Articles by Date : May 13 2002 - May 19 2002

Manchester City Council plans £44m housing upgrade
Manchester City Council is planning to transfer 2,976 dwellings in East Manchester to a registered social landlord, provided tenants agree to the.... more
(17 May 2002 16:19)

HSE to compile special report on Potters Bar rail tragedy
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has today (Friday) asked the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate last week's train derailment at.... more
(17 May 2002 15:40)

ICE and IHIE merger moves a step closer
A merger between the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE) could be in place as early as.... more
(17 May 2002 15:18)

North Fulham estate to under regeneration
The 1960s Maystar housing estate in North Fulham, London W14 is to undergo a major regeneration programme involving demolition, new build,.... more
(17 May 2002 15:02)

Welsh projects face tougher scrutiny
Poor building designs and construction methods are set to come under closer scrutiny across Wales following the launch of the Welsh Assembly's design.... more
(17 May 2002 13:35)

New £35m PFI school project for east London
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is launching a £35m project to build a new school at Barking Reach and upgrade an existing school under.... more
(17 May 2002 12:28)

National Galleries of Scotland to get £21m upgrade
The Royal Scottish Academy is to be refurbished and the National Galleries of Scotland is to gain a new link building and undergo external remedial.... more
(17 May 2002 12:05)

Who cares about the designer?
The Great British public wants well designed buildings, but doesn't care who designs them. That's the conclusion drawn from a poll conducted by MORI.... more
(17 May 2002 10:34)

Jarvis shares improve after slump
Jarvis' share price was 10% higher at the close of trading yesterday (Thursday). It had started the day at 347.5p, perilously close to its 52-week.... more
(17 May 2002 10:16)

Westbury pays £141m for Prowting
Housebuilder Westbury has agreed today (Friday) to buy rival Prowting for £141m. more
(17 May 2002 10:04)

Law Lords asbestos decision is 'an historic ruling'
George Brumwell, general secretary of UCATT, has hailed as "an historic victory" today's House of Lords ruling that the widow of a member of his.... more
(16 May 2002 16:21)

City Hall is 'on time and on budget'
City Hall, the Greater London Authority's new home on the South Bank of the Thames near Tower Bridge, is on track, on time and to budget, for.... more
(16 May 2002 13:24)

Jarvis share price free fall stops
Jarvis' share price rallied this morning after its share value went into freefall earlier this week. The City put Jarvis under the kosh after the.... more
(16 May 2002 12:25)

Railtrack looking abroad for skilled engineers
Railtrack has been forced to employ workers from Romania and the Philippines due to a shortage of trained staff in Scotland. more
(16 May 2002 10:27)

Corporate killing law will impose duty of care on one director
The Potters Bar train crash is the "last nail in the coffin" of current health and safety legislation, and a new corporate killing law will be in the.... more
(15 May 2002 15:19)

Local Government Task Force chair named
Construction minister Brian Wilson has today (Wednesday) welcomed the newly appointed chairman of the Local Government Construction Task Force. more
(15 May 2002 11:12)

HSE cites poor maintenance as likely cause of rail crash
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released an interim report yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon confirming that missing rail nuts in a set of points.... more
(15 May 2002 11:05)

Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting examines global claims within the construction industry
Most people involved in commercial matters in the construction industry will understand what is meant by the term 'global claim'. more
(15 May 2002 10:54)

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 Data. .... more
(15 May 2002 10:52)

Truth about safety test
Your article (CJ 24 April) referred to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Health and Safety Test as "an extra layer of cost and.... more
(15 May 2002 10:50)

Trainers unite to set plant codes
Plant training providers and associated bodies last week backed a move to create an independent umbrella association to assume responsibility for the.... more
(15 May 2002 10:46)

Speaking as one
Six months after joining the Confederation of Construction Clients as its new chief executive, Zara Lamont sets out her plans for the future. She.... more
(15 May 2002 10:45)

Site visitors get CSCS cards
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is set to make all sites completely watertight in terms of health and safety awareness training.... more
(15 May 2002 10:44)

Shareholders in fight against Amec support of Turkish dam
Amec's AGM last Wednesday proved eventful with the company being grilled by its shareholders for two hours. A handful of protestors were escorted out.... more
(15 May 2002 10:43)

Safety test attacked again
The Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB) health and safety test has come in for further criticism from representatives of the plant.... more
(15 May 2002 10:42)

RMC buyout purely speculation
The prospect of Aggregate Industries (AI) and CRH, the Irish building group, launching a £3.2bn bid for RMC, the troubled concrete and cement.... more
(15 May 2002 10:42)

Resonance-free piling for Dew
Dew Construction has taken delivery of the first ICE 18RF-ts resonance-free piling vibrator. The twin-speed unit weighs 4.3t and has a 300kW power.... more
(15 May 2002 10:41)

Project bank ends late payment
The fully transparent banking system used by Citex on its £38m Ministry of Defence prime contract in Andover may herald the end of subcontractors'.... more
(15 May 2002 10:36)

Potters Bar track was tested, insists Jarvis
Jarvis, the contractor responsible for both the maintenance of track and points at Potters Bar, said on Monday that both had been tested and.... more
(15 May 2002 10:35)

PFI hospital retendered
A £30m private finance hospital deal in Scotland is to be rebid - more than a year after it first came up for tender. more
(15 May 2002 10:34)

Ownership shift at Bidcom
Bidcom, the company which owns ProjectNet, the software tool that enables internet project collaboration, is now 100% owned by Citadon. more
(15 May 2002 10:33)

On the chain gang
The latest CECA survey shows adversarial practices dominate the bottom end of the supply chain. Can smaller civils contractors survive? Carol Millett.... more
(15 May 2002 10:32)

Oil and Steel appoints UK distributor
Access platform manufacturer Oil and Steel has appointed Grovegate Enfgineering as its UK distributor. more
(15 May 2002 10:31)

OGC in effort to reduce disputes
Expensive litigation caused by contractual disputes between government departments and suppliers could be "substantially reduced" under new guidance.... more
(15 May 2002 10:24)

NEWSBRIEF
New homes up by almost 4,000 The number of new dwellings started in March this year has increased to 18,900 compared with 15,000 in the same month.... more
(15 May 2002 10:24)

NEWSBRIEF
Mouchel appointed for A75 improvement Mouchel has been commissioned by the Scottish Executive to prepare plans for the £14.5m trunk road.... more
(15 May 2002 10:23)

Mott merges with Franklin + Andrews
Mott MacDonald announced on Monday that it is to merge with Franklin + Andrews, creating an organisation with 7,000 employees and a turnover of.... more
(15 May 2002 10:22)

Minimum pay deal for apprentices agreed
Employers and unions have finally agreed a new set of minimum rates of pay for apprentices under the terms of Construction Industry Joint Council's.... more
(15 May 2002 10:21)

McAlpine beats Laing
Laing is set to win one, lose one in the race for two design and construct university projects totalling almost £70m. more
(15 May 2002 10:21)

Less talk, more action when it comes to safety
The results of the Health & Safety Executive's recent blitz of London construction sites makes for depressing reading - 110 prohibition notices out.... more
(15 May 2002 10:20)

JCB unveils new compact telehandler at SED
At SED, JCB has unveiled a roof truss handling boom and a compact telehandler that can place trusses on three-storey buildings. more
(15 May 2002 10:19)

Islington housing list
The two bidders left in the frame for a £20m private finance social housing deal in north London have also made it on to the shortlist for a second.... more
(15 May 2002 10:19)

Inquest reveals unchecked safety cards
An inquest into the death, two years ago, of a student rail worker employed by Balfour Beatty has heard that a backlog of work meant safety checks in.... more
(15 May 2002 10:18)

In the money at Taywood
Keith Egerton, chief executive at Taylor Woodrow until recently, received a total package of £560,000 last year, a combination of his £343,000 salary.... more
(15 May 2002 10:18)

ICE wants safety put into practice
The chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) health and safety board has this week reiterated her challenge for all branches of the.... more
(15 May 2002 10:17)

Hyundai's new Robex
Hyundai is replacing the 130LC-3 with the Robex 140LC-7, which has a higher operating weight, a new cab and increased digging forces. more
(15 May 2002 10:16)

HSE ready to shame firms flouting safety
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is considering naming and shaming unsafe contractors after dismal findings from its London site blitz two weeks.... more
(15 May 2002 10:15)

Housebuilders close to cabling deal
Five contractors are on parade for a £15m Ministry of Defence deal to develop and construct a naval headquarters in Portsmouth. more
(15 May 2002 10:14)

HA tells CECA to improve its skills targets
The Highways Agency is calling on the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) to "improve" some of its targets for a fully registered.... more
(15 May 2002 10:13)

Government out-stripping private sector on Best Practice
Government is out-stripping the private sector both in work and Best Practice, according to the Construction Best Practice Programme's (CBPP).... more
(15 May 2002 10:13)