Articles by Date : August 20 2001 - August 26 2001
Talking heads
Should the CITB be portraying images of sex and alcohol in a positive light when it is trying to attract recruits as young as 14 into the.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Is convoluted roads plan the way ahead?
It was inevitable that Transport for London's (TfL) plan to divide
up London's road network for the purposes of repair and maintenance
(see page 1).... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
HAannounces three CM contracts
The Highways Agency (HA) has provided further details on its
construction management road maintenance framework contracts, first
highlighted in CJ.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
Tube consortium faces £1m fine
Tube Lines - the consortium that won the Jubilee, Northern and
Piccadilly lines deep level infrastructure.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Miller shrugs off school refurb criticism
Miller has shrugged off criticism of its handling of the £220m
Glasgow schools refurbishment PPP.
Miller, part of the 3ED consortium with.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
More pay for learner builders
Exclusive by Tim Wood
The building industry has received a major boost in its efforts to
attract fresh blood after rates for young.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Consultants to get KPIs
by Glenda Thisdell
The consultancy sector is to get its own set of performance
measures enabling companies to give themselves a "health.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
London road revamp could lead to chaos
Contractors warn of gridlock from TfL maintenance overhaul more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
PPP Forum to prove benefits
Exclusive by Carol Millett
A new forum to promote public private partnerships (PPPs) has been
set up by a group of leading financiers,.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
CITB defends stance on sex and alcohol adverts
Exclusive by Tim Wood
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has defended itself
this week after it was accused of sexism and.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
MAC shortlists out
Contractors bid for five road maintenance areas more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Irish training ad 'less controversial'
by Rob Willock
Northern Ireland's Construction Industry Training Board (CITBNI)
has been inundated with calls from furious.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Dispute days take their toll
The number of working days lost in the construction industry due to
labour disputes rose nearly four-fold in 1999 and 2000 compared
with 1998,.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Kiln deaths go to trial
The proprietor of a building and civil engineering firm charged
with manslaughter following two deaths last year had his case
transferred to the.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Elders exits Birse in major shake-up
Management layer is removed as firm focuses attention on construction more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Bovis Lend Lease lifts pre-tax profit to £54m
Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) made a pre-tax profit of £54m
(£37m) last year on a turnover of £3.4bn (£2.4bn).
The figure represents.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Hospital revamp schemes are just the tonic
Contractors working in the PFI healthcare sector can look forward
to bidding for two major schemes in the shape of Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals NHS.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
ACE DEMANDS COSTS FOR BIDDERS
The Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) wants the European
Parliament committee considering the EU.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
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HA INVITES BIDDERSFORROADSCHEME
The Highways Agency is inviting contractors to pitch for the final
scheme to go out to tender in the 2001-02.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Government must lead on safety, say bosses
Survey shows industry leaders believe UK is lagging behind Europe in health and safety more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Housing plan: don't believe the hype
Next month sees the launch of the government's much-hyped Starter
Homes initiative. It will be good news for the first batch of 2,000
teachers who.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Balfour record bookings
Interim results show a record £3.9bn forward order book more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
UCS boosts excavator fleet
UCS Plant has ordered another six excavators to take its fleet of
Volvo equipment to 28 items. The latest additions are a brace of
EC140 excavators.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Hewden spots gap in market for its cranes
Hewden Crane Hire has spotted a developing market for cranes with
the growing tendency for manufacturers to shut down their
businesses in stages.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Supply chain improves contractor relationships
by Ross Pearman
The Movement for Innovation (M4I) claims the relationship between
the supply chain and contractors has improved, with.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Decorators were targeted by CoBF
Mystery certification firm approaches British Decorators' Association member more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
No surprise that the bright shun industry
Sir,
I read the article 'Lack of graduates blamed on system' (CJ 8
August)and felt it worth addinga different dimension to the
argument.
.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Carillion reveals recycling merits
Cost savings shown on Farnborough Business Park project more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Back bites
Sweet talk
A mint-maker has apparently come up with an idea to enable the
beleaguered Millennium Dome to make a mint. It has been.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
HSE stalls over justice fight
Widow alleges HSE failed to use its powers after husband died in accident more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Net closes on bogus self-employmentÉ
Government move to stamp out bogus self-employment predicted by tax experts more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Call for LPAs to take a back seat
Local planning authorities (LPAs) should stand back and let clients
and contractors take the lead, according to the British Property
Federation.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Fusion reigns
GlaxoSmithKline has used partnering-style approaches for its construction projects for seven years. The process has evolved into the Fusion.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Setting parameters
From a procurement route that started as a traditional fully designed two-stage competitive tender, Balfour Beatty successfully negotiated.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Work winners this week
Who's winning the work?Contracts Hotline is your at-a-glance digest of the latest contract awards around the UK. Data supplied by ABI Building.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers the implications of condition precedent non-compliance
The recent case of City Inn Limited -v- Shepherd Construction
Limited considered two points of particular interest. The first
short point concerned.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
LETI centre opens in Manchester
The Lifting Equipment Training Institute (LETI) has opened a new
training facility in Manchester.
The new centre will be fully operational by.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
HSC axes asbestos meeting
by Ross Pearman
Relations have soured between the Health & Safety Commission
(HSC) and AsbestosRegister.com.
A meeting due to be.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Cranston sells Bobcat
Mallusk-based Cranston Plant has sold its first Bobcat T40140
telehandler in Northern Ireland to specialist roofing contractor
Thornton Roofing of.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Fassi and Advant' team up on new kit
Fassi Truck Loaders and Advant' join forces to design special loading crane more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Morgan Sindall £2bn target
Fit-out division is star performer with margins ahead at 5% on £110m turnover more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
NEWSBRIEF
Metso reports interim figures
Metso Minerals has reported interim profit figures for the six
months to 30 June, 2001 of 121m (£76.23m), up.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Balfour Beatty tops the table
Private commercial work continues to provide the biggest amount of new orders. James Atkinson reports. more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
First Neuson mini is delivered
The first Neuson 3503 mini-excavator in the UK has been delivered
to plant hire and building contractor PR Woodford of Newport on the
Isle of.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)
Flying start for site pensions
Construction's EasyBuild pension scheme easily dominates the early
government-backed stakeholder pension market, according to figures
issued by the.... more
(21 August 2001 00:00)