Articles by Date : September 08 2003 - September 14 2003

Galliford restructure costs dent profit
Galliford Try's restructuring costs of £4m in the construction division dented the group's latest financial results, announced this morning. more
(11 September 2003 10:23)

Jarvis signs £270m Herefordshire council contract
Jarvis has reached financial close with Herefordshire County Council on a £270m contract to provide the council with a range of environmental.... more
(11 September 2003 09:50)

Miller grows profit for 10th year on the trot
Miller's 10th successive year of profit growth has resulted in a pre-tax profit of £11m for the first six months of 2003. more
(11 September 2003 09:00)

Relationship partnering pays off
Costain has a taken a very prudent line on calculating the value of its forward orderbook at £800m as the group is near-certain to sign up to a.... more
(10 September 2003 16:45)

Firm responding to changing market
Lafarge's £1bn-a-year turnover in the UK divides into three parts: aggregates and concrete account for £400m; cement £400m; and gypsum and roofing.... more
(10 September 2003 16:42)

Bovis Homes sees profit up
Bovis Homes produced an improved profit in the first half of the year, despite a drop in turnover. Pre-tax profit increased from £41.5m to £46m, but.... more
(10 September 2003 15:20)

BAA draws up T5 M&E deal
BAA and its M&E contractors have drawn up a draft supplementary project agreement (SPA) for T5 for discussion with trade union Amicus. more
(10 September 2003 15:17)

Network Rail to bring possessions in-house
Network Rail is clamping down on rail contractors' abuse of track possessions by bringing the process in-house. more
(10 September 2003 15:13)

ODPM fears German aggregate assessment
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is concerned by recent reports that Germany intends to subject aggregates to additional conformity.... more
(10 September 2003 14:42)

SMP construction focus group
Construction leaders in Scotland are planning to set up a dedicated all-party group within the Scottish Parliament to promote the industry's.... more
(10 September 2003 14:40)

Interserve comes first in Wales stadium race
Interserve has beaten two rivals to clinch a £25m design and construct deal for a sports stadium in south Wales. more
(10 September 2003 14:39)

Industry orders reach a record
New construction orders in the first half of this year reached a record total of £17bn, up 6% on the £16bn total for the first half of 2002. more
(10 September 2003 14:37)

£40m Edinburgh PFI selects four bidders
Four housing associations are vying to unlock a £40m social housing PFI project in Edinburgh. more
(10 September 2003 14:31)

Girl injured in quarry accident
An unnamed 12-year-old girl has sustained serious injuries, including a fractured skull, after falling 20m down a cliff face in a quarry in Fife last.... more
(10 September 2003 14:26)

Liverpool City Council faces strike action
Strike action by around 600 Interserve staff at Liverpool City Council is "almost inevitable", according to the TGWU this week. more
(10 September 2003 14:25)

Five on hold for £31m A1 roads work
The five contractors in the running for a high-profile £31m road scheme on the A1 will have to sweat it out until the end of the month before they.... more
(10 September 2003 14:24)

Six line up for £250m Staffs highways deal
Staffordshire County Council has lined up six firms to pitch for a highways term maintenance deal, potentially worth up to £250m. more
(10 September 2003 14:23)

Local authorities to decide future of UK resort casinos
The future of resort casinos in the UK will rest with local authorities (LAs), the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has announced. more
(10 September 2003 14:21)

Carillion to provide T5 trainees
Carillion is to set up a new craft training centre near Heathrow Airport which will supply workers for T5. more
(10 September 2003 14:20)

Skanska wins £68.8m A2 widening scheme
Skanska has been confirmed as the winning contractor for the £68.8m early contractor involvement scheme to widen the A2 between Pepperhill and Cobham.... more
(10 September 2003 13:06)

Bluestone turnaround inches it out of the red
Morgan Sindall's losses in its construction division have been brought to an end - but only just - as turnover from Bluestone of £153m in the first.... more
(10 September 2003 13:04)

Heathrow fraud investigation continues
Police have arrested and released a fourth man on bail in connection with the fraud investigation into the handling of maintenance contracts at.... more
(10 September 2003 13:02)

CPA reveals firms unsure of sales growth
Construction product manufacturers have mixed feelings about the third quarter. more
(10 September 2003 13:00)

CITB's most ambitious ad campaign
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has revealed details of its most ambitious advertising campaign to date. more
(10 September 2003 12:31)

Jarvis scales down Scottish operations
Jarvis is scaling back its operations in Scotland after a slowdown in work across the region. It has made redundancies in its Glasgow office and.... more
(10 September 2003 12:30)

Infracare wins £60m Bristol NHS LIFT scheme
Infracare (South West) has beaten off Ryhurst LIFT and the Carillion Prime Partnership to become the preferred bidder for the £60m Bristol NHS Lift.... more
(10 September 2003 12:29)

Birse Build wins deal to build B&Q HQ
Birse Build has sealed an £11m contract to build the new corporate headquarters for B&Q at Chandlers Ford in Hampshire. The job will involve the.... more
(10 September 2003 12:27)

Stevenage town centre revamp shortlist out
Stevenage Borough Council and English Partnerships have shortlisted Henry Boot Developments, Morley Fund Management, Wilson Bowden and ING Real.... more
(10 September 2003 12:26)

Work slows on many sites as heatwave hits
The heatwave has affected projects up and down the country, with contractors struggling to keep work on schedule. more
(10 September 2003 12:25)

BAA awards first logistics agreement to Wilson James
The first logistics management framework agreement in the UK has emerged, with BAA awarding construction logistics provider Wilson James a nine-year.... more
(10 September 2003 12:24)

T5 steel erectors to get record pay
Steel erectors working for Severfield Rowen at the Heathrow Terminal 5 site are celebrating a landmark pay deal this week that will see them earning.... more
(10 September 2003 12:23)

Laing O'Rourke secures union agreement on conditions
Last week civils unions UCATT, TGWU and GMB officials met with Laing O'Rourke to thrash out improved conditions for its workforce after 600 workers.... more
(10 September 2003 12:21)

Expiry of warranties
Last month the Court of Appeal considered a dispute which had arisen out of the construction of an office block originally known as Merchants' House,.... more
(10 September 2003 12:19)

Boretech reviews drilling policy
Grout stabilisation work is being carried out on the M42 motorway's concrete section using two US-built E-Z210-24DD manually-controlled drilling.... more
(10 September 2003 12:18)

Cox Plant opens Cambridge hire depot
Cox Plant has opened a hire depot in Cambridge, its first facility to be built on a greenfield site. The £500,000 investment brings the total cash.... more
(10 September 2003 12:17)

Power Plant and Volvo
Power Plant Group of Halesowen has taken delivery of two Volvo FM9 trucks with Beavertail bodies on a five-year maintenance and service contract. The.... more
(10 September 2003 12:15)

Powerscreen's conveyor belt patch
Powerscreen has developed a cold-curing patch for conveyor belts that could save up to 66% of costs when compared to traditional belt repair systems,.... more
(10 September 2003 12:14)

Liebherr launches tower crane
Liebherr has launched its first tower crane to be equipped with a crawler track undercarriage. The company claims it will offer a more versatile and.... more
(10 September 2003 12:13)

NHS LIFT projects annouce winners
Two more NHS LIFT schemes in Leicester and London have appointed preferred bidders, while a further four have established their shortlists. more
(10 September 2003 12:12)

HWS buys JCBs for incinerator job
Hampshire Waste Services (HWS) has purchased a JCB456 HT Wastemaster wheeled loading shovel and a JCB Teletruk forklift to work at its new.... more
(10 September 2003 12:10)

Lifting kit inspection
The Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed) has issued a warning to the plant sector that all lifting and access equipment should be properly inspected.... more
(10 September 2003 12:09)

Rok's roll-out set to take turnover to £1bn
Rok Property Solutions plans to treble in size to achieve a £1bn-a-year turnover by rolling out its format on a national basis, said chief executive.... more
(10 September 2003 12:05)

Jarvis gets caned over £105m PFI school deal
Jarvis has come under attack again - this time from staff and governors at Varndean Secondary School in Brighton. The school is part of Jarvis' £105m.... more
(10 September 2003 12:04)

Nitrogen generator for truck tyres
Nitrogen - the tyre inflation gas for aircraft, racing cars and heavy mining equipment - can now be adopted by a range of users following the.... more
(10 September 2003 12:00)

CITB chief exec nets £170k pay package
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) chief executive Peter Lobban received a total pay package worth £170,958 last year, according to the.... more
(10 September 2003 11:58)

IPS gains inspection contract
Access specialist Nationwide Skylift has entered into a service agreement with Independent Parts & Service (IPS) for the inspection of chain blocks.... more
(10 September 2003 11:57)

Speedy Space to open new depots
Speedy Space, the portable site accommodation specialist, part of Speedy Hire, is planning to open three new depots in a £7m expansion programme,.... more
(10 September 2003 11:56)

Amey and Bear get better in Scotland
Scotland's trunk road maintenance contractors Amey Highways and Bear Scotland are improving but could do better, according to the Performance Audit.... more
(10 September 2003 08:59)

Union set to appeal holiday pay ruling
UCATT is to go to a higher court to appeal against a recent ruling by the London employment appeal tribunal (EAT) that holiday pay can be included as.... more
(10 September 2003 08:59)

Innumerate, illiterate and costing you £1bn
A large part of the £1bn lost every year as a result of mistakes in the construction industry is down to workers' poor literacy and numeracy skills. more
(10 September 2003 08:59)