Articles by Date : January 10 2005 - January 16 2005

Costain's order book stands at £1bn-plus
Costain's order book stood at £1bn-plus at the end of last year, according a trading statement issued to the Stock Exchange this morning. more
(13 January 2005 10:32)

Balfour Beatty boasts £6.5bn order book
Balfour Beatty’s order book stands at £6.5bn with a further £1bn of further construction work at preferred bidder stage. more
(13 January 2005 10:32)

Cambridge University's architecture department to stay
The Department of Architecture of the University of Cambridge is to remain open - ending a year of discussions about its future. more
(13 January 2005 10:12)

Consultant trade bodies ask members to help tsunami clear up
Industry trade bodies Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) and the British Consultants and Construction Bureau (BCCB) are urging their.... more
(13 January 2005 10:00)

CJ50 - New orders won in October 2004
October's orders showed a welcome upsurge after the lull of the previous two months, coming in just shy of the £2bn mark. AMP4 work continued to.... more
(13 January 2005 09:32)

SIG's profit ahead of expectations
SIG, the insulation, roofing and commercial interior products supplier, expects its profit for 2004 to be "ahead of consensus and at the top end of.... more
(13 January 2005 09:24)

‘Fierce’ bidding expected for Scots trunk road deals
The bidding for the Scottish Executive’s £350m trunk road maintenance contracts will be "fierce" after more than 100 representatives from contractors.... more
(12 January 2005 14:25)

Five gain share of £3bn Prison Service contract
Interserve, Kier, Mowlem, Shepherd and Wates have secured multi-million pound refurbishment contracts from the Prison Service as part of its £3bn,.... more
(12 January 2005 14:24)

Amec expects further growth in 2005
Amec has admitted it is confident in delivering further growth in 2005 after revealing that trading to the end of December 2004 was in line with.... more
(12 January 2005 11:52)

Ringway snaps up TE Beach
Ringway, the construction group specialising in the construction and maintenance of roads, has acquired TE Beach for an undisclosed sum. more
(12 January 2005 11:29)

Equion wins Leicester hospital PFI
After a bitterly fought and protracted contest, Equion has emerged as preferred bidder for one of the biggest-ever PFI hospital deals. more
(12 January 2005 10:02)

HSE urged to consider surprise safety blitzes
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report has recommended that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) undertakes a trial of announced and unannounced.... more
(12 January 2005 10:00)

Dawnus springs in to rescue Butterley jobs
Unsecured creditors of Butterley Construction, which crashed into administration eight weeks ago, are owed more than £1m – with the possibility that.... more
(12 January 2005 09:59)

Right wing think-tank:‘abolish PUK’
Partnerships UK (PUK) should be abolished "as soon as possible", according to a report by the right wing think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies. more
(12 January 2005 09:59)

Holcim bids £1.8bn for Aggregate Industries
Holcim, a global cement manufacturer based in Switzerland, has lined a £1.8bn bid for Aggregate Industries. more
(12 January 2005 09:58)

Carillion and Medicinq rejig ProCure 21 teams
Management changes at Carillion’s and Medicinq’s ProCure 21 divisions are fuelling speculation that both teams may pull out of the NHS Estates.... more
(12 January 2005 09:39)

MoD lines up 10 firms to bid for £100m development of its London estate
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected 10 companies to progress to the next stage of its £100m-plus Project MoDEL (MoD Estate in London) prime.... more
(11 January 2005 16:08)

Gabriel merges with Crowley
Gabriel Contractors has merged with Crowley, the highways infrastructure specialist owned by Volker Wessels. more
(11 January 2005 16:01)

Plant firm fined £10k after driver seriously injured
Plant firm John Roberts has been fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a dump truck overturned. more
(11 January 2005 15:01)

Strike averted as US Caterpillar workers settle pay dispute
Caterpillar has announced that its 9,000 strong union represented US workers have ratified a pay agreement ending a long running nine-month.... more
(11 January 2005 14:22)

Merseyside giants rule out groundshare
Merseyside football rivals Everton and Liverpool have ruled out the idea of sharing a new stadium in Stanley Park. more
(11 January 2005 12:03)

UK construction set for profitable 2005
The UK construction industry can look forward to a rewarding 2005 after a survey by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) predicted its.... more
(11 January 2005 11:37)

Managing director jailed for 16 months for roofer's death
The managing director of a building contractor has today (Friday) been sentenced to 16 months in jail after one of his employees was killed following.... more
(11 January 2005 11:05)

T Clarke buys Smith Contracting Services
T Clarke has bought Smith Contracting Services (SCS) for £4.2m. SCS is a privately owned M&E contractor with 170 employees in Falkirk and Aberdeen. more
(11 January 2005 11:04)

Bovis profits set to meet forecasts
Bovis Homes has said today (Tuesday) that its full-year profits are set to meet market expectations. more
(11 January 2005 11:03)

Wolseley's distribution network gets £100m boost
Wolseley, the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products and a leading supplier of building materials to.... more
(11 January 2005 11:03)

Copthorn bid for Countryside Properties well received
Countryside Properties has today (Tuesday) welcomed a rival bid from Copthorn after Rock Pacific decided to drop plans to buy after failing to.... more
(11 January 2005 11:02)

Apprentice campaign launched by HVCA
The Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) has launched an apprentice campaign to highlight the genuine business benefits of.... more
(11 January 2005 11:01)

Armcon Cementech to launch Pumpmaster mixing auger at SED 2005
Armcon Cementech will use SED 2005 to give the first public showing in the UK of a revolutionary new mixing auger which solves the problem of.... more
(10 January 2005 13:23)

Lighthouse Club appeal for tsunami support
The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry’s charity, is looking for donations of hand tools and used but serviceable plant to aid the clear up.... more
(10 January 2005 12:53)

Taywood completes more homes
Taylor Woodrow’s trading statement this morning reveals that housing completions during 2004 were 21% higher at 13,000. more
(10 January 2005 09:54)

Kier sells PFI equity in Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Kier has sold its PFI equity stake in the Neath Port Talbot Hospital for £5m in a deal that doubles its original £2.5m investment in the project. The.... more
(10 January 2005 09:53)

Growth to slow, public funds more important than ever
The construction industry will rely on public spending over the next few years, moreso than in the past, according to the latest forecast from the.... more
(10 January 2005 09:52)

Keller buys the rest of LCM
Ground engineering specialist Keller has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Swedish firm Lime Column Markteknik (LCM) for £2.5m in cash. more
(10 January 2005 09:51)

Costain wins Mexican contract
China Harbour-Costain has won a £90m contract to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Baja California in.... more
(10 January 2005 08:45)