Articles by Date : August 14 1995 - August 20 1995
KPS goes green with waste
Aware of new legislation preventing companies from burning green
waste on-site, Sussex based KPS Contractors, has invested in a JCB
Fastrac with.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Testing time for Aveling Barford
Take one 65t dumptruck, add stop watches, fuel meter, scales, an accommodating quarry and you have the perfect environment to carry out a full.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
P-J minis scoop cable work
Civil engineering contractor, RS Kennedy of Watford, part of the
Haymills Group, has taken delivery of 12 Pel-Job mini excavators
for a major cable.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Van mounted lift now works up at Highland
Manchester based Highland Platforms has recently added another
machine to its growing fleet of vehicle mounted platforms. The
unit, a Versalift VRA.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST procedures
Fuel costs are calculated at œ0.20/ litre. Owning and
servicing costs are not included in the test figures.
All distance and fuel.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
MoD orders RB 50t crane
After competitive tender evaluation, the purchasing authority of
the MoD has placed an order with RB International, for a 50t
capacity CH50.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
ward profits plummet
Ward Holdings' profit slumped by around 70% - from œ2.1m to
œ590,000 - in the six months to 30 April.
.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
THE DESIGN
Let's start with the payload of 65t, which like all dumptrucks is
quoted in US short tons and to convert to metric tonnes, needs
multiplying by.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Legal beagles
As contractors slide steadily back into recession, it's nice to
know that at least the legal profession is keeping busy. Half the
industry's.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Dear Mr MP: roads cutbacks stink!
This week's decision to re-tender the infamous Newbury by-pass is
either a massive blunder by the Department of Transport or a deeply
cynical.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
'Why we asked the Tavistock for help'
The director of construction procurement at the DoE, Malcolm Dodds,
explained: 'When I was head of export promotion for construction at
the DoE I.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
THE company
The last decade or so has been traumatic for Aveling Barford. From
family owned since 1867 to British Leyland in 1967, then a period
with lethal.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST FORMAT
Holme Hall quarry processes around 2 million tonnes of material per
year and all material is hauled from the face to crushers by a
fleet of Aveling.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
SPEC CHECK AND PIT STOP
Our test RD65 in fact belongs to Tarmac's Holme Hall quarry and had
already clocked up 2,010 hours hauling limestone from the face to
the crusher. .... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
tracey at canary wharf
The first tunnel boring machine is due to arrive at the Jubilee
Line Extension Project station at Canary Wharf at midday.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
HOT LINE
Kent County Council is inviting tenders for a œ6.1m road
maintenance contract on the A2 truck road at Harbledown. Work
includes repairs to.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST two: BOX CHANGES DOWN KEEPING RETARDER AT MAX EFFICIENCY
Cycle to include main haul road, plus a circular route made up of
well graded and compacted clays and aggregate and including two
right angled.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST ONE: HIGH SPEEDS AND SHORT HAULS
Main haul road comprised a mixture of well compacted aggregate and
tarmac showing no penetration giving rolling resistance of
20kg/tonne, or.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST four: BODY MATCHED TO RATED PAYLOAD
This test was made up by running loaded over the whole of test
three route, then using the crusher to load point of test one for
the return leg.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
TEST three: WELL DAMPED SUSPENSION GIVES EXCELLENT RIDE
Cycle to include the whole of the main haul road, plus another
2,800m, making a total two way distance of 5,500m of well compacted
fines.
.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
field test datafile
Test 1test 2test 3test 4
Time taken for test (m. sec)23.2435.4036.3133.55
Average cycle time (m. sec)5.518.549.88.29
Total material.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
moves
Gill Scoreby has taken on the new position of field sales manager
of Persimmon Homes (Yorkshire). Scoreby joined Persimmon in 1982 as
company.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Double-dip in new orders confirmed
The prospect of the industry entering a double-dip recession loomed
ever larger this week with the publication of statistics showing
that new.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Railtrack admits track lay vehicles were hit by trains
Contractors' vehicles have twice been hit by trains while carrying
out track laying work in south east England recently.
The disclosure is.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Kent CC to sue cable firms
Kent County Council is to issue summons against Bell Cablemedia and
United Artists under the New Roads and Street Works Act for
violation of health.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
British overseas work achieves record levels
British construction success overseas was underlined on Tuesday
with the publication of figures from the Department of the
Environment which showed.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
New 'DNA' fingerprint to stop theft
Tarmac Quarry Products, McNicholas and Northumbrian Water are three
of the biggest recent names to adopt a new marking system designed
to end the.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Amec/British Gas in worldwide link-up
Amec this week announced that it has signed a formal agreement with
British Gas to co-operate on developing projects worldwide.
Amec director.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Ramblers walk all over Persimmon
The housing market might be in the doldrums right now but Persimmon
Homes is experiencing a huge rise in the number of visitors to its
latest.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Ucatt backs œ4.15 hourly minimum
The construction union Ucatt is throwing its weight behind a
national minimum wage of œ4.15 per hour - nearly 13% above the
current industry.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Facade holds firm as building falls
A building in Newcastle-upon-Tyne which collapsed on the same day
as the Ashford disaster in west London, could have caused dozens of
fatalities.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Bucks puts bypasses up for tender
Buckinghamshire County Council is inviting contractors to
prequalify for two bypasses - at Wendover and Tingewick.
The œ8.6 million.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Costain blow as Newbury bypass goes to re-tender
The œ46.5 million Newbury western bypass is to be re-tendered.
In yet another volte-face on the controversial project, high level
sources.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Esplanade gets planning okay
Imry's plan for a œ250 million mixed-use scheme, The
Esplanade, was given a resolution to grant outline planning
permission last week by.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Bids invited for more power
Tenders are being invited for a major expansion to Eastern
Electricity's King's Lynn power station in Norfolk.
Eastern Electricity wants to.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
HSE go-ahead for NATM at Heathrow
The Health & Safety Executive this week finally gave the
go-ahead for work to restart at London's Heathrow Airport using the
controversial New.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Gleeson back on the road with A256 win
Gleeson looks set to win the œ25 million Whitfield/Eastry
bypass on the A256 in Kent. The win is a remarkable re-entry into
road building for.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Poster campaign boost for skills
A nationwide site poster campaign is about to be launched to
explain the industry's Construction Skills Certification Scheme,
which was launched in.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Feasibility study for Hull barrage
Montgomery Watson, the specialist water and environmental
engineering consultancy, has been appointed to carry out a
feasibility study for a.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Taywood wins Riyadh plant
Taylor Woodrow has won an œ18.5 million contract to build a
pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the
Medical and.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Pipeline bags œ20m water deal
Bradford-based Pipeline Constructors (Northern) has been awarded a
three year contract worth approximately œ20 million with
Yorkshire Water.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Bovis Midlands on the chicken run
Bovis Midland has begun work on an œ11.4 million fast-track
project for Sun Valley Poultry. The 26 week contract involves an
extension and.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Donelon suffers escalating losses
Troubled contractor Donelon Tyson has reported pretax losses of
œ21.3 million for the year to 31 December 1994 - significantly
worse than its.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - JOHN UPSON
John Upson was one of the shooting stars of the construction scene
in the 1980s.
His Erostin Group was launched in the middle-to-lower end of.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Water infrastructure underspend runs to œ400m
The 10 water companies have underspent on infrastructure work by
œ400 million since privatisation, according to the Sewer
Renovation.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
MIDLANDS - View from the Regions
The Midlands construction industry has yet to fully benefit from
the recent outstanding performance of the region's manufacturing
industry..... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Straight from a horse's mouth
'Never let an inconvenient fact spoil a good story.' That's one of
the first lessons of journalism. And it's good to see the grand old
Fleet Street.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Specialists accuse Civils of undermining Latham
Specialist civils contractors launched a blistering attack on main
contractors this week, accusing them of threatening to undermine
the successful.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
'Contractual theft' blamed for Oliveira collapse
Oliveira Western has gone into receivership following a contractual
dispute with Alfred McAlpine over brickwork for new student
accommodation being.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)
Redland fined less for Act compliance
Due to a typesetting error in last week's article entitled 'Ready
Mix cartels fined', we said that the main casualty was Redland. It
was RMC, in.... more
(17 August 1995 00:00)