Articles by Date : February 16 2004 - February 22 2004

Products association seeks government meeting over Germany standards delay
The Construction Products Association has written to Lord Sainsbury at the Department of Trade and Industry and Phil Hope at the Office of the Deputy.... more
(20 February 2004 17:07)

Britannia Construction wins £11m worth of contracts
Britannia Construction, part of Montpellier Group, has secured two new contracts worth £11m. more
(20 February 2004 16:59)

Judge rules against Mowlem in Bath Spa row
The Court of Appeal has stepped in to a long-running row over the Bath Spa - a £26m development which was due in September 2002. more
(20 February 2004 16:32)

Rouse new Housing Corporation chief executive
Jon Rouse has been appointed the new chief executive of the Housing Corporation after four years in the same role at the Commission of Architecture.... more
(20 February 2004 15:21)

Faulty brakes caused runaway trolley deaths
British Transport Police has concluded that the trailer which rolled out of a rail yard in Cumbira killing four workers was faulty. more
(20 February 2004 15:19)

Norwest Holst wins £28.4m Baldock Bypass
Norwest Holst Construction has been awarded a £28.4m contract to construct a dual carriageway bypass around Baldock town centre, in Hertfordshire. more
(20 February 2004 12:30)

Reekie fined £4k following fall from height
A Scottish firm has been fined £4,000 after it admitted failing to protect an employee who was severely injured after falling from a height at.... more
(20 February 2004 12:24)

Gleeson opens new office in Birmingham
Gleeson Construction Services has expanded its operations and opened a new office in Birmingham. more
(20 February 2004 11:07)

Amec Spie Rail expands to support Network Rail
Amec Spie Rail, the rail business of the international engineering services group Amec is to open three new regional offices across the UK. more
(20 February 2004 10:53)

Four contractors become associate CCS members
Bovis Lend Lease, Wrekin, Totty Construction and Mulalley are the first contractors to become associate members of the Considerate Constructors.... more
(19 February 2004 16:21)

Bovis reveals static interim profit
Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) made an operating profit before tax in its European division of £20.1m in the six months to the end of 2003. more
(19 February 2004 16:01)

Commercial managers get the highest pay rise
Commercial managers got the highest pay rises of 4.2% last year, according to a salary survey conducted by Hill McGlynn. more
(19 February 2004 11:54)

Morgan Sindall makes record £21m profit
Morgan Sindall has made a record pre-tax profit of £21m and Bluestone, the group's loss-making construction division, has moved out of the red. more
(19 February 2004 10:36)

Engineering sites face strike action
Unions in the engineering construction sector have notified the employers that their members have rejected an 8% pay offer over the next two years by.... more
(19 February 2004 10:18)

Wilson Bowden wins £100m Bolton regeneration
Wilson Bowden has won a £100m regeneration scheme in the centre of Bolton. The project will transform the Central Street and Bark Street areas of the.... more
(19 February 2004 10:08)

Irish worker killed on site
A 40-year-old man died in an accident on a building site in Northern Ireland earlier today (Wednesday). more
(18 February 2004 16:11)

Construction of a new swimming pool - London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (the Contracting Authority) is planning the construction of a new swimming pool facility at Phoenix High.... more
(18 February 2004 16:02)

Car park surfacing and provision of lighting - North Devon District Council
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors who wish to be considered for inclusion on a select list of companies.... more
(18 February 2004 16:00)

Bradford Street Scene Contracts - City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Bradford Council is establishing framework contracts for the following types of work as part of its new street scene operation more
(18 February 2004 15:57)

Housing contracts and programmes - City of Plymouth
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be included on the select list of tenderers for a Group Repair Scheme of.... more
(18 February 2004 15:55)

ARCA website to help firms comply with asbestos law
The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) and ATaC, its asbestos testing and consulting division, have launched a new website to help.... more
(18 February 2004 15:40)

Emcor wins £16m leisure centres maintenance contract
Emcor has won a £16m contract to manage the design, construction and maintenance of wet and dry facilities at three leisure centres in south east.... more
(18 February 2004 15:26)

Inmates to train for construction work
Reading Prison wants to know what skills the construction industry requires so it can provide the right training for its young offenders. more
(18 February 2004 14:45)

Royal appointment for Ennstone
Ennstone subsidiary, Ennstone Breedon, has been awarded a Royal Warrant of Appointment as an aggregates manufacturer to Her Majesty the Queen. more
(18 February 2004 11:18)

Colas wins £500m PFI contract
Colas has netted the UK's first local authority roads maintenance contract to be let under the PFI system in a deal worth £500m. more
(18 February 2004 10:43)

Interserve wins Arab horse racing centre
Interserve's United Arab Emirates project services business has won the main contract to build the £11m Endurance City Desert Retreat. more
(18 February 2004 09:57)

Emcor denies Scottish retreat
Emcor Drake & Scull is not pulling out of the Scottish M&E market - although chief executive Tony Whale has admitted conditions in Scotland are tough. more
(18 February 2004 09:20)

Future schools need a dose of reality
Concerns over the insurability and buildablity of the "exemplar" school designs unveiled last week have failed to dampen the industry's enthusiasm.... more
(18 February 2004 09:14)

Restructuring cost pulls Skanska into the red
Skanska's UK construction business made an operating profit of £21m last year, said chief executive David Fison. But a major restructuring led to.... more
(17 February 2004 17:00)

CIRIA appoints Mott MacDonald to lead research
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) to lead research into accelerated low.... more
(17 February 2004 15:35)

McInerney boosted by UK sales
McInerney Holdings' push to establish a foothold in the UK housing market has boosted the Irish group's latest annual profit. more
(17 February 2004 14:46)

Amec wins Iraq £81m subcontract
Amec has won work in Iraq as a prime subcontractor to Fluor Corporation. The contract is worth £81m to Fluor. more
(17 February 2004 13:40)

CC urges government to back HSE
The Construction Confederation (CC) is urging the Government to back its strategy for a healthier and safer industry by ensuring that the Health and.... more
(17 February 2004 12:33)

Laing O’Rourke wins £40m ProCure 21 deal
Laing O'Rourke has landed a £40m ProCure 21 contract to replace a mental hospital at Cherry Knowle in Ryhope, Sunderland for the South of Tyne and.... more
(17 February 2004 11:59)

Terranova ready to launch Grove mobile crane
Terranova, the Reading-based crane hire company, has taken delivery of the UK's first Grove GMK3055 mobile crane, ahead of its official launch at.... more
(17 February 2004 10:56)

RMC joins carbon management pilot
The RMC Group has signed up for the Carbon Trust’s pilot Carbon Management programme, which aims to reduce its Co² emissions. more
(17 February 2004 10:17)

Amec confident of recovering £100m maintenance work losses
Amec PLC, the construction group, expects to recover the £100m of annual turnover it will lose when Network Rail takes track maintenance back.... more
(17 February 2004 09:36)

Capita buys Symonds for £30m
Capita, the outsourcing group, has acquired Symonds for £30m. Symonds' consultancy staff will be merged with Capita's property consultancy to form a.... more
(16 February 2004 15:48)

Dead railway workers named
The four employees of rail infrastructure company Carillion Rail team who were killed by a runaway trolley while working on the West Coast mainline.... more
(16 February 2004 14:34)

Suspect in Gherkin murder set for Old Bailey
The man charged with killing construction cleaner Michael Bowen at 30 St Mary Axe on Saturday will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday 23 February. more
(16 February 2004 13:33)

Hong Kong jv for Hanson
Hanson has announced today (Monday) the formation of a 50-50 joint-venture between Hanson Hong Kong and Anderson Asia, a subsidiary of Cheung Kong.... more
(16 February 2004 10:32)

Finlay showcases two machines at SED 2004
Finlay Hydrascreens (Omagh) Ltd is showcasing two new machines at SED 2004, including the UK launch of the 694 Supertrak. more
(16 February 2004 10:28)