Articles by Date : January 09 1995 - January 15 1995

Kerb solution for highways
Rapid-setting Kerbfix, suitable for the permanent bedding of kerbs on asphalt or concrete, provides a bond resistant to the compressive and impact.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

New Halfen Parapet Kit
The new Halfen Rotafix Parapet Anchorage Kit (M20) provides a DoT approved system for both the remedial replacement of parapet fixings and parapet.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Root cutter from British Flowplant
British Flowplant Group claims its new root cutter, the Rootmaster Minor, achieves the same results as any standard HP jetting unit operating at.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Scotland - HALL & TAWSE
The construction industry in Scotland has seen much change through the recession. But in many instances this is the result of emergency surgery.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

New year PREDICTIONS
Recovery? Consolidation? A new downturn? Just what does the New Year hold? Contract Journal surveyed key people from the regional offices of.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Raising the flat roof
Sir; I read with interest the article 'A Flat Dilemma', 15 December 1994. The author of this article seems to devote much of this opportunity, when.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

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Balfour Beatty is the largest building and civil contractor operating in Scotland with sales in excess of œ150 million. Current major.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

IN BRIEF
Wimpey denies green delay Wimpey has denied claims that environmentalists have delayed a œ53 million contract on the M77 around Glasgow.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Costain installs girders on railway bridge
Costain has installed six 46m long girders over the South Wales to London railway line as part of its œ23 million contract for the new M4.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

March start for CONDAM regulations
Long awaited radical health and safety regulations will come into force on 31 March this year, 15 months later than expected. The Construction.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Transport short of œ1.8bn funding
Local authorities in the UK are being faced with a shortfall of more than œ1.8 billion for the funding of transport infrastructure projects..... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Travers Morgan sale attracts huge response
The race is on to buy consulting engineer Travers Morgan, which went into administration last month (CJ, 22 December 1994). More than 70 companies.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

BUILDING AN IMAGE
If you're still in the New Year's Resolution market, why not add a further resolve to the list: to speak up boldly for the construction industry at.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

DoT to write off LA debts
The Department of Transport is to write off œ21.8 million of bad debt incurred by local authorities, says a report from the National Audit.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Amec completes Liverpool hospital job
Amec Building has just completed a 263 bed obstetrics and gynaecology hospital for the Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust. The two year œ22m.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Wiltshier wins office contract
Wiltshier Construction has won the contract to design and build the œ3.2 million first phase of new development being built by cable TV and.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

FCEC fights for bid costs
Letters fly as contractors fight road spend cuts more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Road cuts end Nuttall's bid
Nuttall has lost out at the eleventh hour in its bid to win the œ35 million North Bridge Relief Road in Doncaster. The contractor was.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Private finance for HA scheme
Wimpey Homes and Wherry Housing Association have put together the first social housing scheme for 50 years to be entirely funded by institutional.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Taywood still boosts Christmas pay
A Christmas bonus for employees of construction firms is almost a thing of the past. Of the major contractors contacted by CJ, only Taylor Woodrow.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

New Trent End stand sees win
Nottingham Forest had a double celebration last weekend with the opening of the upper tier of the new œ4 million Trent End stand coupled with.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Tarmac tunnel build in colony
A joint venture of Tarmac and Japanese contractor Kumagai Gumi has blasted out thousands of tonnes of rock in Hong Kong to form an assembly line.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Sharp fall in bankruptcy figures
The number of businesses going bust in England and Wales fell by 16% during 1994, the largest drop ever recorded by the business information.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Specialists go to OFT for McAlpine boycott
The Confederation of Construction Specialists has called for firms to boycott work with contractor Alfred McAlpine as a dispute over payment.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Brittania gas field gets green light
The œ1.5 billion development of the Britannia gas field has been given the go-ahead by the Government. The field is being development jointly.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Business village plan resurrected
Property development company, Dysart Developments has joined forces with Millhouse Developments to resurrect long-standing plans for.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Texas prison build for US Mowlem
John Mowlem's US business, Charter Builders, has picked up a œ16 million contract to build a women's prison in Gatesville, Texas. The contract.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

North Kensington D&B for Willmott
Willmott Dixon Housing Eastern has been awarded a contract to d&b 117 houses and 137 flats on the site of the former Rootes car factory in.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Our Ray of sunshine
The winner of our 'Recognise the Faces' competition which ran in the Christmas issue is Gordon Ray, commercial director of Higgs and Hill Northern..... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Sign of the times
There is a battle royal going on in Wales between local protestors in Gwent and the Trafalgar House team. A reader from Cwmbran informs Back Bites.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Gay leaves TH for top job at Drake & Scull
Andrew Gay has been appointed chairman and chief executive of Drake & Scull. Gay's move follows a 20-month spell at Trafalgar House as md.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Tarmac forms panel for green guidance
Tarmac has set up a team of independent specialists to advise it on environmental issues. The Tarmac Environmental Advisory Panel will give.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

DOM-1 bashing
The 'Niagaras' may have stopped gushing on the QE2, but British contractors working on the disastrous refit are still under fire. Dominic Lawson,.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Industry optimism for factory sector
The construction industry's view of 1995 is that it will be, at best, a period of low growth and, at worst, another poor year. Forecasters.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Kent CC invites road tenders
Kent County Council is inviting tenders for a œ22 million road scheme near the villages of Whitfield and Tilmanstone, in the vicinity of the.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Computer campus build for Shepherd
Shepherd Construction has won a œ10 million contract to build a School of Computing and Information Systems and an extension to the existing.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Costain in City of London build
Costain is to build an œ11.1 million development of offices, banking and retail units at 90 Queen Street, in the City of London, for Wates.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

MBO follows Dickie Group retirement
The Glasgow-based Dickie Group has been acquired in a œ9.2 million management buy-out following the decision of Matt and Alex Dickie, the.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Concerning benchmarks
Sir; Members of the Service and Maintenance Group at the Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association are becoming increasingly concerned over.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

HOT LINE
Northumbria University is set to spend œ40m on a massive expansion scheme. It has earmarked a 10ha site at its Coach Lane campus in Little.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Crushing defeat for Ucatt council
Members of Ucatt have voted overwhelmingly in favour of sacking the union's full-time executive council and replacing it with a lay body. In a.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Ruddy jv takes on St John's
Ruddy Construction has teamed up with three HAs in a œ15 million joint venture to transform the former St John's Hospital in Wandsworth, south.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Paper mill extension for Tarmac
Tarmac is to build a œ10 million extension to a paper mill in Lydney, Gloucestershire. The year-long job is for JR Crompton, which is.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

œ100m Royals go-ahead
A consortium known as the London International Exhibition Centre has been chosen by the London Docklands Development Corporation to design, build.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Ucatt court in the act
There was a certain air of inevitability about the events surrounding the December sacking of Ucatt official Dominic Hehir. The dissident London.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Christmas job losses at civil federation
A pall of gloom was apparent in the offices of the main building and civil engineering employer associations over the Christmas season following.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Appeal to change the law of contract and tort
Why the courts should take a less restrictive approach to contract versus tort more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Civils museum seeks backing
A group of leading contractors and plant manufacturers are offering their support for the establishment of a British Civil Engineering Museum. .... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

HOPKINS TOPS HONOUR'S LIST
CJ reports on industry individuals honoured in the New Year's list more
(12 January 1995 00:00)

Law Lords give go ahead for Wiltshier appeal
The House of Lords has agreed to mount a full legal probe into whether Darlington Borough Council should be allowed to go ahead with a massive.... more
(12 January 1995 00:00)