Articles by Date : March 20 1995 - March 26 1995
Dinosaurs get a lift back into Liverpool
Wigan firm Ainscough Crane Hire swung into action last week to
change Liverpool into the 'Land that Time Forgot'.
The firm was instrumental in.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Plant hire rates up by 5%, says CPA
Plant hire rates have risen by 5% on average, according to the
latest figures from the Construction Plant Hire Association (CPA).
The figures.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
THE PLANT MAN'S MECCA
If you have not yet booked into a Munich hotel for Bauma '95, you will need a tent - but do not miss the world's largest construction exhibition.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
Gone are the days when an OEM engine evaluation consisted of little more than a cursory glance at the specification sheet and an in-depth study.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Calverley groomed to takeover at Try
David Calverley is poised to take over the running of the Try Group
as chief executive and expand its housing activities.
The ex-Trafalgar.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
MONTHLY ANALYSIS: SECTOR-BY-SECTOR ANALYSIS (œm) POSITION FEBRUARY 1995
1(33)Sir Robt McAlpine199.70-1.00-144.7054.00
2(32)Balfour Beatty120.401.7895.85-2.9919.78
3(7)Bovis75.74----75.74
.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
WHAT THEY SAY
'There's a huge scope for improvement. Our value engineering
studies show that clients can trim 5-15% off the original contract
figure through.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
WHAT THEY SAY
'A third of all savings will come out of improved design, with 90%
of these coming in the early design phase. The closer you are to
letting the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
HOW HIGGS AND HILL SAVED 25%
œ40 million civils project - anonymity preserved at client's
request Changes to layout to access/agressœ2,600,000
Modified and.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
THREE-MONTHLY ANALYSIS (œm) (Dec 1994 to Feb 1995)
PositionContractorTotal
(prev analysis)Awards
1(2) Tarmac254.70
2(3) Bovis219.53
3(-) Sir Robt McAlpine207.40
4(22) Balfour.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
health FACTS
Health problems associated with work in compressed air
n Decompression sickness - this takes two forms - the most common
is 'the bends'; the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
CHALLENGING THE CONCEPT OF THE DESIGN
Giving contractors the chance to challenge the way the design
achieves the client's requirements offers the greatest potential
for big savings. But.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
BUILDING A BETTER DESIGN
The design process currently gives contractors the greatest scope for claims. It also offers the best hope for efficiency gains. But be warned:.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
SETTING UP SITE
Site services are the first thing tackled by site managers when they arrive on the job. Faced with the daunting task of starting from scratch,.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
PROJECT AND DESIGN INFORMATION
Late project information equals claims... not to mention confusion
and bad relationships.
Complaints and queries from site which stem from the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
CLIENT AND DESIGN TEAM SET UP
While some believe that unneccesary tiers of management and
bureaucracy are adding to cost, with a recent report by accountancy
firm Touche Ross.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
THE ROLE OF THE CLIENT
Clients should be making the running: they should be calling in
contractors and talking to them - positive vetting, to use the
modern parlance.
.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
INFLUENCING THE BUILDABILITY OF THE DESIGN
Areas where improvements at the design stage can do most to aid
buildability are cladding, re-entry corners and the thickness of
the cladding.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
DoE sues Tarmac over sale of PSA Projects
The Government is suing Tarmac Construction in the High Court over
the controversial sale of PSA Projects to the contractor in
December 1992.
.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
IN BRIEF
Barr fined
Contractor Barr has been fined œ15,000 for two water pollution
offences which took place while working on the upgrade of.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Railway report says Europe spends more
An independent report into the UK rail and underground systems
claims that œ50 billion would have to be spent to bring it
into line with some.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Neglected schools need repair
A survey of the state of schools in England and Wales has found
that more than a quarter of them are in desperate need of
construction work to put.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Large JLE tunnels restart
Work is set to restart on the large diameter Jubilee Line Extension
station tunnels at London Bridge and Waterloo, following the HSE
ban on the use.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
RIBA's Luder takes seat on Jarvis board
Jarvis has brought RIBA president-elect Owen Luder on to its board
as a non-executive director.
The ground-breaking appointment is aimed at.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Moves
John Mowlem Construction has appointed Derek Norfolk as regional
manager for the Yorkshire and Humberside area. Norfolk, who will be
based in.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Revised bids in for UK private prisons
The revised bids came in this week for the UK's first two privately
financed prisons.
The first round of bids for the œ100 million design,.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Councils left out of Agency agenda
Councils hit out at the Highways Agency this week for excluding
them from discussions on major changes to the way trunk roads and
motorways are to.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
DTI probes UK deals of steel fabricators
The Department of Trade and Industry is investigating Spanish,
Italian and Irish steel fabricators working in the UK.
The UK contracts of.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
CAN CONSTRUCTION EVER LEARN TO LOVE LABOUR?
May 22, 1997, the latest date by which the next general election
must be held, may seem a little too remote for construction to get
desperately.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Contractors look to Labour for their future
Contractors are starting to forge closer links with the Labour
party as the construction industry continues its struggle to
grow.
A.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
DoE consults over construction bill
Legislation outlawing unfair contract terms is set to take a major
step forward with the publication of a consultation paper by the
DoE outlining.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
LA changes delay civils
Local authority roadwork will be blighted for five years by the
latest local government reorganisation, warned the County Surveyors
Society this.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Morrison to save Dostoyevsky Russian home
Morrison Developments is to undertake a œ10 million
redevelopment project in St Petersburg to save the home of one of
Russia's greatest.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Try calls for banks to vet ailing firms
A leading contractor has called for banks to adopt new procedures
that would make it harder for ailing firms to stay in business.
Try chief.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Sovereign advises MoD
Leeds-based Sovereign Consultancy Services has been appointed to
act as the MoD's professional works advisor for 11 West Midland
sites over five.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Playing the market
Safeguard Business Systems has developed a fabulous new invention
for the construction industry - unfortunately Backbites fears that
some in the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Housebuilder lifts '94 profits by 19%
Housebuilder and property developer Wilson Bowden has lifted
pre-tax profits for 1994 by 19% from œ31.2 million to
œ37.1 million and.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
HOT LINE
Stewart Milne has received planning permission for a œ75m
extension to Kingswells village near Aberdeen. Work will start this
spring on the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Build regs 'misunderstood'
The full implications of the changes to the building regulations
are not being understood by house builders, according to the
National House.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Swansea gets œ300m worth of new build
Swansea is set for a major boost following the unveiling of a
œ300 million flagship scheme planned for the outskirts of the
city centre.
.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Man Utd club redevelopment
Manchester United is planning to redevelop its North stand and buy
additional land in a œ28 million project to increase seating
capacity from.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Three left in M5 race
The race to win the road contracts on the M5 and the M1/ M621 is
beginning to narrow.
Three contractors, Costain, Laing and Trafalgar House,.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Roadworks removes bridge
Ipswich-based Roadworks is demolishing a post tensioned concrete
box bridge for Bedfordshire County Council because the structure is
suffering from.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Small builders set the pace for pay
Smaller building contractors in the Federation of Master Builders
are looking to clinch an early 1995 pay settlement this week at
around 3%..... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
RICS finds shortage of houses for sale
The latest housing market survey from the Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors has unveiled a severe shortage of new
properties coming onto the.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Locals push for Newbury bypass
The Government gave supporters of the œ45 million Newbury
bypass a welcome boost this week as evidence mounts of overwhelming
local support.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Youth charity wants builders on expeditions
Youth development charity Raleigh International wants to recruit
builders and engineers to work as project managers on three month
expeditions in.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
in brief
Bridgewater Hall topped out
Musicians from the Halle Orchestra struck up on a building site in
the heart of Manchester this week adding a.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
Amey wins final part of A50 job
Amey has clinched the contract for Phase 2 of the A50 Blythe Bridge
to Queensway road scheme in Stoke-on-Trent - as tipped in CJ, 16
February -.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)
A406 awarded to Fitz/McAlp
The Highways Agency has finally awarded the contract for the A406
Fore Street section of London's North Circular to the
Fitzpatrick/Robert McAlpine.... more
(23 March 1995 00:00)