Articles by Date : March 28 2005 - April 03 2005

Yorkon wins 50th Tesco contract
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded its 50th contract for supermarket retailer Tesco. more
(01 April 2005 12:40)

CC welcomes skills strategy report
The Construction Confederation (CC) has welcomed a National Skills Strategy report which urges government to keep under review the prospect of.... more
(01 April 2005 12:17)

Bovis Lend Lease wins Spain’s first PFI hospital project
Bovis Lend Lease has won its first Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract in Spain. more
(01 April 2005 12:09)

Construction kills 70 people in 12 months
The construction industry killed 70 people in the 12 months to 31 March 2005, according to the latest statistics from the Health & Safety Executive.... more
(01 April 2005 10:29)

How to win a CJ Award
Attached to the cover of this issue of Contract Journal is an entry form. Use it wisely and on 6 October you could be collecting a Contract Journal.... more
(31 March 2005 15:49)

Causeway to sponsor CJ50
Software solutions supplier Causeway Technologies is to sponsor the Contract Journal CJ50 League Table for the next two years. more
(31 March 2005 15:40)

Farrans first past post in Glasgow road race
Northern Ireland firm Farrans has beaten off local contractors to win a £25m infrastructure deal in Scotland. more
(31 March 2005 15:10)

Scot Exec green-lights M74 against inquiry conclusion
Scotland’s £500m M74 extension faces legal challenges and on-site disruption from environmentalists after the scheme was given the go-ahead, despite.... more
(31 March 2005 14:20)

TfL hits back at Dutch auction accusations
Transport for London (TfL) has reacted strongly to suggestions that it is solely using reverse auctions to determine its four-year consultancy.... more
(31 March 2005 12:59)

HSC starts CDM Regs consultation
The Health & Safety Commission's (HSC) four-month consultation on the CDM Regs started today. more
(31 March 2005 11:41)

EP advertises £60k house competition
English Partnerships (EP) has advertised the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's £60,000 house competition in the OJEU. Interested parties have.... more
(31 March 2005 11:27)

Construction still lacks the female touch
More than one-in-10 girls are interested in the construction industry, according to an Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) report. more
(31 March 2005 10:38)

CJ Awards: don’t delay, enter today
Today sees the launch of the Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards 2005. You have seven weeks to enter the industry’s most prestigious awards.... more
(31 March 2005 10:22)

HA and councils link for giant roads deal
Roads contractors could soon be able to bid for the first ever combined Highways Agency (HA) and local authority highways maintenance contract. It.... more
(31 March 2005 10:22)

Three share Liverpool regen
Three firms have been named framework contractors for £60m of regeneration work in Liverpool, with a £30m contract for landscaping yet to be awarded..... more
(31 March 2005 10:21)

Amec wins £53m deal to design and deliver gas storage facility
Amec has been awarded a £53m contract to design and deliver a new gas storage facility in East Yorkshire for Scottish and Southern Energy. more
(31 March 2005 10:18)

Enterprise favourite for ESBI Engineering
Enterprise is the preferred bidder for the acquisition of the business and certain assets of ESBI Engineering (ESBIE). more
(31 March 2005 10:17)

Ennstone buys Three Rivers for £2.8m
Ennstone has completed the £2.8m purchase of Three Rivers, an importer and distributor of aggregates to the area north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..... more
(31 March 2005 10:17)

Balfour powers forward following dispute settlement
Balfour Beatty has today (Thursday) announced a £17m profit bonus thanks to the settlement of a long-running dispute between Barking Power and TXU.... more
(31 March 2005 09:47)

United House wins £65m housing upgrade with London Borough of Barnet
Social housing contractor United House has formed a strategic partnership with Barnet Homes, the London Borough of Barnet's arms length management.... more
(30 March 2005 16:58)

Wilson Bowden welcomes Ravenscraig
Wilson Bowden has welcolmed a ruling by the Court of Session that will allow the regeneration of Ravenscraig to go ahead. more
(30 March 2005 16:51)

Construction of St Helens Central railway station - Merseytravel
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive(Merseytravel) and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited invite expressions of interest from suitably-qualified.... more
(30 March 2005 15:47)

Maintenance contracts - Torbay Council
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be included on select lists of tenderers for undertaking the following.... more
(30 March 2005 15:45)

Street Lighting and Sign Maintenance - The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is taking a new approach to securing services from external organisations. more
(30 March 2005 15:41)

Cleveland Bridge restructures management
The management of Cleveland Bridge has been restructured. Roddy Grant will relinquish his role as chief executive of the Cleveland Bridge Group and.... more
(30 March 2005 15:41)

Provision of Prefabricated Units to Council Houses - Barnsley MB Council
Provision of Prefabricated Units to Council Houses within the Borough of Barnsley under a Three Year Framework Agreement, with an option to extend.... more
(30 March 2005 15:39)

Highway investments - North Tyneside Council
The Council seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion in a tender.... more
(30 March 2005 15:36)

Construction of bus link road - North Tyneside Council
The Council seeks expressions of interest from suitably experienced organisations that wish to be considered for invitation to tender for the above.... more
(30 March 2005 15:35)

Construction fatalities reach 70
A 35-year-old man has become the 70th fatality in the construction industry. more
(30 March 2005 13:05)

CC applauds public sector procurement report
The Construction Confederation (CC) has welcomed a National Audit Office (NAO) report into public sector construction procurement which recommends.... more
(30 March 2005 12:39)

Amey back in the black
Amey enjoyed "a major turnaround in 2004" according to chief executive Mel Ewell. Latest accounts for Amey UK show a pre-tax profit of £21m – much.... more
(30 March 2005 12:25)

Kier Eastern wins £14m development contract
Ashwell Property Group has appointed Kier Eastern, part of the Kier building and engineering group, as main contractor for its Greenways.... more
(30 March 2005 11:58)

Muncey mulls over future after quitting Gleeson
Andrew Muncey, who quit as managing director of Gleeson earlier this week, is heading off for an Easter break in France to consider all options.... more
(30 March 2005 10:44)

Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill gets full industry support
New laws to prosecute companies and organisations whose gross failure at senior management level results in a fatality have been described as a.... more
(30 March 2005 10:43)

Dead site worker named
An Amec health and safety advisor who died after an accident at a building site in Manchester, has been named. more
(30 March 2005 10:43)