Articles by Date : November 14 2005 - November 20 2005

Balfour fined £60k for roadworker death
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering was fined a total of £60,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs at Wolverhampton Crown Court today, after pleading.... more
(18 November 2005 17:29)

Man killed on JCB site
A man was killed on Wednesday morning at the Staffordshire headquarters of construction equipment manufacturer, JCB. more
(18 November 2005 14:06)

Babcock Dynacorp wraps up £500m Eastern Prime
The Babcock Dynacorp joint venture has been awarded the Ministry of Defence's £500m Regional Prime contract for the East of England just five months.... more
(18 November 2005 10:37)

Workers reject pay offer at T5
Workers employed by civil engineer Laing O’Rourke on T5 at Heathrow Airport have unanimously rejected a pay offer of 22p per hour backdated to June.... more
(18 November 2005 10:37)

Saint Gobain raises offer for BPB
Saint-Gobain, the French building materials group, has lifted its offer for BPB, the world’s largest plasterboard manufacturer. more
(18 November 2005 10:36)

Capita wins extension to highways contract
Cumbria County Council has extended its strategic partnership with Capita to deliver highways, property and finance services. more
(18 November 2005 10:36)

Scottish Executive makes good progress with spending commitments
The Scottish Executive has made good progress in meeting its spending commitments, made in each of the last three Spending Reviews, to improve.... more
(18 November 2005 10:35)

Birse Civils awarded £18m coastal defence project
Birse Civils has been awarded an £18m contract by Wyre Borough Council to undertake an extensive coastal defence project in Lancashire. more
(17 November 2005 16:01)

Plans for Olympic Park boosted after land secured
The London Development Agency (LDA) has issued a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) which will enable it to secure the land needed develop the Olympic.... more
(17 November 2005 12:23)

Barratt forward sales reach £900m
Barratt Developments said it has made further sales progress in the new financial year and forward sales now stand at £900m. more
(17 November 2005 09:45)

Amec picked for Stockton's North Shore development
Amec Developments is preferred developer for Tees Valley Regeneration's North Shore project in Stockton. more
(16 November 2005 16:21)

Henry Boot to regenerate Denny town centre
Henry Boot has been chosen for the regeneration of Denny town centre north of the border in a deal worth £11m. more
(16 November 2005 16:16)

A-Plant launch new training initiatives
contractjournal.com Newsletter A-Plant has launched a series of training initiatives during 2005 which has helped it stay at the forefront of.... more
(16 November 2005 13:50)

Engineering surveyors sign memorandum of agreement
The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). more
(16 November 2005 12:34)

Norwest Holst wins £6m cargo warehouse job
Norwest Holst Construction has been awarded a £6m fast-track contract to design and build a new cargo warehouse with offices for Servisair Cargo at.... more
(16 November 2005 12:10)

Editorial: T5 team off to a flier on Heathrow East project - 17.11.05
contractjournal.com Newsletter - 17.11.05 more
(16 November 2005 12:02)

Camden Council’s PFI housing deal revived
Camden Council’s troubled £119m social housing scheme has been revived by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), after carving £54m off the.... more
(16 November 2005 11:29)

Balfour Beatty favourite for £190m Northern Batched Hospitals job
Balfour Beatty's specialist healthcare concession company, Consort Healthcare, has been appointed preferred bidder for the £190m Northern Batched.... more
(16 November 2005 10:28)

CORRECTION - MULTIPLEX
On 2 November 2005 we published an article on page 2 under the headline Multiplex facing Wembley “Bloodbath”. more
(16 November 2005 10:04)

Amey rethinks PFI bids after Plymouth debacle
Amey will scrutinise its future health PFI bids with greater care after getting its fingers burnt when the £330m Plymouth Vanguard Hospital PFI deal.... more
(16 November 2005 10:03)

Local councils to pilot NHS LIFT-style housing projects
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is calling for councils to pilot a new style of privately-financed social housing, based on the NHS.... more
(16 November 2005 10:03)

Payment delays still rife on government projects
Payment abuse and problems over contractual terms are still rife down the supply chain across government contracts, according to the Specialist.... more
(16 November 2005 10:01)

ECA concern over health and safety awareness
The growing number of UK safety pre-qualification schemes continues to cause operational problems for contractors and is undermining the promotion of.... more
(16 November 2005 09:59)

Delayed BSF projects to be reviewed
A review of all delayed Building Schools for the Future (BSF) schemes is on the cards in a bid to speed up the programme. more
(16 November 2005 09:58)

Babcock profits top £20m
Babcock International Group has revealed first-half pretax profit has nearly doubled - from £11.2m in 2004 to £20.2m this year. more
(16 November 2005 09:56)

£1.5bn East terminal on cards for T5 team
The project team behind BAA’s £4.2bn Terminal 5 contract has been all but assured of a slice of the action of the airport operator’s proposed £1.5bn.... more
(16 November 2005 09:56)

Robertson Group selected as preferred bidder for £50m Angus Council schools PFI deal
The Robertson Group has been chosen by Angus Council as its preferred bidder for a £50m PFI deal to improve schools in Carnoustie and Forfar. more
(16 November 2005 09:50)

Bidders await initial Mowlem due diligence
Carillion’s due diligence investigators are said to be working on two scenarios: one would lead to a bid for the entire Mowlem group, while the other.... more
(16 November 2005 09:46)

Rok chief quells gardening leave rumours
Garvis Snook, chief executive of Rok, has quashed a rumour which has resurfaced suggesting that he is on gardening leave. more
(16 November 2005 09:46)

A McAlpine forced into Armistice Day apology
Alfred McAlpine has been forced to apologise to local residents after workers on its redevelopment site in Norfolk carried on drilling through a two.... more
(15 November 2005 16:41)

Pearce Group wins £12m packaging centre contract
Bristol-based Pearce Group has been awarded a £12m design and build contract by Gerber Foods. more
(15 November 2005 16:37)

Costain aims to be top of class in education sector
The Costain Group is undertaking two prestigious projects in the UK education sector worth nearly £34m. more
(15 November 2005 16:33)

Ashmead stands down as HBF chief executive
Rob Ashmead is standing down as chief executive of the House Builders Federation (HBF). more
(15 November 2005 16:04)

Carillion jv wins £690m Defence Estates contract
A Carillion jv has been awarded a contract worth £690m with Defence Estates (DE) to maintain and upgrade Ministry of Defence family accommodation. more
(15 November 2005 15:29)

Taywood first to develop surplus NHS site
Taylor Woodrow has been named preferred developer by English Partnerships (EP) for part of the former Park Prewett hospital site in Basingstoke..... more
(15 November 2005 12:49)

NHBC launches new website
The National House-Building Council (NHBC) has launched a new website dedicated to registered builders and developers. more
(15 November 2005 12:43)

CIOB encouraged by interest in construction industry
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has received nearly 100 enquiries from non-cognate graduates this year regarding entry into the.... more
(15 November 2005 10:35)

Green light given for Leicester regeneration project
One of the largest regeneration projects in Leicestershire has been given the green light. more
(14 November 2005 16:14)

Bett profits jump £8m on 2004
Bett, the housebuilder, has lifted its pre-tax profit to £43m, some £8m higher than in the previous year. more
(14 November 2005 14:54)

Mansell wins contracts worth £130m
Balfour Beatty subsidiary, Mansell, has been awarded new contracts in education and social housing to a total value of approximately £130m. more
(14 November 2005 14:53)

Amec consortium wins environment technologuy contract
A consortium comprising Amec and process technology provider Alstom has been awarded a £108m contract to fit new environmental technology to reduce.... more
(14 November 2005 14:53)

Thomas Vale turnover up a third
Thomas Vale Construction has enjoyed a 33% surge in turnover to £89m though last year’s pre-tax profit stood still at £1m. more
(14 November 2005 11:25)

FMB expels loft conversion firm
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB), London Region, has expelled Fernside Loft Conversion Specialists for bringing the FMB into disrepute. more
(14 November 2005 11:02)