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00:00 11 Aug 1999
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Work picking up for Brits abroad
British contractors working abroad secured new orders worth £4.25 billion in 1998 - an increase of 5 per cent on 1997. Significant increases in market shares were recorded in North America (up 25 per cent) and Hong Kong (up 50 per cent), while there was a marked decrease in Africa. At the end of 1998, there was £5.4 billion of work outstanding - 5 per cent less than at the end of 1997.
KENNEDY'S ELECTRIC DEAL
Kennedy Utility Management has been awarded a £75 million partnership contract by Midlands Electricity. The 10-year deal covers the provision of new and replacement low and high voltage underground cables along with the reinstatement of third party excavations in the northern and southern Staffordshire regions. The partnership is designed to deliver continuous improvements and will be managed under open book accounting methods.
DARTFORD CROSSING TOLL STUDY
Brown and Root has been appointed to undertake a study into whether tolls should be scrapped at the Dartford River Crossing. Under the terms of Dartford River Crossing Act 1988, tolls are due to cease by September 2002. Brown and Root will assess the traffic and legal implications for tolling and look at how the revenue might be used to fund transport-related schemes in support of integrated transport policies.
WESTINGHOUSE JOINS TUBE CONSORTIUM
Westinghouse Signals has joined the consortium New Metro Group in bidding for the London Underground public private partnership. Other members in the group are Taywood, Siemens, Gibb, Mott MacDonald and Innisfree. A seventh consortia, Team, may join the bidding, comprising the Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank, John Ellis - former managing director of Scot Rail and Brian Hassell - former head of the Angel ROSCO.
KVAERNER'S SCOTTISH MUSEUM
Kvaerner Construction has won a £6 million contract to build a new exhibition centre for the Museum of Scottish Country Life at Kittochside near East Kilbride. The museum, which is being built for the National Trust of Scotland and the National Museum of Scotland, features a group of three-storey buildings constructed around a courtyard display area.
ROBERT MCALPINE WINS WAR MUSEUM
Sir Robert McAlpine has been selected by the Imperial War Museum as preferred contractor for the new £28.5 million War Museum of the North to be built in Manchester. McAlpine has reached the first stage of the two-stage tender. Construction is due to start on the first working day in the new millennium on the site which lies on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford, Manchester. Architect is Daniel Libeskind.
CIPS WARNS ON RISING COSTS
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply has warned that pressure on costs will increase because construction's increasing workload is leading to lengthening delivery times. The warning comes in CIPS's latest state-of-trade survey which showed that buyers reported increased activity for the sixth month in a row. Buyers also reported that the use of subcontractors was on the increase but that the quality of the subcontractors available to do the work was decreasing. They also reported that subcontractors were charging more. More than half the firms surveyed expected their workload to increase during the coming 12 months. Likewise, a majority of firms reported they expected to increase the number of staff they employ during the next year.
British contractors working abroad secured new orders worth £4.25 billion in 1998 - an increase of 5 per cent on 1997. Significant increases in market shares were recorded in North America (up 25 per cent) and Hong Kong (up 50 per cent), while there was a marked decrease in Africa. At the end of 1998, there was £5.4 billion of work outstanding - 5 per cent less than at the end of 1997.
KENNEDY'S ELECTRIC DEAL
Kennedy Utility Management has been awarded a £75 million partnership contract by Midlands Electricity. The 10-year deal covers the provision of new and replacement low and high voltage underground cables along with the reinstatement of third party excavations in the northern and southern Staffordshire regions. The partnership is designed to deliver continuous improvements and will be managed under open book accounting methods.
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DARTFORD CROSSING TOLL STUDY
Brown and Root has been appointed to undertake a study into whether tolls should be scrapped at the Dartford River Crossing. Under the terms of Dartford River Crossing Act 1988, tolls are due to cease by September 2002. Brown and Root will assess the traffic and legal implications for tolling and look at how the revenue might be used to fund transport-related schemes in support of integrated transport policies.
WESTINGHOUSE JOINS TUBE CONSORTIUM
Westinghouse Signals has joined the consortium New Metro Group in bidding for the London Underground public private partnership. Other members in the group are Taywood, Siemens, Gibb, Mott MacDonald and Innisfree. A seventh consortia, Team, may join the bidding, comprising the Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank, John Ellis - former managing director of Scot Rail and Brian Hassell - former head of the Angel ROSCO.
KVAERNER'S SCOTTISH MUSEUM
Kvaerner Construction has won a £6 million contract to build a new exhibition centre for the Museum of Scottish Country Life at Kittochside near East Kilbride. The museum, which is being built for the National Trust of Scotland and the National Museum of Scotland, features a group of three-storey buildings constructed around a courtyard display area.
ROBERT MCALPINE WINS WAR MUSEUM
Sir Robert McAlpine has been selected by the Imperial War Museum as preferred contractor for the new £28.5 million War Museum of the North to be built in Manchester. McAlpine has reached the first stage of the two-stage tender. Construction is due to start on the first working day in the new millennium on the site which lies on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford, Manchester. Architect is Daniel Libeskind.
CIPS WARNS ON RISING COSTS
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply has warned that pressure on costs will increase because construction's increasing workload is leading to lengthening delivery times. The warning comes in CIPS's latest state-of-trade survey which showed that buyers reported increased activity for the sixth month in a row. Buyers also reported that the use of subcontractors was on the increase but that the quality of the subcontractors available to do the work was decreasing. They also reported that subcontractors were charging more. More than half the firms surveyed expected their workload to increase during the coming 12 months. Likewise, a majority of firms reported they expected to increase the number of staff they employ during the next year.
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