Articles by Date : September 08 2003 - September 14 2003

B&K and Yorkon win DTC work
Bowmer & Kirkland and Yorkon, members of the Anglo-Canadian Clinics consortium, has been named preferred bidder for three diagnostic treatment.... more
(12 September 2003 18:23)

ProCure21 reveals its 12 partners
NHS Estates has chosen the 12 principal supply chain partners (PSCPs) to work on the £6bn national roll-out of ProCure 21 - and three major.... more
(12 September 2003 16:28)

Rail contractors warned after Jarvis fine
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a reminder to rail contractors of the need for proper planning and risk assessment, even for routine.... more
(12 September 2003 15:14)

Ucatt to grill contractors on Holyrood project
Ucatt has been invited back to grill contractors over working conditions on Bovis Lend Lease’s £375m Holyrood Parliament building project. more
(12 September 2003 12:09)

National Construction College training praised
The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) has praised the National Construction College (NCC) over its training provision, with all aspects of the.... more
(12 September 2003 10:51)

Carillion's pre-tax profit hit by tram cost overruns
Cost overruns on Carillion's Nottingham Express Transit project have seen the group's interim pre-tax profit slashed by £10m. more
(11 September 2003 17:57)

Hire One and Ammann
South Wales-based Hire One has bought 32 Yanmar mini excavators from Ammann Equipment, worth more than £300,000. The order includes BO8, B15 and B25.... more
(11 September 2003 17:38)

JCB orders Perkins
JCB has signed a five-year agreement with Perkins for the supply of 400C Series Stage 2, 2.2-litre and below compact engines and 4-litre engines..... more
(11 September 2003 17:37)

NFB calls for probe into illegal workers racket
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has called on the Home Office to investigate the use of illegal workers on construction sites. more
(11 September 2003 17:34)

CRH stays stable in UK market
CRH, the Irish-based materials group, made an operating profit of £21m in the UK in the first half of 2003, exactly the same as in the comparable.... more
(11 September 2003 17:34)

Costain on track for £920m turnover
Costain has dragged itself out of the danger zone and is roaring forwards at full speed towards its five-year target of a turnover of £920m. more
(11 September 2003 17:33)

Bell B50D ADT prepares for mid-2004 launch
Production models of Bell Equipment's 50t ADT will be available in May or June next year. The company already has a verbal agreement for an order of.... more
(11 September 2003 17:32)

Docwra turnover up 14%
The newly emerged market for multi-utility provision has given utility contracting specialist Clancy Docwra a useful boost to its turnover, up 14% in.... more
(11 September 2003 17:31)

Pettifer merges contracting
The Pettifer Group has merged its two contracting businesses, Pettifer Construction and PCM Projects. more
(11 September 2003 17:30)

Takeuchi's TB23R shows at Saltex
The first zero tailswing excavator has been added to Takeuchi's range in the form of the TB23R prototype on display at Saltex. more
(11 September 2003 17:29)

Lavendon looks to power access to boost profit
Lavendon Group, Nationwide Access' parent company, has posted a pre-tax loss (on ordinary activities) of £752,000 for the first six months, compared.... more
(11 September 2003 17:28)

HSS offers one-stop international service
HSS is expanding its overseas offering with the launch of One Call International. The service is primarily aimed at UK contractors working abroad and.... more
(11 September 2003 17:28)

Training levy under fire
A customer satisfaction survey carried out by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has shown "categorically" that very few.... more
(11 September 2003 17:27)

Offsite market set to grow 10% each year
The market for offsite construction has grown from £800m to £879m in the past 12 months, according to new research from the Building Services.... more
(11 September 2003 17:26)

Cowboys are 'on the run' in Scotland
Scotland is now well on the way towards driving cowboy contractors out of town, according to Scottish Building chief executive Sid Patten. more
(11 September 2003 17:25)

John Jones wins Irish work
John Jones, part of the Vinci group, has taken a £7.5m earthworks contract in the Republic of Ireland. more
(11 September 2003 17:24)

Contractors condemned for offsite ignorance
The UK's leading manufacturer of modular buildings has hit out at main contractors' lack of understanding about the capabilities of offsite.... more
(11 September 2003 17:23)

Thyssen (Great Britain) sold to Meade Corporation
The German mining and tunnelling group Thyssen Schachtbau has sold its £60m-a-year turnover UK construction business to the Meade Corporation. There.... more
(11 September 2003 17:22)

Structural changes boost Mowlem's margin to 1.6%
The benefits of Mowlem's structural changes "are already apparent" said chief executive Sir John Gains as he announced the group's latest interim.... more
(11 September 2003 17:20)

Five battle for Highways Agency maintenance job
The Highways Agency (HA) is understood to be putting five firms under the microscope for a money-spinning maintenance deal in Yorkshire. more
(11 September 2003 17:15)

Mtech launches offsite training
Offsite construction consultancy Mtech Group has launched what it claims is the industry's first training programme dedicated to offsite building.... more
(11 September 2003 17:13)

BRE to revise ventilation regs
A team from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is working on plans to revise Part F of the Building Regulations, which covers ventilation. more
(11 September 2003 17:13)

Register for the 100% Detail exhibition
100% Detail, the exhibition for building materials, products and solutions, is drawing closer. more
(11 September 2003 17:11)

Landscape products sales buoy Marshalls' turnover
Marshalls has enjoyed a welcome boost in the sale of landscape products. Chairman Christopher Burnett said: "There has been an increase in repair and.... more
(11 September 2003 17:11)

Lurgi to start incinerator job
German firm Lurgi is gearing up to start work on a giant £100m waste incinerator project in Kent. more
(11 September 2003 17:10)

Concrete Centre makes debut
A new organisation, The Concrete Centre, has been launched to provide a focal point for the £5bn concrete industry. more
(11 September 2003 17:09)

English Partnerships promotes £50m village development
Plans for a new community project in Telford, Shropshire, will be unveiled to potential developers today. more
(11 September 2003 17:08)

Amec consortium pulls out of £150m Chelsea Barracks
The Amec/Berkeley Homes consortium has withdrawn from the bidding for the heavily delayed £150m Ministry of Defence Chelsea Barracks PPP, leaving the.... more
(11 September 2003 17:07)

ABI links safety with employers' liability
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched an initiative that aims to recognise good health and safety practice by construction firms in.... more
(11 September 2003 17:05)

Rail contractors in panic over NMP
Rail contractors have voiced their concerns over a lack of information from Network Rail on its New Maintenance Programme (NMP). more
(11 September 2003 17:05)

HBF warns planning changes likely to fail
Changes to the planning system announced by the government last week are likely to fail in their objectives, the House Builders Federation (HBF) has.... more
(11 September 2003 17:04)

RMC posts flat performance as it restructures UK regions
RMC, the world's biggest producer of ready-mixed concrete, is to restructure its UK business: five regions will replace the current 21 operating.... more
(11 September 2003 17:03)

David McLean Deeside wins £15.5m contract
David McLean's Deeside office has won a £15.5m contract from Domain Melbourne Street to design and build 700 units of key worker accommodation in.... more
(11 September 2003 17:02)

Mowlem's Bath Spa £4m over budget
Mowlem's £22m Bath Spa project for Bath & North East Somerset Council is still no nearer to completion and is £4m-and-rising over budget. more
(11 September 2003 17:02)

Oystertec woos plumbers with joining system
Oystertec, the plumbing group that claims a revolutionary low-skill method of joining pipes, has sent starter kits to 20,000 plumbers together with.... more
(11 September 2003 17:01)

Amey and Bear get better in Scotland
Scotland's trunk road maintenance contractors Amey Highways and Bear Scotland are improving but could do better, according to the Performance Audit.... more
(11 September 2003 17:00)

Adonis to build £10m car showrooms
Adonis Construction has won contracts worth £10m to build car dealerships in Cardiff (VW), Nottingham (Reg Vardy), Tamworth (Aucott), Abingdon.... more
(11 September 2003 16:58)

Innumerate, illiterate and costing you £1bn
A large part of the £1bn lost every year as a result of mistakes in the construction industry is down to workers' poor literacy and numeracy skills. more
(11 September 2003 16:57)

Manslaughter charge for Poole construction boss
A construction boss from Poole, Dorset appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday this week charged with the manslaughter of one of his staff. more
(11 September 2003 16:56)

Presenting Paul O'Grady at CJ Awards 2003
Paul O'Grady has promised to leave behind Lily Savage - his acid-tongued, peroxide "blonde bombsite" from Berkenhead alter ego - when he presents the.... more
(11 September 2003 16:54)

A303 inquiry date set
A public inquiry into the £192m dualling of the A303 at Stonehenge will start on 17 February 2004. If the plans are accepted, the Balfour.... more
(11 September 2003 16:53)

NHS review to delay West Midlands PFI hospitals
Privately financed hospital schemes in Birmingham and the Black Country are facing substantial delays following the local strategic health.... more
(11 September 2003 16:53)

Six Scottish waste and water projects get the go-ahead
Six Scottish waste and water treatment contracts worth a total of £30m are to get the go-ahead next month following a "hothouse" process, which has.... more
(11 September 2003 16:52)

Nuclear bunker scuppers £120m development
Plans for a £120m pound housing development in Cambridge may have to be redrawn after a nuclear bunker at the site was given Grade II listed status. more
(11 September 2003 15:45)

New orders fell 4.1% in July
The construction industry wilted at the start of the summer: new orders in July dropped 4.1% year-on-year from £3.2bn to £3.1bn. more
(11 September 2003 11:26)