Articles by Date : June 21 1999 - June 27 1999
A clear performance code
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non-mineral (inc investments) 599
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TURNOVER WORLD WIDE 1998
turnover (£bn) profit (£m) % t on 1997
Case 3.7 96 60
New Holland 3.44 273 29 more
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BOXTEXT: EVE segmental analysis (£m)
turnover pre-tax profits
Power 68 58 2.7 3.3
Trakway 12 11 2.6 1.3 more
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Urban task force report released
Report calls for regeneration of built-up areas and to penalise greenfield building more
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New members for LU consortium
Thames Water and Seeboard have joined the Metronet consortium of
Adtranz, WS Atkins and Balfour Beatty, bidding.... more
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Members of CIC vote to improve training
The Construction Industry Council has agreed to start devolving
powers to new regional groups to improve professional training.
At their.... more
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Allen profits boosted by hire income
Allen Group's hire services division remains the "jewel in the
crown," said Ken Fox, chief executive this week.
Announcing Allen's annual.... more
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Inland Revenue slated for 'absolute shambles'
Exclusive by Tim Wood
Three construction firms in Dagenham have labelled the Inland
Revenue's new tax scheme an "absolute shambles".... more
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Scottish Power and Blue Circle team up
Blue Circle's UK cement division and Scottish Power has formed a
joint venture, ScotAsh, to produce and.... more
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McAlpine faces £0.5m writ on the Isle of Man
Ascon Contracting is claiming almost £480,000 against Alfred
McAlpine Construction Isle of Man Ltd for non-payment of work
completed over two.... more
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Mowlem rebuts claims
Mowlem has hit back at subcontractors' claims that they are owed
money on a contract to build a Somerfield supermarket on the Isle
of Wight.
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HSE looks at rig collapse
The Health and Safety Executive is to investigate why a drilling
rig collapsed and fell on top of a crane on a sea defence project.
The accident.... more
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Scots Parliament gets go-ahead
by Tim Wood
The building of a permanent headquarters for the Scottish
parliament has been given the green light after MSPs rejected, by.... more
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Carillion's share option incentive plan
by John Leitch
Carillion's board members plus a further 100 senior managers are
under pressure to put most or all of their salaries into.... more
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Singing from the same songsheet - . . . but are they all singing in tune?
Treasury chief secretary Alan Milburn has restated the Government's intention to bring about radical reforms in procurement. Graham Ridout.... more
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Prescott: 'Adopt best practice or face cuts'
Government is pushing local authorities to adopt its new procurement methods more
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Group focus on sustainability
Sir Martin Laing's Sustainable Construction Focus Group met last
week to explore the root causes of the "vicious circle of blame,"
whereby all the.... more
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Schal London site picketed
by Michael Gordon A mass protest against Tarmac subsidiary Schal
was held last week at the £26 million Standard Life building
under.... more
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Eve: £3.8m profit
Eve group reshapes its business into two divisions: Power and Trakway more
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WSAtkins acquires LSH for £50m
WS Atkins has paid £50 million for property consultant Lambert
Smith Hampton.
Michael Jeffries, chief executive of Atkins said: "The.... more
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Mowlem emerges as winner
John Mowlem is preferred bidder for the £25 million PFI
contract to design and build new magistrates' courts on Humberside.
The firm saw.... more
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Four in £28m bid for Brighton Dome
Refurbishment of the Brighton Museum and Dome complex starts late summer more
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Shortlists out for two CTRLcontracts
Union Railways has announced shortlists for two further contracts
on Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Contract 550 is for the.... more
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Union threatens pay plan
GMB union threatens to block holiday pay plan a month before its launch more
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Powerscreen agrees £181m bid from Terex
Powerscreen has agreed a bid from Terex Corporation which values
the company at just £181 million and puts an end to the
rumours which have.... more
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Property market sees business surge
The UK property market has picked up in the first six months of the
year, according to the latest survey by the Construction Industry
Board.
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Task force reps meet in Kosovo
Task force representatives assess and prioritise reconstruction work in Kosovo more
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Mansell wins IMSA accreditation first
Mansell has achieved a "world first" among construction companies
by winning a BSI Integrated Management System Assessment last week.
Making the.... more
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Bill Hilton dies aged 73
Bill Hilton, the former director general of the Federation of
Master Builders, has died aged 73.
Hilton was research officer with the defunct.... more
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Symonds in joint venture with Kvaerner
Kvaerner Construction and Symonds have formed a consortium to
tackle the growing number of projects expected to be procured via
the Government's.... more
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Three products launched by IR
Ingersoll-Rand's products include a series of medium-large portable compressors, an IQ system and the Mixair more
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£50k fine for contractors
Two building contractors have been fined £50,000 after a man
was crushed to death in Surrey a year ago.
Father-of-four Harvey Brand, was.... more
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New structure for Carillion
Services, infrastructure management and private finance - areas for future growth more
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No sign of slowdown for Kvaerner
The private commercial sector stayed ahead of the rest in May, James Atkinson reports. more
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Will the industry survive the new regime?
Construction has been given a very clear message by Government -
"Shape up or ship out."
Shape up and embrace the Latham and Egan credos of.... more
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Head man Rosso reveals plans
Case and New Holland intend to retain their separate brand name identities more
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Back bites
Sparks suspect something fishy
Electricians on London's Jubilee Line Extension are quoted as
accusing their union, the AEEU, of seeking to.... more
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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
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Mowlem up for MoD work
JV with BAe set up to target £300m of opportunities in MoD prime contracting more
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