North Midland Construction profits steady despite 30% fall in orders
Posted: 11 November 2009Confident outlook for 2010 on back of big framework deals.
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Lovell fined after seven-year-old's death fall
Posted: 11 November 2009Lovell Partnerships has been fined £75,000 after a seven-year-old boy fell to his death from scaffolding the firm had left in place for too long.
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Standard to cut prequal red tape still months away
Posted: 11 November 2009A government plan to save contractors thousands of pounds in admin expenses by overhauling the Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ) system is still a year away.
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Firms tussle for £85m Edinburgh project
Posted: 11 November 2009Big-name firms are vying to prequalify for a highly-controversial and high-profile project in Edinburgh, worth at least £85m.
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Four battle for £30m Cambridge University deal
Posted: 11 November 2009Four firms are in the line-up for a high-profile education-sector deal in Cambridge, worth at least £30m.
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Exploding concrete banned
Posted: 11 November 2009Contractors are banning foam concrete on civils sites after two explosions left construction workers with fractured feet.
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Fourteen firms win £1.2bn YORbuild framework
Posted: 11 November 2009Fourteen contractors are believed to have won a place on the £1.2bn YORbuild framework covering public works across Yorkshire and Humberside.
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New offer in bid to avert engineering construction strike
Posted: 11 November 2009Employers are hoping a revised pay and conditions offer will head-off threats of a national strike which could cripple power stations across the country.
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Chinese win motorway job at huge discount
Posted: 11 November 2009Polish road builders have seen a national motorway contract snatched from under their noses by a state-owned Chinese contractor on its first foray into Europe.
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Four in hunt for £140m Rocket
Posted: 11 November 2009Four contractors are fighting it out to win a £140m mixed-use scheme near Old Street roundabout in central London.
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Specialist lenders step in where banks fear to tread
Posted: 11 November 2009Plant owners looking to buy new equipment next year could find even more difficulty securing finance from their banks, according to JCB Finance.
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Balfour Beatty's orderbook hits £13.7bn
Posted: 11 November 2009Firm is trading in line with expectations with strong UK performance in construction services and civil engineering
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BAA construction director Rob Stewart set to leave
Posted: 10 November 2009Rob Stewart is to leave his post as construction director at airport operator BAA to take charge of construction at the £12bn Defence Techincal Academy PFI in St Athan, south Wales.
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Sisk wins £3.5m police station contract
Posted: 10 November 2009Sisk has won a £3.5m contract from Warwickshire Police to renovate and refurbish Rugby Police Station.
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Babcock may sell rail business
Posted: 10 November 2009Babcock boss will decide fate of rail business in next few months.
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Brett makes £14m pre-tax loss
Posted: 10 November 2009Construction materials supplier Robert Brett & Sons has made a £14m pre-tax loss for 2008 (2007: £1.5m) and warned that it sees no sign of a significant upturn until 2011.
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Recession prompts ConstructionSkills grant rethink
Posted: 10 November 2009ConstructionSkills has launched on consultation to canvas the industry's opinion on what it thinks of its grants scheme.
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Citroen adds Plant & Go body to range
Posted: 10 November 2009Citroen has added the KFS beavertail plant body to its Ready to Run range, which gives a payload of 1,600kg on a 3.5t Relay.
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JV sees JCB dealers offering Camwatch towers
Posted: 10 November 2009Camwatch and JCB have formed a joint venture which sees the plant manufacturer's dealers offering Camwatch's security tower.
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Morgan Sindall on track with £3.4bn order book
Posted: 10 November 2009Morgan Sindall on course for 2009 with £3.4bn order book and £900m pipeline of projects.
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