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00:00 19 Aug 1998
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birse and morrison win tube contracts
Birse Construction and Morrison Construction have both been awarded extended arm contracts by London Underground to manage a range of civil engineering, reconstruction and remedial works on several tube lines. The two-year contracts will provide Morrison with a minimum of £13.5 million-worth of work and over £10 million for Birse.
carkeek begins £11m plymouth job
Developer Carkeek has begun work on an £11 million project to provide 14,500m2 of industrial and commercial space at a new business park on the Cattedown Peninsula, Plymouth. TJ Brent is undertaking a £7 million contract to provide new roads ahead of the land reclamation work.
new dayworks schedules published
A new edition of the Dayworks Schedules has been published by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association. The revised schedules are an updated edition of the former FCEC Dayworks Schedules and should be used to value work carried out after 1 August 1998.
ng bailey wins £6.1m dome contract
NG Bailey has won a £6.1 million contract for the electrical installation work at the Millennium Dome Exhibition at Greenwich. Work includes LV distribution, lighting, cable containment, earthing and bonding systems.
taywood buys city service supply
Taylor Woodrow's industrial merchanting and trading division Greenham Trading, has paid £1 million for City Service Supply. Based in Harrow, it services London's financial area.
rmc fined for river pollution
RMC Roadstone was ordered to pay £4,250 in fines and costs by Magistrates in Yate last week after pleading guilty to allowing solid waste to enter the River Boyd from its London Road site in Wick, near Bristol.
imperial war museum seeks recruits
The Imperial War Museum is seeking a project manager, structural engineering designer, mechanical and electrical engineering designer and a quantity surveyor for its £14 million museum in Trafford, Manchester. The architect is Studio Libeskind.
engineers selected for canal interchange
Consulting engineer Binnie Black and Veatch have been selected by British Waterways to design the Falkirk Interchange on Scotland's £78 million Millennium Link Canal Project, which will link the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals. The interchange is a 30m diameter boat Ferris-wheel which will hold four gondolas on to which four boats can be loaded. It will be combined with three twin locks which will transport boats up and down the 35m elevation between the two canals.
effects of brown land on cables reported
ERA Technology, based in Leatherhead, Surrey, has published a report entitled The Impact of Contaminated Land on Buried Electric Cables. The report advises on how to assess the risks to cables and briefly looks at the safety issues for staff working on contaminated sites.
Birse Construction and Morrison Construction have both been awarded extended arm contracts by London Underground to manage a range of civil engineering, reconstruction and remedial works on several tube lines. The two-year contracts will provide Morrison with a minimum of £13.5 million-worth of work and over £10 million for Birse.
carkeek begins £11m plymouth job
Developer Carkeek has begun work on an £11 million project to provide 14,500m2 of industrial and commercial space at a new business park on the Cattedown Peninsula, Plymouth. TJ Brent is undertaking a £7 million contract to provide new roads ahead of the land reclamation work.
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new dayworks schedules published
A new edition of the Dayworks Schedules has been published by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association. The revised schedules are an updated edition of the former FCEC Dayworks Schedules and should be used to value work carried out after 1 August 1998.
ng bailey wins £6.1m dome contract
NG Bailey has won a £6.1 million contract for the electrical installation work at the Millennium Dome Exhibition at Greenwich. Work includes LV distribution, lighting, cable containment, earthing and bonding systems.
taywood buys city service supply
Taylor Woodrow's industrial merchanting and trading division Greenham Trading, has paid £1 million for City Service Supply. Based in Harrow, it services London's financial area.
rmc fined for river pollution
RMC Roadstone was ordered to pay £4,250 in fines and costs by Magistrates in Yate last week after pleading guilty to allowing solid waste to enter the River Boyd from its London Road site in Wick, near Bristol.
imperial war museum seeks recruits
The Imperial War Museum is seeking a project manager, structural engineering designer, mechanical and electrical engineering designer and a quantity surveyor for its £14 million museum in Trafford, Manchester. The architect is Studio Libeskind.
engineers selected for canal interchange
Consulting engineer Binnie Black and Veatch have been selected by British Waterways to design the Falkirk Interchange on Scotland's £78 million Millennium Link Canal Project, which will link the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals. The interchange is a 30m diameter boat Ferris-wheel which will hold four gondolas on to which four boats can be loaded. It will be combined with three twin locks which will transport boats up and down the 35m elevation between the two canals.
effects of brown land on cables reported
ERA Technology, based in Leatherhead, Surrey, has published a report entitled The Impact of Contaminated Land on Buried Electric Cables. The report advises on how to assess the risks to cables and briefly looks at the safety issues for staff working on contaminated sites.
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