Articles by Date : September 23 1996 - September 29 1996

Boost for natural sewage methods
Natural methods of sewage treatment will take another step forward next week when Southern Water commissions a reed bed treatment facility at.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Vaillant's new launch
Vaillant has launched three room sealed, fan assisted system boilers. The new THERMOcompact models benefit from many features of the TURBOmax.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Clearing the mess
The Officers' Mess at Royal Air Force Bentley Priory in Stanmore, Middlesex was severely damaged by fire in 1979, but has now been completely.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Flowcrete introduces guarantee
Leading resin flooring manufacturer, Flowcrete, is backing up its products with an optional insurance-backed guarantee scheme. The company, which.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Partnering - avoid the legal backfire
Christopher Hill of solicitors Norton Rose explains how to avoid the potential pitfalls of entering into a partnership agreement with a client .... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Blackspot work
Alfred McAlpine Civil Engineering has started work on a œ6 million contract to improve a stretch of the A15 Lincoln Road at Werrington,.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Kier widens safety drive
A company-wide campaign to promote safety awareness at Kier Group has now spread beyond construction sites to target drivers of the company's fleet.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Safety under the spotlight
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a nationwide campaign to improve safety standards on demolition sites. Such sites accrued seven.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Fountain of knowledge
The Monaghan Partnership has announced the selection of building surveyor Gary Fountain as one of only 50 people in the UK to be assessed as an.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

ECA Buckle's down to it
Philip Buckle has been appointed head of technical services with the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA). He was formerly a senior technical.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Pointing Gibb in the right direction
Brian Arrowsmith has joined Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners to further strengthen its business consulting division. GIBB Business Consulting.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Limited options for third airport
Given the untested nature of the floater scheme the floating airport might just remain another radical idea. But the fact that the government is.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

INBRIEF
a Firn hand As a result of recent re-organisation in the Northern Region, John Sisk & Son has announced the appointment of Tony Firn.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

INBRIEF
Living with roads John Watts, Roads Minister, launched the first-ever environmental strategy for England's main roads yesterday. The booklet,.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

INBRIEF
Blair visits factory Labour leader Tony Blair recently took time out from the TUC Conference in Blackpool to visit JCB's chairman and md Sir.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Atkins hit by super-agency change
Contractors and consultants who took over county council engineering departments are facing heavy losses in workload from consortia taking over the.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

MI5 warning over terrorist attacks
The Security Service MI5 has warned that building owners may be acting illegally if they do not take preventative steps to protect people from.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Alfred McAlpine pulls out of health PFI bidding
Alfred McAlpine announced that it is to suspend bidding for Private Finance Initiative projects in the health sector until a critical mass of.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Energy savings "could cut costs by œ100 million"
Construction costs could be slashed by œ100 million a year if contractors are more energy conscience, according to a campaign launched jointly.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Underground chiefs declare writ war
Consultants and contractors are preparing themselves for a flurry of writs from London Underground. This follows LU's decision to sue consultant.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

œ65 million bill puts Tarmac into the red
A œ65 million charge for restructuring following Tar-mac's œ600 million asset swap with Wimpey in March, put the group well into the red.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Paddington plans
Masterplans have been submitted to Westminster Council's Planning and Environment Committee for two major redevelopment schemes. Railtrack has.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

HOT LINE
Amey Building has secured œ23m worth of new contracts including: a œ5m HQ and detention.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

View from the regions: Greater London
During the last few months I have noticed a real change of attitude now prevailing in London. Scepticism about the recovery is declining; the.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

New 999- friendly road hump
Concern by ambulance crews of the way traffic calming schemes such as sleeping policemen are slowing emergency runs to hospitals has led to the.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

JCB targets Europe with launch
JCB launched three brand-new articulated wheeled loading shovels last week. The launch took place at Rocester but there is no doubt that.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Corrosion tests extended
Field tests of coatings to limit the corrosion of rebar have been extended by three years as part of a LINK research programme. The extended.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Euro-first for Kvaerner
Kvaerner John Brown has signed a three party alliance agreement with BP Chemicals and Lurgi to undertake a œ50 million environmental scheme,.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Tears flow as FCEC announces closure
Staff broke down in tears at the shock announcement that the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors will cease to exist by the middle of.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Industry to go net shopping
Information technology could play a key role in reducing adversarial relations in the industry and could lead to "shopping channels" for building.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Recovery plan launched
A five-point recovery package which would create more than 100,000 new jobs was launched by the Construction Industry Employers Council this week.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Militant group has first meet
A revived militant Joint Sites Committee held its first formal meeting in London last week to identify targets for industrial action. Rank and.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

PAYE summit meeting planned
Construction employers are to meet with representatives of the Inland Revenue and the Contributions Agency at a summit next Monday to discuss a.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Friern start
London's œ36 million Friern Bridge Retail Park in Barnet has gained funding, allowing Try and Tarmac to begin work on the scheme. Haslemere.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Hanson launch
Hanson Land is launching a 27ha commerce park at its new town development of Hampton, near Peterborough. The site will provide 92,900m2 of business.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Barnstorming partnership
Countryside in Partnership has begun work on the œ23 million Boarded Barns regeneration programme in Chelmsford, Essex. The first phase.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Chairman makes profit promise
Britannia Group's pre-tax loss of more than œ2 million in the first six months of 1996 will not be wiped out by the end of the full year, said.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

City plans PFI takeover
The first of a new breed of independent Private Finance Initiative project development companies will be launched by City financiers before the end.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Report spells end to bridge ban
The Highways Agency announced a new certification scheme for contractors working on bonded post-tensioned concrete bridges, following the lifting.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

œ108m contracts for BPMS
Building & Property Management Services, recently acquired from Amec and Pell Frischmann in a management buyout, has won new contracts worth.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Birwelco-me!
OTV Birwelco (OTVB), the water industry process contractor, has won two contracts worth a total of œ14.7 million. It will design, construct.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Lording it up
Heery International, the fee contracting arm of Balfour Beatty, has been awarded the œ11 million management contract for the redevelopment of.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

œ35m investment for Balfour Beatty
Thirty-five million pounds of a œ215 million investment programme by BICC is earmarked for Balfour Beatty's Private Finance Initiative.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Drake denies FMrumour
Drake & Scull this week denied market rumours that it is poised to pull out of facilities management. Clive Moore, Drake & Scull's.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Warning over lottery boost
Projects financed by the National Lottery could boost the building industry's total output by as much as 3 per cent, according to the Bucknall.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Camas sees profits fall
Building materials group Camas has posted a fall in interim pre-tax profits for the first half of the year, but remains optimistic about the second.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Radical reforms considered
A radical new package of pay reforms for the building and civil engineering industries is being prepared by construction employers and will be.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Taywood's hat-trick
Taylor Woodrow Construction has been awarded three design and build contracts worth œ20 million to construct new stores for Tesco. The three.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Bryant group's buy "strategic"
Bryant Group's acquisition of Admiral Homes in the same week that it unveiled a 46 per cent plunge in its annual pre-tax profits is portrayed by.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)

Hydro-Electric to build œ52m ICI power station
Hydro-Electric, the Perth-based energy company, is planning to build a œ52 million power station for ICI Chemicals & Polymers in Runcorn,.... more
(26 September 1996 00:00)