Articles by Date : August 27 2001 - September 02 2001
BPF backs mayor's plan for capital
The British Property Federation (BPF) has registered its support
for the London mayor's early proposals for the development of the
London Plan or.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Safety summit 'not a talking shop'
Exclusive by Ross Pearman
Fears that October's safety summit meeting will be a talking shop
have been dismissed by the Construction.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
More time to rethink
Two extra years to make the Rethinking Construction scheme more effective more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
NHS PFI off waiting list
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has re-advertised its £100m
private finance initiative scheme in the OJEC.
The scheme was first advertised.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Laing results delayed by O'Rourke takeover
But the companies have shaken hands on the protracted deal more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
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welsh national assembly seeks partners
An expression of interest advert for the troubled Welsh National
Assembly building will be placed in the.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Persimmon unveils 73% profit hike
by John Leitch
Housebuilder Persimmon has unveiled a 73% rise in its interim
pre-tax profit, largely as a result of its acquisition of.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
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ws atkins wins high-speed line study
The Strategic Rail Authority has awarded the contract for the next
stage feasibility study for a.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Girl power is the answer to industry's skills need
The construction industry needs to go for a hard sell in its
approach to recruiting women, said recruitment company
AndersElite.
AndersElite.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
CIC warns architects off job
Ten architects from England and Wales have shown an interest in
designing the Welsh Assembly's building - despite a warning from
the Construction.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
A profession in demand but in short supply
Salaries for graduate engineers starting employment are now
exceeding the national average. At £18,500 or higher, they
compare favourably with.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Consortia go back to school
Rotherham Council is inviting consortia to prequalify for a
£47m privately financed education deal, involving a mix of new
build,.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Sunley scoops warehouse refit
An £18m warehouse refit for Hays IMS in Staffordshire heads
the list of work won by Sunley Turriff in the past month.
The Dove Valley.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
DE attracts 19 firms for SLAM work
Defence Estates has reaped a rich harvest from its call last month
for consultants to assist with £500m worth of upgrading
work.
Nineteen.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Trio battle for MoD job
Defence Estates sticks to its guns over prime contracting for airfield upgrade more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
MCG in bias row over certification
Major Contractors Group calls for one scheme to prove on-site competence more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Shocking ads tune into targets' tastes
CITB denies encouraging promiscuous adolescents and says it is simply responding to the real world. more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Mountain challenge for road contractors
The Welsh Assembly will roll out two road schemes next month, worth
up to £27m in total.
Five firms will be invited to pitch for a.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Specialist training under review
by John d'Arcy
Specialist contractors in the building industry are joining with
the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to carry.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Housebuilders in demand
Persimmon, McCarthy & Stone and Crest Nicholson earn 'best buy' status more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Guide points way to homes of the future
HBF welcomes advice on improving sustainability in house-building more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Balfour Beatty favourite for CTRL Contract 310
Union Railways is expected to name its preferred bidder for one of
the biggest deals on section two of the £5.2bn Channel Tunnel
Rail Link.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
HBG: Dutch heads on the block
Heads could roll at HBG if performance continues to stagnate - but
with the group's UK construction business not being the cause of
the problem,.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Snob threat to GNVQs
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Institute of
Directors (IoD) have warned that more needs to be done to raise the
profile of.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Gas firms revolt in CITB cash row
Firms ask for transfer to GINTO and demand a 'dowry' more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Wobbly bridge firm plans another Thames crossing
Ove Arup, the engineer behind the £18.9m wobbly Millennium
Bridge, has announced plans to design another pedestrian bridge for
the capital.
.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Irish 'Dick Turpin' tactics slammed
Irish opposition frontbencher calls for government action to halt gold diggers more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Back bites
Vroom vroom
If you can't afford to see your favourite Formula One team race at
Silverstone, Brands Hatch or Donnington Park, do not.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Balfour acquires US firm National
Balfour Beatty has boosted its North American presence with the
acquisition of National, a regional civil and specialist
engineering contracting.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
RMD Kwikform unveils formwork system
RMD Kwikform has unveiled a new single-sided wall formwork system
with a maximum height of 9.6m and maximum pressure of 60kN/m2. The
Ultraframe.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Cat's new scrapers
631E and 637E Series to be replaced by joystick control on the 631G and 637G more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Al-Jon comes up trumps twice
A compaction density of 1.27t/m3, 25% better than previous
machines, has persuaded Durham County Waste Management to purchase
its third waste.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Rammer's S27 City hammers keep the peace
Drainage improvements at London's Kilburn station caused no
complaints from the public thanks to the use of two silenced S27
City hammers from.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
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Hepworth's pipes go down deeper
Hepworth Concrete's new jacking pipes have been used at a depth of
35m on a Glasgow sewer main. The pipes are.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
The French connection
Gazeley Properties has worked with French contractor GSE for the first time, using its FastTrack concept to build a distribution centre for TNT.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Leader of the pack
Dedicated to promoting and improving the integration of design and construction to deliver customer satisfaction through a single-source.... more
(30 August 2001 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
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Geoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting considers estoppel
In 1877, in the case of Hughes -v- Metropolitan Railway, Lord
Cairns provided a definition of the doctrine of estoppel which
stands to this day. He.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Talking heads
With England's football team scheduled to meet its old World Cup adversary on 1 September, how do you rate our chances of success against.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Teens back CITB ads
Exclusive by Tim Wood
More than three-quarters of the teenagers questioned over the
Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB) sex and.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
Industry rethinking must go deeper
It's not that we need to rethink everything we've already rethought
in the past four years. It's just that four years haven't been
enough to.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
On-site risks are revealed by Irish HSE
The latest blitz of building sites by the Health & Safety
Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has revealed the type of
construction site a.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)
HSC safety bus stops at major sites
The Health & Safety Commission (HSC) has made a conscious
decision to target major contractor sites so it can pass on
life-saving messages to.... more
(30 August 2001 00:00)