Articles by Date : March 16 1998 - March 22 1998
Bonded to performance
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers liability and performance bonds in a case of contractor determination more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Schal wins MoD commission
Schal, the management arm of Tarmac Professional Services, has won
two project management commissions from the MoD - a £20
million.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
CTRL bid covers first stage only
£5 billion Railtrack/Bechtel bid stops at Ebbsfleet, St Pancras seen as too costly more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
WS Atkins buys Silk & Frazier
WS Atkins, the supplier of technological consultancy and support
services, has paid £5.1 million for Silk & Frazier, the
Birmingham-based.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
J Laing extends hotel
John Laing Construction has been appointed to design and build an
£80.6 million extension to the Stakis London Metropole Hotel
and Conference.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
It's two for Tay
Two consortia from four invited contest £100m Tayside waste water project more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Anglo-French cement truce
Following its acquisition of Redland, Lafarge has further plans for expansion more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Tilbury partners help lift profits
Pre-tax profits and turnover up owing to partnering, negotiated and D&B work more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Kier boost from regional work
Kier Regional's list of private sector clients now account for over
80 per cent of new orders, said Colin Busby, chairman and chief
executive, last.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Gleeson says margins not improving
Construction margins are showing no signs of improvement, said
Gleeson chief executive Dermot Gleeson last week as he unveiled the
company's latest.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Architect wins centre design
Manchester City Council has approved the winning design by Ian
Simpson Architects for the £28 million URBIS Centre to be
located in the bomb.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
Wilson bowden profit hits record high
Wilson Bowden's turnover in 1997 was a record £460 million
(£330 million). Pre-tax profit also.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
New categories are required
When is a construction company no longer a construction company?
There's no punch line, it's a real question but, industry chiefs
find it difficult.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
bovis starts nottingham campus work
Bovis has begun work on the University of Nottingham's new £50
million campus, where it is undertaking.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
tgwu sets up asbestos lobby organisation
The TGWU is creating an organisation to counter the scientific body
whose arguments the Government is.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Housebuilders to lobby Raynsford
Housebuilders have started to lobby Construction Minister Nick
Raynsford to get him to exclude starter homes from last week's
announcement that all.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Quality earnings for John Mowlem
Construction division does well while overall income boosted by SGB flotation more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Johnson quiet over How offer
Johnson Control Systems was keeping tight-lipped this week over
speculation that it is the mystery bidder for the How Group.
A spokeswoman.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Protesters join forces against housebuilders
Big companies and directors targeted, as activists shift focus from roads more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Contractor blame for rail accidents - Creditor action pushes Decon to the receiver - Expos' flood expected
Lack of competence or site knowledge by infrastructure contractors
was to blame for a large proportion of accidents on Railtrack's
network last.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
ECA reports confidence - ECA reports confidence
Figures from the Electrical Contractors' Association quarterly
business trends survey shows contractors remaining confident about
business over the.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Court threat in Asbestos row
GMB threat of legal action if Government U-turns on promised asbestos ban more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
New directors ready to help Redrow push
Redrow has boosted its ranks by recruiting new director Neil
Fitzsimmons from Raine and Karen Pope to head up the group's
training efforts.
.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Ruberoid sells off two subsidiaries
Ruberoid Structures and Albintra will be sold off in a two-year refocussing plan more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Styles & Wood announce record growth
Interiors specialist Styles & Wood announced a further year of
record growth for the business, with a 48 per cent increase in
pre-tax profit to.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Euro pay directive
The European Posting Directive, aimed at stopping the undercutting
of local pay and conditions in construction, will be national law
by 16 December.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
This week's work winners
Contracts Hotline is your at-a-glance digest of the latest contract awards around the UK. Data supplied by ABI Building Data. more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Interacting roadshow - SBEF's new IT package - Siteman goes into Windows
A series of one-day events will give an opportunity to evaluate new software more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Hanson sells Grove to Keystone for £365m
After months of secretive negotiations, Hanson has announced it is
selling its Grove Worldwide crane business to the American firm
Keystone, the.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Bumper time at SED '98
Exhibition space is rapidly running out at UK's premier
construction show SED '98. Around 20 per cent more companies have
booked space at Milton.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Decision on 'Top gun' school
A long-term plan to launch an independent business school for
construction "top guns" was to be decided upon by the Construction
Industry Council.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
WSP aims for £100m
Consulting engineer looks to the year 2000 to double its existing turnover more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Keller claims profit top spot
Profit rise prompts chief executive to claim Keller is now world number one more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Roads closures urged - RICS warns members who lack indemnity cover
A study costing £80,000 commissioned by the Government recommends cutting road capacity to help ease congestion more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
EMU cost warning
Construction Confederation says the industry could face excessive costs more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Builder says 'sue clients'
A builder who won his court case against a lawyer who tried to
short-change him has encouraged others in the industry to bring
errant clients to.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Equal opportunities urged
The chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Commission has urged
construction companies to address the issue of the under-
representation of women in.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Will the Scheme for Construction Contracts... - Make a monkeyout of you?
The Latham-inspired Scheme promises a fair deal for all in the contractor-sub relationship, but some are concerned that smaller players may lose.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Cheap Asian imports flout CE regulations
The poor state of the economy in South East Asia has led to an
influx of cheap non-CE-marked machines into Europe. In some
instances 20t Japanese.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
£50m BP contract puts Tarmac on top
In a month where private commercial work has put other sectors in the shade, Tarmac has emerged the winner once again.James Atkinson looks at.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
'The world's most modern trade fair'
Built on the site of Munich's old Rheim airport, Bauma '98 is expected to attract 350,000 visitors to its new venue more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Specialists get concrete design input
Performance-based design standards for whole structures were given
a boost last week with the launch of the European Concrete Building
Project.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)
Hong Kong runway cracks up
Cracks have appeared in the first runway at Hong Kong's Chek Lap
Kok airport only months before its scheduled opening because of
faster than.... more
(18 March 1998 00:00)