Articles by Date : June 13 2005 - June 19 2005

Higgins to develop eight brownfield sites
Higgins Construction has been chosen as the lead construction partner for Notting Hill Housing Trust's £24m brownfield re-development of eight sites.... more
(17 June 2005 13:12)

Lorne Stewart wins £25m NHS Trust contract
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded Lorne Stewart a £25m contract to manage its estate. more
(17 June 2005 13:07)

ECA questions corporate manslaughter proposals
The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has today (Thursday) admitted its concern that the government’s legislative proposals for corporate.... more
(17 June 2005 10:46)

Deadline for Design for Manufactiure bids extended
English Partnerships has today (Friday) told bidders that they will have an extra two weeks to submit proposals for the Design for Manufacture.... more
(17 June 2005 10:40)

List of approved contractors - Middlesbrough Council
Expression of interest for inclusion within the list are invited from contractors with suitable qualifications and experience in the following.... more
(16 June 2005 15:36)

Highway reactive maintenance - London Borough of Redbridge
Notice is hereby given of the London Borough of Redbridge that: The Council invites tenders from suitably qualified contractors for the above.... more
(16 June 2005 15:34)

Relocation of temporary buildings - Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
On behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council tenders are invited from suitable firms for the relocation of temporary/portable buildings. more
(16 June 2005 15:32)

Erection and Renewal of Street Furniture - London Borough of Hillingdon
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors who wish to be considered for inclusion on a shortlist of Tenderers for the above.... more
(16 June 2005 15:25)

Day to day repairs service - North Tyneside Council
The Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced organisations that are interested in tendering for the provision of day to.... more
(16 June 2005 15:20)

Construction of children's play area - West Dorset District Council
We would like to invite experienced contractors to submit expressions of interest for the design (in conjunction with the local community), public.... more
(16 June 2005 15:18)

Health & safety myths uncovered
contractjournal.com Newsletter: 16.06.05 Bosses across the country are unintentionally flouting basic laws designed to keep employees safe and.... more
(16 June 2005 12:19)

Fears over skills crisis eased - 16.06.05
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(16 June 2005 12:06)

Amec finalises £800m Incheon Bridge PPP
Amec has finalised its agreement for the £800m Incheon Bridge PPP scheme in South Korea. more
(16 June 2005 11:21)

Midas Construction wins deal to build £10m 143-bed hotel
Midas Construction has secured its second contract with Canadian mid-market hotel chain, Future Inns, worth £10m. more
(16 June 2005 11:19)

Contractors must become more age-diverse
Construction companies are being targeted as part of a national campaign to help prepare employers ahead of impending legislation on age.... more
(16 June 2005 08:20)

Authority considers offsite construction for 25 schools
The emerging offsite construction industry will change the shape of contracts, Smartlife chief executive Kevin Scobell told CJ last week. more
(15 June 2005 17:03)

Two on waiting list for £240m Northern PFI
Two firms are going head to head as the selection process in a troubled £240m PFI hospitals deal limps towards its closing stages. more
(15 June 2005 15:42)

Laing secures Finnish Finnish PFI road deal
John Laing, in consortium with Skanska BOT and Lemminkainen, has been named preferred bidder for the £23m E18 Muurla-Lohja motorway project in.... more
(15 June 2005 15:06)

Strategic Forum on target to meet goals
The Strategic Forum has met all its targets for the year and is making good progress towards its other goals, according to a leaked copy of its.... more
(15 June 2005 14:16)

Changes on the cards for CSCS skills schemes
Fundamental changes to the relationship between the owners of the CSCS skills cards scheme and its CITB administrators are being drawn up..... more
(15 June 2005 12:34)

Edge Protection Federation launched
A new trade body, the Edge Protection Federation, has been established to represent the views of manufacturers and users of edge protection systems. more
(15 June 2005 12:08)

ProCure 21 awards prompt complaints
Laing O’Rourke and Interserve have landed a slew of ProCure 21 contracts in the past month, prompting criticism about the uneven distribution of work.... more
(15 June 2005 11:47)

Pressure groups put M74 project in doubt
Tendering for Scotland’s £500m M74 trunk road extension contract has been delayed for up to a year and could be scrapped after pressure groups.... more
(15 June 2005 11:03)

UK bows to EC rule on contract delay period
Contractors face delays in signing public sector contracts now that the UK government has bowed to European Commission (EC) pressure and introduced a.... more
(15 June 2005 11:03)

Ashford abandons £25m housing PFI
A second single bidder social housing PFI bit the dust last week after Ashford Council dumped the Partners For Improvement consortium on its £25m.... more
(15 June 2005 11:02)

Construction out of favour in Queen's Honours list
Less than half-a-dozen construction industry players featured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. more
(15 June 2005 11:02)

Currie & Brown wins $6bn PPP project in Mexico
Currie & Brown, the international construction and management consultancy, has been appointed by the Ministry of Health, Mexico, to manage the.... more
(15 June 2005 11:01)

Kier buys Ashwood Homes for £23.5m
Kier has bought Ashwood Homes, a regional housebuilder in Lincolnshire and north Cambridgeshire, for £23.5m. more
(15 June 2005 11:00)

Safety drive spurs on Latchways
Fall arrest system manufacturer Latchways is benefiting from the increased emphasis on health and safety in the UK as its pre-tax profit jumped 30%.... more
(14 June 2005 11:36)

Darling has got Merseytram figures all wrong
Councillor Mark Dowd, chair of Merseytravel, has claimed today (Tuesday) that transport secretary Aliistair Darling has misunderstood the figures.... more
(14 June 2005 10:34)

Merseytram scheme now in doubt
The future of Merseytram looked uncertain today (Monday) after transport secretary Alistair Darling told ministers that he would not plough extra.... more
(13 June 2005 17:30)