Articles by Date : January 12 2004 - January 18 2004

Jarvis wins North West DTC contracts
Jarvis, as a part of the Interhealth Care Services UK consortium, has won the contract to run two specialist orthopaedic centres in the North West. more
(16 January 2004 16:08)

Spierings Kranen to exhibit two new cranes at SED 2004
Spierings Kranen has revealed this week that it will be showing two new cranes at SED 2004. more
(16 January 2004 15:47)

Consultancy service launched to offer contract advice
Contractors and sub-contractors are set to benefit from a unique consultancy service which provides year-round support and advice in dealing with.... more
(16 January 2004 12:23)

Work on second terminal at Glasgow Airport on schedule
Airport operator BAA Scotland has revealed further details of the second terminal currently being built at Glasgow Airport. more
(16 January 2004 10:42)

Quality Mark launches in the North East
The venues for the North East launch of Quality Mark have been announced. more
(16 January 2004 09:13)

Construction fatalities total 54 after Wembley death
Construction workers' union UCATT has calculated that, following the death of a man this morning (Thursday) at the £757m Wembley stadium project, 54.... more
(15 January 2004 16:39)

Construction Better Health pilot moves step closer
Plans for the construction industry occupational health support pilot scheme 'Constructing Better Health' has moved a step nearer following the.... more
(15 January 2004 16:09)

Ashtead sells Irish business for £12.1m
Ashtead has sold its Irish business to McCormick Macnaughton for £12.1m. more
(15 January 2004 15:51)

Lovell team up with housing association to regenerate Manchester
Affordable housing developer Lovell and Irwell Valley Housing Association have launched a new £5.5m housing regeneration scheme in Manchester. more
(15 January 2004 15:08)

Contractors moving towards hand held formwork
Contractors are moving away from heavy crane-handled formwork products to much lighter and more versatile formwork systems that can be installed on.... more
(15 January 2004 12:57)

Man killed at Wembley project
One man has been killed instantly and another worker seriously injured following an accident at the £757m Wembley Stadium project today (Thursday). more
(15 January 2004 12:37)

New orders improved in November
New construction orders improved year-on-year in November by 12%, rising from £2.5bn to £2.8bn. This is the first month since July to post an.... more
(15 January 2004 10:01)

NAO clears Inventures PPP award
The National Audit Office (NAO) has cleared NHS Estates of any bias in the awarding of the £400m property Inventures PPP to Miller Ventures in.... more
(15 January 2004 09:44)

Welsh steel to be used in Antarctic
A South Wales company's contract to supply steel for a shaft 20m below the snows of the Antarctic is the latest in a relationship with the British.... more
(14 January 2004 15:30)

£1bn worth of housing refurbishment work for Sheffield
Sheffield City Council is to appoint four general contractors to carry out £1bn worth of housing improvement and refurbishment work over a seven-year.... more
(14 January 2004 15:23)

Gleeson predicts high demand in 2004
Gleeson has admitted today (Wednesday) that it expects the group's construction divisions and subsidiaries to continue to benefit from high levels of.... more
(14 January 2004 14:59)

Contractors unhappy with ProCure 21 work
ProCure 21 framework contractors are unhappy at the amount and size of the work coming out of the recently launched national programme, CJ learnt.... more
(14 January 2004 12:56)

EMAC deals only for CAT-registered firms
The Highways Agency (HA) has moved quickly to settle contractor fears after rumours that it was considering allowing contractors to bid for.... more
(14 January 2004 11:41)

Balfour's orderbook grows to £6bn
Balfour Beatty's trading update, issued this morning, said prospects are encouraging with the forward orderbook standing at more than £6bn, up from.... more
(14 January 2004 09:42)

Wolseley boosted by UK and US markets
Wolseley, the world's largest trade distributor of plumbing, heating and building materials products, has performed well in key UK and US markets in.... more
(14 January 2004 09:14)

Network Rail cuts it fine on renewals
Network Rail (NR) has urged contractors not to panic over an apparent delay in awarding its renewals contracts, with some form of announcement.... more
(14 January 2004 08:28)

Decade of growth shudders to a halt
Construction output will go into decline next year for the first time in 12 years, according to the Construction Products Association's (CPA) latest.... more
(14 January 2004 08:21)

JCB wins partial appeal against EC fine
JCB has scored a partial success in its appeal against the £25m fine imposed by the European Commission (EC) in 2000 for anti-competitive behavior -.... more
(13 January 2004 15:57)

Scottish contractors are confident
Scottish contractors enjoyed a stronf fourth quarter of 2003, with nine out of ten Scottish Building members reporting that their workload remained.... more
(13 January 2004 15:23)

Ag Industries completes bolt-ons
Aggregate Industries has today (Tuesday) announced the completion of two further bolt-on acquisitions in the UK. more
(13 January 2004 11:18)

RAC proposes £20bn road plan to cut congestion
More than 1,600 km of motorways and A roads must be widened and dozens of bottlenecks removed over the next decade or Britain will be engulfed by.... more
(13 January 2004 09:51)

Turnover and profit slips at Montpellier
Montpellier's construction division had a tough time in the year to 30 September 2003 as both turnover and pre-tax profit fell back. more
(13 January 2004 09:28)

WYG buys Irish consultant for £4.3m
White Young Green (WYG) has bought Denis Rooney Associates (DRA), a project management, cost management, building surveying and planning supervisor.... more
(13 January 2004 08:54)

£173m investment unveiled for Wirral council homes
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council will invest £173m in upgrading its housing stock if tenants vote to transfer 14,500 council houses to a.... more
(12 January 2004 14:38)

Solihull plans £115m housing upgrade
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is planning to spend between £65m and £115m over the next five years on upgrading its housing stock to meet the.... more
(12 January 2004 14:22)

SIG expects a record turnover
SIG, a supplier of insulation, roofing and commercial interiors products, announced this morning that turnover in 2003 hit a record £1.3bn, an.... more
(12 January 2004 09:47)

Construction growth set to slow until 2006
Growth in construction is set to slow rapidly as the public sector funding boom runs out of steam over the next two years, according to latest.... more
(12 January 2004 09:14)

Jarvis attacked by teachers' union
A Derby teachers' union is campaigning to prevent its city's schools PFI contract being awarded to the group, according to today's Financial Times. more
(12 January 2004 09:12)