Articles by Date : March 27 2000 - April 02 2000
piccap p1
BRUM BRIDGEBUSTER: Controlled Demolition worked over the weekend to
dismantle a railway bridge that was in the way of the redevelopment
of.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Conflict in PUK funding
Select Committee report recommends Partnerships UK should not finance PFI more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
briefs from JL Mon 27 March
Working well together hits the road
A health and safety campaign will be driving its Working Well
Together message to sites in northern England.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Timber floors can warp, it's official
Three timber organisations that questioned an advert claiming there
were a number of downsides to the use of timber floors have been
caught out -.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Portsmouth awaits roads PFI decision
Exclusive by Carol Millett
A groundbreaking £100m privately financed road maintenance
contract is in the pipeline for Portsmouth.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Laing's procurement policy to change
Contractor set to slash suppliers' list from 10,000 to 250 in major overhaul more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Local councils cannot avoid partnering
by Kathy Watson
Local authorities will no longer be able to avoid partnering with
contractors by citing the need to get the lowest price..... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Yorkshire Water toughens policy
Procurement policy to be re-organised following hard line taken by regulator more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Aggregates tax a 'criminal act'
Jobs threatened as aggregates' tax adds £3/t to price in hard-hit rural areas more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Barratt grows organically
Barratt continues to strengthen its market share, opting for steady
organic growth rather than acquisitions. The housebuilder's latest
interim.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
DLR tunnellers in £1.8m court claim
Property developer Chapelwood Estates has launched a claim that
could reach £1.8m against Docklands Light Railway and two
construction.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Builders told to act over green problems
by Tim Wood
More housebuilders have to see themselves as a solution to rather
than a cause of environmental problems, urged Bill Gair,.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Laing keen on merger idea
'Not packing up to exit construction because of two years of poor results' more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Kvaener pic cap
more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Construction killers named
Heart disease and cancer are the two main causes of premature death
among construction workers, according to B&CE - the industry's
benefits.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Taywood wins £37m Daventry food contract
TAYLOR WOODROW Construction has been awarded a £37m contract
to design and build a frozen food distribution centre at.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
JCT report due
The Joint Contracts Tribunal is finalising its proposed standard
subcontractor warranties which are now expected to go before the
JCT council in.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Link card warning
Operatives who want skills cards under the CSCS Link scheme have
been urged not to miss the April deadline for returning their
application forms..... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Pinguely-Haulotte grows with Alcatel factory buy
French access platform manufacturer Pinguely-Haulotte is growing
from strength-to-strength. It has bought a factory from Alcatel in
Reims, France.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Deere and Terex aim for the telehandler market
Production of new machines is due to start this year in Germany and the UK more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
CITB tests training scheme
Grants will be split into two sections and should help reduce bureaucracy more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
JCB increases profits
JCB has increased pre-tax profits by 8.3% to £91.2m and made
the biggest capital investment in its history. The
Staffordshire-based company.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Van Dam in court
Contractor wins BAA Safety Award as it awaits sentencing in accident case more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Is housing heading for a crash?
The Chancellor has moved to dampen the housing market, but with house price inflation spiralling upwards in parts of the country there are.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Critics slam Dublin docklands plan
by Anthony Garvey
Three Irish Planning Board inspectors are to decide by July whether
the country's largest construction project - a.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Peterhouse tipped for £330m turnover
Construction group's rolling three-year business plan is to reach the FTSE 350 more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Volvo rolls out the new range
The first Volvo excavators, from former Samsung plant in Korea, hit the market more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
SGB wins contract
SGB Formwork has won a contract to supply its new pre-fabricated
Multiform system for the sewage treatment works at Seaham and
Horden in County.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Mitie scaffold on Forth Bridge
Mitie Access (Scotland) has provided a complex scaffolding system
to allow workers to replace the wire rope hangers on the Forth Road
Bridge in.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Gleeson signs deal
Deal to construct £45m PFI hospital in Tooting, south London is finalised more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Judge adjourns £400k case against Morrison
A bid by a steelwork subcontractor to fast track a High Court claim
for nearly £400,000 it alleges is owed in respect of work on
the £17m.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
The week in quotes
"Housebuilders should look carefully at what they are paying for
land, to protect their margins if a price softening occurs."
Robert Donald,.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Warning over contaminated land
by Tim Wood
Contractors must get clued up on new legislation on contaminated
land if they don't want to be held responsible for clean up.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Home repair work bonanza
More than 176,000 council homes could come up for repair following
the Government's decision to allow 25 local authorities to transfer
all or part.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Éroad rage
Would a pothole tax cut road repair chaos? more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Work winners this week
Who's winning the work?Contracts Hotline is your at-a-glance digest of the latest contract awards around the UK. Data supplied by ABI Building.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Hewden Stuart changes
Hewden Stuart has announced changes to its power business. The
hirer has combined Hewden Industrial Air and Hewden Pro-Light
(specialist lighting.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Reviewing adjudication
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting details landmark adjudication cases more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Mowlem gets new cranes
Mowlem has taken delivery of two new Sennebogen crawler cranes from
E Hassell & Sons. The order comprised a 640R/KB with a load
capacity of 40t.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Corby launches compact and quiet diesel generator
Corby based generator manufacturer UK Europower has launched a
compact 3.5kVA diesel powered super-silenced generator. The machine
is fitted with a.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
[No headline.]
Other
BOXTEXT: 1999 1998
Roads and bridges Severn River crossing 0.0 0.9
M40 DBFO 1.6 1.6
Europistas 12.2 5.7
Eurovias.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Eve to lift profit to £14m
Peterhouse's turnover jumped to £200m (£70m) last year
thanks to the acquisition of Jackson Group in January 1999.
Turnover in 2000 is.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
[No headline.]
Other
BOXTEXT: rema tip top offers safe wheel nut device
Safety Link, the wheel nut device from Rema Tip Top UK, not only
visually.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
£30m Budget boost puts DLR extension on track
by Glenda Thisdell
The Docklands Light Railway's link to London City Airport moved a
step closer to realisation with last week's Budget.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Cutting the supply base is the way ahead
Laing will part company with 97% of its suppliers within three
years, if its overhaul of trade contract procurement succeeds. This
is a staggering.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
briefs
Free reuse
BOXTEXT: BLUE CIRCLE DEFLECTS LAFARGE BID
Cement maker Blue Circle, fighting against a hostile bid from
Lafarge, the world's.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)
Fire reg changes cause concern
by Tim Wood
A trade body has expressed its concern over changes to the fire
regulations covering the use of materials and products tested.... more
(29 March 2000 00:00)