Articles by Date : February 24 1997 - March 02 1997

Salisbury bypass probe calls mount
The Countryside Commission's appeal for the government to reopen the 1993 public enquiry on the controversial Salisbury bypass scheme has won.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Baldwins to float this year
Baldwins Industrial Services, the Slough based crane hire company which attempted to float its business early last year, is forecast to float in.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Quantum mechanics
The latin term quantum meruit means "as much as he has deserved" or a reasonable sum. In construction-related matters there are three main.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Contractors told to get off FM patch
Profit margins in facilities management have been driven down by contractors piling into this rapidly expanding sector with the intention of.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Caldwell to be HSE's new construction inspector
Sandra Caldwell is to be the Health and Safety Executive's new chief inspector of construction. She will also become director of the HSE's London.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

EMU boost to Euro-PFI
Private Finance Initiative-type projects are set to receive a massive boost on the Continent because of preparations for European Monetary Union..... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

INBRIEF
Sir Robert McAlpine In an article headlined "FM rumours at McAlpine" published last week in Contract Journal we referred to the recent.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Job losses continue at Tarmac after restructuring
More than 100 Tarmac staff are expected to take redundancy after a reorganisation of the company's quarry products division, details of which were.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Coventry firm protests at GGF expulsion
A company expelled by the Glass and Glazing Federation for breaching rules forbidding misleading advertising claims that it has done nothing wrong..... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Oresund tunnel safety review in wake of Chunnel blaze
The developer of the Oresund tunnel link in Scandinavia is to undertake a detailed analysis of the contractor's fire safety plans following last.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Yeandle takes Pearce fight to High Court
Contractor Geoff Yeandle's six year battle to get the œ500,000 he claims to be owed for work on a road scheme in Devon in 1990 looks set to.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

œ30,000 legal fight launched
A sub-contractor has initiated legal proceedings against a contractor over an alleged œ30,000 unpaid bill. Goldenact Contracts says that.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Biotech projects come onstream
The Earth Centre project at Doncaster is inviting contractors to prequalify for management contracting work worth œ29.9 million. The.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Bovis wins œ18m Safeway package
Bovis has won an œ18m package of Safeway projects involving the construction of two new stores and the fit out of a Safeway Home Economist.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Eastenders to get HARCA
Tower Hamlets Borough Council in London is to receive œ36.6 million worth of Estate Renewal Challenge Funding after a successful bid to the.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Industry launches election voice
The construction industry has launched its biggest ever bid to ensure that both the sector's importance and the country's needs are at the centre.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Three in line for Earth exhibition
The race to win the construction contract for the œ34 million Dynamic Earth exhibtion at the William Younger Centre in Edinburgh has narrowed.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Symonds to manage Bristol Harbourside
Symonds has been appointed project manager for the Bristol 2000 Millennium project at the Harbourside site at Canons' Marsh. The firm's remit.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Amey bags œ40m maintenance contract
Amey Construction has won the contract for the maintenance of trunk roads and motorways in the new agency area for part of south eastern England.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Council's second hand tiles warning
The market for "previously used" clay roof tiles is in danger of being flooded with inferior goods, warned the Clay Roof Tile Council this week. .... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Symonds Woolf expands
Symonds Woolf, the construction management arm of the Symonds Group, is expanding its operations in the Midlands. The group already provides.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

FM contracts - at the double
Two military facilities management contracts were awarded last week. A consortium comprising Primary Management, WS Atkins and Lex Service.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Growth signals glimmering light
The Construction Trends Survey for the final quarter of 1996 reveals a glimmer of light flickering at the end of a dark tunnel - construction.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Quantum leap for JCB's Loadalls
JCB showed the first three models of its new low boom telehandler range last Friday. They have new chassis, new cabs and most importantly a.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

View from the regions
The South West more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Fears over 'killer compound'
A chemical compound used in street cabling work could prove to be a bigger killer of construction workers than asbestos, the Labour Party warned.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Unions slam asbestos-ban delay
The Government is putting the interests of the asbestos industry before the safety of UK workers, the Union of Construction and Allied Technical.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Perkins' new diesel engine is eco-friendly
Engine manufacturer Varity Perkins, which produces more than 200,000 units a year at its Peterborough plant has launched a new version of its 1000.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Laird heads œ360 million Building & Property team
Stuart Laird is the new md of Building & Property's facility management subsidiary. He was previously managing director of Tarmac Servicemaster.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Crittall Hinchliffe looks for growth
The new venture Crittall Hinchliffe hopes to increase its three per cent share of the commercial aluminium windows market to five per cent by 1999,.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Alsecco plans UK assault
A major assault on the UK cladding market is being planned by the British offshoot of the German materials giant Alsecco. The firm specialises in.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Contractors face fire threat
Installers and contractors face prosecution for installing fire doors and shutters which offer no protection whatsoever against the spread of fire.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Tokyo's link to the future
Michael Fitzpatrick looks at the Trans-Tokyo bay highway project, one of the largest civil engineering projects underway in the world today. more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Shortage fears boosted after campaign launch
The prospect of a crippling skills shortage in UK construction took a big leap forward after the Irish construction industry launched a campaign.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Ashtead accused of being heavy-handed
Plant hirer Ashtead has been accused of using heavy-handed tactics to persuade plant manufacturers who are also Ashtead suppliers to exhibit at.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

the colour of money
Would the proposed European Single Currency be good for the UK construction industry? It could hurt, reports Patrick Reynolds, but few.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)

Hyder set for roads eco-test
Consultant Hyder has won a contract from the British Roads Federation to test the environmental performance of existing roads. Hyder will.... more
(26 February 1997 00:00)