Articles by Date : July 12 1999 - July 18 1999

Architects receive 6 per cent pay rise
Architects enjoyed their highest pay rise in a decade with their average earnings rising by six per cent to £28,500 for the year ending in.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Unpaid work scheme attacked by unions
Government plans to cut the red tape surrounding the Working Time Regulations have been attacked by construction unions. Trade and industry.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

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DOUBLE BUY FOR HANSON Hanson pulled off two deals last week to expand its aggregates businesses in the UK and the USA. It paid an undisclosed.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

B-Trac bought out from Barcom
Wellingborough-based B-Trac Equipment, distributors of Vermeer underground and environmental equipment has completed a management buy-out from.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

TIMMY
Free reuse BOXTEXT: The water situation Tim Askew, chairman, British Water Overseas Forum and member of British Trade International UK.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Mowlem expands Skillbase
Call centre logging 1,000 calls a day as repair business projects £45m income more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Kosovo piece
Free reuse BOXTEXT: The power situation Mike Viney, a member of the British Trade International UK Power Sector Working Group, revealed.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Meek Group bought out
£20 million management buy-in will keep staff, flotation among future plans more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

First/Railtrack take HSE rap
HSE finds unnoticed track defects led to freight train accident more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Shortlist finalised for construction awards
by Kayte Godfrey More than 40 entrants are competing for prizes in 12 categories in this year's Contract Journal Construction Industry.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Alpha's skidsteer revolution
by Keren Sall Alpha Plant has launched a dedicated skidsteer plant hire operation to help increase skidsteer use in the UK. It has.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

letters . . . letters . . . letters . . . letters . . . letters . . . - Template is not flawed
Re: Template 'seriously flawed,' Contract Journal, 30 June, p3 Sir, I was surprised to read Allan Black's negative views of Template.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Back bites
Rules is rules The contractor who revealed last week he has to pay his team to wear hard hats should take a leaf out of Laing's book. During.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Pan-industry recognition of registers is required
Re: 'Electricians pull plug on cowboys,' Contract Journal, 23 June, p7 Sir, I read with interest the article by John d'Arcy.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

A real clean-up in Kosovo takes time
Michael Moorhead, senior associate, Cyril Sweett more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Diesel rip-off - Diesel rip-off
Re: 'Diesel price too high?' Contract Journal, 6 May, p27 Sir, Reading John Kelly's letter prompted me to write and agree that fuel.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

CITB levy must be stopped
Re: 'Level playing field needed,' Contract Journal, 16 June, p30 Sir, I read with interest the letter from the Home.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Rebuilding Kosovo
After the call for help to reconstruct Kosovo, it's a case of ready, steady... wait. Michael Gordon, Tim Wood and Ron Godfrey analyse why. more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Back in the bad old days
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers new court procedures more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

HAdenies claims of slow maintenance work
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(14 July 1999 00:00)

...IT in construction
How important is IT to the future of construction? more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

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Dedicated Manitou finance service available
Exclusive by Ian Brown Manitou Site Lift, has formed its own finance company in partnership with UFB Humberclyde the well-known fund.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

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Other BOXTEXT: Timetable to Kosovo regeneration... Over a period of three months £19.5 million has been set aside by the European.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

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Other BOXTEXT: The cost of dialling direct Beware the Macedonian 'Sting' if you try to shortcut the process and go for direct contact. .... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

The pros and cons of the PFI investment bank
The private sector is not prepared to let sleeping dogs lie where the new PFI investment bank is concerned. After plans to set up a public-private.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Tax office gives a month's grace
Contractors win reprieve after eleventh hour meeting with Inland Revenue more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Treasury delays PFI bank as fears grow
Contractors worry UK Capital will slow PFI deals and make them more costly more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

NEWSBRIEF
AiH opens website debate Architects in Housing (AiH) has opened a website debate on the Greenwich Millennium Village by publishing the full.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

NEWSBRIEF
AMEC AND WOOD IN JOINT VENTURE Amec and the Wood Group have formed a new contract-specific joint venture called Northern Integrated Services.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

BSL and M4I develop benchmarking plan
by Graham Ridout The Movement 4 Innovation has teamed up with software house Building Software Limited (BSL) to develop a special program.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Millennium Village probed
Lipton chosen as arbiter on resignation of chief architect over falling standards more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Brandt a 'superb fit' with Tilbury Douglas
Tilbury Douglas agrees bid of £75m for Brandt after Amey buys Comax more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

HAdenies claims of slow maintenance work
by Kathy Watson The Highways Agency has denied claims from civil engineering contractors that the planned increase in maintenance work.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

'Arts Council unfit' claims charity left with £2m debt
The consortium behind Bristol's ill-fated Harbourside Centre revealed last week that it is to sue the Arts Council after being left with debts of.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

'End of an era for industry' says Bovis chief Sir Frank
Bovis chief Sir Frank Lampl signalled the end of an era for construction at an International Building Press dinner last week. "The days of.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Ucatt awarded second DFEE grant of £50,000
by Michael Gordon Following on from the successful Awareness Raising Project, Ucatt has been awarded a second £50,000 grant from the.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

£120m PFI deal signed by Citylink
The Citylink Consortium led by Norwest Holst Group has formally signed the £120 million PFI contract to regenerate the Bute Avenue area of.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Bowmer & Kirkland £13k pay-out
Exclusive by Michael Gordon Bowmer and Kirkland was ordered to pay over £13,000 last week following an incident in which steel beams.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

NEWSBRIEF
Third tranche of PFI hospital announced Six new PFI hospital projects, worth almost £650 million in total, were given the go-ahead by.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Tarmac demerger settled
Stormy scenes accompanied the extraordinary general meeting of Tarmac shareholders in Birmingham last Thursday which finalised the demerger of the.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Pub move contractor sacked
The construction firm contracted to move two historic pubs damaged in the Manchester bombings to a new site 400 metres away has been sacked by.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

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
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Amec WCML win
Amec Spie Rail Systems wins £130m deal to improve West Coast Main Line more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Bouygues settles dispute
300 workers picket hospital PFI site as Dahl Jensen payment cheques bounce more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

Face of New Deal in court
Ray Porter, the builder who appeared in television adverts promoting the Government's New Deal programme, appeared before Birkenhead Magistrates.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)

J Mowlem wins £24m MoD job
John Mowlem's West Malling office has won a £24 million contract to redevelop Sir John Moore Barracks at Shorncliffe, near Folkestone, Kent,.... more
(14 July 1999 00:00)