Articles by Date : June 28 2004 - July 04 2004

Jarvis shocks City as share price halves
Jarvis' financial woe continues: its share price collapsed today as it unveiled the potential for £156m of write-offs. Jarvis started the day with a.... more
(02 July 2004 18:35)

Cleveland Bridge gives notice to its 250 Wembley workers
Cleveland Bridge is to make 250 of its staff working on the £757m Wembley project redundant, it has been confirmed today (Friday). more
(02 July 2004 18:03)

Guidance out to ensure industry complies with liability insurance
New guidance published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today (Friday) will help public sector procurement heads ensure that contractors.... more
(02 July 2004 17:06)

Jarvis admits fence was unsafe prior to schoolgirl death
Rail maintenance company Jarvis has admitted breaching health and safety laws following the death of an eight-year-old girl on a railway line four.... more
(02 July 2004 16:35)

BRE and CABE website to help assess whole life values
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Commision for Architecture and the Built Environment (BRE) has joined forces to produce Budgeting for.... more
(02 July 2004 16:18)

Rand Group expands road planing business
Rand Group has bought Associated Asphalt's road planing business for an undisclosed sum. Rand has taken on 32 staff and eight planing machines, based.... more
(02 July 2004 15:35)

Construction sector activity improves again
The latest Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) survey published today (Friday) has again showed a further strong improvement in.... more
(02 July 2004 15:31)

Recycling industry set for equipment order bonanza
The recycling industry is bracing itself for an upsurge in equipment orders, as more companies will look to utilise screens and shredders as a direct.... more
(02 July 2004 14:31)

Amec and Network Rail fined for derailment
Amec Rail and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (NRIL) have been fined a total of £70,000 at a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court. The.... more
(02 July 2004 13:18)

Redrow legal completions up for 14th consecutive year
Redrow has achieved legal completions in the year to the end of June of 4,284 units, up 6% on the previous year, and representing Redrow's 14th.... more
(02 July 2004 11:57)

Emcor Drake & Scull and Willmott Dixon to work on £10m Manchester Education Framework
Emcor Drake & Scull has been appointed by Willmott Dixon as its 'partner of choice' to provide high quality education facilities in Manchester. more
(02 July 2004 10:00)

Excellcare signs £75m LIFT project
ExcellCare, a jv between Equion and the Bank of Scotland, has signed a £75m public private sector partnership contract with the Department of Health,.... more
(02 July 2004 09:53)

Henry Cooch expands mobile lighting range
Henry Cooch has expanded its range of mobile lighting products with the launch of two new floodlighting towers. more
(01 July 2004 17:10)

Jarvis ready to sell Baltic Rail Services stake
Jarvis expects to complete the sale of its stake in Baltic Rail Services OU, the majority shareholder in Estonian Railways (AS Eesti Raudtee) next.... more
(01 July 2004 13:27)

Carillion's orderbook stands at a healthy £4.5bn
Carillion’s trading update this morning (Thursday) showed a confirmed orderbook of £4.5bn. more
(01 July 2004 11:32)

Mowlem sells energy gas transportation assets for £1.9m
A Mowlem subsidiary has been bought by the Gas Transportation Company (GTC) for £1.9m. more
(01 July 2004 11:16)

West Midlands housing markets get £80m boost
The West Midlands has been boosted by an £80m government grant to tackle areas of low housing demand and housing abandonment in the region. more
(01 July 2004 11:03)

History at CIOB as client elected as president
The Chartered Instuitute of Building (CIOB) has changed the habit of a lifetime after a construction industry client was elected as president for the.... more
(01 July 2004 09:43)

Construction in overdrive, says RICS
The second quarter of the year saw construction go into overdrive, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). more
(01 July 2004 09:32)

Banksman to watch for sniper
Lookouts are being used on Scott Wilson and Jackson Civil Engineering's £10.6m Alvaston bypass contract near Derby after a maintenance worker was.... more
(30 June 2004 16:41)

Workers' Safety Advisers projects get green light
The government has today (Wednesday) given the go-ahead for 12 Workers' Safety Advisers (WSA) nation-wide projects worth £3m following a successful.... more
(30 June 2004 16:01)

Dean & Bowes wins £2.6m refurbishment project
Dean & Bowes has been awarded a £2.6m refurbishment project for Primark in Sunderland. more
(30 June 2004 15:53)

Hollandia replaces Cleveland Bridge at Wembley
Cleveland Bridge will play no further part in the rebuilding of the new Wembley Stadium as of 27 July after Dutch company, Hollandia, was confirmed.... more
(30 June 2004 15:14)

British Land wants qualified steel contractors
Steel contractors may have to join the Register of Steel Contractors Scheme (RQSC) to tender for work with British Land. more
(30 June 2004 13:02)

Liverpool takes strike decision
Workers on Enterprise-Liverpool's contract for Cobalt Housing Association will this week decide whether or not to take strike action. more
(30 June 2004 11:27)

Interserve wins another £100m of contracts
Interserve has won a hatful of contracts worth more than £100m in total, including two NHS ProCure 21 projects among the largest. more
(30 June 2004 10:58)

Government loan PFI trial extended
The Treasury is to earmark a further three PFI schemes to test run its alternative PFI funding scheme. The scheme, known as Credit Guarantee Finance.... more
(30 June 2004 09:51)

Galliford gets first ‘quick win’ school
Galliford Try has been awarded the first schools contract to be let under the government's £5.1bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative. more
(30 June 2004 09:34)

CJ50 - New orders won in May 2004
After the feast, comes the famine. A bumper April was followed by the lowest tally of new orders for almost two years in May. Unusually, Other Public.... more
(29 June 2004 16:47)

CJ50 - New orders won in April 2003
The financial close of Metronet's two Tube PPP deals meant a bumper pay-day for Balfour Beatty, which will be responsible for some £1.2bn of upgrade.... more
(29 June 2004 16:47)

RMC profits will be less after spending on roads falls
Reduced spending on roads in Britain and problems at one RMC's cement plants will cut first-half profits in its UK business by almost half, it has.... more
(29 June 2004 15:43)

Supply of Cones, Signs and Barriers - City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Bradford Council has recently established a Street Scene Department and is now in the process of establishing a contract for the supply of Cones,.... more
(29 June 2004 13:09)

Construction works - Bexley Council
Contractors must be experienced in working on the railway and must have appropriate Network Rail Contractors Assurance Case. more
(29 June 2004 13:07)

Supply of black plastic sacks - Adur District Council
The council is inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who wish to be considered for inclusion in the select.... more
(29 June 2004 13:04)

Highways maintenance - Torbay Council
Applications are invited from suitably experienced contractors wishing to be included on select lists of tenderers for undertaking the following.... more
(29 June 2004 13:02)

Merseytram Line 2 Ground Investigation - Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (Merseytravel) invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced ground investigation.... more
(29 June 2004 12:59)

Concert hall work - Perth and Kinross Council
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be selected to tender for the construction of the above.... more
(29 June 2004 12:56)

Longbridge strengthening - Plymouth City Council
Written applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced contractors wishing to be considered for inclusion on the Select List of.... more
(29 June 2004 12:55)

Drainage work at Birkenhead Park - Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Birkenhead Park is the first publicly funded park in Britain, opening in 1847. It is registered as Grade I within the English Heritage Register and.... more
(29 June 2004 12:53)

Highways work - London Borough of Croydon
Applicants are invited from well established and suitable suppliers who wish to be included on the tender list to supply for hire:- Civil Engineering.... more
(29 June 2004 12:51)

Mowlem confirmed as Barnsley Schools preferred bidder
Mowlem has been confirmed as preferred bidder on the £40m Barnsley Schools PFI scheme. more
(29 June 2004 11:42)

Holyrood building attacked by auditor general
The wrong type of contract was chosen for the Holyrood building project and project managers failed to operate proper controls. more
(29 June 2004 10:46)

Persimmon prepares for record profit
Persimmon expects to announce record profit for any six-month period when it announces its interim results on 24 August. more
(29 June 2004 09:08)

Managers work too hard
Managers in the construction industry are overworked, put business ahead of family, and work within a negative culture, according to a survey by the.... more
(29 June 2004 08:40)

Carillion sells 50% stake in M40 road project to John Laing
Carillion has sold its 50% equity interest in the M40 road project to John Laing. more
(28 June 2004 14:40)

Crispin & Borst wins £6.5m deal to upgrade kitchens and bathrooms
Crispin & Borst Limited has been awarded a £6.5m contract to carry out the upgrading of kitchens and bathrooms in a number of domestic properties in.... more
(28 June 2004 12:33)

Network Rail pays £12.6m to Peterhouse for taking rail maintenance contracts in-house
Peterhouse is to get £12.6m in compensation from Network Rail for bringing the contractor's rail maintenance contracts in-house. more
(28 June 2004 11:54)

John Laing forms jv with Australian bank
John Laing has formed a 50:50 joint venture with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The jv will invest in UK hospital and European roads projects.... more
(28 June 2004 11:10)

Norwest Holst to improve three sewage treatment works
Norwest Holst Construction has been awarded a £5.3m contract by Severn Trent Water. more
(28 June 2004 10:30)

Laing O'Rourke is top private contractor
Laing O'Rourke was the highest placed construction company in The Sunday Times Top Track 100 list of the largest private firms. more
(28 June 2004 07:57)