Articles by Date : January 07 2002 - January 13 2002
Ballast wins £45m PFI Lothian school project
Innovate consortium wins six secondary school scheme for East Lothian Council more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Latham joins ECI as new president
Construction industry guru Sir Michael Latham is the new president
of the European Construction Institute (ECI), a non-profit
organisation whose.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Industry joins forces to plot reform of CIS
Contractors, unions and job agencies battle against bogus self-employment more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Raynesway bags £160m roads work
Raynesway has scooped a £160m-plus highways term maintenance
deal for North Yorkshire County Council.
The contract, worth.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Industry trio honoured with knighthoods
Three leading construction industry figures have been honoured with
knighthoods in the New Years Honours List.
Nigel Thompson, deputy chairman.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Campaigner for specialists dies
John Huxtable, founder and chief executive of the Confederation of
Construction Specialists (CCS), died shortly before Christmas
following a.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Construction shares up
The challenge for 2002 will be to spot the takeover candidates, says analyst more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
CITB satisfies customers
Survey reveals construction firms rate CITB's performance higher than in 2000 more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Back bites
A job well done?
A scan of the New Year Honours reveals little in the way of
recognition for members of the construction industry.
One.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Irish workers to carry safety card
'No card, no work' message from industry to site workers in the Republic of Ireland more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Surveyors bite back at prices
Sir,
In Back bites (CJ 21 November), you wrote about the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors "functional unit prices" study.
If law.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
CABE gives thumbs up to faster bidding
Sir,
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
warmly welcomes the moves to speed up the bidding process for.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
It's not our job to check
Firms say Inland Revenue should check CIS4 cards employment status itself more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
costain to complete Rochdale canal work
The final legal hurdle to the full restoration of the Rochdale
Canal has been removed with the.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Morgan Est buys pipeline group
Pipeline Construction Group takes utilities sector turnover to £200m high more
(09 January 2002 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
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Cat updates hydraulic shovel
Caterpillar has replaced its 5230 hydraulic shovel and mass
excavator with the 5230B. The machine is designed for mining
operations and is offered.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Speedy Hire to take on Jewson hire branches
Speedy Hire is to buy Jewson's 37 stand-alone hire branches (14 in
Greater London, three in the Home Counties and the rest in
south-west England).... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Larrington eyes construction industry as prey for Predator
Tracked trailer manufacturer Richard Larrington has produced a 35t
payload tracked dumper. It was initially designed for harvesting
peat and is.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Baldwins' slump
Interim results show a fall in pre-tax profit depsite an increase in turnover more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Turkish quake repair work worth £115m
by Keith Nuthall
Construction firms will be able to bid for contracts totalling 185m
(£115m) because of loans being made by the.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Volvo expands
Volvo extends range by acquiring rights from UpRight and Scat Trak more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Amec gets drilling machines after piping prediction
Amec Utilities has bought two directional drilling machines on the
strength of forecasts that up to 75% of pipe installations will be
carried out.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
Grove launch at conexpo
Grove will launch a 400t, seven-axle, all-wheel-steer, all-terrain
crane at the Conexpo exhibition in Las Vegas in.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Fermec's 15% export growth
Production at Terex's Fermec backhoe loader factory in Manchester
has increased by 15% this year. Most of the growth has been in the
export market,.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting examines repudiatory breaches
Arepudiation, or more accurately a repudiatory breach of a
contract, can occur when a party intimates by words or conduct that
it does not intend.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Four bid for £23m fire station deal
Four firms will pick up tender documents towards the end of this
month for a £23m deal to build six fire stations on
Tyneside.
Babcock.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Halcrow acquires Torpy
more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Your stars for 2002...
So what does the new year have in store for the construction industry? The global economic downturn has inevitably brought an air of caution to.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
A question of law
International law firm Hammond Suddards Edge answers your legal questions. more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Talking heads
A survey has found that most FTSE 100 companies have "woefully inadequate" websites. Does that apply to leading construction firms too? more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Call for M4I testing
The Movement for Innovation (M4I) must develop more robust methods
to measure the performance of its demonstration projects, according
to a recent.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Norwest Holst acquires C&B
by John Leitch
Norwest Holst has acquired Crispin & Borst (C&B), the
building contractor with an annual turnover of £70m,.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Tube property PPP to be axed
by Carol Millett
The £2bn London Underground property PPP, which was postponed
in November (CJ 21 November 2001) is to be ditched,.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
London Underground rumours 'unfounded'
by Carol Millett
The troubled part-privatisation of London Underground's
infrastructure entered the new year last week still dogged.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
QPAwants delay of Aggregates Tax
Government slammed by QPA over breach of its guidelines on tax implementation more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Site census for qualified workforce
Project managers at thousands of construction sites across the
country will be carrying out a census of their site workers this
week to see if they.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
balfour beatty on target for HA scheme
Balfour Beatty is set to win the first major deal to be let by the
Highways Agency this year. Insiders.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Even the transport plan is delayed
Unhappy new year! - especially if you're a commuter into one of the
country's big cities. Industrial action on South West Trains has
caused a large.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
OFT asked to rule on skills card row
CMPE lodges complaint to OFT after MCG refuses to accept its competence cards more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Halcrow's bid leaves Torpy out in the cold
TME Torpy has been dropped from the list of pre-qualifiers for an
£8m courts project as a result of its change of
ownership.
A former.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Vox pop reveals new year's hope
A tough year ahead is predicted, but industry bosses are set for challenge more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Noise heads list of complaints by public
Noise and inconsiderate behaviour led the list of complaints made
to the Considerate Constructors Scheme last year.
Noise problems accounted.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Commons inquiry into 10-year transport plan
by Carol Millett
The House of Commons' transport committee has launched an inquiry
into the progress of the government's 10-year.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Getting your message across
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(09 January 2002 00:00)
Carillion sues for damages over M77 job
Carillion Construction (Contracts) is suing nine major insurers for
massive damages in a dispute over the M77 motorway in
Scotland.
A writ.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Laing's London £24m health job
Laing Construction is expected to get a clean bill of health to
build a £24m-plus medical facility for the University of
London.
.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Conservatories under review
The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has
launched a consultation document to ask the public and the industry
whether.... more
(09 January 2002 00:00)
Scotland set for £2m skills boost
Training initiative worth £2m will benefit Scots engineering contractors this year more
(09 January 2002 00:00)