Articles by Date : February 21 2005 - February 27 2005

Mill Group confirmed for £100m Leeds schools PFI
The Mill Group-led Investors in the Community has been confirmed as preferred bidder for the £100m Leeds PFI secondary schools deal. more
(25 February 2005 14:58)

Strategic Forum launches Respect for People code
The Strategic Forum launches a new Respect for People code of practice at today's health and safety summit in London. more
(25 February 2005 14:57)

CITB-ConstructionSkills halves price of health and safety test
A major step in improving health and safety on site has been made after CITB-ConstructionSkills agreed a 50%reduction in the price of the industry's.... more
(25 February 2005 14:56)

John Laing may appeal Great Eastern Hotel decision
John Laing is considering appealing against the High Court's decision to award damages of £8.9m against its former construction subsidiary in.... more
(25 February 2005 13:12)

Cleveland Bridge hits back at Multiplex claims
The steel erector blamed by Multiplex for financial difficulties on the Wembley National Stadium project has hit back at the Australian firm's claims. more
(25 February 2005 13:10)

Bowmer and Kirkland wins £18m printing press project
Bowmer and Kirkland has beaten of competition from Gleeson and Carillion to win an £18m contract for a new printing press plant in Sheffield. more
(25 February 2005 13:10)

Mouchel’s Area 5 commission extended
The Highways Agency (HA) is to extend Mouchel Parkman’s existing five-year commission to manage the Area 5 (M25 sphere) network by a further 12.... more
(25 February 2005 11:06)

Crowe Fabrications fined £30k after worker killed in scaffold fall
Scaffolding company, Crowe Fabrications, has been fined a total of £30,000 after one worker was killed and another seriously injured three years.... more
(24 February 2005 16:50)

MCG launches revised health and safety charter
The Major Contractors Group (MCG) has launched its revised Health and Safety Charter at today's (Thursday) construction summit. more
(24 February 2005 15:17)

CITB-ConstructionSkills launches health and safety campaign
CITB-ConstructionSkills unveiled its new health and safety campaign at the construction summit held today (Thursday). more
(24 February 2005 14:45)

Increased pension charges hit Hanson profit
Hanson UK held its turnover steady at £1.2bn in 2004 but the operating profit was £20m lower than the previous year at £120m. more
(24 February 2005 14:35)

Hyundai targets Europe with skid steer loaders
Hyundai hopes to increase its share of the European skid steer market following a tie-up with Canadian manufacturer Thomas Equipment. more
(24 February 2005 14:24)

Roofing firms lose appeal over construction contract collusion
Two roofing contractors who were found guilty of agreeing to fix the prices by collusive tendering of repair, maintenance and improvement services.... more
(24 February 2005 13:53)

Construction costs to soar by £100m says QPA
Construction costs will soar by up to £100m per year on the back of a rise in the price of haulage of quarry materials thanks to the introduction of.... more
(24 February 2005 13:16)

SEC Group to audit construction sites
The Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group is to carry out an audit of construction sites to establish the extent of CSCS compliance. more
(24 February 2005 12:52)

Fitzgerald replaces Calverley at Galliford Try
Galliford Try has announced that Greg Fitzgerald will become the group’s new chief executive in July when David Calverley retires. more
(24 February 2005 09:13)

External Enhancements and Internal Repairs - Chester City Council
The building comprises an L-shaped block, three storeys high with 15 shops at ground level and flats above. more
(23 February 2005 17:08)

Association calls for business friendly budget
The Construction Products Association has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to abandon his controversial Aggregates Levy and to freeze fuel duty in.... more
(23 February 2005 17:01)

Jackson wins £2.5m refurb contract
Suffolk-based Jackson Construction has won a £2.5m refurbishment contract in the centre of Ipswich for client Equity Estates. more
(23 February 2005 14:52)

New group to add weight to brick sector
The masonry sector will get a boost later this year with a new trade group. British Precast, the Brick Development Association and the Mortar.... more
(23 February 2005 12:48)

HSE defends time taken to investigate
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has defended the time it takes for the details of investigations into construction fatalities to be published. more
(23 February 2005 11:55)

Low-cost housing repairs set for VAT reduction to 5%
The government is considering reducing VAT to 5% on all repairs of low-cost housing, according to accountancy firm Grant Thornton. more
(23 February 2005 10:56)

Balfour back on track for Merseytram shortlist
Balfour Beatty is back on the shortlist for the £200m Merseytram project after it took a £2m hit following problems with its original submission. more
(23 February 2005 09:58)

Morgan Sindall driven by housing and fit-out
Morgan Sindall made a record pre-tax profit of £28m last year largely as a result of strong performances in two divisions - affordable housing and.... more
(23 February 2005 09:57)

Wimpey's profit surges to £450m
Wimpey enjoyed a 19% jump in pre-tax profit last year to a figure of £450m thanks in part to a lift in operating margins - to a record 18.5% - in the.... more
(23 February 2005 09:57)

Skanska gets in fast lane for M25 work
Skanska is trying to manoeuvre itself to the head of the queue of bidders for the £1.7bn DBFO project to upgrade the entire M25. more
(23 February 2005 09:45)

Chester shop repairs
Chester City Council Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors who wish to be considered for inclusion on the select list to.... more
(23 February 2005 09:39)

Infracos face rivals for £1bn extra Tube work
TubeLines and Metronet will face competition from Birse, Gleeson and Taylor Woodrow for the £1bn, five-year framework package of Tube maintenance.... more
(23 February 2005 09:01)

Benson’s crash did not need to happen
Benson’s crash into administration, leaving unsecured creditors owed £23m, could have been avoided, according to its former chief executive Alistair.... more
(23 February 2005 08:53)

HSE announces another nationwide blitz
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) will carry out a blitz of construction sites nationwide next month as part of an intiative to tackle serious.... more
(22 February 2005 16:30)

Builder convicted for assaulting HSE inspector
Eric Dawson, a local builder, was given a four-month custodial sentence at Hartlepool Magistrates Court today (22 February), following his attack on.... more
(22 February 2005 16:07)

Mowlem confirms Construction Services restructure
Mowlem has confirmed that its Construction Services division is being restructured by chief executive Simon Vivian. more
(22 February 2005 14:54)

Bristol Water Group sells Lawrence
Bristol Water Group (BWG) has completed the disposal of Walter Lawrence Civil & Mechanical, its contracting subsidiary, to Land & Marine (L&M).... more
(22 February 2005 13:37)

MoD lines up seven proposals for MoDEL
Seven firms have submitted outline proposals for the Ministry of Defence’s plan to rationalise its London estate in a deal worth £100m-plus. more
(22 February 2005 13:36)

Construction worker dies in Dublin tower block
A construction worker has been killed while working on a tower block in Dublin. more
(22 February 2005 13:35)

T5 workers to get travel costs back
Terminal Five (T5) mechanical and electrical employers are facing a massive hike in their wage bills this week after an independent panel ruled that.... more
(21 February 2005 15:30)

T5 strike likely to go to ballot
Last ditch attempts to avert strike action by M&E operatives at Heathrow T5 seem set to fail if union claims are to be believed. more
(21 February 2005 15:28)

Pochin boosted by contracting and concrete
Pochin's contracting and construction services arms helped the group to boost pre-tax profit by 16% to £870,000 on turnover up 36% to £45.1m in the.... more
(21 February 2005 15:15)

Corus to axe 160 staff to fund £130m Scunthorpe development
Some 160 Corus employees' at its steelmaking site in Scunthorpe are expected to lose their jobs following the company's decision to plough in £130m.... more
(21 February 2005 15:15)

HSE investigates scaffold collapse at Beetham Tower
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an investigation after scaffolding fell 130m off a building under construction in Birmingham city.... more
(21 February 2005 13:59)