Articles by Date : January 10 2005 - January 16 2005

Bulloch and Lovell team up to deliver £63m home improvements
Cheltenham Borough Homes (CBH) has chosen its two strategic partners to deliver home improvements worth £63m. more
(14 January 2005 16:07)

Promax launches the Greentel at SED 2005
Promax Access, the UK’s premier supplier of powered access solutions, will once again be launching innovative new products at SED 2005. more
(14 January 2005 15:59)

Ammann gains control of Stavostroj
The Swiss-based Ammann Group has purchased a controlling interest (92%) of Czech roller manufacturer Stavostroj. more
(14 January 2005 11:53)

Mears results will reach top end of expectations
Mears' financial results for 2004 will be at "the top end of market expectations", according to a trading statement issued to the Stock Exchange this.... more
(14 January 2005 08:24)

Mansell secures £20m of education contracts
Mansell has been awarded four education contracts totalling in excess of £20m. more
(13 January 2005 17:15)

Scottish tribunal confirms holiday pay can be backdated
A Scottish employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that holiday pay entitlement can be backdated beyond the current year of any claim. more
(13 January 2005 17:11)

Carillion shares give top contractor return
Carillion carried off top honours as the contractor with the fastest-rising share price last year. more
(13 January 2005 17:11)

Galliford hits targets
Galliford Try's trading update points to record half-year profit in line with market expectations. more
(13 January 2005 17:10)

Leadbitter set to return to profit after latest loss
Leadbitter claimed it will show a profit in 2004 after diving into the red in 2003. The group's latest published results for 2003 show a turnover of.... more
(13 January 2005 17:10)

Dawnus springs in to rescue Butterley jobs
Unsecured creditors of Butterley Construction, which crashed into administration eight weeks ago, are owed more than £1m - with the possibility that.... more
(13 January 2005 17:09)

Carillion and Medicinq rejig ProCure 21 teams
Management changes at Carillion's and Medicinq's ProCure 21 divisions are fuelling speculation that both teams may pull out of the NHS Estates.... more
(13 January 2005 17:08)

Cement firms' energy boost
Cement firms have won approval to burn alternatives to coal and petroleum coke at Welsh sites. more
(13 January 2005 17:07)

Certex UK sold to management in £5.2m deal
Specialist lifting gear distributor Certex UK has been sold to its management for £5.2m. The company had been part of Bridon International, a.... more
(13 January 2005 17:01)

Crane hire firms to perform stringent checks
Contractors will be subject to greater scrutiny when hiring cranes. more
(13 January 2005 16:59)

Charity calls for tools for Asia
The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry's charity, is looking for donations of hand tools and used but serviceable plant to aid the clear up.... more
(13 January 2005 16:59)

CJ Pearce in clear after management buy-out
CJ Pearce, which was also part of the Meade Corporation, is not affected by the dramatic changes at Butterley. It was restored to independent life in.... more
(13 January 2005 16:58)

Brandon puts money into Loadtite depots
Brandon is to increase the number of its lifting specialist Loadtite depots from six to 11 to increase availability and cut response times. more
(13 January 2005 16:57)

DAF extends market lead
2004 was the fifth consecutive year in which DAF Trucks improved both its UK sales volume and market share (over 3.5t). more
(13 January 2005 16:57)

Hewden joins tool and plant
Hewden is to combine its tool and plant hire business into a single entity. The company aims to increase customer convenience (dealing with one.... more
(13 January 2005 16:56)

Diesel boost for Ford plant
Following the end of car production at Dagenham, Ford has announced a further £169m investment in diesel engine manufacturing on the site. more
(13 January 2005 16:55)

JCB offers tsunami help
JCB has donated more than £530,000-worth of machines to help the clean-up operations following the Asian tsunami disaster. more
(13 January 2005 16:55)

Volvo delivers two bespoke units for White Reclamation
Volvo has supplied White Reclamation of Eccles, Manchester, with two bespoke pieces of equipment - a rehandling excavator and a loading shovel. more
(13 January 2005 16:54)

Five vie for £43m Leeds road job
Five firms have hit the road for a £43m highways project in Leeds. more
(13 January 2005 16:53)

Local firms triumph in Stirling schools PPP
David has won the battle against Goliath for a £60m-plus public private partnership schools deal in Scotland. more
(13 January 2005 16:52)

Verry bags £15m capital work
Verry Construction has bagged two deals totalling £15m-plus in its home territory of London. more
(13 January 2005 16:43)

Big guns square up for £130m Walsall PFI job
Italian giant Impregilo features among a trio of contractors vying to gain admission to a reconfigured £130m PFI hospital deal in the West Midlands. more
(13 January 2005 16:42)

Directors face jail for faulty products
Product manufacturers and distributors could face up to two years in prison if they fail to meet proposed government regulations. more
(13 January 2005 16:41)

Five gain share of £3bn Prison Service contract
Interserve, Kier, Mowlem, Shepherd and Wates have secured multi-million pound refurbishment contracts from the Prison Service as part of its £3bn,.... more
(13 January 2005 16:40)

Simons makes £1.9m pre-tax profit in 2004
Simons Construction's turnover of £150m last year delivered a pre-tax profit of £1.9m, almost double the figure of £1.1m in 2003. more
(13 January 2005 16:39)

Smokescreen hides LIFT, warns Unison
Scottish workers have fired the first shot in what could become a war over the introduction of NHS LIFT in Scotland. more
(13 January 2005 16:37)

Subcontract negotiation
In May 2001, Sir Robert McAlpine entered into a contract with Summit Health Care as main contractor for the Dudley Hospitals PFI project. The.... more
(13 January 2005 16:36)

Margins rise to 1.9% at Willmott Dixon
The latest interim financial results from Willmott Dixon show an operating margin of 1.9%, an improvement on the more modest figure of 1.4% in the.... more
(13 January 2005 16:35)

Hanson eyes top spot following £65m spend
Hanson last week made a bid to become the UK's largest brick maker with a £65m purchase, and intends to grow its aggregates business with other.... more
(13 January 2005 16:35)

Patten quits his Scottish Building role
An official statement from Scottish Building has confirmed the departure of Sid Patten as chief executive of the building employer organisation, as.... more
(13 January 2005 16:34)

US delays RMC sale to Cemex
Cemex expects to wait until next month before it signs a deal to buy RMC, despite reports that competition authorities have approved the.... more
(13 January 2005 16:33)

'Mad' investors attempt to block Jarvis Tube sale
A staggering 7,000 Jarvis shareholders voted against the group's proposed sale of its valuable one-third equity stake in TubeLines to Ferrovial at.... more
(13 January 2005 16:33)

Takeuchi links up with CBL
Takeuchi has altered its supply network in southern and eastern England by linking up with CBL. more
(13 January 2005 16:32)

HSE urged to consider surprise safety blitzes
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report has recommended that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) undertakes a trial of announced and unannounced.... more
(13 January 2005 16:32)

MD gets 16 months
Harper Building Contractors' managing director was last week sentenced to 16 months in jail after one of his employees was killed following a fall.... more
(13 January 2005 16:31)

Right wing think-tank:'abolish PUK'
Partnerships UK (PUK) should be abolished "as soon as possible", according to a report by the right wing think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies. more
(13 January 2005 16:31)

Rendel work slammed
High-Point Rendel has been strongly criticised by the Audit Commission following an investigation into the increasing costs of Edmund Nuttall's £40m.... more
(13 January 2005 16:30)

'Fierce' bidding expected for Scots trunk road deals
The bidding for the Scottish Executive's £350m trunk road maintenance contracts will be "fierce" after more than 100 representatives from contractors.... more
(13 January 2005 16:29)

One in six plant firms grew in 2004
More than 60% of the UK’s plant hire companies increased their value during 2004, some as much as 50%, according to the latest sector report from.... more
(13 January 2005 14:17)

Portsmouth City Council - Seabed Scour Protection Works
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Civil Engineering Contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion on the select.... more
(13 January 2005 12:26)

Street lighting improvement schemes - London Borough of Bromley
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion on the select list of contractors invited to.... more
(13 January 2005 12:22)

Supply of mobile ice cream vans - Bolton Metro
Tender for the supply of: MOBILE ICE CREAM VANS - VARIOUS PARKS more
(13 January 2005 12:20)

Carriageway work - Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors who wish to tender for any one or more of the following works. more
(13 January 2005 12:18)

Window renewals - Wandsworth Borough Council
General contractors who have proven experience in undertaking major refurbishment of Council housing estates with residents in occupation, who.... more
(13 January 2005 12:16)

Materials and services supply - Flintshire County Council
Tenders are invited for the supply of the materials and services listed below during the period 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2006, with an option to.... more
(13 January 2005 12:16)

SEC snaps up electrical contracting division from Alfred McAlpine
Southern Electric Contracting (SEC) has bought ownership of BPS - the electrical contracting division of what was previously Eastern Contracting -.... more
(13 January 2005 12:11)