Articles by Date : September 23 2002 - September 29 2002

Coppard snaps up Bobcat T200
The prospect of new hires in the grounds maintenance and landscaping sectors has persuaded Coppard Plant Hire of Crowborough in East Sussex to.... more
(27 September 2002 13:31)

Accidental death verdict for fragile roof death
An inquest jury in Hull has returned a verdict of accidental death in a fatal roof fall case. more
(27 September 2002 11:47)

Industry asked for feedback on Building (Scotland) Bill
Industry representatives are today (Friday) being asked to give their opinion on the Building (Scotland) Bill as it sets out new frameworks and.... more
(27 September 2002 10:44)

Hydra access platforms clear the way
Structural inspection and repair specialist Hydra Technical Services of Lincolnshire has taken advantage of Nationwide’s range of off-road access.... more
(27 September 2002 09:37)

Shortlist out for Kincardine link road contract
Balfour Beatty, Barr Construction, Mowlem and RJ McLeod have today (Friday) been shortlisted for the £6.5m roads contract for the Kincardine Eastern.... more
(27 September 2002 09:22)

Procure21 shaving 4% off building costs
Procure21, NHS Estate’s flagship building programme, is saving the health sector over 4% in procurement costs, according to its programme director.... more
(26 September 2002 16:20)

Chancellor will not bow to union pressure on PFI
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has told The Times that the government will not bow to union pressure to abandon the private finance.... more
(26 September 2002 15:19)

Work to start on Wembley next week
The Football Association (FA) has announced this afternoon (Thursday) that work will begin next week on a new national stadium at Wembley - and at a.... more
(26 September 2002 15:04)

HA advertises £38.5m Blunsdon bypass
The Highways Agency has issued a pre-information notice for the early design and build A419 Blunsdon bypass and Commonhead junction improvement in.... more
(26 September 2002 14:05)

Small construction firms compete for £3,000 prize
Smaller construction firms will compete for £3,000 in the 2002 Working Well Together (WWT) 4Cs construction safety awards, thanks to a Midlands.... more
(26 September 2002 12:24)

FA to unveil £750m Wembley plan
The Football Association (FA) will announce later today (Thursday) that a £750m deal to build the new Wembley Stadium has been finalised after months.... more
(26 September 2002 12:08)

Roads, Transport and Architectural Services - Perth and Kinross Council
Tenders are invited for the execution of the works, supply and lay of materials etc, as specified hereunder for a period of 12 months, commencing 1.... more
(26 September 2002 11:21)

Civil engineering works - Shrewsbury Borough Council
Application for inclusion onto Select Lists of Tenderers Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be.... more
(26 September 2002 11:18)

Small and medium contractors wanted - Constructionline
Constructionline clients are urgently looking for small and medium contractors in the East Midlands, particularly specialists in general building,.... more
(26 September 2002 11:15)

Redevelopment of Hyde bus station - GMPTE
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced main contractors.... more
(26 September 2002 11:13)

Maintenance work - Copeland Borough Council
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion on the Ad Hoc List of tenders for the following.... more
(26 September 2002 11:08)

Bus station travelshop - GMPTE
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced main contractors who.... more
(26 September 2002 11:02)

Henry Boot hit by skills shortage
The skill shortage within the construction industry is hitting Henry Boot's training centres which are having difficulty in recruiting trainees. "We.... more
(26 September 2002 10:54)

Park and ride scheme - Sefton Council
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is acting as lead designer for the construction of a third park and ride scheme in Southport. The proposed site.... more
(26 September 2002 10:48)

Carillion wins £90m worth of prisons work
Carillion has been chosen by the Scottish Prison Service to undertake major building work and the provision of mechanical and electrical engineering.... more
(26 September 2002 10:30)

Government to release dossier on PFIs
Deputy prime minister John Prescott and chancellor Gordon Brown will today (Thursday) release a dossier on how the private sector is "helping to.... more
(26 September 2002 10:09)

New NVQs for managers launched
New NVQs for supervisors and managers in construction will be launched by the Joint Awarding Body at Building People, the exhibition for National.... more
(25 September 2002 17:31)

CECA’s Maurice Webb retires
Maurice Webb has retired as Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Southern) executive director. Webb is known as an industry campaigner who has.... more
(25 September 2002 14:29)

HSE issues safety note to Andover Trailers
The HSE has issued Andover Trailers with an Improvement Notice following an incident in which a motorist was killed when he drove up the lowered.... more
(25 September 2002 14:27)

Building Framework Agreement contract - GRP
Galliford Rail Projects (GRP) has recently been awarded by Railtrack Midland Zone their Building Framework Agreement (BFA) contract. more
(25 September 2002 12:26)

DoH to offer consortia ‘stonking great deals’
A massive £1.5bn programme to bundle together six major hospital schemes into two or three privately financed framework contracts is to be announced.... more
(25 September 2002 11:51)

Union wages war on holiday pay shirkers
Contractors could face a deluge of backdated holiday pay claims for the past four years, following an important employment appeal tribunal (EAT).... more
(25 September 2002 11:46)

Mowlem launches European FM arm
Mowlem subsidiary Aqumen has formed a joint venture with Dutch facilities management provider Arcadis.. more
(25 September 2002 11:19)

Clegg starts its biggest ever contract
Clegg Construction has started work on the largest it has ever won - a £31m scheme at Center Parcs in Suffolk. more
(25 September 2002 11:07)

A question of people
Rod Unger of 5 Dimensional Management examines the most valuable resource a company has - its people. This month he looks at accountability and.... more
(25 September 2002 10:57)

Watkin Jones thrives in untapped market
Watkin Jones has built a strong position in the market for the construction of student accommodation in the north-west of England. more
(25 September 2002 10:56)

United House leads Islington PFI race
The Partners for Islington consortium is emerging as favourite for what will be only the second privately financed social housing project to reach.... more
(25 September 2002 10:55)

Union wages war on holiday pay shirkers
Contractors could face a deluge of backdated holiday pay claims for the past four years, following an important employment appeal tribunal (EAT).... more
(25 September 2002 10:54)

Two bid for White City
Australian newcomer Multiplex is continuing its string of successes by securing a 50:50 chance of clinching one of the UK's biggest-ever single.... more
(25 September 2002 10:52)

Training too low a priority
Only 339 out of 29,000 CITB trainees - just over 1% - attended plant courses last year despite the severe shortage of skilled plant engineers. more
(25 September 2002 10:51)

Suicide accounts for 10% of all construction worker deaths
More evidence has surfaced of an apparent alarmingly high rate of suicide among construction workers. more
(25 September 2002 10:50)

Study calls for mass road widening
Stretches of the M1, M62, M18 and A1 in Yorkshire should be widened at a cost of £700m, according to a multi-modal study launched last week. more
(25 September 2002 10:49)

Sirhowy PFI road deal close to BAFO stage
Two finalists will finally emerge next month to contest a £28m private finance roads deal in south Wales - nearly two years after the scheme was.... more
(25 September 2002 10:48)

Sign up for Hirex@SED
Hirex@SED has received a positive response with exhibitors, such as Ausa UK - which used Hirex 2002 to launch its 4x2 CH200 Compact - and other.... more
(25 September 2002 10:47)

SEC reveals more retentions abuse
The Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group says it has been inundated with evidence showing a "staggering" scale of abuse of the retentions.... more
(25 September 2002 10:45)

Safety note issued
The HSE has issued Andover Trailers with an Improvement Notice following an incident in which a motorist was killed when he drove up the lowered.... more
(25 September 2002 10:42)

NEWSBRIEF
Speedy and Pasma launch safety course A training course for managers responsible for supervising aluminium and GRP mobile access towers has been.... more
(25 September 2002 10:40)

NEWSBRIEF
Balfour backs away from Jones After three months of exclusive due diligence, Balfour Beatty has pulled out of its planned acquisition of JA Jones,.... more
(25 September 2002 10:39)

NEWSBRIEF
Last chance to book for CJ awards This week is your final opportunity to book a table at the Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards 2002,.... more
(25 September 2002 10:39)

New man at the helm to boost Haymills growth
Julian Brandon has been appointed managing director of construction group Haymills. He will take up the post at the end of the month when Terry Day.... more
(25 September 2002 10:36)

New dumper
Yorkshire-based NK Lifton has launched an ultra-narrow version of its 850 compact, high-lift dumper. more
(25 September 2002 10:35)

Nationwide youth drive
Nationwide Access has pledged its support for the government-backed Young Drivers scheme as part of its recruitment and retention initiative..... more
(25 September 2002 10:34)

Money talks in CITB ads
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has unveiled its new £500,000 advertising campaign - featuring images of money, travel, music and.... more
(25 September 2002 10:34)

May Gurney reveals 25% profit hike
May Gurney has announced a pre-tax profit of £4.6m, an increase of more than a quarter on last year's figure of £3.6m. more
(25 September 2002 10:33)

Kier turnover hits £1.4bn
Kier has boosted its reputation for being one of construction's safest pair of hands as the group's latest annual results show a 28% rise in pre-tax.... more
(25 September 2002 10:32)