Articles by Date : May 28 2007 - June 03 2007

Barhale Construction's turnover rises 32%
Barhale Construction has clawed back some of the workload it lost over a difficult 2005, announcing a 32% rise in turnover to £113.5m for 2006 and.... more
(01 June 2007 15:19)

Balfour and Connaught reveal they are cooperating with OFT
Both Balfour Beatty and Connaught have revealed that they have been co-operating with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in its review of the.... more
(01 June 2007 09:30)

Newspaper round-up: 1 June 2007
Round-up of the construction news in the national newspapers on the 1 June 2007. more
(01 June 2007 09:00)

BAA's new Heathrow East terminal given go ahead
BAA’s £1.5bn Heathrow East terminal project has been given planning permission by the London Borough of Hillingdon and Mayor of London – subject to a.... more
(31 May 2007 16:10)

Interserve confirms OFT probe into 16 tenders
Interserve has become the latest in a spate of construction firms to confirm that it is in correspondence with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).... more
(31 May 2007 11:00)

SMC chief resigns as firm announces reduced cost base
Stewart McColl has resigned as deputy chairman of SMC Group while the company said it will reduce the cost base of some of its businesses to improve.... more
(31 May 2007 09:00)

Balfour Beatty scoops £140m Islington Building Schools for the Future project
Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder on Islington Council’s £140m Building Schools for the Future (BSF)scheme. more
(31 May 2007 08:25)

Contract Journal magazine archive: May 2007
Archived digital editions of Contract Journal magazine from May 2007, available for free to read online in your browser. more
(31 May 2007 00:00)

Duo vie for two Lincolnshire academies
Two rivals are slugging it out for a pair of design and construct academy deals in Lincolnshire with a combined value of £50m. more
(30 May 2007 23:00)

Government gives final approval for £1.5bn London Gateway Port
The government has given the final go-ahead for the proposed £1.5bn London Gateway Port at Shellhaven, Thurrock. more
(30 May 2007 12:30)

OFT probes Rok and Galliford Try
Rok and Galliford Try have admitted the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating them as part of its probe into tender activity in the.... more
(30 May 2007 12:00)

Keepmoat in £800m buyout talks
Social housing contractor Keepmoat is in talks with private equity firm 3i, in a deal that could value the construction business at £800m. more
(30 May 2007 11:57)

May Gurney's annual turnover beats £400m barrier
May Gurney’s annual turnover has broken through the £400m barrier for the first time having risen sharply to a figure of £410m. more
(30 May 2007 11:00)

Taylor Woodrow named preferred bidder for Kent regeneration
Taylor Woodrow has been named preferred bidder for the regeneration of the Leybourne Grange former hospital site in West Malling near Maidstone. more
(30 May 2007 10:19)

SED 2007 round-up
SED's second visit to Rockingham was blessed with good weather and there was no repeat of the traffic problems experienced last year. Visitors were.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Morrison taps into £45m Yorkshire Water deal
Morrison Utility Services has tapped into a £45m repair, maintenance, and water meter installation deal for Yorkshire Water. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

News in brief - 30 May 2007
The other news in the construction industry on the 30 May 2007. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

NHS ProCure21 wakes from 18-month coma
Following a workload drought, 14 P21 deals and four community hospitals are up for grabs. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

CLC launches £150,000 claim against Green Macs
A civil engineering contractor has launched a claim for more than £150,000 against McNicholas Construction Services (known as Green Macs) at the.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

CMS Group's Simon Tasker: 60 seconds on safety
Simon Tasker, manufacturing manager, CMS Group. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Leavers & Joiners - 30 May 2007
Send your new appointments to cj.leaversandjoiners@rbi.co.uk more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Carillion and Balfour to debut Building Schools for the Future academies
The first Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme to use the national academies framework has chosen Balfour Beatty and Carillion as its.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Telford Homes' east London focus pays off
Telford Homes, the London-based housebuilder, continues to grow at a rapid rate of knots, with turnover jumping by a third to £104m. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Building big on the Rock
A construction boom and a better way of life: Rose Dunnage discovers what it's like working in Gibraltar. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Dispute over CSCS smartcards heats up
CSCS, Intelligent Security and Causeway at loggerheads over who has rights to scheme. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Workers walk off Kings Cross job in Hennelly's pay row
Forty construction workers at a Metronet site in King's Cross Station in London walked off the project last Friday in a dispute over late payments. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

McLaughlin & Harvey buys Barr
County Antrim-based McLaughlin & Harvey has bought Scottish construction group Barr for an undisclosed sum - thought to be around £26m. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

The Foreman - 30 May 2007
Keeps his ear to the ground for the juiciest gossip. Heard any? Email cj.foreman@rbi.co.uk more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Rant - 30 May 2007
Have your say! Do you want to get something off your chest? If the answer's yes, email james.atkinson@rbi.co.uk with your view. We'll need about 320.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Editor's Comment: ProCure21 - the big just getting bigger?
Emma Penny, editor of Contract Journal, welcomes the new ProCure21 schemes but questions the government's holistic approach. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Letters - 30 May 2007
Letters to the editor (emma.penny@rbi.co.uk) on the 30 May 2007 more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Critical path delay analysis
How to work out the impact, both in cost and time, of an individual event on a project as a whole. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

The inside line on...Thermally efficient flooring
CJ asks Simon Mellor, technical director at Consort Homes, why the company has been specifying Heatsave Plus in its developments. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

ICE opts out of climate change forum
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has come under criticism after reportedly snubbing an industry event on climate change in London next week. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Barratt calls time on Terrapin steel frame JV
Barratt is to discontinue its Advanced Housing steel frame joint venture with Terrapin International and instead form partnerships with a number of.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Safety consultant to stoke timber debate
A specialist fire safety consultant has been appointed by the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) to address concerns regarding timber frame.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

80% of contractors ignore online route for CIS returns
The high number of manual returns sees HMRC running short of official paperwork. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Clients warned of risk of biased asbestos surveys
UKAS calls on contractors to remain impartial when providing non-accredited surveys. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

The reaction to a nuclear future
The government's Energy White Paper has been broadly welcomed by contractors but doubts remain over its lack of detail. Tom Bill gauges the.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Hochtief tipped to scoop DLR's Olympic extension
£80m-£100m scheme will take the DLR into the heart of the Olympic Park. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Court of Justice ruling a blow to migrant labour
The European Court of Justice has delivered a legal blow to the use of cheap migrant labour. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Network Rail back on track with £1bn profit
Network Rail Infrastructure has made a post-tax profit of £1bn, a remarkable improvement on the £250m loss suffered in the previous year. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Duo vie for £45m W London school
Two firms are left in the final throes of a late-running £45m deal to redevelop a school in west London. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Three win North Somerset housing
North Somerset Housing has lined up three outfits to carry out £63.2m-worth of Decent Homes work over a five-year period. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Six share £35m Jephson Homes housing work
Six firms will share £34.8m-worth of responsive maintenance work nationwide for Jephson Homes Housing Association. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Speedy Hire's growth boosts profit to £36m
Turnover surges to £340m, spend on new kit runs to £83m, gearing holds at 103%. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

COINS 3 Peaks Challenge: Ain't no mountain high enough
A record-breaking effort on the fifth annual COINS 3 Peaks Challenge saw 46 teams from the construction industry raise £350,000 for overseas.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Climate change
John Worrall, managing director of Stradform, discusses the business case for sustainable construction. more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Profit doubles at Renew to £3.1m
Renew, the construction group previously known as Montpellier, has made an interim pre-tax profit of £3.1m. The figure is almost double the £1.8m.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)

Risk transfer: a hard lesson to learn
If recent headlines are to be believed, as many as one-in-five PFI projects are proving unprofitable. These statistics, which have been gleaned from.... more
(30 May 2007 00:00)