Articles by Date : August 10 1998 - August 16 1998
Assessing overheads
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers overhead claims more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
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(12 August 1998 00:00)
Speedy acquisition
Speedy Hire Centres, part of Allen Group, has acquired Hiretech
Hire from Hire Technicians Group for the sum of £196,000.
Hiretech operated.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Marubeni sells 125 machines
Marubeni Komatsu has sold 125 machines worth £9 million to
Glasgow-based APC Group. The haul includes 66 crawler excavators,
13 wheeled.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Linden sees profits soar
Linden, the housebuilder specialising in the development of brown-
field sites, has reported a jump in pre-tax profits to £3.9
million.... more
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Access launches new trailer boom
Access Machines has launched a new trailer boom platform the A15.
The new model has a lift capacity of 215kg yet weighs less than
1,400kg which.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Intria Shares slump
Intria's shares have slumped from 86p to less than 4p in the last
year, leading one Malaysian stockbroker to the view that "Intria
looks unstable"..... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Bechtel called in to bail out JLE
by Carol Millett
Fears that the troubled Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) will miss its
latest deadline have prompted London Underground to.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
CTRL will run on time
Delays to the refinancing of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link's
consortium London and Continental Railways (LCR) will not delay the
start of.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Output up - but rate slows down
The Construction Trends Survey shows the industry is remaining buoyant more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
false advertising complaint upheld
The Advertising Standards Authority have upheld a complaint of
false advertising against an Essex-based.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Lobbying row erupts - Lobbying row erupts
Thousands of pounds of members' money wasted, says industry insider more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
statistics show less new construction
The total volume of new construction orders for the second quarter
of 1998 was 4 per cent lower than the.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
HBG wins Bath hospital £18m refurb, new build
Amec, Kier and Laing fail to win wards refurb and new build of clinical block more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Laing wins Uzbekistan airport joint contract
John Laing Construction, in joint venture with Alarko Alsim of
Turkey and Marabeni Corporation of Japan, has been awarded a
£28.2m contract to.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Oresund flooding delay
Exclusive by Patrick Reynolds
The failure of a temporary works plinth has been blamed for the
sinking last week of a 57,000t section of.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Oil empire plan is unveiled
Robin Mason, who claims to be partner in Lapsville Oil, together
with a sheikh from the United Arab Emirates, this week unveiled a
dramatic.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Racetrack proposed
Plans for a £100m racecourse in east London are being proposed
by the Wiggins property development group.
Wiggins proposes to construct.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Green campaigners target home-builder
Persimmon Homes has been named as the latest target for
environmental pressure from members of the Urgent environmental
pressure group across the.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
birse to begin woking scheme
Birse Construction is to start work this month on a £12m
scheme for Frogmore Estates in Woking, Surrey. The.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Bomb- to building site in Blackfriars venture
Development Securities and St George North London have received
planning consent for their £57m joint venture development at
Blackfriars Lane.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Uncovering the JLE cover-up
Contract Journal has not exactly been London Underground's
publication of choice lately. Our crime - holding out against
spin-doctoring and telling.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Council issues Crystal Palace injunctions
Sixteen people, including a 74-year-old grandmother and "persons
unknown", have been summoned to appear before London's High Court,
charged with.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Contractors face increasing risks
Accounting rule changes threaten to force greater liability on private sector more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
MPs demand flood zone development restriction
MPs are calling for restrictions on property development in flood
zones and at eroding coasts, in a report recommending more local
decision-making..... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Hanson's clean-up deal - Hanson's clean-up deal
Inherited US environmental liabilities get multi million pound insurance cover more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Court action threat at bonus clawback
Unions are urging members to claim breach of contract against contractors more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Insurance scheme gets backing
Leaders of both construction employers and operatives have united
to support the introduction of an industry-wide redundancy
insurance scheme.
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(12 August 1998 00:00)
EU scaffold rules halted
Commission wants to incorporate rules into Use of Works Equipment Directive more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Polar takeover imminent
Skanska's takeover of Polar leaves it with enough cash to keep ailing Costain afloat more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Unions express concern over abuse of New Deal
The Government's New Deal is to be closely monitored by
construction trade unions amid mounting concern over the
exploitation and substitution of.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Road contracts re-routed
Highways Agency officials set to issue new rules for long-term maintenance more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Access first for specialist Rexquote
Specialist road/rail manufacturer Rexquote has added a fully
hydrostatic drive access platform - based on a Thwaites TD18
articulated dump truck -.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
dean and dyball APPOINTS PARRETT
Stephen Parrett has joined Dean & Dyball as commercial
director. He moves across from Geoffrey Osborne.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Debt of £40m causes provisional liquidation of industry's insurer
Builders Accident Insurance has gone into provisional liquidation
following the mounting of debt to £40m in the second quarter
of 1998.
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(12 August 1998 00:00)
Hewden changes ID but logo'll no'go
Hewden Stuart's new image emphasises its leading position in the marketplace more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Building bridges . . . and teams
There are some pretty strange things taking place on a private estate in West Sussex. And all in the name of team building and harmony. Graham.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Further expansion during 1998 means M&E market ... - Set to hit £12.6 billion
John Leitch looks at the state of the booming UK M&E market and specialists' views on the major contractors. more
(12 August 1998 00:00)
Work winners this week
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
(12 August 1998 00:00)
OUTLOOK - Not such an easy reshuffle
Reshuffle: Two weeks after Mr Blair's cabinet reshuffle I'm still
left bemused. Harriet Harman (ministerial salary £61,650 plus
MP's salary of.... more
(12 August 1998 00:00)