Articles by Date : February 23 2004 - February 29 2004

Be report proves partnered projects deliver on time
Partnered or negotiated projects are 18% - 44% more likely to deliver on cost and 7% - 15% more likely to deliver on time than traditional.... more
(27 February 2004 15:44)

Costs for disposing site waste set to soar
The cost of building and demolition site waste disposal is set to soar in the wake of new EU regulations due to come into effect in July. more
(27 February 2004 12:40)

Kier wins £12m housing project
Kier London, part of the Kier Group, has been awarded a £12m project by Newlon Housing Trust to build key worker accommodation in north London. more
(27 February 2004 11:41)

Willmott Dixon and BRE join forces
Willmott Dixon's construction division has entered a strategic relationship with the Building Research Establishment (BRE) that gives full access to.... more
(27 February 2004 10:56)

Cleveland Bridge in talks over 240 redundancies
Cleveland Bridge is holding talks over the potential redundancy of up to 240 jobs at its Darlington office - 25% of its workforce. more
(27 February 2004 10:47)

Millions of pounds worth of work up for grabs from Glasgow Housing Association
Glasgow Housing Association has advertised a raft of contracts worth millions of pounds in total for work on the city's council houses. more
(26 February 2004 16:41)

GrantRail awarded track renewals contract
Network Rail has awarded the first of its new multi-million five year, track renewals contracts to GrantRail. more
(26 February 2004 16:39)

Hammersmith and Fulham tenders £230m worth of housing work
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is to appoint contractors to carry out up to £230m worth of work on its housing stock. more
(26 February 2004 15:50)

HM Plant to move to new £5m HQ
HM Plant, the UK distributor of Hitachi Construction Equipment, has announced plans for a new £5m headquarters in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the closure.... more
(26 February 2004 14:47)

£28m PFI student accommodation deal on offer from University of Wales Bangor
The University of Wales Bangor is looking to appoint a private sector partner to build it 1,080 new student accommodation units under a PFI contract. more
(26 February 2004 14:43)

Director banned from company management for five years
A director of an electrical contracting business that failed with total debts estimated of nearly £150,000 will not hold directorships or take any.... more
(26 February 2004 12:04)

Salford seeks bidders for £40m PFI schools deal
Salford City Council has issued invitations to the private sector to bid for its £40m grouped schools PFI scheme. more
(26 February 2004 11:55)

Construction worker dead after falling down lift shaft
A construction worker has died after falling 15m down a lift shaft on the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust hospital project.... more
(26 February 2004 11:34)

Housing must become a priority, warns RICS
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned today (Thursday) that the Government cannot afford to push housing any further down.... more
(26 February 2004 11:28)

Government approves £145m DLR Woolwich extension
The Department for Transport has approved the £145m extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Woolwich Arsenal. more
(26 February 2004 11:02)

Galliford Try problems at an end?
The financial problems in Galliford Try’s construction division look to be coming to an end. The group’s latest interim results, published this.... more
(26 February 2004 10:55)

£20m funding boost for Birmingham's Bullring project
The developer of Birmingham's £530m Bullring shopping centre project is looking to invest more than £20m to extend the city's newest mall. more
(26 February 2004 10:35)

Birse ordered to pay £2.1m to Citibank
Construction company Birse has been ordered to pay £2.1m to Citibank following a dispute over a contract on Citibank's new data centre in south.... more
(26 February 2004 10:30)

BAA fights aggies tax again
The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the government's proposed relief from the.... more
(26 February 2004 09:31)

Sales growth to slacken for builders' merchants
Sales growth for builders’ merchants is forecast to slacken through to 2008, according to a new report by market intelligence provider Key Note. more
(25 February 2004 17:03)

Government silent on Achieving Excellence
The government's progress towards reaching its targets to improve the number of projects being completed defect-free and on time and budget has been.... more
(25 February 2004 16:18)

Mott MacDonald awarded Crossrail role
Mott MacDonald has been awarded the Systems and Rolling Stock Technical Advisor contract for Crossrail line 1. more
(25 February 2004 15:27)

Evidential value of timesheets
It is commonplace in the construction and engineering industries for there to be a requirement to keep records of time and materials spent on certain.... more
(25 February 2004 15:25)

SPOA to issue updates in free handbook
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has reviewed and updated its conditions of hire for all equipment, and has published the relevant.... more
(25 February 2004 15:23)

We're on a rail to nowhere
Network Rail's relationships with its contractors go from bad to worse. For an organisation in charge of straight lines, it is remarkably adept at.... more
(25 February 2004 15:22)

NCC defends its site certification process
The National Construction College (NCC) has slammed recent reports that its certifying process for workers who occasionally go on to construction.... more
(25 February 2004 15:21)

New roll loader will ease brick and block transport
Palfinger importer TH White has launched a new roll loader range for brick and block transport. The Devizes-based company has joined a Palfinger.... more
(25 February 2004 15:21)

New team turns around ex-Montpellier firms
Four construction businesses that were non-core to the Montpellier Group are now delivering profits, just months after the management buy-out last.... more
(25 February 2004 15:20)

Morgan Sindall's profits rise to £21m
Morgan Sindall has made a record pre-tax profit of £21m and Bluestone, the group's loss-making construction division, has moved out of the red. more
(25 February 2004 15:19)

Bowey to build Newbiggin houses
Bowey Construction, based in Tyneside, has beaten three rivals to a £5m deal to build 64 houses at Newbiggin, Northumberland. more
(25 February 2004 15:18)

Getting set for SED's Concrete Show
This year's Concrete Show @ SED will stage a series of live demonstrations of the latest products and techniques available to the concrete.... more
(25 February 2004 15:18)

£90m Ayrshire wind farm to go to tender
Construction of the UK's largest on-shore wind farm, due to be built at Hayard Hill in East Ayrshire, is set to go out to tender during the next six.... more
(25 February 2004 15:17)

Capio now preferred ISDTC bidder
Tribal Group subsidiary Mercury Health has pulled out of negotiations as the preferred bidder on the Spine chain of independent sector diagnostic and.... more
(25 February 2004 15:16)

T5 dispute rolls on as Hotchkiss refuses to join HVCA
Efforts to resolve a dispute between Amicus and ductwork contractor Hotchkiss at T5 have reached an impasse this week. The row centres on Hotchkiss'.... more
(25 February 2004 15:16)

Docs out for Devon road
Contractors look set to pick up the tender paperwork within the next two weeks for a £30m roads scheme in north Devon almost a year after four firms.... more
(25 February 2004 15:15)

Four firms sign up as CCS associates
Bovis Lend Lease, Wrekin, Totty Construction and Mulalley are the first contractors to become associate members of the Considerate Constructors.... more
(25 February 2004 15:14)

Bowden wins Bolton regen
The Wilson Bowden group has netted a £100m regeneration scheme in Bolton for joint clients Bolton council and the Bolton Methodist Mission. more
(25 February 2004 15:14)

Birse to move Tunbridge staff to Northampton
Birse Build has denied that the closure of its Tunbridge Wells office indicates that it is pulling out of the South East. more
(25 February 2004 15:13)

Defence Estates accuses industry of being difficult
Defence Estates (DE) finds the construction industry difficult to talk to, because there are so many trade associations and bodies representing it. more
(25 February 2004 15:12)

Rollins buys Irwin
Rollins Bulldog Tools has acquired the tools division of the Irwin Industrial Tool Company. The purchase includes the Clarington Forge in Wigan,.... more
(25 February 2004 15:12)

Only one bidder remains for £30m Cambridgeshire deal
Cambridgeshire County Council has been left with a single bid on the table after two other contenders pulled out of pitching for a £30m PFI scheme. more
(25 February 2004 15:11)

Steel price rises to continue short term
Sharp hikes in steel prices could continue in the second half of 2004, according to the British Constructional Steelwork Assoc-iation (BCSA), but the.... more
(25 February 2004 15:10)

Network Rail delays renewals contracts
Network Rail (NR) will not be "rushed into finalising track renewals contracts". The rail operator's statement follows fresh rumours that it is now.... more
(25 February 2004 15:09)

Galliford jv wins £21m deal
A Galliford Try/Bilfinger Berger jv has won the £21m Caludon Castle School and Community College PFI project in Coventry. more
(25 February 2004 15:09)

Glasgow cuts emissions from its utility vehicles
As part of its on-going policy of improving air quality, Glasgow City Council has equipped 32 of its utility vehicles with the Adastra emissions.... more
(25 February 2004 15:08)

Engineering sites face strike action
Unions in the engineering construction sector have notified employers that their members have rejected an 8% pay offer over the next two years by a.... more
(25 February 2004 15:07)

Hanson to improve service
Hanson Building Products launched itself to the trade last week with an apology for recent supply and service problems, and a promise to improve.... more
(25 February 2004 15:07)

Seward denies creditors' claims of Tendring link
Seward Developments has hit back at complaints from Tendring Construction creditors that it is nothing more than a phoenix company. more
(25 February 2004 15:06)

Mowlem believes council backs it over Bath Spa row
Mowlem is confident that Bath & North East Somerset Council has accepted that the paint problems at the £26m Bath Spa are not its fault. more
(25 February 2004 15:06)

HSC and HSE under review
The roles of the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE) could change completely depending on the results of a review.... more
(25 February 2004 15:05)