of Commercial Litigators which aims to bring more of a construction approach to.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Hot spot
Nabarro Nathanson's champagne party for construction clients should have been the perfect end to the working day - at least that was how the md of.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Midland unveils œ250m+ plans
Midland Bank is set to launch a major construction programme worth hundreds of millions of pounds to improve every one of its 1,600 branches in the.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

DoT bridge repair 'headache'
The Department of Transport is wasting tens of millions of pounds a year patching up road bridges as a costly penalty of its 'cheapest is best'.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Fury at new Condam hitches..
Contractors are furious at moves by architects to delay the introduction of the long awaited CONDAM regulations (see CJ, 23 June). And.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

VOX POP
What are you doing for your holidays this year? Tony Pidgley md Berkeley Group We've not decided.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Specialists break with BEC
Specialist building and civil engineering contractors are breaking away from the Building Employers Confederation, according to Tony Merricks,.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Pay restructure talks stumble
Talks on a further major step towards updating the construction industry pay structure stumbled last week when employers and unions failed to.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

LAND TAKES OFF LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE
Steve Jones is md of a growing housebuilder, Regent, working around the M25. Last year he purchased an ordinary infill site at Byfleet, Surrey,.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

TWO RECENT CASES
Inadequate payment and determination of contract are considered by Roger Button of Jaques & Lewis more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

THE RITZ HOTEL & ACCESS TO JUSTICE
John Bolton of Davies Arnold Cooper wants the courts thrown open to all in the construction process, not just the rich more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

DAL-STERLING RESTORES HARMONY IN ATHENS
The consultant Dal-Sterling describes its success on a conflict ridden overseas job more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

H'AWAY THE LADS
Liquidated and Ascertained Damages can be challenged, as Ian Yule of Neil F Jones explains Contractors under JCT 80 should challenge.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

LIFE AFTER ARBITRATION
What we need is a way to get the majority of the money into the right pocket as quickly as possible, argues Simon Lewis of Dickinson Dees more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

SEC rejects voluntary approach
The problems of construction cannot be solved by voluntary means, specialist engineering contractors have told Sir Michael Latham. The SEC.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

Moves
Wimpey Homes Worldwide has appointed Stewart Cline, 49, as President of George Wimpey Inc. with responsibility for Wimpey's homes and land.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

The other Brian
Eye-catching news of the week is that Brian Hill has been elected as president of the rebel Liverpool region of the Building Employers.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

MERRICKS -THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Tony Merricks seems ideally qualified to lead the breakaway National Specialist Contractors Council. With leading roles in both Balfour and.... more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

NEW STYLE COMPENSATIONS
The New Engineering Contract is winning converts, perhaps even Sir Michael Latham himself. Peter Reina reports on a 'user-friendly' form more
(07 July 1994 00:00)

[No headline.]
more
(07 July 1994 00:00)