Articles by Date : March 14 1994 - March 20 1994

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HEALTHY OPTIONS Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley has renewed contractors' hopes that there could be a construction work bonanza.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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Construction group Morrison will partner discount food retailer Kwik Save to develop up to 20 supermarket sites a year in Scotland and Northern.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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BY DAVID NUNN Balfour shows its mettle Balfour Beatty seems to go from strength to strength, emerging in the recession as the backbone.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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A subsidiary of John McLean Ltd, part of the Tarmac Group, is suing contractor Keller, formerly GKN Keller, and consulting engineer Baynham Meikle.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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A row over the allocation of European funds for urban and rural regeneration has broken out between the Association of Metropolitan Authorities.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n BM raises œ80 million BM Group, the debt-laden construction equipment group and engineering company, has announced that it has raised.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Pel-Job supplies minis to Abbey
Basingstoke based Pel-Job (UK) has recently supplied a total of six mini-excavators to Abbey Hire of Leeds and Abbey Plant of Waltham Cross. .... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Sweeney digs in
Sweeney Plant Hire, part of Airdrie based Sweeney Developments, has recently purchased its first ever rubber tyred excavators from Saville.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Wyseplant buys I-R DD32s
Plant hire company Wyseplant has purchased ten new Ingersoll-Rand DD-32 double drum vibratory rollers, the largest single order for I-R rollers so.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

SMOOTH OPERATOR ON ROUGH TERRAIN TO
New Grove cranes appeared last week in Sunderland - still the centre of UK truck crane engineering. Geordie-in-exile Ian Brown went back to his.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

AirBoss's new dumper tyres
Since its introduction to the UK market in 1991, the puncture proof AirBoss wheel and tyre system has won an increasing number of supporters. .... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

VME BONANZA
VME lined up its new models in Eskilstuna, Sweden last week. The range included Akerman excavators, and Volvo BM and Zettelmeyer loaders. Ian.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Balfour Building goes in reshuffle
After years of difficulties Balfour Beatty has dropped its aim of having a stand-alone building company. In an extraordinary organisational.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n AEEU claims confirmed An independent report has supported claims by the Construction Building Trades section of the AEEU that it has 10,000.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n Chunnel delay Problems with commissioning have further delayed the passenger services through the Channel Tunnel which will not now reach.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n Output unchanged Total construction output in the fourth quarter of 1993 was unchanged compared with the same quarter in 1992, according to.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Wimpey to boost margins
Wimpey is to move away from traditional contracting to become more investment-led in a radical refocusing of its construction activities..... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Wimpey dives into the big blue
The UK's first national Oceanography Centre - home to all aspects of oceanographic research - is under construction by Wimpey in Southampton. .... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n Councils turn against car Local authorities are to co-ordinate future development and transport plans in an effort to reduce the need to.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

WHITEHALL FARCE
Sir Michael Latham probably once thought his biggest Industry Review headache would be achieving consensus between main and specialist contractor..... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Staples to leave Tarmac
Brian Staples, chief executive of Tarmac Group's construction division, is to leave the company in April to become chief executive of North West.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Latham anger over Govt procurement
Industry review author Sir Michael Latham is believed to be growing increasingly frustrated at the resistance of Government Departments to standard.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Call to make safety simpler
A series of recommendations on how to make the complex welter of site safety laws simpler is set out in a confidential report which has been.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Wind of change
The water sector is still a lucrative one for contractors as Brian Staples' move from Tarmac to North West Water (see News p3) seems to underline..... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Wimpey profits up
Wimpey's pretax profits have recovered sharply to œ25 million as it prepares to launch a further major expansion in housing. Operating profits.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Delay hits HK airport
Hong Kong's œ16 billion new airport may not be finished in time for the handover of the colony to the Chinese in June 1997, the Provisional.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Rugby rise fails to stick
Rugby's profits from UK cement rose 5% last year - but it was thanks to a pension fund credit and other exceptionals rather than its hoped-for.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Buck - be a Lady
Who says consultant engineering is boring? Bienvenida Perez-Blanco, or the former Lady Buck, the woman who has single-handedly destabilised.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

œ10m of new contracts for Bryant
Bryant Construction has picked up new contracts worth over œ10 million. Largest is a œ3.9 million contract for the design.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Longley awarded V&A refurb contract
James Longley has been awarded a œ7.5 million contract to refurbish and extend the Royal College of Art building in the Victoria and Albert.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Military training for Trafalgar
Trafalgar House Construction's Portsmouth office has won a œ10 million design and construct contract to provide additional training facilities.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Hotline
Davy Powergas India, a Trafalgar House Associate company, has a $100 million contract for the detailed engineering, procurement assistance,.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Tenders invited for Wakefield terminal
Tenders are being invited by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council for the œ11-12 million construction works on the Wakefield rail freight.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

TW wins MoD job
Taylor Woodrow has been awarded a œ9 million contract by the MoD to upgrade facilities at Brompton Barracks at Chatham in Kent for use by the.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Mowlem starts conversion work
John Mowlem has begun work on a œ2 million job to convert a 19th century four-storey warehouse in Sheffield into offices. The listed 'Straddle.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Profitable Costain puts past behind it
The embarrassment of last year - with a œ200 million loss, and the rumpus over the Australian mining sale - is firmly behind Costain, which.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Road funding to slump
Government road spending in 1994/1995 will be œ200 million less than this year, according to the Department of Transport's annual report. And.... more
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Operative killed on Sellafield site
A construction worker died and five others suffered minor injuries when scaffolding collapsed in high winds at a British Nuclear Fuels site at.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Express for BB
Balfour Beatty has been officially confirmed as winner of the main contract to construct the running tunnels and stations for the œ300 million.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

School programme faces cutback
Government proposals to extend the grant maintained education sector could lead to a drastic cutback in school building programmes over the next.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Japanese coup for TH
The Trafalgar House Group has made two major strides towards breaking into the œ530 billion Japanese construction market. .... more
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Tarmac jv wins Jubilee trackway
A joint venture between Tarmac and French firm Montcocol TP has won a œ20.5 million contract to construct the trackwork on the Jubilee Line.... more
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œ87m road work out
Three road schemes worth around œ87 million are out for prequalification this week. First up is contract 2 on the Blackburn southern bypass in.... more
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Making a meal of it
Too late, too late (just like the Tunnel itself), correct answers to our Channel dinner-party picture quiz of two weeks ago have last arrived. Both.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Coping with rising costs
Clarity in envisaging fluctuations: Blaenau Gwent Council v Lock more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Cherltenham: last day
The final card of the Cheltenham festival today (17 March) offers several good opportunities for the Irish to celebrate St Patrick's Day. For those.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

M11 opponents step up campaign
Opponents of the M11 link road in north-east London this week stepped up their campaign to persuade the Government to include the scheme in the.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

Materials costs threaten bankruptcies
Rising material costs have squeezed contractors' profit margins and could lead to further bankruptcies in the construction sector, according to.... more
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COULD DO BETTER?
Can construction prove it is pulling itself out of the doldrums with the improved performance the City wants to see? Contract Journal examines.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)

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n 1W buys Robertson Cladding manufacturer HH Robertson (UK) has been bought by the Aberdeen-based 1W Group. The acquisition represents.... more
(17 March 1994 00:00)