Articles by Date : March 21 1994 - March 27 1994
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Moves more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
corporate briefs
l Housebuilders Cala and Tay Homes lagged the recent advances of
their peers. Tay Homes increased sales by only 6% to 434 units in
the six months.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
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Project Sq m GCA/week
to shell and core
Broadgate 480 (project mean)
Stockley Park 240 (project mean)
Ludgate 215 (project.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
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Feature Industry norm Stanhope
recommended
Small power 25W/m2 15W/m2
Floor loadings 5kN/m2 2.5kN/m2
Lighting 500lux/m2 350lux/m2.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
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Building type Stanhope target Industry norm
(Jan 1993 figs incl. Cat A Fit Out) (from collated sources)
City centre building.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
The Italian connection
Strickland is perhaps the best-known name in the UK when it comes to tracked running gear. Ian Brown went to Italy to see where some of its.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Iveco Ford Eurotrakker hits UK at last
Sales of four-axle tippers so far this year are running around 73%
ahead of those for 1993, stimulated in part by an upturn in
construction (and.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
WORKING THE STREETS
The New Roads and Streets Works Act has had a marked effect on plant sales and the way machines are used. Lawrie Tootell reports more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
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Greenwich Council inspectors found they had such a bad set of contractors working on streetworks in the area that they decided to check every.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
MALAGA LAUNCH FOR POWERFUL NEW JCB LINE-UP
Determined to keep its name at the forefront of innovation in the
UK plant market, Rocester-based manufacturer JCB has launched yet
another batch.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Scots social housing
l Scottish Homes investment
Scottish Homes is to invest a record œ382 million over the
next year giving priority to special needs, care in.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Barrett removed from Boot job
Top brickwork specialist Ben Barrett was embroiled in a High Court
battle with main contractor Henry Boot Management this week after
being removed.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
CrossRail denies rumours
The CrossRail project team has hotly denied press speculation that
the œ2 billion cross London scheme is on the verge of collapse
in the face.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
roadbuilding ISN'T working
Can the British public learn to stop worrying and love the road?
According to an advertising expert from Saatchi's - and, of course,
he would say.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Guinness fined for electrocution
Guinness Brewing Worldwide has been fined œ75,000 and one of
its managers fined œ5000 following the death of an electrical
contractor at.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Grounds for manslaughter
Manslaughter proceedings are expected to be instituted by relatives
of the victim of at least one fatal site accident in the wake of a
TV Cutting.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
'Improve roadbuilders' image!'
Road builders are losing the Green argument by default, a top
advertising executive said last week.
Mark Cunningham, a director of Saatchi.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Greenwich museum passes planning hurdle
Building Design Partnership's plans for the National Maritime
Museum's Neptune Hall courtyard development were given detailed
planning permission.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Wimpey wins Dubai shops
Wimpey's joint venture company, Al-Futtaim Wimpey, has won a
œ28 million contract to build a 70,000m2 shopping centre in
Deira, Dubai for.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Try announces three-for-five rights issue
Try has joined the stampede of companies going to the City for more
funds by announcing a three-for-five rights issue. The œ5.6
million.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
BEC revamp stalled
The Building Employers Confederation is postponing its
restructuring plan until the beginning of next year.
A new umbrella structure was.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
œ74m Birkenhead terminal planned
Merseyside Development Corporation is to build a œ74 million
ferry terminal at its Twelve Quays site at Birkenhead,
Wirral.
The.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
christiani
l C&N stake in Nobleclear
Christiani & Nielsen has acquired a 72% stake in Nobleclear, a
company formed to develop an œ82 million.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Cheltenham double
l Shergar wins
Victory for The Fellow in the Gold Cup and Flakey Dove in the
Champion Hurdle gave readers of CJ's Shergar column a.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Baldry to speak at Euro conference
Environment Minister Tony Baldry will give a keynote speech on
Europe when he addresses a one day conference in London next month
on the Atkins.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Hotline
Try Design and Construct has negotiated an œ8.5 million
package with Middlesex University to build 577 student flats at
Hendon Business Park,.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Lincoiln Handicap
Aside from any immediate financial gains, the Cheltenham victories
of The Fellow and Flakey Dove proved particularly gratifying. The
Fellow.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Chelsea Hospital writ against Gleeds withdrawn
North West Thames Regional Health Authority has withdrawn a writ
against qs Gleeds over its work on the controversial Chelsea and
Westminster.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Balfour loses legal battle over aqueduct concrete
Balfour Beatty has lost a costly legal battle with Scottish Power
over a power cut which ruined the construction of an aqueduct in
Edinburgh.
.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Streetwork failures revealed in council report
Startling surveys carried out by two London Councils have revealed
that up to a third of road reinstatement contracts carried out by
the utilities.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Accolade for Costain's IT ambitions
The Costain Group has set itself the target of becoming
construction's leading exploiter of Information Technology by 1995.
And confirmation that.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Redrow set for Welsh village
Redrow is almost certain to be selected as developer and builder of
the residential part of Victoria, the urban village now being
developed on the.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Sheffield Supertram phase 1 opens
The first phase of Sheffield's supertram system opened on Monday,
the latest in a wave of city centre tram revivals in the UK.
Design and.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
United House wins Southwark flats refurb
United House has won a œ15 million contract from the London
Borough of Southwark to redevelop 277 flats and maisonettes on the
North Peckham.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
œ10m Cardiff office complex gears up
Work on Cardiff's first speculative office development for several
years could begin soon. Grosvenor Waterside, the property arm of
Associated.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Ucatt denounces 'lies'
An increasingly embattled Ucatt was last week forced to issue an
official statement confirming that it is still in business as a
wildfire rumour.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Completion date dilemma
Granting of extensions of time under JCT 80 more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Property keeps Pochin in black
Income from property ventures kept building and civils firm Pochin
in the black during the six months to November '93. But even with a
œ1.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
March blow for housing
The housing recovery which has appeared so strong for the past four
to five months may be faltering, according to confidential
reservations figures.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Tenders invited for Huddersfield waste incinerator
A œ20 million waste incinerator is up for grabs in
Huddersfield. Client West Yorkshire Waste Management, based in
Lofthouse Park, Wakefield,.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Shepherd award of Yorks barracks
Shepherd has won a œ12.2 million design and build contract to
modernise Bourlon Barracks at Catterick Garrison in Richmond, North
Yorkshire..... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
back bite
Our lack of foreign languages severly inhibits UK export efforts,
even to our EC partner countries. The answer ought to be simple: a
little more.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Commons Select Committee slams TRL privatisation plans
Plans to privatise the Transport Research Laboratory have been
criticised by the Commons Transport Select Committee.
The MPs said they could.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
MBO for James Longley joinery
The directors of James Longley's loss-making joinery division are
staging a management buyout in a bid to avoid closure.
The move follows a.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Hanson's hot cakes
If only public demand for houses matched the interest in
housebuilders themselves.
When Hanson ran off the application forms for the.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Roofers' 10-year guarantee scheme relaunched
Roofing contractors have launched a revised and improved version of
their industry guarantee scheme which was first introduced three
years ago.
.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
STEEL'S TOUCH OF SUREBUILD
This week's Futureworld exhibition in Milton Keynes provided the
first public appearance of British Steel's new steel frame housing
system Whilst.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
TARMAC'S BASINFUL
Congestion relief for the traffic-clogged Medway towns is on its way as Tarmac-HBM forges ahead with a new tunnel under the river more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
Liability reform stymied
Proposed reforms to statutory rules over liability for work carried
out on site are in danger of being stalled by rows within the
industry.
.... more
(24 March 1994 00:00)
ALARMING RATES OF FAILURE
The utilities have been guilty of some poor performance under the new Act, as council surveys reveal more
(24 March 1994 00:00)