Articles by Date : January 23 2006 - January 29 2006

Morgan Sindall wins £60m cable tunnel deal
Morgan Est, the infrastructure services division of Morgan Sindall, has signed a £60m contract with National Grid for the design, build and.... more
(27 January 2006 11:15)

Bovis/Skanska jv wins hub project deal
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded to Phoenix Constructors, a joint venture for which Fluor serves as managing partner, the.... more
(27 January 2006 11:09)

Caterpillar sales forecast to rise by 10%
Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has admitted it is favouring a small element of higher-margin customers to boost sales and maintain.... more
(27 January 2006 10:11)

Custodia Systems to exhibit theft tracking devices at SED 2006
The theft of construction equipment has been estimated to cost the UK between £600m and £1bn per year. more
(26 January 2006 16:39)

Totty wins £11.2m accommodation blocks contract
Totty Construction has secured its single largest project to date with the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), with an £11.2m scheme to.... more
(26 January 2006 15:15)

CNH profits leap by a third to £91.2m
CNH, Case and New Holland’s parent company, has reported a pre-tax profit of £91.2m (£70m) for 2005, up 30% compared to 2004. more
(26 January 2006 14:23)

Olympic race for health and safety
The health and safety competence of the construction industry following an expected influx of foreign labour to build the infrastructure for the.... more
(26 January 2006 12:23)

Higgins wins £5.3m contract to build key worker homes
Higgins is bringing more key-worker homes to London as part of a new £5.25m deal. more
(26 January 2006 11:25)

Ramseys announces re-brand
Ramesys the UK’s leading supplier of application software to the construction industry, has announced that it is to consolidate and re-brand the new.... more
(26 January 2006 11:10)

Sol targets £100m turnover benchmark
Sol Construction plans to lift turnover to £100m in the medium term, said managing director Adrian Whiteside. more
(26 January 2006 11:02)

Lafarge Roofing no option but to increase prices
Pitched roofing supplier, Lafarge Roofing, has signalled its intention to increase prices in 2006 due to substantial increases in energy costs. more
(26 January 2006 10:25)

Lovell team wins east Manchester regen PFI
The Lovell-led Renaissance consortium has been named preferred developer for Miles Platting in east Manchester. more
(26 January 2006 10:15)

Editorial: KPIs good or bad for industry? - 26.01.06
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(26 January 2006 09:50)

Skills shortages 2: Crisis - what crisis?
The second of two articles from Edward Goodwyn and Katy Munn of law firm Pinsent Masons that looks at the skills shortages in the industry and some.... more
(25 January 2006 14:42)

Future of Liverpool's £65m waterfront museum in doubt
The future of Liverpool’s £65m waterfront museum project has been thrown into doubt after it failed to secure £11m in Lottery funding. more
(25 January 2006 14:10)

SMEs still busy, but costs rise
Small and medium-sized contractors (SMEs) remained busy in Q4, but less so than in Q3, and suffered expected input cost increases. more
(25 January 2006 12:02)

Balfour takes 2005 CJ50 crown
Balfour Beatty spent seven months at the top of the CJ50 chart last year and was comfortably the winner in the overall table for 2005. more
(25 January 2006 10:30)

DfT faces flak over delayed road funds
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been accused of using “delaying tactics” in holding back more than £200m of funds for local major road.... more
(25 January 2006 10:15)

Birmingham roads PFI faces DLO threat
Bidders on Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) £2.2bn highways PFI have been thrown into panic after claims that an alternative ‘cost-effective’ bid.... more
(25 January 2006 09:30)

Local authorities switch to modern road repairs
Eighteen local authorities (LAs) have signed up to road repair process Rhinopatch amid concerns about asphalt costs and new procurement processes. more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Irish highways bring a £316m smile to Ascon
Irish contractor Ascon is on the road to clocking up highways work in the Republic of Ireland worth up to £316m. more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Amey off the hook over M9 closure
Amey has escaped action from the Scottish Executive following recent events on the M9, which saw the stretch of the road closed during rush hour for.... more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Newcastle BSF bidders told to drop ICT and FM from bids
Bidders for Newcastle’s £220m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme have been asked to revise their bids after the council decided to strip.... more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Confusion over date for green building guide
Confusion surrounds the publication of the Code for Sustainable Building later this year. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is due to.... more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Construction firms told to watch their step
A new initiative to reduce the number of slips and trips on construction sites will be launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) next week. more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

Crest Nicholson profits hit £79m
Crest Nicholson, the residential and mixed-use development group, has unveiled a pre-tax profit of £79m. more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

CJ50: December 2005
Balfour Beatty ended an astonishingly strong year with a portfolio of 122 contracts in December worth more than £527m. This was by far the company’s.... more
(25 January 2006 00:00)

OFT clears Carillion takeover of Mowlem
Carillion's proposed takeover of Mowlem continues to gather momentum: the Office of Fair Trading has cleared the deal. more
(24 January 2006 12:15)

UPP and Quintain link for university deals
University Partnerships Programme (UPP) has signed a framework deal with Quintain Estates & Development to offer funding and property solutions to.... more
(24 January 2006 12:00)

English Partnerships seeks developer for Chester site
English Partnerships (EP) is looking for housebuilders and developers to help tranform 14ha of surplus land at the Countess of Chester Hospital site.... more
(24 January 2006 10:30)

CPRE hits out at government's stance on Stonehenge
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has expressed its disappointment at the options for road building near Stonehenge unveiled by transport.... more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Construction task force names new chairman
Roger Latham, chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council, is the new chairman of the Local Government Construction Task Force (LGTF). more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

BAA selects partners for £1.5bn Heathrow East project
Airports operator BAA has selected its preferred team to work up proposals for the new £1.5bn Heathrow East terminal building project. more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Simms to chair BRE post
Sir Neville Simms, until recently the chairman of Carillion plc, has been appointed by the Council of the BRE Trust as its new chairman. He takes.... more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Design team for Olympic Park unveiled
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced the winning team to design the Olympic Park and its associated infrastructure. more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Trent Concrete wins £550,000 cladding contract
Trent Concrete has won a £549,000 contract on the former Westminster Theatre, Palace Street, London. more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Terex upgrades TV100 series
Terex has upgraded its TV100 series of tandem vibratory rollers by equipping them with new and more powerful Kubota water-cooled engines. more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Rydon sold to a management buy-out
Rydon, the £195m-a-year turnover construction and property services group, has been sold to a management buy-out (mbo). more
(24 January 2006 00:00)

Barratt reports a strong 2005
Barratt, the housebuilder, built 7,000 homes in 2005 at an average selling price of £165,000 which was similar to the previous year’s figure. more
(23 January 2006 09:30)

Hewden wins sole supplier deal from Wates Group
Wates Group has chosen Hewden as its sole supplier for tools, plant equipment and temporary accomodation in a deal worth more than £5m over the next.... more
(23 January 2006 00:00)

Sales increase 5% at Wolseley UK
Wolseley UK, including Ireland, increased sales by 5% in the five months to 31 December while trading profit is reported to be marginally higher. more
(23 January 2006 00:00)