Articles by Date : October 21 2002 - October 27 2002

Small and medium contractors - Constructionline
Constructionline clients are urgently looking for small and medium contractors in the Lothians, particularly specialists in concrete repairs and.... more
(25 October 2002 16:45)

Vegetation cutting - Norfolk County Council
Norfolk County Council is inviting applications to tender for the cutting of vegetation on public rights of way (footpaths, bridleways etc), the.... more
(25 October 2002 16:43)

Emergency repairs - Wandsworth Borough Council
Suitably qualified and experienced contractors who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the contract for the above-mentioned works,.... more
(25 October 2002 16:34)

Grounds maintenance - Warwickshire County Council
The Council's Grounds Maintenance Service currently provides services to some 330 schools and other premises across the county. more
(25 October 2002 16:30)

Refurbishment of car park - Suffolk Coastal District Council
Applications are invited by the Council from persons wishing to be selected as tenderers for the refurbishment of Woodbridge Station Car Park. more
(25 October 2002 16:25)

Coastal defence work - Angus Council
Applications are invited from suitably experienced marine works Contractors with the necessary technical and financial resources who wish to be.... more
(25 October 2002 16:20)

Norwich City FC to build new stand
Norwich City FC is planning to replace the South Stand at Carrow Road with an 8,000-seat structure - which will raise the stadium capacity to 24,000.... more
(25 October 2002 16:15)

Refurbishment of five flats - French Embassy
Applications are invited from suitably experienced and competent contractors for a contract regarding the refurbishment of a three-storey residential.... more
(25 October 2002 16:01)

Government slacking over infrastructure investment
The Construction Products Association's (CPA) annual study of government investment in the UK's built environment and infrastructure, published today.... more
(25 October 2002 15:51)

Construction firm fined £40k after child death
Construction firm Galliford Hodgson was today (Friday) fined £40,000 at the Old Bailey for breaching health and safety legislation, following an.... more
(25 October 2002 14:07)

Contractors must invest more money in staff, warns Denne
Clients need to increase their efforts to help drag contractors from their apparent lack of investment in staff, Kent-based contractor Denne Group.... more
(25 October 2002 13:45)

Proposed fireman strike bad news for specialist contractors
The National Specialist Contractors Council's (NSCC) health and safety committee has warned today (Friday) that the proposed strike by fire officers.... more
(25 October 2002 13:35)

EC Harris to carry out building surveys
International consultancy EC Harris is to carry out thorough building surveys at almost 90 Norfolk Schools in the space of just seven weeks after.... more
(25 October 2002 11:09)

Contractors unaware of new IT system
Many contractors are unaware that they could be wasting millions of pounds on setting up IT systems with the government’s drive towards one technical.... more
(25 October 2002 09:45)

HSE to prosecute Carillion unit after worker burnt
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is prosecuting Carillion unit GT Railway Maintenance (GTRM), and labour supply company Construction Services.... more
(24 October 2002 16:44)

Commercial property confidence grows
The Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors' (RICS) survey for the third quarter 2002, published today (Thursday) has seen further falls in business.... more
(24 October 2002 10:29)

Tracey is Amey's acting group finance director
Amey has revealed this afternoon (Wednesday) that Eric Tracey has joined the Group as acting group finance director with immediate effect. more
(23 October 2002 16:27)

Deloitte & Touche partner replaces Amey's Kayser
Amey's board has today (Wednesday) accepted the resignation of its newly appointed group finance director, Michael Kayser. more
(23 October 2002 16:03)

Quality Mark Scheme tops 250 firms
Figures released today (Wednesday) show 250 firms are now part of the new government-backed Quality Mark Scheme, designed to stamp out cowboy.... more
(23 October 2002 15:52)

Parker Filters catalogue out
Parker Filters has published a Hydraulics Filtration and Fluid Power catalogue listing the hydraulic filters from manufacturers like UCC, Hydraulic,.... more
(23 October 2002 11:34)

More from Harrington Generators
Harrington Generators has launched a range of generators designed to meet the specific requirements of providing power for welfare and accommodation.... more
(23 October 2002 11:33)

M&E employers want talks with Amicus back on track
Mechanical and electrical engineering employers are urgently seeking to get talks on a joint M&E major projects agreement back on line after the.... more
(23 October 2002 11:32)

Tower Hamlets £18m win for Countryside
Countryside in Partnership has sealed housebuilding deals totalling £18m on two estates in Tower Hamlets, east London. more
(23 October 2002 11:31)

TJ Brent's bid to reduce plant theft
South West-based contractor TJ Brent is so incensed by plant theft that it is offering a reward to employees who have any information that leads to.... more
(23 October 2002 11:29)

Lenmar goes underground
Lenmar Developments, based in Dublin, is using a Vermeer Interragator II ground penetrating radar to offer site mapping of existing underground.... more
(23 October 2002 11:28)

Knowles looks to loss-adjusting in global push
JR Knowles, the construction legal services and disputes resolution group, is continuing its push to become a global player, but is now putting a.... more
(23 October 2002 11:27)

Bellway scores 6,000
Housebuilder Bellway has completed its "most successful year ever" by selling more than 6,000 homes for the first time. The achievement helped push.... more
(23 October 2002 11:27)

Kier beats Morrison to £640m Sheffield LA deal
Kier has won a battle with Morrison, its only remaining rival, to clinch the biggest local authority outsourcing deal to emerge so far. more
(23 October 2002 11:26)

Four skills councils begin to take shape
Government plans to establish a series of strategic sector skills councils (SSCs) now appear likely to produce four such bodies to cover construction.... more
(23 October 2002 11:26)

Bellway and CTP sign £35m waterways deal
Work on a £35m mixed development in Chester is set to kick off next summer. more
(23 October 2002 11:25)

Flotation costs cut Mouchel's profit to £3.8m
Mouchel, the consultancy group that floated on the Stock Exchange in June, has announced a pre-tax profit of £3.8m on a turnover of £103m. more
(23 October 2002 11:24)

£800 per week at Terminal Five
Building and civil engineering operatives working for O'Rourke at Heathrow's Terminal Five project are being offered an all-inclusive rate of £800 a.... more
(23 October 2002 11:23)

Road improvement aim
The Highways Agency (HA) is working with the industry on a project aimed at improving the evenness of newly constructed roads. more
(23 October 2002 11:22)

Jarvis, Mowlem and Costain to tender for £60m PFI hospital job
Three consortia have picked up tender documents for a £60m private finance hospital project at Lewisham in south London. more
(23 October 2002 11:18)

Retentions debate rages
The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) has added to the raging retentions debate after admitting that it would be "inappropriate to consider.... more
(23 October 2002 11:17)

Rok reshapes Llewellyn as 150 jobs go
The new owner of the £180m-a-year turnover Llewellyn Group hopes to complete the transformation of the business by 18 November. more
(23 October 2002 11:16)

Laing builds position in PFI market with Homes sale
John Laing will spend £150m on strengthening its position in the PFI market - by bidding for more contracts and by acquiring PFI equity stakes in.... more
(23 October 2002 11:15)

Birse loses £5.5m at Leicester City FC
Birse is expecting a £5.5m loss from its £37m contract with Leicester City Football Club to construct its new 32,000-seater Walkers Stadium. more
(23 October 2002 11:15)

New PPP in the pipeline for massive schools contracts
A new form of public private partnership is in the pipeline, in which councils will set up joint ventures with the private sector to deliver massive.... more
(23 October 2002 11:14)

Tyneside lines up three for NHS LIFT
North Tyneside Primary Care Trust has shortlisted three consortia for its NHS LIFT public private partnership deal worth up to £45m over the first.... more
(23 October 2002 11:12)

CfIT queries modal studies
The Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) has questioned the contribution the government's delayed multi-modal studies is making to the 10-year.... more
(23 October 2002 11:11)

Matters of mediation
In May this year, I reported the case of Dunnett -v- Railtrack, a case that considered the requirement of the Civil Procedure Rules for parties to.... more
(23 October 2002 11:11)

Embrace Rethinking Construction or else
Small- and medium-sized contractors bidding for smaller Defence Estates contracts will have to embrace Rethinking Construction principles or miss out.... more
(23 October 2002 11:10)

Canada now, US next
JR Knowles has bought a 65% stake in an Ontario firm of loss adjusters, which has a 90% share of the Canadian market. The plan is to move into.... more
(23 October 2002 11:06)

Asbestos found in 14 more Bovis PFI schools
Asbestos traces have been found in 14 more Bradford schools that Bovis Lend Lease has been upgrading as part of its £186m schools reorganisation.... more
(23 October 2002 10:05)

SMEs told to clean up their act by EA
Small construction firms have been challenged by the Environment Agency (EA) chairman, Sir John Harman, to clean up their act as new research reveals.... more
(22 October 2002 17:08)

BuildOnline to collaborate on £7.5bn of Tube upgrades
BuildOnline, the leading European supplier of collaboration software, has been selected by the Metronet Consortium to support its £7.5bn upgrade of.... more
(22 October 2002 16:12)

Damaging road schemes undermine Local Transport Plan targets, warn CPRE
Plans for damaging road schemes, such as the Heysham to M6 link, could completely undermine targets in the Local Transport Plan for increasing public.... more
(22 October 2002 16:01)

Anti road protestors shut M6 motorway
Anti road protestors today (Tuesday) stopped construction work on the M6 Toll Motorway, formerly the Birmingham Northern Relief Road. more
(22 October 2002 14:57)

Work winners this week
Who's winning the work? Your at-a-glance digest of the latest contract awards around the UK. Data supplied by ABI Building Data more
(22 October 2002 12:46)