Articles by Date : August 26 1996 - September 01 1996
INBRIEF
Tarmac on disk
Tarmac Topblock has brought out its Concrete Blockwork Typical
Movement Control Details on disk. The designer's aid outlines.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Sheriff acquires another hirer
Sheriff Holdings has bought Pace Plant the Birmingham-based plant
hirer for œ250,000 in cash. Last year Pace achieved an
operating profit of.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
Shorco's Profits up
Shorco Group Holdings, the Leeds-based plant hire and security
accommodation specialist, has announced increased profits in.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
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A new rash of militant site activity may be on the cards following
a row over tea breaks on a north London housing development.
At the heart of.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
Insulation system launched
Owens Corning has launched its new Crown Ductslab insulation
system. Claimed to be lightweight, robust and.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
HOT LINE
Welwyn Garden City based stone contractor, Grant Ameristone, has
fought off stiff competition to win a œ16 million contract to
supply and.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Management buy-out at Building and Property
Pell Frischmann Facilities Management has agreed with Amec to sell
off Building and Property Management Services for œ84.6
million to a.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Tarmac's metro success
A European consortium which includes Tarmac Construction
International has been selected as the preferred contractor for the
design and.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Lord Tebbit to host first ever awards
Former Tory party chairman Norman Tebbit is to be master of
ceremonies for the first Contract Journal Construction Industry
Awards. Lord Tebbit.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
HBG "will not hesitate to buy"
Dutch contractor Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) said this week it
wants to strengthen its UK presence with the purchase of another
construction.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
INBRIEF
Mowlem prosecuted
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting John Mowlem
Construction following an investigation into an incident on.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Miller's profit hike
Edinburgh-based Miller saw its profits climb sixfold to œ3
million in the first six months of 1996, according to its interim
statement posted.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Lavendon to float
by Ian Brown Lavendon Group, better known as Nationwide Access, is
to go for an Autumn flotation on the Stock Exchange.
The move is expected to.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
CIB launches major training overhaul
The Construction Industry Board is expected to recommend today a
wide range of initiatives to completely overhaul training in the
construction.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Rural housebuilding boom sparks row
The housebuilders' lobby is over-powerful and is causing too much
countryside to be ruined by new housing developments, the Council
for the.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
CIB appoints second deputy
The Construction Industry Board has appointed Tony Merricks as its
second deputy chairman.
Merricks has worked in the construction industry.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
How is the scaffold levy spent?
Scaffolding contractors are putting pressure on the Construction
Industry Training Board to provide a more detailed analysis on how
much levy is.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
RAF base to be revitalised
Developer Country & Metropolitan Group is planning to
revitalise the former RAF base at Little Rissington,
Gloucestershire after acquiring the.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Kier bags œ20m worth of work
In Islington, London N1, Kier Southern has been awarded a
œ10.1 million for the construction of a 184 bedroom hotel on
behalf of Stakis in.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Jobs switch "spells chaos"
Moves by the Inland Revenue and the Benefits Agency to reclassify
most self-employed operatives as direct employees are causing
"chaos and.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
New guide aims to boost safety
A book advising contractors on safety and on how to meet the new
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 has been
published by.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Four fight for œ90 million Stonehenge PFI project
Four consortia have been shortlisted for the œ90 million
Stonehenge PFI project to design, build, finance and operate a new
visitor centre.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Brown &Root joins Intecsa
Brown & Root and Intecsa of Spain have been awarded a contract
for the design and management of the next particle accelerator at
the European.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
75% success rate for debt arbitration angels
A new breed of business "angel" has helped nearly 50 construction
companies avoid bankruptcy by reducing their outstanding debts by a
total of.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Partnering legal backfire looms
Contractors who sign partnering arrangements with clients are
making a big mistake, a leading construction industry solicitor
told CJ this week. He.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Scaffolder scheme gets NVQ link
Major changes in construction's Scaffolder Record Scheme are being
introduced from next month when the 17-year-old register of
qualified operatives.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Tiling giant with feet of clay
Marley's UK roof tile prices have fallen by 2-3% over the past six
months as a consequence of a 15% downturn in volume. Marley chief
executive.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Clayton secures Millennium job
Edmund Nuttall has appointed Clayton Evironmental Consultants to
monitor the remediation of part of the former gasworks on the East
Greenwich.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Concrete pipes pip plastic
Concrete is the most environmentally friendly material for drainage
pipes, according to the results of a unique investigation by Dutch
researchers.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Excavating a new angle
PowerTilt - an American manufactured unit which hydraulically
swings buckets and attachments up to 90¼ either side from
centre - is proving an.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Jackson tired of living on the margins
Contractors cannot live forever on margins of just one per cent
said Peter Fryer, md of the Jackson Group, this week. Fryer told
CJ: "It is not.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Woods teams up with GECHong Kong
Woods of Colchester, in association with GEC Hong Kong, has
supplied 46 large diameter fans to ventilate the Western Harbour
Crossing twin.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
British Steel wins over Groundforce
Groundforce, the ground engineering subsidiary of Vibroplant, is to
replace its entire stock of heavy duty trench sheeting with a new
product.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Grist Services gets ready to Rumbell
Southampton-based Grist Building Services, founded in August 1990
by directors Brian Hobby, Kevin Lendon and Richard White, has
appointed Gary.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
More staff set to help in Hong Kong
Consultant Bucknall Austin is planning to send more of its UK staff
to work on Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok, now that a
further.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Lamb retires after 13 years
Geoff Lamb, county director of Highways and Transportation with
Surrey County Council, has announced his retirement after 13
years.
One of his.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
New arrivals
Social housing developers Hall & Tawse Partnership have
appointed two new members of staff to complement their development
team.
Inderjeet.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Fighting back against the critics
Do critics have any basis for labelling the UK construction industry as expensive, inefficient and adversarial? James Atkinson investigates more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
On-screen maps to aid developers
The Coal Authority has signed a three-year deal with Ordnance
Survey under which it will use computerised maps to provide mining
reports for.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Gleeson goes live to deal with A256 paperwork
MJ Gleeson has turned to IT to enable it to keep track of the
extensive paperwork generated by a major road improvement
scheme.
The contractor.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Halcrow to oversee building of the world's biggest moveable bridge
Consultant engineer Halcrow is to supervise the construction in
Egypt of the biggest moveable bridge in the world.
The bridge will be a double.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
AMEC helps aborigines
AMEC is to help return tribal ancestral land back to Australia's
aborigines.
The company is to provide specialised equipment to.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Wall-to-wall Knauf
Wall-to-wall Knauf products have been used in the fitting out of a
top new hotel in the heart of Edinburgh. The exclusive use of
Knauf's.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Bovis goes Polish
Bovis has four major projects in the fast-developing market in
Poland. The clients are Cargill, Cussons, Pepsi-Cola and
Texaco.
Henry Liszka,.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
M25 delay misery for Laing
Laing's troubled M25 widening project could miss its latest
rescheduled completion deadline and drag on into next year.
The work on the.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Latent Failure
Geoff Brewer of James R Knowles investigates a case involving the 1986 Latent Damage Act more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Targeting end-users to beat abuse
Most main contractors are abusing specialist subcontractors Trevor
Koch, joint md of M&E specialist RTT, claimed this week.
Koch said:.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
Capital project "a marketing dream"
Laing's œ20 million Saigon Centre project, a 30-storey
development in the heart of Vietnam's capital, Ho Chi Minh city, is
described as "the.... more
(29 August 1996 00:00)
View from the Regions:East of Scotland
by Mike McIntosh, East of Scotland Water more
(29 August 1996 00:00)