Articles by Date : December 07 1998 - December 13 1998
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raymond spends £3.1m on grove
Nottingham-based Raymond Access has placed a £3.1 million
order with Grove Worldwide for more than 100.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Jarvis £67m work award
Jarvis has secured two projects in the education sector worth a
total of £45 million and its rail division has negotiated a
£22 million.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
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EOM fined £30,000 FOR ILLEGAL TIPPING
EOM Construction has been fined a total of £30,000 and ordered
to pay £797 costs by.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
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OPERA HOUSE CRANE PROBE
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the collapse of a
small, remotely operated crane at the Royal Opera.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Flexi holiday-pay plan
The building and civil engineering industries' B&CE benefits
company is to develop what it describes as a fully flexible credits
system to fit.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
JLE court defeat may set LU claims soaring
by Carol Millett
Claims could soar on the Jubilee Line Extension following London
Underground's recent defeat in the High Court against.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Downturn looms
by Michael Gordon
Economic activity in the construction industry is set to take a
dip, according to the latest statistics from the.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Contractors devise forms to flout Act
Survey of more than 50 subcontracts finds widespread exploitation persists more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Jarvis' £6m cash flow headache
But industrial action by members of RMT barely affected interim results more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Tarmac wins £80m Trident base refit job
Tarmac Construction is favourite to win an £80 million
contract to refit Number 9 dock at Devonport Royal Dockyard in
Plymouth.
Contract.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
New MoD partnering plan causes concern
Fears are growing that the Ministry of Defence's new partnering
scheme to be launched in April will lead to a concentration of
power in the hands.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
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Time to tighten the Construction Act?
It's a very British trait to expect people to do the decent thing.
So much so that we are loathe to rely on regulations to coerce
people into good.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
UK/US law launch
Leading international private finance initiative lawyer Geoff Haley
has opened a London office for US law firm Arnold and Porter.
Haley, who.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Report slams PFI
Frustration over poor opportunities, high cost, high risk and Treasury inertia more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
21 Government PFI projects given go-ahead
A further 21 local government private finance initiative schemes
were given the go-ahead last week bringing the total number of
approved projects.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
A2/M2 list unveiled
Four bidders selected for £150 million Kent road-widening scheme shortlist more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Lovell sale called off
Share price dive means Mansell's takeover of Lovell is 'no longer viable' more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Retail work delay claim
Eco-group claims attrition, developers say work not due to start until spring '99 more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Notts tram green light
The £167 million light rail scheme for Nottingham has been
green-lighted by the Government. The Nottingham Express Transit
project will be.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
JCT aproves retention bond
by Kathy Watson
The Joint Contracts Tribunal has approved the issue of optional
provisions for a bond in lieu of retention. The move will.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Tarmac and Kvaerner win latest two prisons
Tarmac and Kvaerner have been selected as the preferred bidders to
construct the latest two privately financed prisons at Onley in
Warwickshire and.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Government ready to tighten contract law
Minister tells conference of specialists of 'determination to see new laws work' more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
SGS passes its Irish MOT test
The SGS Ireland consortium has been selected by the Irish
government as its preferred bidder to provide a network of national
car testing centres.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
CITB extends levy review to payroll
The Construction Industry Training Board has extended the remit of
its special working party which is reviewing the statutory levy
system. It will.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Industry fatalities drop
by Kathy Watson
Construction fatalities fell almost a fifth in the first six months
of the financial year according to provisional.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Housebuilders lose NHBC say
by John d'Arcy
The National House-Building Council has agreed a series of
constitutional changes which, it says, will "strengthen the.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Oman port done
The first container ship has docked at the £56 million
Tarmac-built Mina Raysut Container Terminal built by Tarmac in the
Sultanate of Oman..... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Millennium cone for Dublin
Exclusive by Michael Gordon
London Architect Ian Ritchie has designed a £2.7 million
Millennium monument for O'Connell Street in the.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Robertson takes over from Foster as MD of Eve Group
Eve Group has appointed Alan Robertson as md. Chief executive
Graham Foster is due to retire at the end of the financial year -
Robertson is.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Government best value welcomed
The Local Government Association has welcomed Government proposals
to implement best value and abolish compulsory competitive
tendering regimes.
.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
£40m coalfield project
English Partnerships has received £40 million from the
Government to fund the regeneration of 26 coalfields.
A principal agreement has.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Volvo to shed 500 in Sweden
by Fiona Kingston
Volvo has confirmed that it is to close its unprofitable Swedish
excavator manufacturing plant in Eslov with the loss.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Rail maintenance fight approaches showdown
The fight to secure railway infrastructure maintenance contracts
has sharpened with three of the five regions down to two bidders.
The total.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
On-time, on-budget projects with zero defects. Is this . . . - 21st century construction?
What will construction be like in 2010? Will IT systems revolutionise the way projects are designed, built and maintained? A new report from.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Cyprus links made
International construction cost management consultancy, ChandlerKBS
has taken part in a trade mission to establish new business
contacts between.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Philippines CHP winner
Consulting engineer, Kennedy and Donkin, has been appointed as
technical consultant by First Philippines Holding Corporation to
undertake a.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
gidman/OUTLOOK
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(09 December 1998 00:00)
Integrated services with Bovis/Atkins merger
The likely merger of WS Atkins and Bovis is driven by an increasing
demand by clients for integrated solution services, said Atkins'
chief.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
New strike looms on JLE
by Carol Millett
Electricians are threatening a new strike on the Jubilee Line,
further jeopardising the chances of the £3 billion.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
A-Plant seeks advantage
Industry's first customer loyalty card gets mixed welcome from rivals, predictably more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Bridge company in Honduras talks
Bailey-bridge maker sees opportunity in hurricane-damaged infrastructure more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
ON-SITE
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Need to know about US construction? CCB is an electronic collection
of.... more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
Sculpture - Culture - the
Public art, as an adornment to high-end construction developments is thriving, as CJ photographer Jean-Francois Pin-Cardella discovered. more
(09 December 1998 00:00)
This week's work winners
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 December 1998 00:00)