Contract Journal articles from August 2003

Contract Journal archives from August 2003

Interpreting professional indemnity insurance limits.(engineering company designs bridges)
August 6, 2003... TEXT:Mabey & Johnson is an engineering company whose activities include the design, fabrication and supply worldwide of steel bridges. A product commonly sold by Mabey is a bolted steel truss bridge, which it describes generically as a unit...

Big spenders.(construction industry's IT spending)
August 6, 2003... The construction industry's IT spend is rising at an incredible rate. In fact it is rising faster than in any other business sector. Companies who have pioneered the IT trail have enjoyed financial benefits and now want more in order to put...

W Robinson keeps ahead of regs with silent pump.(new compact super-silenced water pump)
August 6, 2003... UK dealer for Australia's Primax pumps, W Robinson, has launched a compact super-silenced water pump. The Primax CP150QS is ideal for residential applications as it is equipped with a fully bunded silenced canopy to 61dBA at 7m. Regulations do...

ACE loses its patience with Constructionline.(government register of prequalified contractors)
August 6, 2003... Constructionline, the government's register of prequalified contractors, has been drawn into a war of words with the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE). Because Constructionline has failed to reduce the number of prequalification forms...

Vibration levels on database.(Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2003... Employers and plant buyers can now look up the real-life vibration levels of about 900 tools in a database compiled by the Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre (INVC). The measurements indicate that the length of time operators are allowed to...

In brief.(speed restrictions on railroads)
August 6, 2003... Speed restrictions on Network Rail routes Network Rail has imposed speed restrictions on the London to Glasgow, the London to Norwich, and the southern and Midlands commuter networks amid fears of rails buckling during the current heatwave. ...

Cementation and Arup work on green heat.(energy-saving heating system)
August 6, 2003... Cementation Foundations Skanska and Arup are working together to further develop an energy-saving heating system that draws on the earth's natural resources through a building's foundations. Ground-sourced heat pump systems (GSHPs) work by...

Banner Holdings shows first results.(financial results)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2003... Banner Holdings has published its first set of financial results following its GBP5m management buy-out from the Boot Group at the end of last year (CJ 8 January). Annual turnover (to 31 December 2002) of GBP56m resulted in a pre-tax profit of...

In brief.(special-needs secondary school contract)
August 6, 2003... Miller wins GBP7.1m special needs school Miller Construction has picked up a GBP7.1m deal to build a special-needs secondary school for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. The school will be built on an existing school site by January 2005....

Two more to construction fatalities list.(upward trend in construction deaths)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2003... The worrying upward trend in construction fatalities since April has continued this week with two more deaths. John Wing, 20, an employee with Balfour Kilpatrick, died last Friday after sustaining fatal crush injuries while using access...