Articles by Date : June 21 2004 - June 27 2004

Battle to succeed Brumwell at UCATT goes to final ballot
The battle to take over from George Brumwell as UCATT general secretary will run until August after the first ballot failed to produce a clear.... more
(25 June 2004 13:31)

GAP targets £100m turnover by 2008
Tool and plant hirer GAP is aiming to have a £100m turnover within the next four years by increasing its national coverage with a further 12 depots..... more
(25 June 2004 12:57)

Kier to build state-of-the-art nursery school
Kier Western has won a £2.3m project to build a new state-of-the art primary school near Devon for the Governors of St. Catherine's Church of England.... more
(25 June 2004 10:41)

Cash bonanza for Berkeley shareholders
Shareholders in housebuilder Berkeley are set for a cash bonanza. more
(25 June 2004 10:20)

Provision of Cleaning Services at Bus Stops, Bus Shelters and Bus Stations (Merseyside) - Merseytravel
Applications are invited from suitably-experienced service providers wishing to be considered for inclusion on the Executive's tender list for the.... more
(24 June 2004 12:42)

Tunstall Northern Bypass - City of Stoke-on-Trent
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors who wish to be included in a select list of tenderers for the above scheme. more
(24 June 2004 12:39)

Supply of civil engineering plant - Croydon Council
Applicants are invited from well established and suitable suppliers who wish to be included on the tender list to supply for hire:- Civil Engineering.... more
(24 June 2004 12:38)

Highway maintenance - Torbay Council
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be included on select lists of tenderers for undertaking the following.... more
(24 June 2004 12:36)

Longbridge strengthening - Plymouth City Council
Written applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion on the Select List of.... more
(24 June 2004 12:34)

Drainage works - Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Birkenhead Park is the first publicly funded park in Britain, opening in 1847. It is registered as Grade I within the English Heritage Register and.... more
(24 June 2004 12:32)

Highway works - Hull City Council
The Contract will be for the Civil Engineering construction of various works on the Public Highway in specified schemes in the range of £50,000 to.... more
(24 June 2004 12:31)

Construction works - Bexley Council
Contractors must be experienced in working on the railway and must have appropriate Network Rail Contractors Assurance Case. more
(24 June 2004 12:29)

External works Phase 1 to Concert Hall, Perth - Perth and Kinross Council
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be selected to tender for the construction of the above.... more
(24 June 2004 12:27)

Jackson to build £3.4m health and community centre in Norwich
Jackson Construction has secured a £3.4m project to build a new health and community centre facility for the University of East Anglia, Norwich. more
(24 June 2004 11:45)

Birse Water to upgrade Wolverhampton sewage treatment works
Birse Water has been awarded a £3m contract by Severn Trent Engineering to improve the Coven Heath sewage treatment works in Wolverhampton. more
(24 June 2004 11:04)

NHS PFIs must be reformed to help patients, warns report
Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) in the NHS must be reformed to obtain full benefits for patients, according to a recent NHS Confederation report..... more
(24 June 2004 10:41)

Crest Nicholson continues push into social housing
Crest Nicholson, the residential and mixed use developer, continues to further push into the social housing market. more
(24 June 2004 10:35)

Retentions cut from JCT sub-subcontract form
Moves to scrap retention clauses from standard forms of contract are re-affirmed and moved down the supply chain with the publication this month by.... more
(23 June 2004 16:49)

Carillion restructures to make a business services division
Carillion has reshaped its internal structures to form Carillion Business Services. The division is a combination of five previous elements within.... more
(23 June 2004 16:47)

MoD's review delays Chelsea Barracks again
The jury is still out on the fate of the beleaguered £150m Chelsea Barracks PFI scheme. more
(23 June 2004 16:46)

Colmar units get UK certificate
Following the opening of its UK headquarters in Monmouth, south Wales, Italian specialist machinery manufacturer Colmar said its T4300FS and T10000FS.... more
(23 June 2004 16:46)

Companies should set cleanliness targets
Martin Williamson, UK director of consultancy firm Noria, has called for all plant companies to set cleanliness targets. more
(23 June 2004 16:44)

Honda in action
Honda has launched a number of court actions against companies it accuses of counterfeiting its products. more
(23 June 2004 16:43)

Search invests in Land Rover and Iveco hydraulic platforms
As part of a planned £100,000 investment, Leeds plant hire firm William G Search has unveiled four vehicle-mounted hydraulic platforms. more
(23 June 2004 16:42)

UK Forks buys more Bobcats
UK Forks has expanded its tele-handler fleet with the delivery of more than 70 new Bobcat machines, representing its largest single order with the.... more
(23 June 2004 16:42)

Mercedes deal
Mercedes-Benz is offering up to five years peace of mind maintenance deals called ServicePackage on Vito and Sprinter vans for a one-off payment of.... more
(23 June 2004 16:41)

Council reviews £4.3m bill to repair Bath Spa
Costs for rectifying the flaking paint on the £26m Bath Spa project are the focal point of an internal review being carried out by Bath & North East.... more
(23 June 2004 16:40)

M5 Pacer makes its debut
Seddon Atkinson unveiled its M5 Pacer municipal chassis at the Institute of Waste Management exhibition in Torquay earlier this week and displayed.... more
(23 June 2004 16:39)

New website for contracts
A website that explores the UK's rich array of suites of standard engineering contract forms is set to become available to the construction.... more
(23 June 2004 16:39)

Thousands choose not to renew CSCS cards
Thousands of workers are not bothering to renew their Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) membership and are working on site with expired.... more
(23 June 2004 16:38)

ICE criticises UK's local transport and waste
The UK's infrastructure is still suffering from a lack of joined up thinking and has shown little improvement, according to the Institution of Civil.... more
(23 June 2004 16:38)

CIPER 'faces uphill battle' in Brussels
CIPER, the government's new consultative body for regulations affecting the construction industry, will face an uphill battle to succeed in its.... more
(23 June 2004 16:37)

Network Rail cleared of unfair procurement
Network Rail (NR) has been cleared of all allegations of unfair competition by the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR). more
(23 June 2004 16:36)

Balfour in row over Mersey Wave
Balfour Beatty is in the centre of a legal row over who should shoulder the redesign costs for the £700,000 Mersey Wave sculpture for the Liverpool.... more
(23 June 2004 16:35)

Taylor Woodrow database aims to reduce paperwork
Taylor Woodrow has unveiled an online supplier platform designed to reduce paperwork and the risk of inaccuracies in contact details, as well as.... more
(23 June 2004 16:35)

Workers to strike from Monday at seven sites
Workers will strike at the Terminal Five and Wembley Stadium sites from next Monday and impose a total ban on overtime unless employers and union.... more
(23 June 2004 16:34)

RSC work not 'to be' until 2005
Contractors hoping to bid for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) £100m waterfront village in Stratford-upon-Avon will now have to wait until next.... more
(23 June 2004 16:33)

NFB contests 'lack of leadership' claim
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has hit back at last week's claims by Constructing Excellence's chief executive Dennis Lenard that the.... more
(23 June 2004 16:33)

PFF panels offer better insulation
An insulated floor system using pre-stressed concrete T-beams combined with polystyrene panels has been unveiled by the Precast Flooring Federation.... more
(23 June 2004 16:32)

Directive could boost influence of manufacturers
Changes to the Landfill Directive could provide products and materials manufacturers with an opportunity to influence working practices on.... more
(23 June 2004 16:32)

Partnerships for Schools finds a third way
Partnerships for Schools, which is leading the government's massive £5.1bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, is to publish.... more
(23 June 2004 16:31)

UCATT calls for reality check
Union activists must forget the tactics of the 1970s - including site walk-outs - and concentrate on influencing supply chain managers, according to.... more
(23 June 2004 16:31)

Midlands to trial health scheme
A pilot construction industry health scheme is be launched in the Midlands this autumn, now that half the £1.3m required to fund the project has been.... more
(23 June 2004 16:30)

Doyle to chase Laing for £4.8m
John Doyle Construction has been given the go-ahead to pursue a £4.8m claim against Laing Management (Scotland). more
(23 June 2004 16:27)

CE vows to cut tender paperwork
Constructing Excellence (CE) has vowed to clamp down on clients demanding lengthy documentation from contractors during the procurement of framework.... more
(23 June 2004 16:27)

Adjudication enforcement
In August 2000, Rockingham Motor Speedway entered into a contract with AWG Construction, which at that time was known as Morrison Construction, for.... more
(23 June 2004 16:12)

Cutakerb modifies Wirtgen planer for trench cutting
Roadworks specialist Power Plane has taken delivery of a 1m-wide Wirtgen planer specially modified by Cutakerb. The modification enables the machine.... more
(23 June 2004 16:12)

Speedy Hire aims for 400 depots
Speedy Hire aims to have a national network of more than 400 depots within the next couple of years. It plans to increase its present 18% hire market.... more
(23 June 2004 16:11)

CIG helps members comply with new STGO plate rules
The Crane Interest Group - part of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) - has produced a form to help members requiring revised Special.... more
(23 June 2004 16:10)

Development report welcomed
The Construction Products Association's 'Working Smarter to Improve Profitability' initiative, which is looking at the issues that will influence the.... more
(23 June 2004 16:10)