Articles by Date : August 22 1994 - August 28 1994

Amec unveil drugs job
Amec Design and Management has unveiled the design of SmithKline Beecham's œ80 million pharmaceutical research building in Harlow (above). .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Wimpey starts Brindleyplace offices
Wimpey Construction's Birmingham office has started work on its œ7.3 million design and build contract at Brindleyplace in the city. The.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Anfield Kop cranes to get a steel lift
Two Demag AC1600 500t cranes were needed to lift these two girder sections into place at the Kop end of Anfield stadium. The girders, each.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Rights snatch is 'wrong'
BACMI has slammed Government plans to remove mineral planning rights without compensation as 'totally without precedent and fundamentally wrong'..... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Balfour ponders Chunnel œ20m
Balfour Beatty is to hold its œ20 million provisions against the Channel Tunnel contract until the end of the year. Only then will it finalise.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Contractors ignore ADR
Leading contractors are shunning alternative disputes resolution (ADR) as a solution to site conflict despite its success in more than 200.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

THE FACE OF CHANGE
Quarrying has faced an uphill struggle in recent months to conform with increasingly stringent environmental constraints and recommendations..... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

rock bands
CIOB lets it rock on a summer's day at Englemere next year After its summer bash with Sarah Brightman, the CIOB is now looking to new musical.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Morton's name strikes terror
A shudder ran down the collective spine of Cardiff Bay barrage contractors last week. Morton was coming to take charge of the project! .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Letter
Sir; Being managing director of my own small building and civil engineering company and struggling through our own recession this past four years,.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Considerate it done, says Frank Butcher
East Enders fans will be pleased to know that backbites can exclusively reveal the whereabouts of gloomy cockney car salesman Frank Butcher. .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Moves
Trafalgar House subsidiary Rashleigh Phipps has made Trevor Randall its finance director. He moves from the same position at sister company Agent.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

I-R BRINGS OUT CUPS
The Rock Drill division of Ingersoll-Rand has added button bit resharpening cups to its range of drilling accessory products. The grinding cups.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

BIG RIG FOR FOSTER YEOMAN
The new DM-45E blast hole drill from Ingersoll-Rand is proving productive at Glensanda quarry more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Magnum is champagne model
Earlier this year Bicester-based EP Barrus surprised the market with the unveiling of its D-BAT400HD range of diesel powered ATVs. Last week the.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Laser serves on grass tennis courts
A 11kW compact tractor, owned and operated by Steven Pask Landscapes of Grantham and claimed to be one of the smallest yet to be fitted with laser.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Selecto hot-box selected by Kirchen
Selecto Systems has further expanded its hot-box range with the addition of a new 2.2m-long conveyor designed for use with both single and twin.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

DELABOLE'S REAL GEM
Delabole slate quarry is using diamond wire sawing, which results in better material selection, longer lasting reserves and an improved.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

ROCK SOLID SAFETY?
The new mine and quarry safety regulations will require considerable preparation and risk assessment by quarry managers. Lawrie Tootell looks at.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

HOT CONTENDER
At the moment Madras may only be associated with curry in this country, but if Marton Dumptrucks Ltd of Marton, Warwick, has its way, it will be.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

SINKING YOUR TEETH IN
The hydraulic excavator has revolutionised productivity in quarrying. But the key to success is the proper selection, utilisation and.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Case doubles net income
Case Corp, one of the world's largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers, has more than doubled its net income in the second.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

VAUXHALL BRAVA - TOUGH AND FRUGAL
Our cousins in the Americas have been into the pickup truck for years, but strangely the UK market has not followed their lead. Vauxhall's Brava.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Twixt THE SAFETY NET AND THE TRAPEZE
GRBrewer, director of James R Knowles, delves into the debate over the merits of the arbitration process more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

TayWood raises head up high
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(25 August 1994 00:00)

MATCHING DRILLS TO JOBS
To round off our feature on quarrying, Lawrie Tootell brings you Contract Journal's guide to drills and their applications more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

in brief
Two Melville firms collapse Two parts of the Melville Group - Carlton Waller and Carlton Beck - were put into receivership on Tuesday by.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

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MONTHLY ANALYSISSECTOR BY SECTOR ANALYSIS(œM) POSITION PositionContractor (prev month)Total Housing Infra-OtherPrivatePrivate .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

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1(12)Taylor Woodrow80.86-3.3071.73-5.83 2(22)John Laing60.004.802.9012.100.7039.50 3(7)Alfred McAlpine52.724.218.663.5416.0120.30 .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

O&K TRIPOWER LEADS THE WAY
For many years, designers have looked for ways to simplify the digging and loading cycle on big hydraulic face shovels. At the 1983 Bauma, O&K.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

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The CJ40 League records the competitive positions of the industry's leading players. Tables are based on a monthly analysis of the UK's major.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

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THREE-MONTHLY ANALYSISœm (May 1994 to July 1994) PositionContractorTotal awardsPosition ContractorTotal awards (prev analysis) more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Cuban caper
Spare a thought for Rudi Klein of SECG. He's in Cuba for his holidays! more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

PYROTECHNIC ROCK BUSTING FROM WALES
Welsh based Rock Buster Services Ltd has recently introduced a new pyrotechnic breaker capsule to replace high explosives in environmentally.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

CJ40 League July 1994
Taylor Woodrow stands head and shoulders above its rivals in the latest CJ40 League monthly table thanks to a couple of major public sector.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Tarmac set for œ150m profit
Tarmac is set to achieve a œ150 million turn-around in profits this year according to Goldman Sachs. And the broker is so positive about.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Shoddy CCT terms cost tenderers money
Builders are up in arms over the standard of local authority tender documentation they are receiving from construction professionals following the.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Race is on for DBFOÉ - Ébut 'risk' holds the key
Contractors are scrambling to assemble winning consortia for the œ380 million of design, build, finance and operate road schemes announced by.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Painstaking preservation project(ed)
Contractors Christiani & Nielsen and Kier Construction are saving Stoke-on-Trent Alhambra cinema brick by brick. The joint venture.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

No move on new safety rules
The Department of Employment does not expect any movement on the introduction of the CONDAM regulations until after Parliament's summer recess ends.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Debts to builders fall
The average value of the overdue debts to builders and contractors - those still unpaid after 30 days - fell to œ133,000 in the second quarter.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Contractors enter jvs with NHS trusts
Construction firms, keen to secure public healthcare work, are already forming joint ventures with NHS trusts. Five such jvs want to bid for a.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Bovis to double student awards
Bovis has doubled the number of students it is sponsoring through university this year and for the first time 50% of the intake will be women. .... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Ove Arup set to audit River Thames
Ove Arup is to undertake a comprehensive audit of the River Thames from Hampton Court to Greenwich. The study, which is due to be completed by.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Kier/NH confirmed on Dee bridge job
The Kier/Norwest Holst/Campenon Bernard joint venture has won the œ40 million River Dee crossing job. The two-and-a-half year contract for.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

HOT LINE
John Laing Construction has started work on the œ14m Valley Park Leisure scheme in Croydon. The scheme comprises an eight-screen cinema, three.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

Civils in flux
Medium-size civils contractors - those turning over, say, œ40 million and under, or, to put it another way, the backbone of the civil.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

'Manager hit me' claim
Police attended a Tarmac building site in Harrow, Middlesex, after a London regional official of Ucatt complained he had been assaulted by the site.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

R McAlpine up for bank job
Sir Robert McAlpine is thought to be favourite to take the œ40 million management contract to build phase two of the Royal Bank of Scotland's.... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)

œ600m extra for blacktop
Blacktop contractors are benefiting from a boom in term maintenance contracts as a result of the Government's compulsory competitive tender drive..... more
(25 August 1994 00:00)