Articles by Date : April 21 1997 - April 27 1997

Samsung concentrates Euro-marketing in UK
Samsung Heavy Industries has brought its Euro-marketing team from Holland to a new base in its Flaxby, North Yorks factory. John Harkness,.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Birse Construction shake-up
Birse Construction's building managing director Brian Jackson and civils managing director David Blackburn are leaving the company following a.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

First snap of the TUPE trap
On 9 April 1997 I reported the case of Ayse Suzen -v- Zehnacker in which the European Court threw the Transfer of Undertakings regulations (TUPE).... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
intermat unveiled This week in Paris, Intermat 1997 offers anyone in construction an opportunity to see the latest product developments.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Planning to beat the traffic jams
National and local government are still giving the go-ahead to housing, shopping centres and business parks in locations which can only be reached.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Brunswick branches out with new traffic division
Brunswick Holdings has launched a new traffic management division, Brunswick Traffic Management, to complement its already existing range of.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Raine starts takeover talks
Housebuilder Raine said on Monday it was in talks with a third party which may lead to a takeover offer. The company said that an offer could be.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
Reward for achievement The Queen's Award for Export Achievement 1997 list included Blackhoe Loader Division, JC Bamford Excavators; JCB.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Doctors fear private finance bed cuts
The PFI will lead to "a shrunken NHS, unable to provide a comprehensive range of health services to all sections of the community", according to a.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Big trio turn their attention onto to the next government
The construction industry's big three umbrella bodies have petitioned the Conservative and Labour parties in a pre-Election bid to win assurances.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Miller watches the margins to double profits in a year
A turnround in Miller's construction division helped the group to double its profit before tax last year to œ11 million. James Miller,.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Sabotage alert at Tsing Ma Bridge
Saboteurs have damaged the two main bridges on Hong Kong's Lantau Link road to the new airport just a week before Lady Thatcher is due to open the.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

FMB slams cowboys' 30% cash undercut
The Government has been accused of turning a blind eye to a burgeoning black economy that is pushing legitimately-registered builders into.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

From barge to watering hole... with the help of a 500t crane
Turning a barge into a watering hole was no mean feat for Bass Taverns which called in Grayston White & Sparrow and a 500t-capacity crane to.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Mansell gets efficient to succeed
Mansell has turned in record results for 1996 with pre-tax profits rising from œ1.2 million in 1995 to œ4.3 million, 37 per cent higher.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Recovery not hit by election
The housing recovery is immune from election worries, claims the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The upturn was confirmed by a.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Consultants 'edged out of public work' by CCT
Property consultancy firms are being driven out of the market for public sector work with contracts going to a main core of larger rivals under.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
Return to DOL Construction management students at Loughborough University plan to return to the Kenyan village of Dol Dol this summer to drill.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Trent plans Euro-partnership
Trent Concrete is planning a partnership of European companies to begin cross-border sourcing of precast concrete to help beat materials shortages..... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Mowlem set to float booming SGB at œ100m
John Mowlem subsidiary SGB Group is to float on the Stock Exchange this summer in a share sell-off which is likely to value the group at more than.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Glasgow Royal goes for PFI
Glasgow Royal Infirmary NHS Trust is inviting the private sector to express interest in its PFI project to rationalise its services and estates. .... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

PFI health flagship in danger
The œ193 million flagship PFI contract to build the Norfolk and Norwich district hospital may be killed off by a Labour Government, following.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

HOT LINE
Tarmac Construction has a œ10.3m contract to refurbish and extend laboratories at Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Pimlico homes complex
Plans for up to 400 new homes are being proposed be Westminster City Council. The aim is to revitalise a 2.4ha site at the former Gatliff.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Shift heralds Gleeson changes
A concerted shift towards multi-disciplinary design and construct contracts has led to a strategic restructuring at Gleeson. The group has.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Pay dispute threatens to halt JLE
A pay dispute is threatening to bring work on the late running Jubilee Line Extension's œ52 million contract 207 to a grinding halt this week..... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

SIACmakes quiet Welsh debut
SIAC has clinched an œ11.5 million contract to undertake improvements to the A449 between Coldra and Usk in Wales for the Welsh Office. .... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
Marley joins the web Materials manufacturer Marley has set up a Web Site on the Internet covering all of its products and services. Further.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

World first for Anglian Water
Anglian Water has built a new type of sewage works by using special concrete admixtures to help seal flexible joints in the world's first spherical.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

'Simplified' PFI may be on the way
A simplified fast track PFI contract for local authority road building and maintenance schemes is in the pipeline. The Civil Engineering.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Formwork giant Doka takes first step into the UK
Austrian formwork giant Doka has set up Doka UK to market its formwork and systems in this country. Based in Maidstone, Kent the new company.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Materials come under scrutiny
Building materials are being carefully watched to ensure that they are environmentally friendly, according to the British Standards Institution. .... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

BRE urges fibre technology action
The construction industry under uses fibre reinforcement technologies, according to the Building Research Establishment. The BRE says that.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

SUCCESS ATLAST? - Construction shares soar on back of latest company results
This year's company results season gave major contractors the novel opportunity to announce profits. James Atkinson reports more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Britannia to purchase BB&EA
Britannia, the Cheltenham-based construction group, is in talks to buy materials and equipment group British Building & Engineering Appliances..... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)

Bomb terror breakthough
An independent structural engineer has calculated the effects of blast protection for windows and developed software to help evacuate buildings.... more
(23 April 1997 00:00)