Articles by Date : June 14 1999 - June 20 1999

Coins signs up Kier and Taywood
Construction industry software house, Coins, has secured major contracts to supply Kier and Taylor Woodrow with its Central Information System.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Most support Egan
Re: 'Benchmarking Egan' (Contract Journal 26 May 1999) Sir, I have read with interest the Benchmarking Egan initiative results. I.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

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Civils firm to expand with six Cat ADTs
Manchester-based civil engineering contractor Moulding Contracts has taken delivery of the UK's first six Caterpillar D250E series 11 articulated.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Who is an architect?
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting looks at the precise use of the term more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

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NEWSBRIEF
NEW HOME APPLICATIONS FALL The National House-Building Council has revealed 11,900 applications were made to start new homes throughout the UK.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Waterproof wood at last?
Trada Technology claims it has discovered a new coating that will lengthen the lifetime of wooden frames and make them as easy to maintain as those.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Mowlem faces claims
More than £100,000 of claims made by small firms after supermarket project more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Devon firm fined £7,000 for asbestos waste offences
A Devon building contractor firm was ordered to pay a total of £7,000 in fines and costs last week for six offences relating to asbestos.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

The secret of industry success
Two years on from the hand-over of Hong Kong to the Chinese, the Brits are still to be found flying the flag in the former province. Kier and.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Dome costs cut by £40 million
Designers and constructors set to earn maximum bonuses after cost savings more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Architects win honours
Designers take majority slice in Queen's Honours list more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Large firms to dominate new client body
by Kathy Watson The long awaited review by Ian Reeves, deputy chairman of the Construction Clients' Forum, has come out in favour of 'big.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Treasury urges action
by Kathy Watson The Treasury will be using today's (16 June) Government conference with industry in London to ram home to its own.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Kosovo task force set to go
A taskforce of construction experts will arrive in Kosovo within a week to begin evaluating the extent of the necessary rebuilding programme which.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

WS Atkins focuses on US
Underground bid: chief executive Michael Jeffries worried about possible stitch-up by Railtrack more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Angry crane operators threaten strike action
London's major sites may come to a standstill as workers demand wage rise more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

B&CE confirms new industry pension plan
by Tim Wood B&CE Benefit Schemes, the benefit provider to the construction industry, has confirmed plans, as revealed by CJ last.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

NEWSBRIEF
MABEY WINS LU MAINTENANCE WORK Mabey Construction has been awarded two contracts by London Underground totalling £30 million. The work is.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

£38m for Kvaerner
Kvaerner wins Edinburgh office job and luxury apartments in Cheltenham more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

John Jones for CTRL
John Jones (Excavation), Norwest Holst's specialist earthworks subsidiary, has been awarded two contracts worth almost £23 million on the.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

UK/Irish plan skills strategy
Construction leaders plan initiative to create greater stability in labour market more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

OUTLOOK
Peace time: Now that the final - and perhaps still fraught - peace stage is being carried out in Kosovo, my mind has turned to recollections and.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

IT set to change construction
Bentley chief believes the way forward is by whole projects, not individual processes more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Seamless data exchange
The latest versions of Infrasoft Corporation's MX range of CAD products were on show at the AEC Systems exhibition, last week. The MX range.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

A-Plant plans to grow
'Continuously developing improvement' sees new virtual outlet and training centre more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Green guide for retail
by Michael Gordon A guide published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) aims to reduce the impact of retail premises and.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Autodesk launches metric drawing software
Software giant Autodesk has launched a metric version of its Actrix range of drawing software. Called the International English version, the.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

New guide to the bug
With just over six months to go, Action 2000 - the company funded by the Cabinet Office and the Department of Trade and Industry to raise awareness.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Working time review
Fresh guidelines on the Working Time Regulations are to be introduced by the Government. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers said: "We.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Contractors to rejoin FIEC
Sir Martin Laing announces the move of the confederation back into FIEC more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Confederation loses £109k
The Construction Confederation has recorded an operating deficit of over £100,000 in the last two years, according to its latest annual.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

IT threat to jobs
Ex-Bovis IT man warns those in quantity and cost engineering to look for new jobs more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Jewson sees margins rise
Builders' merchant sees a record result for its net operating margins - a result of cutting costs not increasing prices more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

NEWSBRIEF
TRIPLE PACK FOR MANSELL Contractor Mansell has become the first construction company to be simultaneously awarded the British Standards.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Roofers launch hallmark plan
A new training and recruitment programme has just been launched by roofing contractors. It is designed to upskill the industry so that it can meet.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Ucatt marks up £600k surplus
by John d'Arcy The construction union Ucatt has confirmed the recovery in its economic fortunes by chalking up a further surplus of.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Repeat Egan surveys
Re: 'Benchmarking Egan' (Contract Journal 26 May 1999) Sir, Having just read the Benchmarking Egan survey results, I found it made.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Hillhead '99 - A Quarryman's prayers answered
Show has everything for quarries from nuts and bolts to mammoth excavators more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Back bites
Computer competence 'Rethinking Construction' is about efficiency, cost savings, and time management, so it struck us as odd when a seminar.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Level playing field needed
Re: Construction Industry Board Levy Sir, I am writing to you as a member of the construction industry and also a director of.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Haulotte wants 25% of world sales
Haulotte, the French powered- access specialist stated last week "we want to be at least 50 per cent of the production total reached by the leading.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Insurance firms seek agreed standards
by Michael Gordon Insurance companies are demanding that agreed standards be drawn up for the restoration of property in the £1.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Will the ceasefire work?
The cashmen and contractors can be friends, claims one bank which has called for an end to hostilities. Ron Godfrey reports. more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

Hong Kong's new frontiers
The economic crisis in Asia has not dented Hong Kong's confidence or slowed down its massive spend on new infrastructure projects. One example.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)

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.... more
(16 June 1999 00:00)