Contract Journal articles from August 2004

Contract Journal archives from August 2004

Chinese grey import plant heads to EU.(european union)(imports of construction equipment)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Europe faces a potential influx of thousands of second-hand excavators as the Chinese government has imposed new regulations and restricted funding to cool its overheating economy. According to the Committee for European Construction Equipment...

Mawsley's new Bomag roller is easy on the ear.(Mawsley Machinery)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Road repairs in heavily populated areas with large traffic flows are being made easier by a super-silenced roller from Mawsley Machinery. Previously, noise emissions from the Bomag BW900-2 were mostly generated by the drums and the engine....

Tool hire set to continue rising.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The UK tool hire market has experienced a steady 4% year-on-year growth rate since 2000, with the trend expected to continue over the next four years, according to the latest report by AMA Research. The total market in 2003 was estimated to be...

Finnpave adapts Bitelli road planer for GWJ Contractors.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Finnpave, the specialist surfacing division of Finning UK, has delivered the UK's first Bitelli SF200 LE road planer to GWJ Contractors. GWJ Contractors manager Gordon Brown said: "The Bitelli is a huge benefit to our operation as it's highly...

CITB warns CPCS red cardholders to upgrade.(Construction Plant Competence Scheme)(Construction Industry Training Board)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Of 20,000 red competence cardholders, only 20 are working towards NVQ level 2. CITB-ConstructionSkills chairman Sir Michael Latham has warned the industry of impending problems because so few holders of red Construction Plant Competence...

Hubbway to sell backpack poker.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Hubbway Equipment Sales of Cramlington in Northumberland has been appointed as UK distributor for a backpack portable vibrating poker. The unit, built in the US by Viber Global Manufacturing, is said to weigh just over 12kg and can be worn as a...

Morookas cut down to size for Birmingham station job.(MJ Wilkinson )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Four specially adapted Morooka MST300 tracked carriers are being used on the platform-remodelling contract at Birmingham's New Street Station. Restricted headroom of only 1.85m has meant the four units, on hire from MJ Wilkinson of Blackpool,...

Controls purchases Wykeham Farrance.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Italy-based Controls, a manufacturer of testing equipment for the construction and civil engineering industries, has purchased Wykeham Farrance, a UK producer of geotechnical equipment, for an undisclosed sum. Wykeham Farrance will continue to...

Caterpillar posts best-ever results.(Caterpillar (U.K.) Ltd. earnings)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... All territories record strong performances as sales top [pounds sterling]4bn. Caterpillar has reported record sales and revenues for the second time this year, with all territories posting significant increases. For the second quarter of...

Bowller opts for Manitou model.(Bowller Group new services)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Roofing supplies specialist Bowller Group is the latest convert to the truck-mounted forklift, opting for a Manitou ManiTransit on its latest truck rather than the cranes it usually uses. The TMT320FL is able to place loads at any part of the...

Cement set to be hit by EU chemicals directive.
August 4, 2004... UK producers argue that new Reach policy is misdirected, time-consuming and costly. Contractors and cement producers could be the first to be hit by an EU chemicals overhaul, after a government report was published last week. The Science...

Committee's doubts over offsite savings.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... An Office of the Deputy Prime Minister committee has criticised the use of offsite manufacturing to address the housing shortage. The Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee said it doubted that offsite manufacturing is...

Amey takes [pounds sterling]300m highways deal; xx.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Amey has beaten Accord, Alfred McAlpine and Raynesway to Cumbria County Council's highways framework deal worth up to [pounds sterling]300m. The contract is for seven years, plus a three-year extension subject to performance, and is expected to...

Laing O'Rourke and Shepherd vie for [pounds sterling]40m biomedical job.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Imperial College has put two firms under the microscope in the final run-in for a [pounds sterling]40m biomedical research complex in west London. Laing O'Rourke and Shepherd have got through to the second stage of a two-stage selection...

MoD chooses six to bid for [pounds sterling]10m RAF job.(Ministry of Defence-Royal Air Force)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The Ministry of Defence has drafted in six firms to work up bids for a [pounds sterling]10m deal at RAF Lakenheath. The scheme constitutes phases 4 and 5 of project "Restore Base Water Supply" and on parade are Walter Lawrence, Laing Utilities,...

Housing 21 seals [pounds sterling]70m Oldham housing PFI.
August 4, 2004... Bullock and Cruden are appointed as contractors to make improvements on 1,354 properties. The saga of a [pounds sterling]70m PFI social housing deal in Oldham has finally come to an end with the appointment of a preferred bidder. The deal...

Editor's comment.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 4, 2004... Scotland safely leads the way Scotland is blazing a trail when it comes to reducing fatalities in the construction industry. It has cut the number of workers killed on its sites by 64%, from 11 in both 2001/2 and 2002/3, to just four in 2003/4...

FMB income tops [pounds sterling]4m mark.(Federation of Master Builders)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) saw its total income rise by 12% last year to [pounds sterling]4.1m. Its pre-tax trading surplus increased by more than two-thirds to [pounds sterling]233,801. Commenting on the figures, the outgoing FMB...

Back to the floor.(Contract Flooring Association-resolving disputes)
August 4, 2004... To help prevent its members from incurring high legal expenses in lengthy court wrangles, the Contract Flooring Association offers its members the services of a dispute resolution expert such as Terry Wolfe. Geraldine Faulkner reports. If...

Hanson endures tough first half.(Hanson Amalgamated Industries)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Hanson caught a cold in the UK in the first half year as a "subdued market" led to drops in both turnover and operating profit. Hanson's UK turnover fell 3.1% from [pounds sterling]574.9m to [pounds sterling]551.1m, while operating profit after...

Haymills/Warner buyout completed.(Haymills Construction Ltd., H Warner & Son)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The management buy-out of Haymills (Contractors) and sister company H Warner & Son has been completed. The MBO team of seven was led by Julian Brandon, who joined the company as managing director of the construction division two years ago....

Hope for Loweth staff and creditors.(Loweth Ltd. could see some small return)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The staff and 750 trade creditors of Loweth Ltd, the Romford-based refurbishment and maintenance contractor that collapsed in May, could see some small return. Begbies Traynor partner Nick Hood, Loweth's administrator, told CJ that staff and...

Powering the Irish PPP engine.(Public-Private Partnership in the field of education in Ireland)
August 4, 2004... PPP projects are old news in the UK, but in the Republic of Ireland the concept is still relatively new, with a number of pilot projects currently under construction. Laura Hailstone went to investigate a e51.3m pilot PPP nearing completion in...

Banks pledge to support Jarvis until March 2005.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The collapse of Jarvis has been averted, thanks to its banks agreeing to prop the group up until next spring - 25 March 2005 to be precise, writes John Leitch. The last-minute reprieve gives chief executive Kevin Hyde eight months to sort out...

Jarvis suffers further PFI schools misery.(private finance initiative)(school deal)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... For the second time in less than a month, troubled contractor Jarvis has taken a caning on a big-value PFI schools deal. The latest setback for the beleaguered firm is on a [pounds sterling]70m scheme for Telford & Wrekin council, where the...

Cherren fined [pounds sterling]75k for London fatality.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... London developer Cherren III was fined [pounds sterling]75,000 at Southwark Crown Court last week following an onsite fatality four years ago. Heating engineer Mark Butler died on 9 October 2000 during the development of buildings in Fitzroy...

QS develops four-dimensional model to map whole-life costs.
August 4, 2004... n Building projects rethink will see both capital and revenue costs combined, and could save clients millions. Whole-life costs on building projects could be slashed by millions of pounds with the launch of a new cost model developed by...

CC members raise doubts over software.(Construction Confederation)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The Construction Confederation (CC) has launched an investigation into Ramesys construction software following a number of complaints from its members. In its latest newsletter, it states: "Some Confederation member companies have reported...

Ballard slams poor supply chain record.(Rick Ballard)(Construction Supply Chain Forum)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Construction Supply Chain Forum (CSCF) chairman Rick Ballard has slammed the construction industry for lagging behind other industries in its attitude to the supply chain. "Construction is about 20 years behind other industries in supply chain...

SRL gets green light for new traffic signal system.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... A three-year legal battle finally came to an end last month when portable traffic-light maker SRL won Highways Agency (HA) approval for radio-linked lights. The company took the HA to the European Commission for approval on its three-way and...

Persimmon accused of holiday blacklist.(Persimmon Homes-construction workers-holiday pay )
August 4, 2004... n Housebuilder hotly denies dumping bricklayers after they win holiday pay claims. Persimmon Homes has strongly denied UCATT's claims that it is threatening to blacklist CIS 4 operatives who pursue claims for holiday pay under the Working...

Tenacious tykes.(turnover plans for Holroyd Construction Group )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Yorkshire-based Holroyd Construction Group has launched a four-year plan that aims to double its turnover to almost [pounds sterling]30m. And even though some national players are starting to move into the group's traditional markets, managing...

The Contracts Act 1999.
August 4, 2004... In May 2000, the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 came into force. The Act brought to an end one of the basic principles of English law known as "privity of contract", whereby it was established that nobody could make a claim under...

Anxious Totty jilts Jarvis on PFI school.(Totty Construction, Jarvis Accommodation Services)
August 4, 2004... n Failure to agree two major PFI council contracts leads building partners to ditch Jarvis. As the full extent of Jarvis's financial woes were revealed last week (see below), the beleaguered support services player was struggling to move...

Crisis looms on Tower Hamlets schools PFI.(private finance initiative)(talks are going on between the Tower Hamlets Council and Babcock & Brown Ltd over refurbishment contract for schools)
August 4, 2004... n Financier Abbey and facilities manager Rentokil Initial walk, but Babcock remains upbeat. Tower Hamlets Council's [pounds sterling]345m bundled schools PFI is in further trouble, with both the funder Abbey and FM contractor Rentokil...

Treasury pledges schools funds.
August 4, 2004... The Treasury is to pledge additional funds to help local education authorities meet the cost of new schools under the government's [pounds sterling]5.1bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Problems with the affordability of the...

Unions may take action against local authorities.(influence of strikes by unions)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Strikes could hit local authorities after unions representing around 45,000 building and civil engineering workers voiced anger at pay and conditions. UCATT policy co-ordinator Jim Kennedy said talks broke down last week between unions and the...

Alfred McAlpine on track for 5% margin.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... n Capital Projects division set for [pounds sterling]300m to [pounds sterling]340m turnover, one-third from building. Alfred McAlpine's ability to sustain a 5% margin in its Capital Projects division - which contains the former civil...

Wimpey improves competitiveness - hits 17% margin.(Wimpey Homes)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Wimpey, one of the UK's leading housebuilders, has won its three-year battle to lift its operating margin to the same level as that of its competitors. Latest interim results (six months to 30 June) show operating margins of 17.1% in George...

Ennstone eyes Johnstone bid.(Ennstone Group)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Ennstone Group plans to boost its sales in the Midlands with the [pounds sterling]48.3m acquisition of Johnston Group. Ennstone will also refinance Johnston's debt, taking the purchase sum to [pounds sterling]62.8m. Ennstone chairman Vaughan...

Cleveland Bridge to sue Multiplex; for Wembley pay.(Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Middle East Private Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Cleveland Bridge has issued a writ against Multiplex after a dispute over payment for work at Wembley Stadium. Cleveland has ceased work on the site after Multiplex replaced it with Dutch contractor Hollandia last month. A Cleveland spokeswoman...

60-second interview.(Custodia-independent consultancy)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 11, 2004... What is your greatest work achievement? Launching Custodia, an independent consultancy (joint venture between the Engineering Employers' Federation and QinetiQ) that provides consultants and scientists for research and innovation. How...

back bites.(influence of cynicism )
August 11, 2004... Cynically sane Journalists get accused of cynicism all the time. But when the subject involves an iconic children's programme, it can disillusion even the most sanguine of observers. Five years ago, when the Millennium Dome was being...

Brickmakers set for recycled glass trials.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Brickmakers are set to trial the use of recycled glass in bricks after a positive outcome from a Waste Recycling Action Programme (WRAP) study earlier this year. Blockleys Brick will carry out large-scale trials later this year and...

Brum refurb PFI held up by bid hitch.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Non-compliant bids have held up the award of a [pounds sterling]56m PFI schools new build and refurb scheme in Birmingham. The city council had hoped to award the deal, covering 13 schools, by the end of this month. Two groups are in the...

Gel-filled starter battery developed for aftermarket.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Austrian battery manufacturer Banner is marketing the Running Bull battery as the first gel-filled starter battery offered to the aftermarket. According to Banner, the design is useful for earthmoving equipment and off road vehicles operating...

Final Dash 7s from Komatsu.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... The final machines in Komatsu's Dash 7 range of excavators have been launched: the PC130-7 and the PW160-7. The 13t operating weight PC130-7 is specifically designed for the UK market and has a 66kW engine and a 0.8m3 capacity bucket. The...

Lintec asphalt plant 'first'.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Lintec says it has produced the world's first fully containerised asphalt plant - the CSD1500. The 120t/hr capacity unit is easy and cheap to transport, as well as quick to assemble and dismantle, the company said. It can produce a 1.65t...

Taylor launches lighting tower.(Taylor Construction Plant )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Following its acquisition of the Hylite range of lighting towers from Park Products, Taylor Construction Plant (TCP) has launched a new mobile, fully automatic lighting system The bunded Hylite tower is available with either four or six 1,000W...

Volvo announces all-regions profit.(Volvo Construction Equipment )(Financial reports)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Second quarter figures show strong growth in UK market. Volvo Construction Equipment (VCE) has reported an increase in sales and operating profit across all geographic regions for the second quarter of 2004, with the UK performing strongly...

South Holland Drainage to use Volvo excavator.(Internal Drainage Board )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Lincolnshire-based South Holland Internal Drainage Board has purchased its first Volvo EC210BLC long-reach excavator for its ditch and drain clearance operations, after a successful trial period. The excavator has a digging reach of 15.8m,...

Working Time Directive opt-out could be kept.(workers-work hours management)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... The CPA and contractors' groups may support an extension of the qualifying period. The Working Time Directive's opt-out clause, which allows most UK workers to waive their right to an average 48-hour week over a 17-week qualifying period,...

CPA warns members on heavy loads.(Construction Plant-hire Association)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to all its members highlighting the need to inform the Highways Agency's (HA) managing agent contractors of impending abnormal loads crossing bridges and other structures. Without prior...

Barhale renews [pounds sterling]100m deal with Marconi for BT work.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Barhale Construction has won a renewal of its framework contract with Marconi for civil engineering work on BT's networks. The deal is estimated to be worth around [pounds sterling]100m over the next four years. The agreement covers civil...

Amec ties up [pounds sterling]25m Manc brace.(Manchester)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Amec has clinched two design and construct deals totalling [pounds sterling]25m in Greater Manchester. A [pounds sterling]15m project at Ashton Commerce Park comprises a 22,000m2 warehouse for office product supplier Office Depot. Completion is...

Mansell secures [pounds sterling]8m uni contract.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Mansell has won more than [pounds sterling]8m-worth of university work throughout the UK. The pick of the bunch is the [pounds sterling]5.1m refurbishment of the University of Reading's Philip Lyle building and Bob Kayley Theatre - part of a...

Three battle it out for [pounds sterling]108m Peterborough housing job.(Lovell, Mears and Kier)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Three firms are in the final run-in for a [pounds sterling]108m housing upgrade deal in Peterborough. The city council has pared its selection process down to Lovell, Mears and Kier, and by mid-September will choose two of the three to carry...

Jarvis bids for Lancs schools despite woes.(Jarvis Accommodation Services, Lancashire)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Assailed contractor Jarvis is one of three groups set to pick up the tender paperwork next month for a [pounds sterling]56m PFI schools deal in Lancashire. Jarvis Accommodation Services, with David McLean in tow as contractor, is in the hunt...

Four sign up for Solihull job.(Solihull Community Housing-management)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Solihull Community Housing has gone for four Midlands-based contractors to deliver up to [pounds sterling]115m-worth of housing upgrade work over the coming five years, with an option to extend the deal. The line-up is Frank Haslam Milan,...

ESS's rescue gantry puts safety first.(launch of confined space rescue gantry to provide access to deep trenches, pits and pipeline chambers)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Health and safety services and training provider ESS has launched a confined space rescue gantry. It is designed to provide access to deep trenches, pits and pipeline chambers, while complying with health and safety regulations for working in...

Editor's comment.(Chelsea Barracks-management)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 11, 2004... What a load of barracks! Seven years of indecision have cost Bovis Lend Lease [pounds sterling]800,000 in bid costs for a scheme that will now not go ahead. Of course the contractor is putting a brave face on the decision by the MoD and...

Employees at risk from inferior products.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Contractors are ignoring industry concerns about substandard products and are putting their employees at risk, according to SGB marketing manager Peter Bond. The company is one of six to form the Original Scaffolding Equipment Manufacturers...

Fitzpatrick and Lafarge may face [pounds sterling]1m delay fine.(Highways Agency)
August 11, 2004... n Contractors argue that Wadesmill bypass scheme was more complicated than expected. Fitzpatrick and Lafarge could be in line for hefty fines of up to [pounds sterling]1m from the Highways Agency (HA) following a delay of at least three...

Still no confirmation of Griffiths' Treasury move.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... The expected departure to the Treasury of construction minister Nigel Griffiths will not take place until the middle of next month, according to government officials. CJ revealed last month (CJ 14 July) that Griffiths is likely to be promoted...

Lumber support.(usage of timber in construction industry to construct different types of buildings)
August 11, 2004... Timber-frame construction is reaching new heights. Higgins is currently working on what will be the highest timber-frame accommodation block in the UK so far. Rob Leslie reports. Higgins will complete one of its most unusual inner-city...

Industry anger at Carbon Trust snub.(cement, steel, aluminium, electricity and newsprint industries-maintenance)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... BCA slams emissions trading report, calling it contradictory. Industry bodies have slammed a Carbon Trust report, claiming they were not consulted on it. Last month, the Carbon Trust published a report on the European Emissions Trading...

Tax 'amnesty' is final chance to get workers' status correct.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... The letters that will land on 13,000 contractors' doormats this week inviting them to review the terms on which their workers are engaged amount to an Inland Revenue (IR) "amnesty", according to a leading tax expert. Recipients ignore them at...

Interim payment certificates.(North West London Communal Mikvah)
August 11, 2004... The procedural difficulties that can arise in obtaining a binding adjudicator's decision appear to be limitless. Another twist was revealed in the recent case of William Verry -v- North West London Communal Mikvah. Verry had been engaged under...

Jallatte puts the boot into building.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Jallatte has developed a new range of safety boots for the construction industry. The J-Escape range is designed to protect workers from slips, trips, falls and puncture wounds. Its sole has a shock absorber in the heel and can resist direct...

Construction must embrace IT.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2004... Sir, I have been working with IT in the construction industry for more than 20 years and read with great interest the results of the story headlined IT a high priority for construction firms in the 14 July issue of CJ. An independent survey of...

Jarvis/Totty partnership alive.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2004... Sir, I refer to your story on Jarvis's partnership with Totty Construction Group, published in your 4 August issue. This suggested that Jarvis had been "jilted" by Totty. This is incorrect. Totty has completed its preliminary work on the...

Uncertainty for ProCure21 and best value initiatives.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2004... Sir, I read with interest the article in the 28 July issue of Contract Journal on the Department of Health's (DoH) report Reconfirming the Department of Health's Arms Length Bodies. News of DoH plans to wind up its procurement arm will make...

Vodafone withdraws 'unsafe' ad.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2004... Sir, I write with reference to the Vodafone advertisement on page 7 of the 28 July issue of CJ. The advertisement features a building site and shows an operative standing on the first lift of a scaffold. He is holding a mobile phone to his ear...

Liverpool strike threat.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Strike ballots are being lined up by unions over the handling of 38 workers who have transferred across to the new contractors in charge of Cobalt Housing Association's [pounds sterling]5m-a-year housing contract in Liverpool. Only two workers...

Dismissed!(Chelsea Barracks project)
August 11, 2004... n Regalian Properties/Bovis lose out by [pounds sterling]800,000 as MoD halts PFI deal and decides to relet Chelsea Barracks as a prime contract. The Ministry of Defence is pulling out of the [pounds sterling]150m privately-financed...

Coventry Council slammed for asbestos exposure risk.(Dalebrick fined for asbestos removal)
August 11, 2004... n Catalogue of errors during museum refurb puts contractors at risk and results in a [pounds sterling]476,000 clean-up bill. Coventry City Council (CCC) has been given a roasting for exposing contractors to undetected asbestos during...

Exterior fined for driver's death.(Exterior International)(Foundation Developments )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Exterior International and Foundation Developments (FDL), based in Wallington, Surrey, were fined [pounds sterling]20,000 each at Isleworth Crown Court, London, following the death of Mark Lewis on 26 February 1999 during a muck away operation...

Lend Lease and GPT merger agreed.(General Property Trust)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Lend Lease and General Property Trust (GPT) have finally agreed the small print for their [pounds sterling]2.6bn merger. Talks collapsed two weeks ago, with GPT citing its wariness of Lend Lease's Bovis-branded construction and offshore...

Pitching for work.(Fulwood Roofing Services-partnership arrangement with Oldham Council)
August 11, 2004... Is it just the main contractor and the client that get to initiate partnering agreements? Not according to two roofing specialists that have won a unique partnership arrangement to supply a local authority with all its flat roofing renewal...

Prison service builders to strike.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Construction workers in the Prison Service are stepping up their industrial action over pay with a 48-hour stoppage starting on 31 August. This follows a one-day strike on 28 May. The action is likely to affect 4,000 building and agricultural...

Rok profits from change of direction.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Rok Property Solutions has made a pre-tax profit of [pounds sterling]4.3m in the first half of 2004 from a turnover of [pounds sterling]210m. The entire property portfolio acquired with Llewellyn in 2002 has been disposed of and the Crawley...

Lockguard simplifies safety barrier system.(MVS Lockguard )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Manchester-based firm MVS Lockguard has launched the Advanced variant of its Lockguard lockable safety barrier system. The company claims the system is "even quicker and simpler to use" due to a reduction in the number of separate components....

Remote CCTV monitoring offers off-site security.(Closed Circuit Television)
August 11, 2004... One off-site video response centre can monitor as many as 100 sites at any one time. Contractors could use fewer onsite security personnel if they turn to remotely monitored CCTV, according to Remguard Visual Management managing director...

Westwood's Italian job.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... Westwood Construction Products has imported an Italian scaffold clip cover to the UK, which health and safety adviser Lawrence Vesey said will reduce injuries to contractors and the public. Vesey said the company is targeting local authorities...