Articles by Date : March 25 1996 - March 31 1996
Brandon reports 150% profit rise
One of the industry's most active hirers last year, Brandon Hire,
reports outstanding results for the year ended 31 December
1995.
Profits.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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CONSTRUCTION'S BUSINESS WEEKLY SINCE 1879A REED BUSINESS
PUBLICATION28 March 1996 œ1.95 more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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The preferred bidder for Croydon Tramlink has radically overhauled
its bid at the eleventh hour to keep the project alive.
The Government.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Contracts 8 business 14 PLANT 16 MATERIALS 20ÊClassified
36Êcontracts open 38 more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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TARMAC DONATION
Tarmac has donated a pre-historic mammoth tusk to the Museum of
Natural History. The 1.4m long tusk was unearthed during.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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FOR THe most senior jobs in construction TURN TO p42 more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Fraud allegations kill off Costain contract more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Bad contracts bring down Team Services more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Bovis Homes announces flotation plans more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Second airport plan refused
British Aerospace's plan to turn its airfield at Filton into a
second commercial airport for Bristol has been refused by
Environment Secretary John.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Only
6 weeks
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(28 March 1996 00:00)
Roadwork trend criticised
The awarding of the first motorway and trunk road maintenance
management contract under the Highways Agency's new 24 super
agencies reorganisation.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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(28 March 1996 00:00)
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After three years of intermittent squabbles over the direction of
the Latham review, the industry has found something to agree on.
Unfortunately.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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The Office of Fair Trading has established a permanent task force
in an initiative aimed at completely stamping out price-rigging
cartels in the.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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by alastair mclellan Police are investigating fraud allegations
which led to the termination of Costain's œ1.6 million housing
maintenance.... more
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plant theft action group
After much campaigning this month marks the inauguration of the
Plant Theft Action Group - a body backed by Home.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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PROFITS UP AT GRAHAM
Pretax profits for the Graham Group rose 2.3% to œ19.3 million
from 1994 for a turnover of œ488.6 million, the.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Anglian Water Services has signed a three-year framework agreement
with Biwater Industries for the supply and installation.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Higher starting point
Construction starts for central London were more than 20% higher in
1995 than the annual average for the past six years,.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
HOT LINE
Bowmer & Kirkland has been appointed design and build
contractor by Boots Properties for the third and final phase of the
œ15m Holland.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
pic-cap Aukett
Aukett Associates has won the prestigious MIPIM Office of the Year
Award for the Procter & Gamble headquarters facility at
Brooklands, Surrey..... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
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Police are investigating fraud allegations which led to the
termination of Costain's œ1.6 million housing maintenance
contract with.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Bad contracts bring down Team Services
Team Services, the œ100 million-a-year design and build
specialist, called in administrators on Tuesday after efforts to
revive the group's.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Bovis Homes announces flotation plans
Bovis Homes is to be floated in 1997 and œ500 million worth of
property sold off as part of a streamlining programme being
undertaken by the.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Taywood stays in red
Taylor Woodrow warned this week that it will not be able to pull
its loss-making UK construction division out of the red during
1996.
Last.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
bridges
Government denies bridge accusations The Government has refuted
claims by the National Audit Office that it is in danger of not
meeting a European.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Cambridge predicts tough year ahead
This will be another tough year for contractors relying on
infrastructure and housing work, says Cambridge Econometrics.
CE's latest forecasts.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Cable tunnel under Thames
Brown & Root's engineering consultancy, Howard Humphreys &
Partners, has been awarded a fourth contract by London Electricity
to design and.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
œ50m overhaul
Structural engineer Cameron Taylor Bradford has been appointed to
design a œ50 million overhaul of engineering facilities at
Heathrow Airport.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Bovis in Moscow
Bovis has been formally appointed project and construction manager
for a œ230 million trade and recreation complex in Moscow.
Bovis will.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Kier bid to build Belfast arena
A bid for a œ97 million sports and entertainment arena in
Belfast has been submitted to the Millennium Commission by a
consortium that.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Crawley leisure park planned
Plans for a 15,180m2 leisure park in the centre of Crawley have
been put forward for planning permission by Frogmore Estates and
Crawley Borough.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
FMB firms in new craft rate
Smaller firms in membership with the Federation of Master
Buildershave clinched a 1996 pay settlement with the Transport and
General Workers Union.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
DSS office decision delayed
Three private sector consortia bidding for the œ200 million
redevelopment of the Department of Social Security's Newcastle
estate under a PFI.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Centre project letter of intent
Higgs & Hill Midlands has a letter of intent for a œ9
million contract to construct the first phase of the redevelopment
of the Colmore.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Three in running for trusts tender
Three consortia are lined up for the œ55 million redevelopment
of the Edith Cavell Hospital in Peterborough: Catalyst Healthcare
led by Bovis;.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Germans set to strike over 'cut price' labour
The booming German construction industry, which employs up to
60,000 UK operatives, is heading for a national strike over cut
price imported.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
TH replaced on Hereford NHS job
A consortium comprising Alfred McAlpine, WS Atkins Building
Management and Taylorplan has replaced Trafalgar House as the
preferred partner for.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Kier to expand growth abroad
Kier wants to move into Vietnam, India and Southern Africa to
expand its overseas operations.
It wants to build on a strong performance by its.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Star Site stake for Richardson
Richardson Developments has acquired a one-third stake in the Star
Site retail and leisure park at Nechells, close to Birmingham's
Spaghetti.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Wilcon sees profits drop
The extent to which the new housing sector remains a buyer's market
was underlined this week by the news that Wilson Connolly is having
to sell its.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Scots Centre wins Euro grant
Glasgow's œ31.6 million Scottish Exhibition and Conference
Centre (SECC) has won a œ10.5 million grant from the European
Regional.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Lovell wins Hampstead Village œ16.7m development scheme
Lovell Construction has secured a œ16.7 million contract to
design and build a new development in the heart of Hampstead
Village in north.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Bovis lands Louvre contract
Bovis Europe has been awarded a œ17 million construction
management contract to refurbish part of the Louvre Museum in
Paris. The 27 month.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Reshaping cuts Try group base costs
Restructuring at Try has cost œ1.7 million and its High
Wycombe office has been closed as part of a restructuring which has
seen its.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
œ25m Sheffield scheme
A major œ25 million scheme to regenerate Sheffield's markets
has been unveiled by the city council and its partner Tarmac
Construction.
.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Revamp wrangle risks CITB future
The Construction Industry Training Board has been plunged into its
biggest crisis for more than a decade in the wake of the
controversial plans for.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)
Amec to finish Glasgow Park
Amec Construction is to carry out the œ14 million third and
final phase of the Forge Retail Park at Parkhead Forge, near
Glasgow.
The.... more
(28 March 1996 00:00)