Articles by Date : December 18 1995 - December 24 1995
Ireland raises the roof
Replacement of the roof of one of Ireland's grandest country houses
has been completed recently, despite the elements and without
closing the.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
anniversaries
Born this week
James Gibb, Scottish architect (23 December 1682)
Sir Joseph Whitworth, mechanical engineer (21 December 1803)
Ernest.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Tests endorse ASR treatment
A chemical which can be added to concrete mix water may prevent
damaging alkali silica reaction (ASR), even with very reactive
aggregates,.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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MONTHLY ANALYSIS: SECTOR-BY-SECTOR ANALYSIS (œm)
POSITION
NOVEMBER 1995
Private
Commercial
1(1) Bovis43.05 - - 16.36 - 26.69
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
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Building Materials and Merchants Alumasc400420-5
Anglian Group139140-1
Baggeridge Brick114124-9
Bardon GP332912
Blue Circle.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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Cement that is good for a drink
Rapide natural cement and the Rapide-Plus hydraulic binder are the
first neat cement products to be approved by the Drinking Water
Inspectorate for.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
New image for crane hirer
Grayston, White & Sparrow is dead, long live GWS - the new
corporate style for the UK's biggest crane hirer and contract lift
specialist.
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
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Lignacite cut clayCalciumwire silicate
clayhand-madeFlettonclay
Materials161210.212.219.7
Labour/hour9.113.913.912.912.7
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
STIRLING WORK
Encon has opened a new depot in Stirling, Scotland. Called Depot
99, it will sell specialist insulation products with.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
INBRIEF
more road cuts in '96
Major cuts to this year's Government Transport Supplementary Grant
to local authorities will see spending on local road.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Driverless trucks: a first down under
Komatsu has stolen a march on its competitors by installing
driverless rigid dump trucks in a mine in Queensland, Australia.
The truck went.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
HOT LINE
Norwest Holst has been awarded a œ4 million contract by Oxleas
NHS Trust to construct two 15-bed medium secure units at Bexley
Hospital in.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
London Bridge is still here!
Most people believe that the original London Bridge is now standing
on Lake Havasu in Arizona. Not so - large chunks of the old bridge
are stored.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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1(1) Sir Robt McAlpine266.35
2(2) Bovis231.31
3(4) John Laing136.45
4(5) John Mowlem130.30
5(6) Tarmac123.10
6(7).... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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Allen2071965
Amec89100-12
Amey1331330
Ashtead Group169172-2
Avonside3435-3
Banner5859-2
Barcom35350
Barratt.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Water jumps Gleeson to third
The intake of major new contracts in contractors' order books
almost halved in November compared with the previous month.
Bovis remained at the.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Secret document reveals end of pay-when-paid
Radical construction legislation which is to be added to the
Housing Bill early next year will see pay-when-paid clauses
abolished, a fast track.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Ebell rejects Library offer
Haden Young this week offered œ100,000 to electrical
subcontractor Ebell as full and final settlement of its claim on
the troubled œ500.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Amec plans merger in 1996
Amec this week confirmed that it is planning to merge with another
major contractor in 1996 after successfully beating off Norwegian
group.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Higgs & Hill restructures
Re-organisation at Higgs & Hill will cost œ2.5 million as
the group cuts staff and restructures its contracting activities,
the company.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
National Audit Office to scrutinise PFI
The National Audit Office said it will scrutinise the Government's
Private Finance Initiative. The financial watchdog is planning a
study of.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Housing will improve in '96
Chartered surveyors are optimistic that 1996 will be a better year
for the housing market than 1995. The latest survey of the housing
market in.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Super-prison schemes abandoned
Plans to build two œ70 million privately financed
Alcatraz-style prisons for Britain's most dangerous criminals have
been dropped by the Home.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
BRE sell-off worries industry
An industry campaign is to be launched aimed at preventing the
break-up of the Building Research Establishment under Government
plans to privatise.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Trafalgar losses force withdrawal from PFI
Trafalgar House has announced it will not bid for any more Private
Finance Initiative schemes. The industrial conglomerate, which last
week.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Irish hospital tender called
Contractors are being invited to prequalify for a œ30 million
hospital job at Coleraine in County Derry, Northern Ireland for the
Causeway.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Hampden Park gets grant
Scotland's national stadium at Hampden Park is to get a œ23
million grant from the Millennium Commission to bring it up to
international.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
'Record year' for Sherriff
Sheriff Holdings has turned in record results 'despite slowing
construction activity since the summer,' said chairman Richard
Dunn.
The.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Barcom expands overseas
Plant hire group Barcom's recent rights issue, which raised
œ7.6 million net, was more than enough to cover the purchase
of rival Chepstow.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Winter cold cure
Cold weather presents no problems for specialist coatings
manufacturer, Liquid Plastics, which offers a range of fully,
bonded, fluid applied.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Five die as backhoe arm smashes into traffic
Police are investigating the hydraulic brake on the slew of a
Caterpillar 428-B backhoe loader involved in a road accident this
week which left.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Cherry bites the bullet over losses
Countryside Properties last week announced a pre-tax loss of
œ10.6 million for the 12 months to September, largely as a
result of chairman.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Caterpillar announces Brown Group purchase
In a surprise move this week, Caterpillar announced that it intends
to buy Peterlee-based Brown Group Holdings.
BGH makes all of Cat's.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
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(21 December 1995 00:00)
Brown & Root bags Europe's 'largest' road
Brown & Root has been chosen to manage what is being touted as
Europe's largest road job - the œ2.5 billion Egnatia highway
between.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Craigleith gets centre go-ahead
Work is due to start shortly on a œ25 million retail centre on
the former site of a plant storage yard in Craigleith, Edinburgh.
Retail.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Hyundai opens Belgium facility
Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe has opened its production facility
in Geel, Belgium. The ceremony was performed by the president of
Hyundai's.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Balfour electrifies US
A Balfour Beatty joint venture has been awarded a œ213 million
project to electrify the north east corridor between Boston,
Massachusetts and.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Morrison wins German deal
Morrison Building North East has secured a œ15 million housing
contract in Mittenwalde, south of Berlin in Germany. The company is
building 75.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Three left in race for Highland work
Three of the four shortlisted consortia interested in Highland
Regional Council's Build-Own-Operate (BOO) sewerage package have
submitted private.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Liquid refreshment
Most of us are used to thinking of the countdown to Christmas in
terms of shopping days, but not those responsible for controlling
contractors' and.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
FCEC slams draft CCT proposals
Civil engineering contractors have slammed the Government's latest
draft guidance on Compulsory Competitive Tendering this week,
warning that it.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Heathrow work busts budget
The main civils work on the Heathrow Express project in London will
be well over its original œ60 million budget.
Heathrow Express.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
ADMIRABLE AIM
The Government's drive towards higher energy efficiency standards
in new build housing was boosted last week with the launch of a new
initiative -.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Baggeridge predicts 15% downturn in brick sales
Brick sales this year will be 15% lower than in 1994, Baggeridge
Brick chairman, Peter Ward predicted last week. 'The immediate
prospects do not.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
History in the remaking
The œ1.4 million contract to restore the retained facade of
the 19th century Caxtongate building in the heart of Birmingham
will see.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)
Cross drainage goes against inclination
Problems with the pedestrianisation of Ilkeston town centre, where
gradients run to 1:12, were solved by installing cross drainage
with cross.... more
(21 December 1995 00:00)