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.


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