Articles by Date : October 09 1995 - October 15 1995
Combat Plant Theft with CJ/PMJ
In a joint effort to combat the growing problem of plant theft, CJ
and sister publication PMJ, invite victims and those feeling
threatened to.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
New Cat line-up gets 25% more power
Caterpillar has unveiled another eight models in its series of
motor graders - the first of which, the 160H, was launched at the
last Bauma.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Hewden Stuart profits up 22%
Despite witnessing some weakness in the market, Hewden Stuart
continues to prosper. Its latest interim pre-tax profits are 22% up
at œ20.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Volvo in the dock
To move 1 million tonnes of animal feedstock on Liverpool Docks demands high reliability and productivity. Lawrie Tootell checked out the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Power drives the new Tools Show
The Tools Show, to be held on 25-26 October at the Exhibition
Centre, Novotel Hammersmith, will aim to give buyers and specifiers
an opportunity to.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Disposals boost Galliford results
Galliford's results reveal a profit before tax of œ1.2
million, a substantial turn-around from the loss of œ6 million
in 1994.
.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Samsung ready for UK business
Later this month Korean excavator manufacturer, Samsung Heavy
Industries, opens its UK plant in Flaxby near Knaresborough.
Production of the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Coming along for the ride
When Tarmac announced it was selling its housing division back in August, it created expectations of an exodus by other contractors. If the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Hyrex swallows PSE Machinery
Bristol-based Hyrex Equipment (UK) has acquired PSE Machinery, sole
UK distributor of Ardennes Equipment.
Hydrex, whose core business involves.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
EMS joins up to sell Libra minis
Hants-based Extra Mech Southern (EMS) is the newly appointed UK
dealer for mini excavator manufacturer Libra Macchine SA of the
Republic of San.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Builders' merchants suffer 9% sales drop
Builders' merchants saw year on year sales fall by an average 9.3%
across the country in the three months to August.
A new survey found the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
british/indonesian pact
The British and Indonesian construction industries have signed a
pact on future cooperation aimed at winning more work.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
HOT LINE
Workplace Technologies has a œ7m contract to provide an
integrated communications network for the MoD's new procurement
headquarters at Abbey.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
Perkins favours Madras
The Perkins Group is to build its 1,000 Series engine in India.
Within two years, up to 10,000 Perkins four-cylinder.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
TAX TIPS
COMPENSATION FOR
LOSS OF OFFICE
Where a director or employee resigns, or is asked to leave, there
is often a case for paying compensation..... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Cromwell St. bodies uncovered
While Rosemary West stands in the dock faced with 10 charges of
murder, you may be interested to know that a system called Pipe
Hawk assisted the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
STONE MERGER
Bardon Group has merged its two natural stone operations.
Aberdeen-based Fyfe Granite and Bardon Natural Stone have been
brought.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Agent hoist disposal due to network plans
Agent Plant Group, part of Trafalgar House Construction, has agreed
a deal to sell its goods and passenger hoists to GB Access, in
order to.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Ballast in talks to buy Wiltshier
Ballast Nedham is in discussions to take over Wiltshier. A Ballast
spokesman said on Tuesday: 'Integrating ... would create a
financially strong.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
CITB slashes training targets
Official construction trainee recruitment programmes are being
slashed by up to a third over the next two years as the double dip
recession bites.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Messages from the other side
it was Courtesy Day on the motorways last week. The variable
message monitors were lit up with encouraging signs asking people
to be nice to each.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Second Jubilee TBM breaks through
The second TBM drive on the Canada Water to Canary Wharf contract
of the œ1.9 billion Jubilee Line Extension Project broke
through yesterday. .... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Bungling councils push up land prices in south east
Housebuilders face a land supply crisis that is 'gathering like a
storm over the whole of the south east of England'. The reason is
restrictive.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
No upturn before 1997
Construction's renewed recession is set to last another two years,
with no recovery in workload expected before 1997. Forecasters for
the Building.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
New orders slip downwards
The downward trend for workloads continued in August as the total
volume of orders for new construction slipped back.
Latest figures from the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
HSE unclear over role of supervisor
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, introduced in
March this year, are causing problems because guidance from the
Health and Safety.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
End of year start for Surrey Quays
Work on new retail and leisure developments in the Surrey Quays
area of London Docklands should be underway by the end of this
year.
The.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Laing Midlands in œ16m boost
Laing Midlands has picked up œ16 million worth of work
recently, including a new headquarters for Central Broadcasting in
Birmingham, new.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Osbourne chases London refurb
Growing demand for refurbishment services in the London area has
prompted Surrey-based contractor Geoffrey Osborne to open a new
office near London.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Scots IMU restores BR Argyle line
A œ3 million contract by Scotland Infrastructure Maintenance
Unit was completed this week, resulting in the restoration of BR's
Argyle line,.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Hochtief slides 400m viaduct into place
Hochtief's task last weekend was the largest operation ever: the
challenge being to slide a nine-span viaduct into its final
position. The.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Gazeley team gets Equitable
Gazeley Properties has secured a funding agreement with The
Equitable Life Assurance Society for its 9.2ha speculative
distribution scheme at Hemel.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Professionals get training agency
A new training agency for professionals being launched next year
will provide - for the first time - a central advisory and
accreditation body for.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Stag Place payment row
Operatives on a high-profile London office development were in
uproar this week after their pay cheques were stopped following a
contractual row.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Watertight guidance
A new booklet has been produced by Sika to provide guidance on the
best method of achieving totally integrated watertight structures.
The.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Glasgow talks of M74
Glasgow District Council's planning sub-committee is to decide this
week whether to approve Strathclyde Regional Council's proposals
for the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
April '96 opening for new Brighton bypass
Brighton and Hove's new bypass completed by Taylor Woodrow in July
will not now open until April next year.
Signs promising a spring opening.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Sampson fills in the Steel gaps
Customised Sampson windows have been used in the refurbishment of
the Grade II listed Steel City House in the heart of
Sheffield.
The imposing.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Latham goes to Tony's party
The appearance of a long-serving and highly-respected Conservative
Member of Parliament at last week's Labour Party conference in
Brighton might.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
BT appoints TBV as CDM advisor
A Tarmac Professional Services team, led by TBV Surveying, has won
three term commissions, each running for two years, to undertake
the role of.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Three-crane lift drops 176t roof into airport
A 176t roof structure collapsed recently during a three-crane lift
at Manchester Airport by steelwork contractor Royden
Engineering.
On 30.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Self-employed slammed as 'legal fiction' by study
Most construction self-employment is 'a legal and taxation
fiction'. The country losses œ2-œ4 billion a year in
uncollected tax revenue.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Hull/B'ham NHS Trust in PFI bonanza
The Royal Hull Hospitals NHS Trust and Birmingham Children's
Hospital are putting forward PFI projects worth around œ40
million and œ20.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Labour vows to stamp out bogus self-employment
The Labour Party is poised to introduce wide-ranging legislation
covering the workings of the construction industry. As well as
implementing.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Green demo launched with a bang
Rock Busters Services is marketing a new 'green' demolition agent
for breaking up rock and concrete without the use of
explosives.
Crackit has.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Find the meaning of life on site
Just to prove that the stream of construction definitions hasn't
dried up, Bob Edwards of Chris Smith Building Contractors,
Northampton, faxed us.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Healthy PFI win for Taywood-led group
Taylor Woodrow has bagged a private finance healthcare scheme in
South Buckinghamshire, while Amec is confirmed as the only
contender for a.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Lloyds to sue over leaky ducts
Bovis, Ove Arup and architect Richard Rogers face legal action over
severe corrosion on the external service ducts of the landmark
Lloyds Building.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Wates starts on Index centre
Wates Construction has started work on a œ14 million national
distribution centre for high street retailer Index - the Catalogue
Shop, in the.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)
Research into joint sealants
A research programme has been established at Oxford Brookes
University which could save the building industry millions of
pounds.
In.... more
(12 October 1995 00:00)