Articles by Date : March 28 1994 - April 03 1994
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We'd like to thank CJ and the judges for the opportunity to show
why the Benford 6000 6t dumper is at the top of its class.
We point to.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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running head more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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MAJOR CJ SCRUTINY
OF 6T SITE DUMPERS
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(31 March 1994 00:00)
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l Tilbury prosecuted
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting the British Railways
Board and contractor Tilbury Douglas for breaches of.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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Incorporating more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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Construction
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(31 March 1994 00:00)
Thwaites slaps injunction on Barford
Dumper manufacturer Thwaites has obtained a temporary injunction
against Barford Site Dumpers, part of Wordsworth Holdings.
The injunction.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
MoD goes for Case trenchers
In the latest round of Ministry of Defence (MoD) equipment contract
awards, Case has won an order to supply the British army with eight
of its.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
VOX POP
Plant sales are booming. Is the level of plant being bought by the
hire market likely to undermine the hire rate yet again?
GEORGE BURNETT md.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Lucky 13 for Akerman
McPhillip's Wellington has operated Akerman excavators for seven
years and this week added the first EW130 to bring the total fleet
number to 13..... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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MAKER Barford Benford CompAir Mortimer Thwaites Winget
MODEL SX6000 6000 RJE6000 S/S 6000 Alldrive 6t 4S6000
PAYLOAD 6,000kg 6,000kg.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Filtering out the dirt
Where there's muck there's money, the old saying goes, but in the case of muck in engines, it will cost money rather than saving it. Lawrie.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Proceeding through mud with ease
l Name: Chris Hind l Company: St Albans Sand & Gravel (RMC) l Position: area produc- tion manager l Experience: 10 years a mining engineer. .... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
'A nice looking machine'
l Name: Roy Vince l Company: Ballard PlantHire l Position: senior depot manager l Experience: 30 plus years with plant, first with TayWood, the.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
THE DUMPER GOES HIGH TECH
l Name: John Evans l Company: M&J Hire Centres l Position - national accounts manager l Experience: 20 years in plant hire - from site.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Balfour jv bids for HK road
A consortium led by Balfour Beatty International is reported to
have bid just over HK$ 500 million to upgrade Hong Kong's Tuen Mun
highway - less.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Greens step up disruptive activity
Environmental objection to construction projects could hit new
heights this year with 4,000 activists threatening to disrupt the
construction of.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Mixed Easter for housing
Housebuilders have had mixed fortunes over the Easter weekend - a
period seen as a vital pointer to the health of the housing
market.
Some.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
HK boycott threat
Hong Kong's œ16 billion airport construction project lurched
into fresh confusion last week as international contractors
threatened to boycott.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Taywood's œ125m turnaround
Taywood's shares rose 10p as the group announced a œ125
million turnaround to profits of œ30.2 million.
Each operating subsidiary was.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
School projects delayed
Billions of pounds' worth of urgently needed construction work is
being held up by Government curbs on local authority capital
spending, according.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Mowlem pushes on with Carlton Gate
Mowlem is to continue its legal feud over the Carlton Gate
development in London at a cost of œ4 million despite
declaring losses of œ125.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
DoT BALANCING ACT
Forget last week's national newspaper headline figures: the Roads
Programme has not been cut by one third. Instead, the details of
this week's.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
CJ buys Construction Weekly
Contract Journal has acquired Construction Weekly and incorporated
the title into its own weekly magazine. The news means that CJ is
now the only.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Round Table calls for simpler form
A simpler and shorter form of building contract is needed, says the
Construction Round Table in its submission to the Latham
inquiry.
The.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Late pay only 'a British problem'
Late payment is more of a problem in the UK than any other European
country, according to a comprehensive survey published this week.
On.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
DoT spares the axe
Civil engineering contractors are hoping that their thin order
books may be boosted by Department of Transport plans to prioritise
certain major.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Kier success continues
Pre-tax half-year profits of œ3.3 million, out this week,
demonstrate the fledgling Kier Group is continuing its successful
development.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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Tenders are out for the œ7 million track work contract on the
Heathrow Express. The six firms on the tender list are: Balfour
Beatty Railway.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
M74 plans move on
Strathclyde Regional Council is pressing ahead with ambitious road
plans including a œ181 million extension of the M74 which will
link it to.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Black stuff
Good to see that Sainsburys procures its beer as wisely as its
contracting. There, nestling on the shelves in its Dulwich
superstore last week, was.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
MAKING GAINS - LOSING GROUND
Company % Improvement Operating Operating Operating
in construction Margin '93 Profit '93 Profit '92
profit œmillion œmillion.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Unions call for 16% rise
Construction union leaders are arguing for a 16% pay rise for
private sector building and civil engineering workers in their 1994
wage claim to.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Trade mission leaves for India
A top level construction industry trade mission to India left
Heathrow today (Thursday) bound for New Delhi.
Led by construction minister Tony.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Rival proposal for White City site
A œ250 million rival proposal for the 14ha White City site in
West London is due to go before Hammersmith and Fulham Borough
Council shortly..... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Starts list yields Newbury bypass
The œ53.7 million A34 Newbury bypass is the latest road job to
emerge from the DoT revised starts list for 1994. The job involves
building.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Streetworks: what now?
More legislation to improve streetworks could be in the pipeline. John Leitch reports more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
More stadia for Mowlem
Mowlem has picked up two more football stand contracts worth a
total of œ11 million. It has negotiated a œ6 million
contract to replace.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
University work for Laing
Laing North West has a œ10 million contract to construct a new
teaching building for Manchester Metropolitan University. The
14,000m2 building.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
R McAlpine wins St Ives sewage job
Sir Robert McAlpine has won an œ8 million contract to
construct a pumping station and 8km of pipework at St Ives in
Cornwall for South West.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Gummer opens DLR Beckton extension
The five-mile Beckton extension of the Docklands Light Railway,
originally scheduled for completion 15 months ago, was finally
opened on Monday by.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Amec wins MoD jobs
Amec Building has two contracts for the Ministry of Defence worth
in excess of œ22 million. It has a œ15 million design and
build.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Tees barrage gate floats in
A delicate operation to float a 50-ton steel gate up the River Tees
for installation on the Tees barrage was successfully completed
last week.
.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
RICS calls for demolition move
The Government should draw up a clear policy to demolish redundant
buildings which are unlikely ever to be occupied.
RICS president Chris.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Bovis consortium wins Expo '98
A consortium headed by Bovis has won the contract to project manage
the œ1.5 billion building programme for Expo 98 which is to be
held in.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
New training grants to harness self-employed 60pt - NEW ENTRANT ROUTES
A new system of grants designed to bring the self-employed and
labour-only subcontractors into the training fold is to be
introduced by the.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
Seconds out
Recent reports of a fracas between two leading officials of Ucatt
may or may not have been exaggerated.
Still, our man on the Clapham omnibus.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
TH installs Cowes berth
Trafalgar House Construction has successfully installed this 130
tonne linkspan at the East Cowes ferry terminal on the Isle of
Wight as part of a.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
THE PAY CATCH-22
What happens when subbies' pay gets caught up in the final account negotiations with the client? more
(31 March 1994 00:00)
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Trainer Francois Doumen was due to make a decision this week on
whether to run Gold Cup hero The Fellow in the Grand
National.
The race has.... more
(31 March 1994 00:00)