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00:00 21 May 1997
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steel prices rise 4 per cent
British Steel has announced that UK prices for structural steel sections will rise by œ15 per tonne from 29 June. The move represents an increase of some 4 per cent on average and is said to be the first list price change since March 1994.
atlas in œ11m MBO
Steel framed building specialist Atlas Ward Structures has been acquired by its management from Kingspan for œ11.3 million, backed with œ3.9 million of equity funding from the Leeds office of investment capital group 3i.
œ8m Leeds school tenders
An invitation to tender has gone out for œ7 million to œ8 million of refurbishment at Cardinal Heenan High School in Leeds. The deadline for tenders on a design, build, operate and finance basis work has been set at June 10 1997. The project manager is Brian Grew of Manchester-based Povall Flood and Wilson.
ciria research
The road pollution research referred to in the 30 April issue concerned the Construction Industry Research & Information Association, not the Building Research Establishment as stated.
road congestion worse
Road congestion has reached epic proportions and continues to worsen, according to the latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey from the Freight Transport Association. Some 43 per cent of respondents to the FTA survey reported worse congestion than at the same time last year.
Taywood part of euroteam
Taywood Engineering is part of a pan-European team participating in a new œ2.6 million Brite Euram project. The three year project dubbed "EuroLighcon" is aimed to establish how structural concrete made with lightweight aggregates can be used to best effect.
Hyder's west coast study
Hyder Consulting is conducting feasibility studies for Railtrack on 11 railway underbridges on the West Coast Main Line between Penrith and Carlisle in Cumbria. The work includes producing scheme designs for remedial work with associated construction methodologies as well as risk and environmental impact assessments. Hyder are also taking on new staff with Roger Eyrre the latest to join the Technical Directorate at the office in Plymouth, Devon.
Summers called in to northern utilities
Summers Project Management have been called in by Northern Electric and Northumbrian Water to help implement health and safety regulations at more than 400 of their sites. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 require the appraisal of ventilation, lighting, heating and tripping hazards.
Bucknall grows german operation
BUCKNALL Group plc has increased its holding in the German market by acquiring 50 per cent of Bucknall GmbH from FGV Gewerbebau Verwaltungs GmBH for a cash consideration of DMK 50,000 (œ18,000). In the last financial year Bucknall GmBh made profits before tax of DMK 289,000 (œ103,000) on a turnover of DMK 2,681,000 (œ953,000).
British Steel has announced that UK prices for structural steel sections will rise by œ15 per tonne from 29 June. The move represents an increase of some 4 per cent on average and is said to be the first list price change since March 1994.
atlas in œ11m MBO
Steel framed building specialist Atlas Ward Structures has been acquired by its management from Kingspan for œ11.3 million, backed with œ3.9 million of equity funding from the Leeds office of investment capital group 3i.
œ8m Leeds school tenders
An invitation to tender has gone out for œ7 million to œ8 million of refurbishment at Cardinal Heenan High School in Leeds. The deadline for tenders on a design, build, operate and finance basis work has been set at June 10 1997. The project manager is Brian Grew of Manchester-based Povall Flood and Wilson.
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ciria research
The road pollution research referred to in the 30 April issue concerned the Construction Industry Research & Information Association, not the Building Research Establishment as stated.
road congestion worse
Road congestion has reached epic proportions and continues to worsen, according to the latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey from the Freight Transport Association. Some 43 per cent of respondents to the FTA survey reported worse congestion than at the same time last year.
Taywood part of euroteam
Taywood Engineering is part of a pan-European team participating in a new œ2.6 million Brite Euram project. The three year project dubbed "EuroLighcon" is aimed to establish how structural concrete made with lightweight aggregates can be used to best effect.
Hyder's west coast study
Hyder Consulting is conducting feasibility studies for Railtrack on 11 railway underbridges on the West Coast Main Line between Penrith and Carlisle in Cumbria. The work includes producing scheme designs for remedial work with associated construction methodologies as well as risk and environmental impact assessments. Hyder are also taking on new staff with Roger Eyrre the latest to join the Technical Directorate at the office in Plymouth, Devon.
Summers called in to northern utilities
Summers Project Management have been called in by Northern Electric and Northumbrian Water to help implement health and safety regulations at more than 400 of their sites. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 require the appraisal of ventilation, lighting, heating and tripping hazards.
Bucknall grows german operation
BUCKNALL Group plc has increased its holding in the German market by acquiring 50 per cent of Bucknall GmbH from FGV Gewerbebau Verwaltungs GmBH for a cash consideration of DMK 50,000 (œ18,000). In the last financial year Bucknall GmBh made profits before tax of DMK 289,000 (œ103,000) on a turnover of DMK 2,681,000 (œ953,000).
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