Articles by Date : September 04 1995 - September 10 1995

Home grown plant boosts sales
JCB's Anglo-Japanese joint venture, JCB-SCM, has taken the wraps off its new UK-built excavators. CJ reports on JCB's efforts to regain its.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

FH Plant - working on the edge
Worcester-based FH Plant Services has completed a difficult job for the British Waterways Board at Gloucester using one of its hire fleet Menzi.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

McGeoghan's Cats keep the customers happy
Enfield-based McGeoghan Plant Hire & Excavations has taken delivery of two Cat 312 hydraulic excavators to add to its already extensive fleet.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

CONTRACT 105 Bermondsey Station and London Bridge-Canada Water tunnel value: œ70 million Contractor: Aoki/Soletanche jv
With the cut and cover box for Bermondsey Station on Contract 105 in place, the station's internal structure is now being built from the bottom up..... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

New telescopic aerial platform
Thetford-based Euro Access Platforms has commenced production of its latest telescopic aerial platform, first shown at the recent Haydock.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

of contractual speak
Adjudication or ADR The method for resolving disputes most favoured by all those except the disputants themselves. Disputants favour any system.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

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D - DELAY, DISRUPTION D.1: Reduced rights/provisions for Sub-contractor to claim for loss and expense against Contractor. D.2: Increased.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Jubilee's silver lining on track
Progress continues apace on the Jubilee Line Extension. John Leitch reports more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Contracting blues
As the new results season began to unfold this week, we found ourselves entering depressingly familiar territory. Wimpey's first half profits were.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

B - PAYMENT
B.1: Pay when paid or certified - with no commitment as to when payment will be made. B.2: Extended period for payment B.3: Excessive.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Merlo is King of the site
With a name like Wolverhampton-based Monarch Plant, naturally you would only employ the best equipment and people. And that's exactly what the.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

INBRIEF
TUC spend plea A œ6.3bn investment in infrastructure works and aid for the long-term unemployed is sought by the TUC in a.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

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E - FINAL DEDUCTIONS E.1: Reduction/deletion of standard set-off safeguards. E.2: Exclusion of right to appoint Adjudicator. E.3:.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

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Who should you turn to for help when things go wrong? John Redmond, a solicitor, and Paul Maw, a claims consultant, present their cases for you.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

HOT LINE
Amec Process and Energy has won an œ80m contract to build two modules for Phillips Petroleum Norway. The contract for the Ekofisk field for a.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Warwick's hot and steamy offer
Warwick Power Washers has announced five new hot water power washers to replace the HS60 series range, which, claims the company, has outsold every.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

CONTRACT 106 Canada Water Station Value: œ22 million Contractor: Wimpey
Contract 106's Canada Water station is a big cut and cover box structure, largely in open land, says Ian Webb, Wimpey's project manager. Here, at.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

No-dig Steve Vick launches new version of Rotamole
No-dig specialist Steve Vick International has unveiled a new version of its Rotamole dry guided boring rig. The new 6000 series machines are.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

What is ADR?
Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR, is a generic term used to describe a number of low-cost approaches to settling commercial disputes. At.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

More power to Suzuki economic range
Suzuki GB has added the SV2500P - with an output of 2kVA continuous-2.2kVA maximum at 50Hz - to its line up of SV-P Economy half frame generators..... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

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C - VARIATIONS C.1: Only permitted if Contractor receives an instruction under main contract even if variation arises due to fault of.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

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A - PROGRAMME A.1: Period to suit site progress (As, When and How) A.2: As required by Contractor (As, When and How) A.3: No start or.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

City downgrades as Wimpey slumps
Wimpey has sounded an ominous note for the start of the results season with pretax profits all but wiped out in the first six months of the year..... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Bids invited for BR infrastructure
The DoT has issued pre-qualification documents as the first stage of selling off British Rail Infrastructure Services which has a combined turnover.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Early sale likely for profitable JF Donelon
Both civil engineering and tunnelling contractors have expressed extensive and immediate interest in J F Donelon, a profit-making subsidiary of.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Postponed A13 job back on the tender list
The Highways Agency has unexpectedly readvertised the œ23 million Wennington to Mar Dyke section of the A13 in Essex, along with an œ8-10.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Wimpey cuts jobs in shake-up
Wimpey is to cut 300 jobs in its construction division over the next two years as it pulls out of traditional low-margin contracting. The.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Home starts fall 21% says NHBC
Applications to start new homes slumped by 21% in August compared with the same month in 1994, according to figures released this week by the.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Double talk is working well
The invitation to supply more examples of double talk certainly got you going. First off the mark was Derek Parkes of Greenwich Direct Services..... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Contracting row mars Temple job
Leading mechanical services specialist Andrews-Weatherfoil has been accused of driving one of its subcontractors to the point of bankruptcy by.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

œ50m bonanza for BB building
Balfour Beatty's Scottish Building Division has signed a œ3.2 million contract with Glasgow Rangers to further extend the Ibrox Stadium. The.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Water leaks 'set to get worse'
Contractors are dismayed at new claims that water companies are investing only half the amount required to stop the number of leaking pipes.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

HSE 'too soft' on risk assessments
A soft approach by the Health & Safety Executive to enforcing compulsory risk assessments on projects could lead to scores of building.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

A bit too frank
On the eve of the TUC annual conference, it would appear that brotherly love among the construction unions is showing its usual signs of strain. It.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

œ16m SmithKline work for R&R
Rosser & Russel, the building and service division of Norwest Holst, has been awarded contracts worth a total of œ16 million by SmithKline.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Polish Sunley in œ16m port work
Sunley Turriff's Polish subsidiary, Bernard Sunley & Sons Polska, has been awarded a œ16.6 million contract to construct a liquid.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

TH French firms win Thai work
Trafalgar House's wholly owned French subsidiaries, Groupe Sofresid and Sofresid Thailand, have been awarded contracts worth œ320 million in.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Stena Sealink seeks bids for Stranraer Port
Stena Sealink Ports is seeking tenderers for an œ11.5 million development at Stranraer Port in Dumfries and Galloway. The work comprises.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

British Museum uses PFI for new Support Centre
The British Museum is seeking a private sector partner to help it develop a new Support Centre in central London under the PFI. The 25,760m2 former.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Rugby 5% bulk concrete increase sticks
Rugby Group's 5% price increase in March for bulk cement has proved stable, though the bag market has been more aggressive, with merchants fighting.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

April 1996 start for Microsoft HQ
Work is due to begin in April 1996 on the œ28 million first phase of Microsoft's new European headquarters complex at Thames Valley Park in.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Mowlem FM boss joins McAlpine
Ian Grice has quit John Mowlem to head up Alfred McAlpine's civils and overseas division. Grice replaces Stuart Doughty who left McAlpine in.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

More Villagate refurb on Temple Sq offices
Villagate Properties is to continue its regeneration of Temple Square in Liverpool in a œ10 million development which will provide a further.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

New A1 bridge pulled down
The people of Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, were delighted at the long-awaited arrival of a foot-bridge over the busy A1 in June - but dismayed when.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Gummer: up a tree house
Was it an intentional pun when Environment Secretary John Gummer, in announcing plans to plant hundreds of trees along the M1 and M4 corridors,.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Green, green grass of home
The rigours of the English football season being what they are, the nation's top football clubs have long had difficulty in keeping their pitches.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Digger gold hush
JCB is not impressed by the latest estimation of Joe Bamford's wealth in Business Age's latest guide to the UK's 500 richest people. 'There.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Is your boss a complete loss?
You know the things you say about your boss, well you're being urged to put them on paper. In verse - no less. Poetry Now, a publishing company.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

œ70m Usk barrage set to get approval
A œ70 million barrage across the River Usk looks set to be approved by the Welsh Office, despite opposition from the National Rivers.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)

Process industry rejects Latham
Process industry contractors are claiming that unfair construction contracts legislation will drive their major international clients away and.... more
(07 September 1995 00:00)