Contract Journal articles from June 2009

Contract Journal archives from June 2009

13 People.(John Cassidy)(Interview)(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... John Cassidy, contracts manager, Alpha Construction What site are you working on at the moment? I am involved on a number of sites. They are a new build substation at Pinxton for Central Networks, pre-fabricated offices at North Fleet...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Carillion has launched a [pounds sterling]1.8m writ against a Hertfordshire developer claiming the firm has refused to stump up the amount awarded to it in an adjudication two months ago. The dispute relates to work carried out on a [pounds...

08 CJ2.
June 3, 2009... [headline - to go in black clouds of pic] Surviving the crash [need to use pic of Andrew Stone man too. Same as p30 25th March] [intro] With contractors' finances being severely tested by the recession, Andrew Stoneman describes how to...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... aaron.morby@rbi.co.uk An architect being sued by the All England Tennis Club over alleged defects dogging the media and broadcast centre at Wimbledon has told Galliford Try it will want some money if it is found to be at fault. ...

01 News.(NHS ProCure21 Plus)(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... The race to win a slice of the [pounds sterling]2.9bn NHS ProCure21 Plus framework begins next week when the new contract will be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union. The new four-year framework will replace the...

06 Plant.
June 3, 2009... The UK's construction equipment rental will decline by an estimated 12% by the end of 2010, according to the latest survey from AMA Research. It estimates the UK's construction equipment rental market in 2008 dropped 6% to [pounds...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... CS - NIBS ConstructionSkills is looking for jobs for 15 plant maintenance apprentices under its Apprentice Matching Service. The scheme aims to place apprentices who cannot continue their apprenticeships with their original firms with new...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... The recession is driving a wedge between the best and the rest when it comes to hire companies, according to industry analyst Plimsoll Publishing. While a third of the 1,000 companies it studied were suffering, an equal number said they were...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Speedy Hire is targeting larger contractors as it plans its route through the recession. After posting a [pounds sterling]70.6m loss in the year to the end of March, HSS chief executive Steve Corcoran said: "At the moment, the government...

06 Plant.(Terex Cranes )(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Terex Cranes has cut a further 114 jobs at its Waverly plant in Iowa. The move follows a 29% drop in first-quarter sales and comes against the background of Terex chairman and CEO Ron DeFeo's stated aim of fixing or selling underperforming...

06 Plant.
June 3, 2009... CS - CrossOver + pic The CrossOver from Brian James Trailers is said to be a safe and easy way to drive machines from the trailer to the load bed of the towing vehicle and helps overcome concerns associated with loading plant onto trucks....

02 Business.(North Midland Construction)
June 3, 2009... North Midland Construction's (NMC) workload in the construction sector "is at an all-time low" but the contractor still delivered a [pounds sterling]420,000 pre-tax profit on turnover of [pounds sterling]36m in the first quarter of the year....

14 Back Page.
June 3, 2009... [Forum excerpts] Re: Trial of construction blacklist compiler The trial is starting of Ian Kerr, the man who supposedly compiled the construction workers blacklist database and sold this information on to contractors. Apparently...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... A manager from Oxford-based contractor Kingerlee undertakes an inspection before a concrete pour on the first-floor slab in a [pounds sterling]4m home in Berkshire, which uses ball former technology. Spheres made of recycled polyethylene were...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... neil.gerrard@rbi.co.uk A construction worker who was seriously injured in a fall from height at a London site in February is thought to have died from MRSA. The unnamed man was working for London-based Ramport Scaffolding at a decent...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... I was absolutely shocked this week to read about a survey which found that Britain's construction workers are turning to booze to combat the mounting pressure of work. Apparently we drink an average of 28 units a week. As I said, I'm shocked -...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... neil.gerrard@rbi.co.uk The developer of a stalled Terry Farrell-designed London housing development, where subcontractors pulled off their labour in a dispute over payment, has pledged the scheme will restart in weeks. McCabe Builders...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... 1) http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/06/01/68222/kier-signs-up-to-builders-profile.html 2) http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/06/01/68223/interserve-reaches-financial-close-on-80m-schools-ppps.html 3) ...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... Watchdog and Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury, during the filming of two new four-minuted information films, produced by The Considerate Constructors Scheme. One is aimed at site managers, and is designed to give an insight into what is...

10 Legal.
June 3, 2009... [headline] Signed, sealed and delivered Nuclear contracts Richard Ward, head of construction, Eversheds [intro] With a nuclear new build programme looking increasingly likely, Richard Ward discusses the likely style of contracting...

Surviving the crash.(08 CJ2)
June 3, 2009... With contractors' finances being severely tested by the recession, Andrew Stoneman describes how to salvage parts of a business when it all goes wrong. Contracting businesses are experiencing acute financial challenges as projects are...

04 Contracts.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... A mix of 29 national and local players are set to tackle [pounds sterling]120m-worth of housing upgrade work across the North East. The firms will be working for Cleveland-based Coast and Country Housing under a four-year framework...

01 News.
June 3, 2009... The London Borough of Ealing has shortlisted three groups to pitch for a Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deal, weighing in at a massive [pounds sterling]347m. The line-up consists of lone raiders Balfour Beatty and Wates, plus the...

04 Contracts.
June 3, 2009... bw-fetterpiccap CORE CONTRACT Emcor has taken a multi-million pound m&e installation contract on Carillion's [pounds sterling]70m office development at 110 Fetter Lane, central London. Completion is due early next year.

[pounds sterling]40m North West framework deal.(04 Contracts)(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Four firms are to share in a [pounds sterling]40m framework deal in the North West. The St Helens Borough Council project has on board local outfits Warden Construction, John Turner, Conlon Construction and J Yearsley. The four-year...

04 Contracts.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Galliford Try has booked in for a [pounds sterling]35m hotel conversion job in Berkshire. The work centres on revamping Coworth Park House, the former headquarters of the Ascot polo club. The building is not listed, but its facade will...

Funding crisishits Lambeth.(04 Contracts)(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... A [pounds sterling]37m deal in south London has become the latest victim of the education sector funding crisis. Geoffrey Osborne has notched up the Lambeth College contract, but the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has still to stump up...

04 Contracts.
June 3, 2009... HOMING IN Osborne has started work on a [pounds sterling]4.3m deal to design and construct 30 flats in south London. The scheme, for Hyde Housing Association, is phase three of the Kender Estate regeneration - a key element in the planned...

04 Contracts.(Tolent Construction )(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... bw-tolent Tolent Construction has held off three challengers and taken an [pounds sterling]8m student accommodation project in North Yorkshire. The job is to build 232 units for the University of York. The client is Grays Wharf. ...

Two firms win [pounds sterling]66m-worthof Walsall housing repairs.(04 Contracts)
June 3, 2009... Walsall Housing Group appoints Wates and Frank Haslam Milan in housing repair deals. brian.warner@rbi.co.uk Two contractors have made it on to the latest tranche of housing repair work in the West Midlands. After a competitive...

23 Contract leads.
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...as aggregates barge is hit by delays.(01 News)
June 3, 2009... Delivery of up to 1,000t per day to Olympics site is stalled by late opening up of east London waterways. Plans to deliver tonnes of material to the Olympic site by barge have been sunk by delays in opening up east London's waterways. ...

Olympics site misses green target...(01 News)
June 3, 2009... Strict design codes mean target for use of recycled aggregates are forced down from 70% to 25%. grant.prior@rbi.co.uk Ambitious green targets to build more than two-thirds of the Olympic Park with recycled aggregates are being missed...

Savoy Delays risk budget overrun.(02 Business)
June 3, 2009... Asbestos find threatens re-opening of London hotel. grant.prior@rbi.co.uk Delays during the [pounds sterling]100m refurbishment of the Savoy Hotel in London could lead to the job busting its budget. The hotel's owners have admitted...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 3, 2009... Speedy Hire has announced a rights issue that will raise [pounds sterling]100m to reduce the group's debt. The news follows the publication of the plant hire group's annual results last week, which showed a pre-tax loss of [pounds...

13 People.
June 3, 2009... Job Spotlight: Mechanical Associate, Silcock Dawson Name: Ian Grimwood Company: Silcock Dawson & Partners Job Title: Mechanical Associate Key qualifications: Building services engineering degree What is it like working as...

13 People.
June 3, 2009... pic: Andy Merrin Apollo Apollo Property Services Group has appointed Andy Merrin to the new position of safety, health and environment systems manager. Merrin joins Apollo from Morgan Sindall Fit Out where he was environmental project...

Signed sealed and delivered.(10 Legal)
June 3, 2009... With a nuclear new build programme looking increasingly likely, Richard Ward discusses the likely style of contracting to be adopted. There has been no nuclear new build in the UK for many years. Therefore, for clues about what form future...

08 CJ2.
June 3, 2009... In the 1930s a pedestrian and cycle tunnel was cut beneath the Tyne, giving the local workers an easy and free river crossing. By 1967, car and lorry traffic had increased to such levels on the road bridges that a road tunnel was...

04 Contracts.
June 10, 2009... Kier has seen off Skanska's bid to win Brighton and Hove Council's [pounds sterling]26m Falmer Academy scheme. The scheme, let under Partnerships for Schools National Academies Framework, will commence this summer, with phase one of the new...

10 Legal.
June 10, 2009... With the government's Carbon Reduction Commitment due to come into force in a year's time, Ben Thornycroft asks whether the legislation will force further changes in construction. The government's lauded Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC),...

08 CJ2.
June 10, 2009... Nuclear Management Partners has a brief to clean up Sellafield, the largest and most hazardous UK nuclear site. With [pounds sterling]1.3bn to spend annually, the work available should have a long half life. Carol Millett explains Late...

06 Plant.(Construction Equipment Security And Registration scheme)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... The price of retrospectively registering plant with the Cesar scheme has dropped to less than [pounds sterling]100 as the number of registered items passed 22,000. Pirtek, the approved aftermarket agent for Cesar, has dropped the price of...

06 Plant.
June 10, 2009... Contractors and plant hirers are getting back into upgrading their fleets, according to finance company GE Capital. Feedback from its customers suggests that many feel the bottom of the recession has been reached and while a rapid return to...

06 Plant.
June 10, 2009... colin.sowman@rbi.co.uk Michelin has joined forces with tyre repair materials and equipment specialist Rema Tip Top to introduce a repair accreditation and guarantee scheme for off-road tyres. Central to the scheme are guidelines on the...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... Mitsubishi is offering a version of its L200 pick-up with more power and a longer loadbed that will run alongside the standard vehicle. The L200 Long Bed has a 131kW engine and a 1.51m-long loadbed (compared to 1.33m with the standard...

06 Plant.
June 10, 2009... GSM tracking company Suretrack has recovered a Takeuchi TB175 excavator and other stolen items from Malaga in Spain. The 7.5t excavator was stolen from Guildford and there was no trace of the machine until it was briefly located near...

That's not all you owe us, Folks!
June 10, 2009... With late and disputed payment increasingly common, James Stagg considers some of the more extreme measures contractors have resorted to in order to get paid. With late payment a widespread problem again, contractors could be forgiven for...

Will Public Money Dry Up?(01 News)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... By Noble Francis, economist at the Construction Products Association Contractors are worried about public construction spending falling before private sector construction has recovered and they are right to be. The Government finances are...

01 News.
June 10, 2009... neil.gerrard@rbi.co.uk London based specialist fit-out firm Astins has launched a [pounds sterling]1m training facility with the UK's first all-women apprenticeship. The launch comes despite a nationwide crisis in construction...

NMP cleans up in Sellafield.(08 CJ2)
June 10, 2009... Nuclear Management Partners has a brief to clean up Sellafield, the largest and most hazardous UK nuclear site. With [pounds sterling]1.3bn to spend annually, the work available should have a long half life. Carol Millett explains. Late...

04 Contracts.(Dawn Construction)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... Local firm Dawn Construction has made the cut for a [pounds sterling]100m community hospital deal in Ayrshire. Under the NHS Frameworks Scotland scheme, the firm has been earmarked as principal supply chain partner to deliver the new North...

04 Contracts.(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... brian.warner@rbi.co.uk Carillion has knocked its only remaining rival, Skanska, out of the race for a [pounds sterling]100m prison deal in Scotland. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has chosen Carillion as its preferred bidder to...

23 Contract leads.
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23 Contract leads.
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23 Contract leads.
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Record fall for construction output.(01 News)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... Total construction output in the first quarter of 2009 was down by 16.5% compared to the corresponding quarter a year ago, the worst fall on record. The latest Government figures from the Office of National Statistics show output down 9%...

Helical looks to buck trend.(01 News)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... Property giants will have a pivotal role to play if a funding gap is to be avoided next year. And Helical Bar offered some hope last week after announcing it has raised [pounds sterling]500m to invest in new speculative developments. ...

Construction faces a black hole in funding.(01 News)
June 10, 2009... Gloomy predictions for construction in 2010 as public sector finance is set to dry up. grant.prior@rbi.co.uk Contractors are bracing themselves for a funding black hole in 2010 as public sector cash dries-up and private money looks...

Kent school contract inundated by bidders.(01 News)
June 10, 2009... Huge expression of interest in teaching block as 70-plus firms chase small education job. grant.prior@rbi.co.uk More than 70 contractors of all sizes have chased after a [pounds sterling]3m school building in Kent as competition for...

Lend Lease to axe 30% of its Village workers.(01 News)(Brief article)
June 10, 2009... Lend Lease is to slash staff numbers working on the [pounds sterling]1.1bn Olympic athletes village by up to 30% following requests from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). The athletes village is being paid for completely with public...

Rocky road ahead.(08 CJ2)
June 17, 2009... It's the most challenging construction market for decades and aggregate suppliers are staring down both barrels. Paul Thompson looks at a sector that is doing all it can to fend off the worst of the recession. There is precious little good...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... NHS Cumbria is looking for a strategic partner to deliver its community hospitals scheme, worth and estimated [pounds sterling]400m - the first scheme to be let under the [pounds sterling]1bn NHS Express Lift programme. All seven framework...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... Brokk has completed the renewal of its remote-control demolition excavator range with the introduction of the 260 model. The new tracked unit can handle attachments up to 395kg, but only weighs 3t and is very compact compared with traditional...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... colin.sowman@rbi.co.uk Tower cranes can now be higher and use smaller bases after the reclassification of England and Wales on the wind map. Under the existing Europe-wide wind map, much of England and Wales was in region D, with...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... JCB has added a 'knuckle' boom version of its 4CX backhoe loader (called the 4CN) to its product range in the UK, Spain, France and Russia. The knuckle allows the dipper to pivot a further 30[degrees] left and right in addition to the...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... neil.gerrard@rbi.co.uk Seven firms are preparing to price a [pounds sterling]50m-[pounds sterling]60m project to build a new airside access road at Heathrow Airport. Balfour Beatty, Costain, Ferrovial, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Est,...

01 News.(Strathcylde University )(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... Uncertainty surrounds the future of a 10-year, [pounds sterling]300m development programme at Strathcylde University after two contracts in the scheme were put on hold indefinitely. BAM Construction, Carillion, Balfour Beatty, and Skanska...

08 CJ2.
June 17, 2009... It's the most challenging construction market for decades and aggregate suppliers are staring down both barrels. Paul Thompson looks at a sector that is doing all it can to fend off the worst of the recession. There is precious little good...

01 News.(VHE Construction )(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... on the right track VHE Construction installs a 110t rail bridge as part of a [pounds sterling]15m contract to build the Cudworth and West Green Bypass for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. The 22m-long bridge was lifted into position by an...

04 Contracts.(Southampton City Council)(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... brian.warner@rbi.co.uk A total of 22 firms have signed a [pounds sterling]75m framework deal with Southampton City Council. The agreement will run for four years and cover general building works. A project source said: "The framework...

01 News.
June 17, 2009... Barhale Construction is on the verge of signing an extension to its framework contract with Anglian Water for the latest [pounds sterling]2.5bn investment programme. Work on Anglian's previous five-year investment programme helped Barhale...

01 News.(McLaren Construction )(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... Acquisitive Essex contractor McLaren Construction is expecting turnover to surge to [pounds sterling]160m this financial year after snapping-up contracts following the collapse of William Verry and Cornhill Construction. McLaren is about...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 17, 2009... Major refurbishment work is being held-up on ISG's [pounds sterling]62m job to renovate the Shell Centre on London's south bank. Contract Journal understands that problems with moving Shell staff out of the upper floors have caused a delay...

01 News.
June 17, 2009... Steel erectors, plumbers and welders look set to vote for a national strike as ballot papers go out to 20,000 homes later this month. Industry experts believe the country's engineering construction workers will vote to down tools this...

10 Legal.
June 17, 2009... How to indentify, manage and reduce the risk of delay. By Neal Morris and Kevin Joyce of Pinsent Masons. Despite the emergence of new standard form contracts, best practice construction methods and detailed, computer based critical path...

Talking up timber.(16 Profile)
June 17, 2009... Though the overall housing market has shrunk, timber frame's share continues to rise. New UK Timber Frame Association chairman Geoff Arnold tells James Stagg why the material is finding favour. Social housing has kept going and timber frame...

04 Contracts.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... Halton Borough Council is expected to send out the tender paperwork early next year for its [pounds sterling]604m Mersey Gateway bridge scheme. A source close to the project said: "The council will be talking to contractors interested in...

Scotland to launch version of NHS LIFT.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... A [pounds sterling]350m Scottish version of England's NHS LIFT programme will be launched this week. Overseen by the Scottish Futures Trust and known as HUB, the programme will deliver health and community schemes across Scotland via...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... Drivers of mobile cranes, truck-mounted access platforms and lorry-mounted concrete pumps will not have to hold a Driver CPC, according to the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA). Rule changes come in in September which require drivers of...

06 Plant.(Eve Trakway )(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... Eve Trakway has added a portable freestanding intruder alarm system to its range, which it says can help secure remote sites at a cost some 20%-25% cheaper than a static guard. The basis of the system is a series of posts, typically at 40m...

06 Plant.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... A pick-up in residual values as the recession eases could prompt a spate of insolvencies among plant owning companies, according to Niall Wordsworth, managing director of site dumper manufacturer Barford. "With residual values so low, the...

04 Contracts.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... ContractJournal.com has introduced a new feature which allows website users to look at a map showing where the latest OJEU tender information on a digital map of the UK. The map updates itself daily so that you can get the latest alerts of new...

01 News.(Brief article)
June 24, 2009... Crest Nicholson has appealed to a judge over the firm's handling in the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into bid-rigging. The house builder's former subsidiary Pearce was one of 112 firms named in the investigation. Pearce was...