Articles by Date : December 14 1998 - December 20 1998
Reeves will head CCF review
A fast "root and branch" review of the working of the Construction
Clients' Forum is to be undertaken by a team headed by CCF deputy
chairman Ian.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Millennium bids invited
£43m worth of millennium leisure work in Hull and Liverpool for prequalification more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
London Bridge City II plans are submitted
Capital and Income Group has submitted a planning application to
Southwark Council for phase two of the London Bridge City site on
the south bank.... more
(16 December 1998 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 December 1998 00:00)
Kvaerner tops table for the fifth time
Despite talk of a slump, orders for November were still up.James Atkinson looks at this month's winners. more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
tarmac wins £50m of brum leisure work
Tarmac Building Midlands has won £50 million worth of work in
the Birmingham area. It has a.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
URA granted leave to finalise claims against Motts
The Construction and Technology Court last week granted the Urban
Regeneration Agency leave to finalise claims for damages against
consulting.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Turmoil is likely over holiday pay
Conflicting legal advice could lead to major headaches for contractors more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
AMPL wins facilities management contract
AMPL has won the contract to provide facilities management services
at three quarries owned by Tarmac Quarry Products for the next six
years.
.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Halla's Euro-restructure complete
Halla Euro Enterprise, the European arm of the Korean conglomerate
Halla Business Group, has completed restructuring plans for its
construction.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
A project manager's duty
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers a project manager's duties in relation to project insurances more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
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(16 December 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
SLOWDOWN IN NEW ORDERS
The total value of new construction orders won by contractors in
October was £2.28 billion, down 6 per cent on.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
CATDEALER FINNING TO CLOSE WIGAN BRANCH.
UK sole CAT dealer Finning is to close its Wigan branch "by the end
of March 1999." The company blames.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
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(16 December 1998 00:00)
Bosses first for MoD partnering
Construction managing directors to get priority on partnering induction more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
HA set to trial CM techniques
Agency is considering using specialist contractors for framework contracts more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Mergers - but only if the price is right
The big take-overs and mergers that were such a hot topic couple of
weeks ago appeared to be cooling rapidly last week, as the WS
Atkins-Bovis deal.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Terex throws down the gauntlet
Terex has aimed its new truck directly at leading competition in the market more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Leading to further concern
Sir,
The article regarding ROPS on work equipment in the issue of CJ 25
November was inaccurate and can only lead to further concern.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
REGIONALSURVEY
No contractor managed to come top in more than one region this
month, though Kvaerner managed a first, second, fourth and sixth
place. Tarmac.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Aggregate Industries says 'no' to Tarmac
Breakdown halts Tarmac's Sir Neville Simms' scheme for a 'UK super group' more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Bid to repair unions split
Leaders of the three main building and civil engineering unions are
to meet early in the New Year in a fresh attempt to resolve the
bitter internal.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
HSE halts work on old Daily Express site
by Keren Sall
The Health and Safety Executive has slapped a prohibition notice on
the Kajima/Taylor Woodrow joint venture for failing to.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Lucky seven for Bovis
Bovis scooped a wealth of new contracts last month, which put it in
charge of work worth around £226 million in total. The work is
spread over.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Eire's safety campaign boosted
by Anthony Garvey
A pay claim won by eight Irish bricklayers could have a major
impact on the campaign to improve safety on Eire's.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Wastewater bids open
North of Scotland Water Authority is inviting contractors to tender
for two design, build, own, finance and operate wastewater
treatment works - a.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Tender prices will defy downturn
One of the country's top quantity surveyors has predicted that
tender prices will continue to outstrip building costs, even though
the industry is.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Peterhouse Group buys Jackson for £18 million
Jackson Group, the £99 million turnover Ipswich-based civil
engineering contractor, has been bought by the Peterhouse Group for
£18.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Bechtel to meet unions
Construction union leaders were due to meet a high-level Bechtel
management team later this week to discuss industrial relations on
the Channel.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Ove Arup has 'no plans for flotation'
The firm's strong year makes expansion through external financing unnecessary more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Young joins Warings as defence division head
Ian Young has joined Warings as manager of its defence works
division. He was previously with project managers for the Ministry
of Defence, White.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Brighton fire sparks fears
A leading fire expert has called for the uniform adoption of FIRAS,
a training and accreditation scheme for installing fire protection,
following.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
£2bn wasted on tenders
Bad tendering procedures continue to cause the industry to haemorrhage cash more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Health and safety package on offer
Manchester-based PHH Vehicle Management is offering a plant health
and safety package alongside its other commercial fleet management
services to.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Letters...Letters...Letters...
Explaining the confusion over ROPS regulations Employers will be given time to come to terms with new requirements more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Distributor appointed for Libra
D&H Construction Equipment Sales, based in Cullompton, Devon,
has been appointed sole importers of the Libra range of compact
equipment.
.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Industry leaders give us their wish-list for ... - A constructive Christmas
What would be the best present you could wish for this Christmas... and your worst? Michael Gordon posed a few seasonal questions to some.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Lodige gets slice of BA's Cargo Centre
by Carol Millett
German contractor Lodige Industries is to take over a major part of
m&e contractor Alstom's £90 million.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Second centre for women's training
Princess Anne opened the second Women's Education in Building (WEB)
centre last week, which aims to offer women in South London the
opportunity to.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
Council fights on in parking row
Despite facing a claim for costs of £20,000 after a planning
battle with sheltered housing specialist McCarthy and Stone
(M&S), Brighton.... more
(16 December 1998 00:00)
A McAlpine in £2.5m Nigeria payout battle
African Air Vice-Marshall claims owed money in London High Court action more
(16 December 1998 00:00)