CJ 10 years ago:
l The DoT said it would 'look with interest' at a BRF proposal that
all œ5 million-plus projects in its budget at the start of
each year should be the subject of a 'report back' at the end of
the year to show how much was actually spent.
l Mowlem/GEC won the œ60 million contract to build the
Dockland Light Railway
l Tunnel contractor J F Donelon claimed to have shattered the UK
record for pipe-jacking while working on the œ1.2 million
contract for Wirral's Wallasey interceptor sewer.
l Marshalls Halifax, the concrete products group. acquired the hard
metals division of Firth Brown Tools, Sheffield.