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00:00 04 Aug 1999
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KVAERNER'S INDIAN WIN
Kvaerner Construction and Kvaerner Process are joining forces to design and build a liquefied natural gas supply facility for a new power station on the west coast of India under a £146 million turnkey contract. The joint venture will design, supply and construct all facilities and process needed to transfer gas from ships to the power station. Work on the project, 150 kilometres south of Mumbai, is due to be completed in mid-2002.
LONDON UNDERGROUND BIDDERS
Following the withdrawal of Capital Lines (a consortium of ex-London Underground executives, Babcock and Brown, and French contractor SGE), there are now six consortia still in the running for the £7 billion private public partnership sell-off of London Underground. The six consortia are: New Metro Group (Taylor Woodrow, Siemens, Gibb, Mott MacDonald, Innisfree); Bank of Tokyo, (Hitachi, Mitsubishi); Aon; (Amey, Jarvis, Bechtel, Hyder, Halcrow); Tuberail (Brown and Root, Alstom, Amec, Tarmac); Metronet (WS Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Adtranz, Seeboard, Thames Water); and LINC (Mowlem, Fluor Daniel, Alcatel, Bombardier).
NEW CLG CHAIRMAN
John Harrower has been appointed chairman of the Constructors Liaison Group. Harrower is chairman and managing director of electrical contractor AM Harrower of Hereford. He is a former president of the Electrical Contractors Association.
MOWLEM IS TOP BIDDER IN OZ
Mowlem Australian subsidiary Barclay Mowlem is part of the consortium that has been named as preferred bidder on the A$1.2 billion (£480 million), 1,415km rail link between Alice Springs and Darwin. Other members of the consortium, which is led by Brown and Root, include John Holland Group, McMahon Holdings, Genesee and Wyoming, and PGA Logistics. Construction will involve 15 million m2 of earthworks, 110 bridges, and laying 2.1 million sleepers and 2.6 million tonnes of ballast. The consortium hopes to start work next year with trains running by 2003.
HALTING THE SHORTAGE OF BRICKLAYERS
The shortage of bricklayers could be solved if clients, main contractors, brickwork contractors and project stakeholders formed strategic partnerships to help provide education and training. This is one of the key recommendations in a report People for better brickwork commissioned by the Business Round Table - an industry think tank. The report warns that many bricklayers quit the trade in their 40s and that few housebuilders run apprenticeship schemes.
WALL TIES SAFE
There is no evidence that foam cavity wall insulation corrodes galvanised wall ties, according to new research published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The research dispels concern raised by the Building Research Establishment that there could be the possibility of corrosion affecting green-coloured cavity wall ties if urea formaldehyde foam was used for the insulation.
charges dropped for tv ad man
The Criminal Prosecution Service has dropped all charges against Ray Porter, the builder who appeared in television adverts promoting the Government's New Deal programme. Porter appeared before Birkenhead Magistrates Court, Wirral, a month ago to face charges of possessing an offensive weapon, following his arrest near the home of one of his staff in Birkenhead. Porter was due to appear in court last Friday (30 July) for sentencing but the CPS withdrew proceedings, stating that "there was no case to answer to."
Kvaerner Construction and Kvaerner Process are joining forces to design and build a liquefied natural gas supply facility for a new power station on the west coast of India under a £146 million turnkey contract. The joint venture will design, supply and construct all facilities and process needed to transfer gas from ships to the power station. Work on the project, 150 kilometres south of Mumbai, is due to be completed in mid-2002.
LONDON UNDERGROUND BIDDERS
Following the withdrawal of Capital Lines (a consortium of ex-London Underground executives, Babcock and Brown, and French contractor SGE), there are now six consortia still in the running for the £7 billion private public partnership sell-off of London Underground. The six consortia are: New Metro Group (Taylor Woodrow, Siemens, Gibb, Mott MacDonald, Innisfree); Bank of Tokyo, (Hitachi, Mitsubishi); Aon; (Amey, Jarvis, Bechtel, Hyder, Halcrow); Tuberail (Brown and Root, Alstom, Amec, Tarmac); Metronet (WS Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Adtranz, Seeboard, Thames Water); and LINC (Mowlem, Fluor Daniel, Alcatel, Bombardier).
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NEW CLG CHAIRMAN
John Harrower has been appointed chairman of the Constructors Liaison Group. Harrower is chairman and managing director of electrical contractor AM Harrower of Hereford. He is a former president of the Electrical Contractors Association.
MOWLEM IS TOP BIDDER IN OZ
Mowlem Australian subsidiary Barclay Mowlem is part of the consortium that has been named as preferred bidder on the A$1.2 billion (£480 million), 1,415km rail link between Alice Springs and Darwin. Other members of the consortium, which is led by Brown and Root, include John Holland Group, McMahon Holdings, Genesee and Wyoming, and PGA Logistics. Construction will involve 15 million m2 of earthworks, 110 bridges, and laying 2.1 million sleepers and 2.6 million tonnes of ballast. The consortium hopes to start work next year with trains running by 2003.
HALTING THE SHORTAGE OF BRICKLAYERS
The shortage of bricklayers could be solved if clients, main contractors, brickwork contractors and project stakeholders formed strategic partnerships to help provide education and training. This is one of the key recommendations in a report People for better brickwork commissioned by the Business Round Table - an industry think tank. The report warns that many bricklayers quit the trade in their 40s and that few housebuilders run apprenticeship schemes.
WALL TIES SAFE
There is no evidence that foam cavity wall insulation corrodes galvanised wall ties, according to new research published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The research dispels concern raised by the Building Research Establishment that there could be the possibility of corrosion affecting green-coloured cavity wall ties if urea formaldehyde foam was used for the insulation.
charges dropped for tv ad man
The Criminal Prosecution Service has dropped all charges against Ray Porter, the builder who appeared in television adverts promoting the Government's New Deal programme. Porter appeared before Birkenhead Magistrates Court, Wirral, a month ago to face charges of possessing an offensive weapon, following his arrest near the home of one of his staff in Birkenhead. Porter was due to appear in court last Friday (30 July) for sentencing but the CPS withdrew proceedings, stating that "there was no case to answer to."
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