Articles by Date : January 17 2005 - January 23 2005

Kier to construct water supply schemes in Romania
Mivan Kier, a 50/50 joint venture between Kier Construction and Mivan, has been awarded an £11m water supply project in Romania. more
(21 January 2005 12:10)

Adonis starts year with £20m contract bonanza
The new year is off to a great start for Adonis Construction with the company securing over £20m of new business. more
(21 January 2005 12:04)

Amey Rail fined £4k after worker paralysed
Amey Rail was fined £4,000 at Camborne Magistrates' Court yesterday (Friday) after a worker received serious injuries while carrying out track.... more
(21 January 2005 10:36)

Aculty Management growth up by 60%
Staffordshire-based facilities management company Acuity Management Solutions has grown by 60%, after recording a turnover of £2.85m for the 2004.... more
(21 January 2005 09:55)

CC attacks HSE's 2m ruling
The Construction Confederation (CC) has accused the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) of ignoring the wishes of the industry following its decision to.... more
(20 January 2005 16:02)

Agents' authority to bind clients to a third party
Agency is a term used in English law to describe the situation where one party, termed the agent, is appointed to act as the representative of.... more
(20 January 2005 16:01)

Alumet adds Avon to portfolio
Alumet Systems (UK) has bought building envelope supplier Avon Manufacturing, which will increase its turnover to £12.5m. more
(20 January 2005 16:00)

Products should be pre-paid, says subbie
Products supplied to construction projects should all be pre-paid, said one angry subcontractor after being left owed £59,000 as a result of the.... more
(20 January 2005 16:00)

Balfour: £6.5bn workload
Balfour Beatty's order book stands at £6.5bn with £1bn-worth of further construction work at preferred bidder stage. more
(20 January 2005 15:59)

CITB sets trainee target
CITB-ConstructionSkills is setting itself the ambitious target of trebling the number of operatives achieving NVQs through the On-Site Assessment and.... more
(20 January 2005 15:58)

Iveco considers marketing Astra ADT range to UK
Iveco, Fiat's truck and van building arm, is undertaking a study of the UK market with a view to importing the Astra range of rigid and articulated.... more
(20 January 2005 15:57)

New crane trio for Manitowoc
Manitowoc Crane Group will launch three new cranes, two mobile and one crawler, at the US Conexpo exhibition in March. more
(20 January 2005 15:57)

Daf leads the way in UK truck sales
A total of 56,312 trucks (above 3.5t) were registered in 2004 - the highest figure since 1989. Daf took a firmer grip on the market increasing both.... more
(20 January 2005 15:56)

Mixed fortunes for CV sales in 2004
Light commercial sales rose by 8.5% in 2004, with almost 330,000 registrations. But sales of vehicles below 1.8t fell by 3.3%, while 4x4 commercials.... more
(20 January 2005 15:55)

Barford extends dumper range
Barford has launched two top weight site dumpers: a 9t swivel - the SKR9; and a 10t forward tip - the SK10. Both machines offer an additional 1t.... more
(20 January 2005 15:55)

Mansell nets £20m haul
Mansell has netted four education deals totalling £20m-plus. more
(20 January 2005 15:54)

Martin launches lifeboat scheme
Nuttall-owned specialist contractor John Martin is to launch into a deal worth £5m-plus to build a lifeboat station at Padstow, Cornwall. more
(20 January 2005 15:53)

HTC Plant boss threatens to sack strikers
The director and general manager of HTC Plant, which supplies tower crane operators to the Wembley Stadium project, has threatened to sack employees.... more
(20 January 2005 15:52)

Turnover up to £94m at Durkan
Durkan Holdings has pushed its turnover up to £94m, a rise of £21m, although pre-tax profit almost halved to £1.4m. more
(20 January 2005 15:52)

Call for gangmaster law change
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority will not prosecute unscrupulous gangmasters in the construction industry, the government has confirmed this.... more
(20 January 2005 15:51)

Nuttall wins Pompey bridge job
Nuttall and its consultant Atkins have beaten off challenges from three other contestants and are about to bridge the gap in Portsmouth under a.... more
(20 January 2005 15:51)

Rolled-up holiday pay rules clarified
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in London has issued revised guidelines on when holiday pay entitlement under the Working Time Regulations may.... more
(20 January 2005 15:50)

HSE to raise awareness of the dangers of cement
The construction industry should not get blasŽ about the dangers of using cement, despite new European Union (EU) regulations coming into force this.... more
(20 January 2005 15:50)

Key points still not implemented
A number of key proposals from his 1994 Constructing The Team report have not been implemented, said Sir Michael Latham. more
(20 January 2005 15:49)

Levy launched to promote wood
A campaign to promote the use of wood is to be funded by the introduction of a 0.2% levy on pre-VAT invoices for all wood and wood-based products. more
(20 January 2005 15:48)

Liverpool council to crack down on planning breaches
Liverpool City Council is to appoint a conditions monitoring officer to help crack down on the number of planning condition breaches made by.... more
(20 January 2005 15:48)

Trio battle for £500m Belfast BSF scheme
Amey Ventures, Morrison and Bilfinger Berger are all in with a chance to win a £500m contract to modernise Belfast's entire schools, libraries and.... more
(20 January 2005 15:47)

T5 unrest rages on as workers sacked
Three structural steel workers at Heathrow T5 have been sacked after they were videoed by fellow workers allegedly breaking health and safety rules.... more
(20 January 2005 15:46)

NHS probes PFI hospital 'fraud' case
The NHS fraud squad has been called in to investigate the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital PFI deal. more
(20 January 2005 15:46)

PFMAC contracts still 'two years away'
It will be at least two years before PFMAC, the PFI version of the Highways Agency's (HA) MAC contract, will be reintroduced to the industry. more
(20 January 2005 15:45)

ProCure 21 in doubt again
Calls for a decision on the future of NHS Estates' ProCure 21 programme intensified this week after its staff received notice from the Department of.... more
(20 January 2005 15:44)

Protestors plan anti-road action
New anti-road protest group Road Block has warned that it will take "whatever action necessary" to stop contractors working on a series of.... more
(20 January 2005 15:44)

Scottish Executive to form transport agency
The Scottish Executive is setting up its own version of the Highways Agency (HA) to co-ordinate its £3bn capital investment programme for transport.... more
(20 January 2005 15:43)

Roberts gets £10,000 fine for accident
Plant firm John Roberts has been fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a dump truck overturned. more
(20 January 2005 15:42)

Travis considers Wickes purchase
Travis Perkins shareholders are expected to meet early next month to vote on the proposed acquisition of building products retailer and distributor.... more
(20 January 2005 15:42)

Vinci targets Jarvis's £50m Kirklees deal
Vinci is set to make a move for Jarvis's £50m PFI contract on 19 schools in the Kirklees area. more
(20 January 2005 15:41)

Beach to keep its name after Ringway purchase
Ringway, the construction group specialising in the construction and maintenance of roads, has bought TE Beach for an undisclosed sum. more
(20 January 2005 15:40)

Ammann Group takes control of Stavostroj
Swiss firm Ammann Group has purchased a controlling interest (92%) of roller manufacturer Stavostroj. more
(20 January 2005 15:34)

10 do battle for MoD deal
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has lined up 10 firms to submit outline proposals to rationalise its London estate in a deal worth £100m-plus. more
(20 January 2005 15:33)

Three firms light the way in £50m London PFI deal
Three firms have connected to a £50m-plus PFI streetlighting deal in north London. more
(20 January 2005 15:28)

Directors' roles defined in Bill
There is a state of "legalised ignorance" among company directors when it comes to health and safety in the workplace, said Stephen Hepburn, Labour.... more
(20 January 2005 15:28)

No Xmas cheer for Kent brickies
Twelve brick workers on the Bishop Justus School in Bromley, Kent, this week threatened to walk off site in a row over Christmas holiday pay. more
(20 January 2005 15:27)

The revised guidelines explained
There must be mutual agreement for genuine payment for holidays representing a true addition to the contractual rebate of pay for time worked. more
(20 January 2005 15:26)

Project research to get DTI funds
Construction materials projects are to benefit from funding as part of a research and development boost from the Department of Trade & Industry. more
(20 January 2005 15:25)

Treasury to act on Act
The government is set to overturn the hated Bridgeway -v- Tolent adjudication, which determined that the referring party to an adjudication pays all.... more
(20 January 2005 15:23)

Holcim pitches for AI with £1.8bn bid
Holcim, the world's second-largest cement group, has lined up a £1.8bn bid for Aggregate Industries (AI). The move could trigger a counter-bid. more
(20 January 2005 15:23)

Development and construction contracts - British Antarctic Survey
Are you a contractor with construction experience in the Arctic, Antarctic or similar location, with a turnover in the region of £80million? If so,.... more
(20 January 2005 15:16)

Materials supply - Flintshire County Council
Tenders are invited for the supply of the materials and services listed below during the period 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2006, with an option to.... more
(20 January 2005 15:12)

Highway maintenance works - West Sussex County Council
In a recent Comprehensive Performance Assessment, carried out by the Audit Commission, the County Council received an 'Excellent' rating - one of.... more
(20 January 2005 15:10)

Supply of ice cream vans - Bolton Metro
Forms of tender may be obtained from the Greenspace Manager, Commercial Services Department, Wellington House, Wellington Street, Bolton BL3 5DX or.... more
(20 January 2005 15:04)