Construction News
April 1994

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07Apr94 AUSTRALIA: AUSSIE SALE - COSTAIN. Costain has raised £13.3 million from the sale of a property in Melbourne, Australia, which it held in joint venture with Japanese contractor Kajima. The
07Apr94 EU: EURO-RULING FORCES UP PLANT COSTS. The cost of making earthmoving plant is set to rise by up to 5 per cent from the end of 1996 following a tough new European ruling on sound emissions.Est
07Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - BERLIN, GERMANY - BRIDGEWORKS. Job: Bridgeworks at Berlin-Friedrichshain involving structural steel work, concrete construction and scaffolding work.Client: Senatsverwal
07Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - GLAUCHAU, GERMANY - INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE. Job: Construction of an indoor sports centre and associated works.Client: Landratsamt Glauchau, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Weg 2, D-0837
07Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY - FOUL WATER SEWERAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORK. Job: Construction of foul water sewerage and associated works.Client: Communal Consult GmbH, Essener Stras
07Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - STRAUBING, GERMANY. Job: Harbour works at Straubing-Sand involving sheet piling, piling and grouting, excavation for foundations, drainage, railway works and pipelines.C
07Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - ATHENS, GREECE - MOTORWAY CONSTRUCTION. Job: Motorway construction.Client: YPEChODE/GGDE, 2i DEKE, Lekka 23-25, GR-105 62 Athina, tel: (1) 322 80 72/322 73 71, fax: 323 9
07Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - ATHENS, GREECE - MOTORWAY CONSTRUCTION. Job: Motorway construction.Client: YPEChODE/GGDE, 2i DEKE, Lekka 23-25, GR-105 62 Athina, tel: (1) 322 80 72/322 73 71, fax: 323 9
07Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - PATRA, GREECE - ROADWORKS. Job: Roadworks comprising grade-separated junction.Client: 2i DEKE Patron, NEO Athinon-Patron 28, GR-261 10 Patra, tel: (61) 43 49 73/43 38 55,
07Apr94 GREECE: TAYWOOD IN DAM BUST UP. A £360 million contract awarded to a Taylor Woodrow-led consortium two years ago is to be scrapped by the Greek government.The order, for the controversial
07Apr94 HONG KONG: BALFOUR TIPPED FOR ROAD WIDENING. Balfour Beatty is frontrunner for a £45 million road widening contract in Hong Kong after submitting a bid less than half the official Hong Ko
07Apr94 JAPAN: GUMI LOSSES. Kumagai Gumi made a 32 billion yen (£204 million) loss for the year up to March 31 after shedding construction and property businesses in several countries. CONSTRUCTI
07Apr94 KUWAIT: BABCOCK KING-WILKINSON WINS POST WAR OIL FACILITY REBUILD CONTRACT. Babcock King-Wilkinson has a design and construction management contract to reconstruct and modernise oil production
07Apr94 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: KENTZ CORP OFFERS BANKS 50P IN POUND. The troubled Kentz Corporation has offered its main creditor banks less than 50p in the pound as part of a rescue package.Unsecured c
07Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - BARCELONA, SPAIN - DESIGN AND BUILD HOUSING. Job: To design and build 240 housing units.Client: Instituto Catalan del Suelo, Organismo Autonomo del Departamento de Politic
07Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - JAEN, SPAIN - CONSTRUCTION OF BYPASS. Job: Construction of a bypass at Jaen.Client: Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente, Direccion General de Obras
07Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - TARRAGONES, SPAIN. Job: Roads construction between Vila-Seca de Solcina at Tarragones.Client: Gestio d'Infrastructures, SA (GISA), c/ Josep Tarradellas, 20-30, 1a planta,
07Apr94 THAILAND: ACER DOUBLES UP IN FAR EAST. Acer Consultants has won two assignments in the Far East.The first has been made by the State Railway of Thailand for a five-month, 5 million baht (£
07Apr94 UK: £52.5M M6 WIDENING SCHEME. One of six 80 tonne steel girders is lifted into position over the Manchester Ship Canal as part of a £52.5 million widening scheme on the M6 near Warr
07Apr94 UK: AMEC BUILDING TEAM PICKS UP £22M DEFENCE DUO. Amec Building has won two Ministry of Defence contracts together worth more than £22 million.The largest is a £15 million desig
07Apr94 UK: AMEY SET FOR STOCK MARKET LISTING. Amey, the contractor which underwent a £6.5 million management buy-out from Hanson five years ago, is planning a stock market listing this summer, w
07Apr94 UK: ANTI-ROADS CAMPAIGNERS VOW TO STEP UP THE FIGHT. Anti-roads campaigners dismissed the roads review, and vowed to step up their battle against both contractors and the Department of Transpo
07Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT - BILLINGTON STRUCTURES. Gerry Paxton has been appointed operations director of the Yorkshire steel fabricator. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT - CURRIE AND BROWN. The cost consultant has opened an office in Birmingham and has appointed local project management specialist Neil Beech to manage it. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT - LOVELL HOMES. Three senior managers have been promoted to the board. They are finance director and company secretary James Dunsmore, Midlands regional director Nick Sedgwi
07Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT - MANITOU (SITE LIFT). John Walker, who was a member of the sales team which pioneered Manitou rough terrain lift trucks in the construction industry, is the UK company's ne
07Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT - W S ATKINS. Christopher Binnie, chairman of the water and environment division, has been appointed to the group board, as has legal adviser Tim Foley. Bob Hawley, the chie
07Apr94 UK: ASBESTOS FINE - TW WARD. Birmingham magistrates fined TW Ward (Industrial Dismantling) £15,000 and ordered the firm to pay £19,000 costs last week after it pleading guilty to thr
07Apr94 UK: BACK TO BLACK - ALEXANDER RUSSELL. Aggregates group Alexander Russell has moved back into the black with a pre-tax profit of £1.7 million for the year ending December (1992: £1.9
07Apr94 UK: BALFOUR DROPS PRICE TO TAKE FIFE ROAD. Balfour Beatty has taken phase two of the western distributor road in Fife with a final price of £7.8 million.Balfour's original price was £
07Apr94 UK: BEN BARRETT REMOVES BRICKS FROM BOOT SITE. Lorries shifted specially made bricks from a Henry Boot site in Manchester yesterday (Wednesday) in the latest twist to a legal battle with subco
07Apr94 UK: BRITISH GAS PICKS SCHAL FOR LEEDS OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. Schal is understood to have clinched the construction management contract for a £20 million office development in Leeds for Briti
07Apr94 UK: BUILDING BOSSES TO FACE FRAUD TRIAL. Eight men and a woman will face 191 charges following an alleged £1 million construction VAT and tax fraud.The building bosses were all committed
07Apr94 UK: CARADON RISES - 5 PER CENT RISE IN PRE-TAX PROFITS. Caradon, the materials group which acquired Pillar for £809 million last year, has announced a 5 per cent rise in pre-tax profits b
07Apr94 UK: CEMENTONE COLOUR - 36 PER CENT RISE IN PRE-TAX PROFITS FOR YEAR. Cementone, the paints and building chemicals group, has unveiled a 36 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.208 milli
07Apr94 UK: CHESHUNT LINK LEADS ROAD TRIO. Three important council road schemes in the Home Counties, worth almost £45 million together, are due to go out to tender in the summer and autumn.The l
07Apr94 UK: CITB WILL RECRUIT 750 TRAINEES. The Construction Industry Training Board will directly recruit a further 750 trainees this year because it cannot find enough firms willing to take on train
07Apr94 UK: CLIVE LLOYD GOES IN TO BAT FOR WEST LONDON HAT. Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd will lead a £100 million 10-year redevelopment of the Stonebridge estate in Brent, west
07Apr94 UK: CONCERTO FOR EXCAVATOR - COSTAIN WINS DE MONTFORT CONCERT HALL REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT. Costain has started work on a £4 million contract to refurbish the historic De Montfort concert
07Apr94 UK: CONTACT - LAING FOR GALLERY. Laing's management arm will carry out the pre-construction stages of Glasgow's £6.5 million Gallery of Modern Art. Work involves the conversion of an A-li
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACT - M1 REBUILD - FITZPATRICK. Fitzpatrick has a £12 million, 30-week contract from the London Borough of Barnet to reconstruct the M1 between junction 4 and the Deansbrook viad
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACT - SUPERMARKET JOB - MILLER. Miller has an estimated £7 million contract for an 8,700 sq m supermarket for William Morrison at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. CONSTRUCTION NEW
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACT - WATER AWARD - SIR ROBERT MCALPINE. Sir Robert McAlpine has won an £8 million contract to build a pumping station at St Ives in Cornwall for South West Water. CONSTRUCTION N
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - AIRDRIE, STRATHCLYDE - ST JOSEPH'S CEMETERY. Job: Extension to cemetery.Contractor: Howden, Glasgow.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £179,173. CON
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BANGOR, GWYNEDD - MAESGEIRCHEN. Job: The replacement of combined sewers.Completion: Work is due to start just after Easter for completion in 44 weeks.Contractor: Johnston Const
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - WORSBOROUGH DALE. Job: 10 point standard repairs and improvements to 33 council owned houses.Contractor: Hemingway Bros, Courtleigh, High Street, So
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BELLSHILL, STRATHCLYDE - BELLSHILL, CLELAND AND HOLYTOWN. Job: Window replacement program for 225 local authority houses.Contractor: Pyramid Windows, Chapelhall.Awarded by: Mot
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BELLSHILL, STRATHCLYDE - GREENEND. Job: Re-roofing of local authority property.Contractor: McLeod and Higgins, Airdrie.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BELLSHILL, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Window replacement programme for 226 local authority houses in Bellshill, Moirhouse and Garrion.Contractor: Motherwell Building Services.Awarded by
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - CHESTER ROAD, CASTLE BROMWICH. Job: Phase three of the heartlands spine road improvement scheme, comprising the construction of a short length of du
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - KINGSTANDING. Job: Improvements to houses.Contractor: Tarmac Construction's Contract Housing Division.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - THORNTON JUNIOR SCHOOL, THORNTON ROAD, WARD END. Job: Refurbishment works to the school and the construction of a single-storey classroom block.Comp
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - VILLA WALK, VILLA STREET AND FARM CROFT, NEWTOWN. Job: Phase two of a housing action scheme comprising internal and external refurbishment works to
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - WALLACE LAWLER ELDERLY PERSONS HOME, LOFTUS CROFT, NORTHFIELD. Job: Refurbishment works to the elderly persons home.Completion: Work has started for
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BORDON, HAMPSHIRE - BORDON GREEN. Job: The provision of water supply, storage and distribution.Completion: Work is due to start on 5 May and is expected to take 26 weeks to com
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE - HOLMEWOOD HOUSING ESTATE. Job: Repairs, refurbishment and modernisation work to 48 council owned houses.Contractor: P. Casey, PO Box 54, Rydings Road
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRISTOL, AVON - 126 MELROSE AVENUE. Job: The construction of a three storey office building.Completion: 42 weeks.Contractor: F R Bartlett, Yeovil, Somerset.Awarded by: Hargeave
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRISTOL, AVON - YATE SHOPPING CENTRE. Job: The construction of seven retail units with a total floor area of 3,000 sq m, and 250 car parking spaces.Completion: Work has started
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CARDIGAN, DYFED - ABERPORTH STW. Job: Sewage outfall together with in-situ reinforced concrete pumping station and associated site works.Completion: Work has just started for c
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - BLACON. Job: The construction of 43 houses on three sites.Completion: Work has started for completion in June, 1995.Contractor: Mowlem Northern, Port Causew
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - PEMBERTON PLACE. Job: The construction of 12 three-bedroom mews houses and associated works.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contrac
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - POET'S CORNER ESTATE, BLACON. Job: Environmental improvement works to council-owned properties.Completion: Work has started for completion in October.Contra
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COATBRIDGE, STRATHCLYDE - CLIFTONHILL. Job: Re-roofing of local authority property.Contractor: JG Borland, Coatbridge.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - NORTH STREET. Job: The construction of 27 two-and three-bedroom houses and six 1-and 2-bedroom flats in a three-storey block.Completion: Work has star
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CRICCIETH, GWYNEDD - CRICCIETH STW. Job: Sewage treatment works with associated buildings, landscaping and access road.Completion: Work started in March and is expected to take
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CUMNOCK, STRATHCLYDE - BROOMFIELD PLAYINGFIELDS. Job: Provision of an all-weather running track.Contractor: Land Engineering (Scotland), Fenwick.Awarded by: Cumnock and Doon Va
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CUMNOCK, STRATHCLYDE - THROUGHOUT DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA. Job: Phase 1 and Phase 11 of replacement of windows programme.Contractor: Pyramid Windows, Airdrie.Awarded by: Cumnock
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DAGENHAM, ESSEX. Job: To design and build a 14,000 sq m distribution warehouse.Contractor: Clugston Construction.Awarded by: Hays Network Distribution.Value: £4.8 million.
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DERBY - EAST STREET. Job: To build the shell of three retail units.Contractor: Tarmac Construction.Awarded by: Bryant Properties.Value: £910,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EAST ANGLIA. Job: Haul road and river retention works.Contractor: Roadworks Ltd.Awarded by: National Rivers Authority.Value: £1 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX - DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL, KINGS DRIVE. Job: The construction of an incineration building.Completion: Work is due to start mid/late 1994 and is expect
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ELLESMERE PORT, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE - THORNTON RESEARCH CENTRE, STANLOW. Job: Enabling works, the diversion of services and preparation of land for future development.Completion
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - ANNBANK STREET. Job: A contract for new housing.Contractor: John Dickie Construction.Awarded by: Reidvale Housing Association.Value: £2.4 million. C
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - BRITANNIA COURT, BOTHWELL STREET. Job: Fitting out of offices.Contractor: John Dickie Construction.Awarded by: Britannia Life.Value: £1 million. CON
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - CITY-WIDE. Job: Installation of integrated housing alarm system.Contractor: Wolsey Electronics.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £1.2 mill
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - DUNDASVALE. Job: The installation of closed circuit television and controlled door entry in multi-storey blocks.Contractor: NG Bailey.Awarded by: Glasgow
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - EASTERHOUSE. Job: Electrical upgrading and internal improvements in Ward 38.Contractor: Drake and Scull.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - GLASGOW AIRPORT. Job: Refurbishment works.Contractor: John Dickie Construction.Awarded by: Scottish Airports.Value: £450,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HAMILTONHILL ROAD. Job: 32 Traditional-style flatted development.Completion: April to June 1995.Contractor: Lilley Construction, 331 Charles Street, Glas
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HORNDEAN CRESCENT. Job: Demolitions of local authority houses in Horndean Crescent, Penston Road and Lonmay Road.Contractor: Whiteinch Demolition.Awarded
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - KING GEORGE V DOCK. Job: Construction of foundations for scrap steel breaking plant.Completion: Now to May 1994.Contractor: Lilley Construction Ltd, 331
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - RICCARTON STREET PARK. Job: Landscaping of park.Contractor: John McGeady.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £259,908. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - ROZELLE AVENUE. Job: Renewal of shop fronts and upgrading of shop units.Contractor: District Councils Building and Works Department.Awarded by: Glasgow D
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - ST ANDREWS DRIVE. Job: New balcony screens.Contractor: John Dickie Construction.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £400,000. CONSTRUCTION N
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - WHITELAWBURN. Job: Environmental improvements in (1) Courtyard 1 and (2) Courtyard 2.Contractor: (1) McKean and (2) RM Barrowman (Roadworks).Awarded by:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GRAYS, ESSEX - ELIZABETH ROAD. Job: Road, drainage and bridgeworks.Completion: Work started on 28 March for completion in 40 weeks.Contractor: Fitzpatrick and Sons, 2 Chaucer R
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GREENOCK, STRATHCLYDE - MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. Job: Roof repairs.Contractor: Council's Direct Labour Organisation.Awarded by: Inverclyde District Council, Greenock.Value: £2
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HAMILTON, STRATHCLYDE - PORTLAND SQUARE. Job: Local authority housing improvement scheme.Contractor: WA Wilson.Awarded by: Hamilton District Council.Value: £135,136. CONST
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HAMILTON, STRATHCLYDE - PORTWELL. Job: Erection of single-person homes.Contractor: Daniel Campbell.Awarded by: Hamilton District Council.Value: £492,634. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HARTHILL, STRATHCLYDE - HARTHILL AND SHOTTS. Job: Roofing replacement programme for local authority housing.Contractor: Ridgewood Roofing.Awarded by: Motherwell District Counci
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HEATHROW, MIDDLESEX - HEATHROW AIRPORT, TERMINAL 2, PIER 2. Job: Reconstruction of the existing apron.Completion: Work started on 7 March for completion in 9 weeks.Contractor:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - RAF WATTISHAM. Job: Preparatory works Phase 2 which includes civil works and the refurbishment of 7 buildings.Completion: Work started in mid-February and is
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - M20 BETWEEN JUNCTIONS 1-3. Job: Major and local infrastructures for the National Motorway Communications System Mark Two (NMCSH).Contractor: Semple and Cochrane Systems,
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, HUMBERSIDE - BILTON GRANGE ESTATE. Job: Construction 28 houses; repairs, modernisation works to 24 flats including external works.Contractor: Tarmac Contrac
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - CASTERTON GARDENS ESTATE, SEACROFT. Job: Design and build contract for a private housing development.Contractor: Mowlem Northern, Fairway Court, Elland
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - CROSSGATES DEVELOPMENT. Job: Three contracts for all the remaining phases of the development. Work involves the construction of 117 homes and all associ
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEICESTER - PYTCHLEY CLOSE. Job: Alterations to doors and meter cupboards also landscaping works to the council-owned estate.Completion: Work has started for completion in June
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LINCOLNSHIRE - ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST. Job: A sea defence scheme.Contractor: Clugston Construction.Awarded by: The National Rivers Authority.Value: £1.2 million. CONSTR
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Job: The construction of an underpass.Completion: Work is due to start just after Easter for completion in about 56 weeks.Contractor: Gabriel Contr
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - CHASE SIDE, ENFIELD. Job: The first phase of a new theatre workshop.Contractor: Willmott Dixon London, Leyton.Awarded by: The Chicken Shed Property Company.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - FELTHAM. Job: Shopping centre redevelopment.Completion: Work started in March for completion on 28 October.Contractor: Homes Building, Rickmansworth.Awarded by: Dollar
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - HALSTON POINT TOWER BLOCK, NEW KINGSHOLE ESTATE., E9. Job: The demolition of the existing 23-storey tower block with ground clearance.Completion: Work started in March
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - HILL STREET, MAYFAIR, W1. Job: To refurbish existing apartments in an 8-storey building to form 56 luxury serviced apartments.Completion: Completion is expected in Jun
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS. Job: The refurbishment of the former Czech Embassy five storey building.Completion: 42 weeks.Contractor: Willmott Dixon London, Leyton.Award
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - THE CITY OF LONDON. Job: An annual contract for masons and pavings.Contractor: Gabriel Contractors, Jeffreys Road, Enfield.Awarded by: The Corporation of London.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE - CENTRE OF TOWN. Job: To construct a 3,700 sq m three-storey extension to the headquarters of the Cheshire Building Society.Completion: Work has started
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE - HEAD OFFICE OF CHESHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY. Job: To install full heating, ventilating and air conditioning together with the design and installation of m
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE - KING EDWARD STREET. Job: Refurbishment works to a three-storey office building.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor: Bro
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD AREA. Job: 32 unit housing development with infrastructure.Contractor: Mowlem Midlands, Hill Side House, Derby Road, Lenton, Not
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET - PORLOCK WTW. Job: The first of two phases for the supply and installation of water treatment plant.Completion: Work started in mid-March for completion in
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MOTHERWELL, STRATHCLYDE - ALLERSHAW, BIRKSHAW AND CAPLAW TOWERS. Job: Refurbishment of lifts.Contractor: Lift Maintenance.Awarded by: Motherwell District Council.Value: £2
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MOTHERWELL, STRATHCLYDE - BELLSHILL, CLELAND AND HOLYTOWN. Job: Window replacement for 225 local authority houses.Contractor: Pyramid Windows, Chapelhall.Awarded by: Motherwell
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MOTHERWELL, STRATHCLYDE - CAMBUSNETHAN, NEWARTHILL AND MOTHERWELL. Job: Window replacement for 220 local authority houses.Contractor: Newarthill Building Services.Awarded by: M
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MOTHERWELL, STRATHCLYDE - MARMION CRESCENT. Job: Refurbishment at Marmion Crescent, Fife Drive and Breadalbane Crescent.Contractor: Tarmac Construction, Glasgow.Awarded by: Mot
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWMAINS, STRATHCLYDE - MUDOSTOUN VIEW. Job: Balcony repairs to 5-storey blocks.Contractor: D. Campbell, Strathaven.Awarded by: Motherwell District Council.Value: £133,113
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - BEESTON AREA. Job: Design and build contract for a three storey accommodation block containing 168 student bed-sits with communal facilities.Completion: Work just
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - BEESTON. Job: Two design and build contracts: one for student accommodation for the University of Nottingham and the other a residential development for elderly pe
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - CLARENDON COLLEGE, PELHAM AVENUE. Job: New build, extensions and installations of passenger lifts to a college building.Contractor: Clegg Construction, The Parsona
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - KING CENTRE. Job: Phase 2 of refurbishment works to a city centre council building involving works to the first floor.Completion: Contract is based on a 26 week pe
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - ST. JAMES'S STREET BETWEEN MAID MARION WAY AND BEASTMARKET HILL. Job: Environmental improvements involving repaving works.Contractor: Nottingham City Contract Work
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - OLNEY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - WESTON UNDERWOOD. Job: The laying of new sewers.Completion: Work started on 28 February for completion in 4 months.Contractor: J Breheny Construction,
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - OSWETRY, NORTH SHROPSHIRE - WHITTINGTON HOUSE. Job: The installation of a security systems.Completion: Anticipated start date is in May for completion in August.Contractor: Tra
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PAISLEY, STRATHCLYDE. Job: The construction of the Whitehaugh Day Centre.Contractor: John Dickie Construction.Awarded by: Strathclyde Regional Council.Value: £2 million. C
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PENZANCE, CORNWALL - CHY AN DOUR-LONG ROCK. Job: Sea defences of approximately 2,000 metres and car park.Completion: Work started on 28 February for completion in 30 weeks.Cont
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - EASTLAKE HOUSE. Job: The conversion of space at telephone exchanges into new offices.Contractor: Tarmac Construction.Awarded by: British Telecom.Value: £
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - FLAG OFFICERS SEA TRAINING FACILITY, HMS DRAKE. Job: A design and build contract for the refurbishment of a three-storey accommodation block and a three-store
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - LANGUAGE PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. Job: To build two-storey, brick-clad, steel-framed offices.Contractor: Tarmac Construction.Awarded by: Rockeagle.Value: £
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - POOLE, DORSET - A350 HOLES BAY ROAD, STERTE ROAD-HUNGER HILL. Job: Carriageway improvements.Completion: Work started on 15 March for completion in 20 weeks.Contractor: Tilbury
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE - PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE. Job: To fit out Boathouse Number 7.Completion: 12 weeks: Completion by May 20.Contractor: Heaton Waring, Portsmouth, Hampshire.Aw
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PULBOROUGH, WEST SUSSEX - HARDHAM CAUSEWAY. Job: The reconstruction of five/six in-situ concrete culverts to be replaced.Completion: Work started on 7 February for completion i
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - RHYL, CLWYD - KINMEL BAY STW. Job: Overflows Phase 4 which comprises replacing piles sea outfall.Completion: Work is due to start on 11 April and is expected to take 12 weeks.C
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - RUGELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE - ARMITAGE. Job: Modification works to the sewerage treatment works.Completion: Work has started for completion in January, 1995.Contractor: John Kennedy
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - RUGELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE - TOWN CENTRE. Job: Completion works to three shop units taken over from a firm in liquidation.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Cont
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SALE, CHESHIRE - WELLFIELD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL. Job: The construction of a single-storey nursery school in the grounds of the primary school.Completion: Work has started for
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - CHAPELTOWN AREA. Job: Construction of an elderly persons nursing home with associated external siteworks.Contractor: Herbert Baggaley Construction,
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - CITY-WIDE AREA. Job: Renewal of coverings and ancillary works to asphalt and flat roofs, programmed maintenance 1994/5.Completion: Start in May 199
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - MALINDA STREET/ST. PHILLIP'S ROAD. Job: Construction of an elderly persons nursing home with associated siteworks.Contractor: Herbert Baggaley Cons
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - VICTORIA QUAYS, CANAL BASIN. Job: Restoration and refurbishment contract to convert a four storey, Grade 11 listed straddle warehouse to form an of
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEPTON MALLETT, SOMERSET. Job: A factory refurbishment contract.Contractor: Tarmac Construction.Awarded by: The Gaymer Group.Value: £370,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE - A4 COLNBROOK. Job: The night-time resurfacing of a busy stretch of the A4.Contractor: Kimbell South East Division.Awarded by: Department of Transport.Value:
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE - NORWOOD ROAD. Job: The construction of a three-storey residential home for the blind.Completion: Work has started for completion in September, 1995.Cont
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOCKTON-ON-TEES, CLEVELAND - 80-81 TILERY COURT, TILERY ESTATE. Job: Refurbishment works to 11 dwellings, the construction of a dwelling and external renovation works to five
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOURBRIDGE, WEST MIDLANDS - EDGE VIEW WALK, KINVER. Job: The construction of eight dwellings comprising two-and three-bedroom houses and two-bedroom flats.Completion: Work has
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SUSSEX - A27 BRIGHTON SOUTHWICK HILL TUNNEL. Job: Electrical and mechanical services.Contractor: Matthew Hall, 7-14 Great Dover Street, London SE1.Awarded by: Department of Tra
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN. Job: Excavation and deposition, and supply of 130,000 cu m of filling.Contractor: Harries Contractors, Tanyfron, Llandysul.Awarded by: Swansea City Cou
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - THORNEY ISLAND, WEST SUSSEX - BAKER BARRACKS. Job: A design and build contract to completely refurbish the barracks.Completion: The 50-week contract is due for completion in Fe
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TORQUAY, CORNWALL - SCOTTS MEADOW RETAIL PARK. Job: To build four new retail warehouses.Completion: 21 weeks.Contractor: Tarmac Construction.Awarded by: Cavanagh Homes.Value: &
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TORQUAY, CORNWALL - THE BOYS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, SHIPHAY MANOR DRIVE. Job: The construction of a single-storey science and technology block and refurbishment works to the craft blo
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TORRINGTON, DEVON - TOWN CENTRE. Job: The re-lining of 700 m of sewers.Completion: Work has started for completion in October.Contractor: John Kennedy Civil Engineering, Chaddo
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE - A405 WATERDALE STREET. Job: Street lighting improvements, safety fencing, electrical works and traffic signs.Completion: Work has just started for comp
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - THE B1172 ROAD THROUGH THE TOWN CENTRE. Job: Plate bonding and sprayed concrete strengthening.Completion: Work has started for completion in June.Cont
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - TOWN BRIDGE. Job: Bridge strengthening.Completion: Work started in March and will take about 3 months.Contractor: Tarmac Structural Repairs, Ward Stre
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - YEOVIL, SOMERSET - SOUTH STREET. Job: The construction of a three storey building to include 12 no. flats.Completion: 40 weeks.Contractor: F R Bartlett, Yeovil, Somerset.Awarde
07Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Job: Civil engineering work.Completion: Work is under way for completion in July.Contractor: Clugston Construction.Awarded by: British Sugar.Value: £
07Apr94 UK: COSTAIN SCOOPS PROCTER. HQ Costain has taken a £17.3 million phase one contract for a headquarters for Procter and Gamble in Weybridge, Surrey. The 68-week project includes 9,600 sq m
07Apr94 UK: COVENTRY ROAD AWARD - MOWLEM. Mowlem has taken phase one of the retendered North/South Road project in Coventry with a bid of £9.5 million.Six contractors originally priced the job la
07Apr94 UK: CREATING A SPLASH WITH LINEAR DRAINAGE - HUNTER PLASTICS. Hunter Plastics has launched a low-cost PVC-u linear drainage channel. It is designed to drain surface water from areas such as do
07Apr94 UK: CROUCH CHOICE. Bridge designer Crouch Hogg Waterman has chosen STFPLT software from Research Engineers of Thornbury, Bristol, for designing stiffened plate structures. The consultant is Cl
07Apr94 UK: DISTRIBUTOR SOUGHT FOR FS2I. French building software house FS2i is looking for a UK distributor for its New Wall CADCAM package which can be used to plan and estimate labour and materials
07Apr94 UK: ENERGY SAVING LEVY. Regional electricity companies are to plough £100 million into energy saving projects during the next four years.Electricity watchdog Offer last week unveiled meas
07Apr94 UK: FELTHAM GROUP - FAIRCLOUGH HOMES, CREST AND IDEAL. A consortium of Fairclough Homes, Crest and Ideal will develop 450 houses on 15 ha of land at Feltham, west London, in a deal worth an es
07Apr94 UK: FIVE CHASE £12M EARTHWORKS JOB - PROSPECT PARK NEAR HEATHROW AIRPORT. Five firms are in the hunt for a £12 million earthworks package at Prospect Park at West Drayton, near Heath
07Apr94 UK: FLAT'S FLOOR REGS SHOULD COVER HOUSES. The Building Regulations' requirement for flats to have precast concrete floors should be extended to include individual houses, says a Scottish deve
07Apr94 UK: FLUSH OF SUCCESS FOR MITSUBISHI. The appeal court has overturned a ruling which would have dismissed an insurance claim made by Mitsubishi Electric after 94 toilet modules it installed in
07Apr94 UK: FM CONWAY USES YANMAR B05 SCOPPY MICRO EXCAVATORS TO DIG TRENCHES. Micro mucker: London-based civils contractor F M Conway is using five Yanmar B05 Scoppy micro excavators to dig up to 800
07Apr94 UK: FUNDING THREATENS CLAIMS BY HIGHWAYS AGENCY. Bosses at the newly-formed Highways Agency are promising to get roads built and maintained quicker and more efficiently than the Department of
07Apr94 UK: GAS GLOWS BRIGHT - BRITISH GAS. British Gas has set up a new division to develop vacant land worth some £1.1 billion. It claims this will be Britain's seventh largest property company
07Apr94 UK: GMI CONSTRUCTION BUILDS EAST STAND FOR LEEDS UNITED. GMI Construction's £5.5 million East Stand at Elland Road has provided Leeds United with one of the largest cantilevered stands in
07Apr94 UK: GROWTH FORECAST PUTS ONUS ON PRIVATE SECTOR. By Brian Green.The three-year long construction recession is over and the industry should grow gently this year and next, according to London-b
07Apr94 UK: H AND H IN THE PINK FOR LEISURE. Higgs and Hill moved back into the black last week and unveiled details of a 25 per cent stake it has bought in a small leisure developer, THI. The contrac
07Apr94 UK: HIFAB LANDS £40M DEAL. Highland Fabricators (HiFab) is understood to have won one of the largest offshore fabrication contracts still to be awarded this year - the remaining structure
07Apr94 UK: HIGGS REORGANISES PROPERTY OUTFIT AND BRINGS IN PEACOCK. Higgs and Hill: The group has reorganised its property activities under the Swan Hill Property Holdings name, and Colin Peacock, jo
07Apr94 UK: HSE ATTACKED OVER TIMBER SLATS MOVE. The British Wood Preserving and Damp-proofing Association (BWPDA) has attacked a move by the Health and Safety Executive to discourage the use of treat
07Apr94 UK: INFRASTRUCTURE LINK - BARING/BABCOCK AND BROWN EUROPE. Merchant bank Baring and transport specialist Babcock and Brown Europe have teamed up to look at private sector financing of infrastr
07Apr94 UK: INTERGRAPH PACKAGE MAKES INROADS. Intergraph's road design package InRoads is available for personal computers running MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows NT, as well as Unix workstations. The sof
07Apr94 UK: LIFTING THE LID ON CHEAPER ROOF LIGHTS. The Loft Shop has produced its own range of domed roof lights which are claimed to be up to 30 per cent cheaper than comparable products. They are d
07Apr94 UK: MANAGERS BUY OUT TRADA PAIR. The Timber Research and Development Association (Trada) has sold its operating subsidiaries Trada Technology and Trada Certification to a management buy-out co
07Apr94 UK: NI MAN IN JIB TRAGEDY. A construction worker who survived the Greysteel pub massacre in Northern Ireland was killed in a site accident last week.Father-of-five Michael Carlin, 65, of Eglin
07Apr94 UK: OUTLETS BOOST FOR SHERIFF. Sheriff Holdings has increased its plant hire outlets with the acquisition of Chesterfield Plant Hire in Derbyshire.The company's hire assets and stock were boug
07Apr94 UK: PERGAU FIRMS ACCUSED OF BUMPING UP COSTS. MPs have accused Pergau Dam contractors Balfour Beatty, Trafalgar House and GEC of suspiciously inflating the project's cost by £81 million.A
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABERDEEN, GRAMPIAN - EXPLORATION DRIVE, OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY PARK. Planning authority: Aberdeen.Job: Outline plans granted for workshop/offices/research.Value: £2 million.Cl
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE - DUNMORE ROAD. Planning authority: Vale of White Horse.Job: Outline plans granted for sports park.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Vale of White Horse Distr
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE - FORMER DAISY DAIRY, BLACKBURN ROAD, OSWALDTWISTLE. Planning authority: Hyndburn.Job: Outline plans for residential/industrial.Value: £3 million.Cli
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - AIRDRIE, STRATHCLYDE - SYKESIDE ROAD. Planning authority: Monklands.Job: Detailed plans for houses (81).Value: £2,025,000.Client: Persimmon Homes (Scotland).Agent: Persimmo
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE - CORNER FARM, BRAILSFORD. Planning authority: Derbyshire Dales.Job: Detailed plans for houses (24).Value: £850,000.Client: Birch Homes.Agent: Birch H
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ASHFORD, KENT - PARK FARM, KINGSNORTH. Planning authority: Ashford.Job: Detailed plans for houses and bungalows (74).Value: £3 million.Client: Taywood Homes.Agent: BDG Desi
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE - EAST OF SOUTHAM ROAD. Planning authority: Cherwell.Job: Outline plans granted for houses/flats (180).Value: £5 million.Client: Birse Homes.Agent: Bir
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BARNARD CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM - ADJ CORN CLOSE, STARTFORTH. Planning authority: Teesdale.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows (30).Value: £1,050,000.Client: North Housi
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE - NORTH SIDE OF WORTING ROAD. Planning authority: Basingstoke and Deane.Job: Detailed plans for offices (2).Value: £4,200,000.Client: Basingstoke Col
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE - UNIT 2,WADE ROAD, SWING SWANG LANE. Planning authority: Basingstoke and Deane.Job: Detailed plans for industrial units (2).Value: £1,500,000.Client
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BELVEDERE, BEXLEY - ADJ BELVEDERE POWER STATION, NORMAN ROAD. Planning authority: Bexley.Job: Outline plans granted for distribution warehouse.Value: £6, 400,000.Client: Na
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - SITE A1/A2, BAYLISS INDUSTRIAL PARK, COVENTRY ROAD. Planning authority: Birmingham.Job: Detailed plans for factory/warehouse/offices (2).Value: £
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM - WOODHOUSE CLOSE ESTATE. Planning authority: Wear Valley.Job: Detailed plans for houses (refurbishment) (42).Value: £630,000.Client: Wear Va
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BLAIRGOWRIE, TAYSIDE - GREENBANK FARM, BALMORAL ROAD, RATTRAY. Planning authority: Perth and Kinross.Job: Detailed plans for flats/bungalows (32).Value: £1 million.Client:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BOLTON, GREATER MANCHESTER - ADJ WATSONS STEEL WORKS, LOSTOCK LANE. Planning authority: Bolton.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial/warehouse (7).Value: £6 million.Cli
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE - WIBSEY BANK, WIBSEY. Planning authority: Bradford.Job: Detailed plans for houses (18).Value: £630,000.Client: Tay Homes.Value: £630,000.Agen
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGEND, MID GLAMORGAN - AREA 1B, PRINCESS WAY, BRACKLA. Planning authority: Ogwr.Job: Outline plans for cinema.Value: £1,200,000.Client: Fairfield Properties.Agent: Owen
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIERLEY HILL, WEST MIDLANDS - CRESSETT AVENUE, BROCKMOOR. Planning authority: Dudley.Job: Detailed plans for houses (68).Value: £2,380,000.Client: G L Birch.Agent: Timothy
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIGG, HUMBERSIDE - ANGEL HOTEL, MARKET PLACE. Planning authority: Glanford.Job: Detailed plans for office/retail/public hall (3).Value: £1 million.Client: Glanford Borough
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - 45 KINGSDOWN PARADE. Planning authority: Bristol.Job: Detailed plans for flats and houses (36).Value: £1,200,000.Client: TNG Design and Build.Agent: Modus A
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - FORMER IMPERIAL TOBACCO FACTORY, HARTCLIFFE. Planning authority: Bristol.Job: Plans for retail/commercial/leisure.Value: £7 -10 million.Client: Hanson Prope
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - GATEHOUSE GOULSTON ESTATE, OFF GATEHOUSE AVENUE, WHITYWOOD. Planning authority: Bristol.Job: Plans for residential (alterations) (170).Value: £10 -8 million
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - HORFIELD ESTATE. Planning authority: Bristol.Job: Outline plans for housing (840).Value: £30 million.Client: Bristol City Council.Agent: Shepherd Epstein an
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - LAND WEST OF ASHTON GATE, TRADING ESTATE, LONG ASHTON. Planning authority: Woodspring.Job: Approval of reserved matters for leisure centre.Value: £1 million
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BROXBOURNE, HERTFORDSHIRE - CANADA FIELDS, GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD, TURNFORD. Planning authority: Broxbourne.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial/leisure.Value: £10 milli
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BURTON-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE - LAND AT YOXALL. Planning authority: East Staffordshire.Job: Outline plans for by pass/housing/woodland.Value: £11,800,000.Client: Cofton Co
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CAERNARFON, GWYNEDD - CAERNARFON ROAD, PENRHOS. Planning authority: Arfon.Job: Outline plans for shopping sub-centre.Value: £1,750,000.Client: Walton Commercial Group.Agent
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - OFF CELEBORN STREET, SITE 15B, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS. Planning authority: Chelmsford.Job: Detailed plans for flats/houses (29).Value: £1,015,000.Client:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - TYLERS RIDE, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS. Planning authority: Chelmsford.Job: Detailed plans for police station.Value: £1,450,000.Client: Essex Police Authori
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - ST TERESA'S INFANT SCHOOL, BLACON POINT ROAD, BLACON. Planning authority: Chester.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £1,225,000.Client: R
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHESTER-LE-STREET, COUNTY DURHAM - NORTH OF WALDRIDG. Planning authority: Chester-Le-Street.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows (247).Value: £8,645,000.Client: Barratt
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX - EX PONTINS HOLIDAY CAMP, BROADREEDS, GRAFTON ROAD, SELSEY. Planning authority: Chichester.Job: Detailed plans for houses (342).Value: £10 million.
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CITY OF LONDON - UNILEVER HOUSE, 1 TUDOR STREET, 100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT. Planning authority: City Of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for office building (refurbishment).
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - FORMER MOLER WORKS, HAWKINS ROAD. Planning authority: Colchester.Job: Outline plans for mixed development.Value: £10 million.Client: The Churchmanor Est
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM - 3 GARDEN TERRACE, LEADGATE. Planning authority: Derwentside.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £945,000.Client: Derwentside Dist
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM - PARK ROAD. Planning authority: Derwentside.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (60).Value: £2,400,000.Client: David Lambert Asso
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - MERIDEN GREEN, COPSE DRIVE, ALLESLEY. Planning authority: Coventry.Job: Outline plans granted for offices.Value: £3,800,000.Client: Tarmac Propert
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CROMER, NORFOLK - THE DANISH HOUSE MOTEL, OVERSTRAND. Planning authority: North Norfolk.Job: Outline plans granted for flats (48).Value: £1,300,000.Client: Gentin Developme
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DARLINGTON, COUNTY DURHAM - ROCKCLIFFE PARK, HURWORTH ROAD. Planning authority: Darlington.Job: Outline plans granted for golf course/hotel/leisure.Value: £5 million.Client
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - EDENTHORPE HUNGERHILL SCHOOL, HUNGERHILL LANE, EDENTHORPE. Planning authority: Doncaster.Job: Detailed plans for school (major extensions).Value: &#
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - TICKHILL ROAD. Planning authority: Doncaster.Job: Detailed plans for incinerator.Value: £2,500,000.Client: Doncaster Health Care NHS.Agent: Don
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY - MOUNTAIN HALL, BANKEND ROAD. Planning authority: Nithsdale.Job: Outline plans for hotel.Value: £2 million.Client: Dumfries and Galloway He
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUNFERMLINE, FIFE - HOGGAN CRESCENT. Planning authority: Dunfermline.Job: Outline plans granted for flats (54).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Bield Housing Association.Agent: Br
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DURHAM - WHITEHOUSE LANE, USHAW MOOR. Planning authority: Durham.Job: Detailed plans for houses (84).Value: £2,940,000.Client: Hassall Homes.Agent: Hassall Homes, Northumbr
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - BOWLING GREEN SITE, DUDDINGSTON ROAD WEST. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans for police station.Value: £1 million.Client: Lothian and Bo
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - BURDIEHOUSE. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans granted for food retail/petrol station.Value: £5, 400,000.Client: W Jones.Agent: MAP Arch
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - LAURISTON PLACE, HIGH RIGGS, 152 LAURISTON PLACE. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans granted for sheltered housing (40).Value: £1,700,000
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EVESHAM, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - 1 PORT STREET. Planning authority: Wychavon.Job: Detailed plans for houses (36).Value: £1,260,000.Client: Ideal Homes (Midlands).Agent: Ja
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EVESHAM, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - MIDDLEMOOR POLICE HEADQUARTERS, SIDMOUTH ROAD. Planning authority: Exeter.Job: Detailed plans for office buildings (2).Value: £1,200,000.C
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - FAVERSHAM, KENT - BELVEDERE ROAD. Planning authority: Swale.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £1,700,000.Client: Shepherd Neame.Agent: Lee Evans De Moub
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR - NORTHWEST OF A694, DERWENTHAUGH ROAD, DERWENTHAUGH. Planning authority: Gateshead.Job: Outline plans for retail units/garden centre (2).Value: £2
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - AUCHENBOWIE ROAD, MILNGAVIE. Planning authority: Bearsden and Milngavie.Job: Outline plans for indoor bowling/squash club.Value: £1 million.Client: M
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HAUGHHEAD, UDDINGSTON. Planning authority: Hamilton.Job: Outline plans for residential/leisure scheme (1009).Value: £30, 400,000.Client: Headway Deve
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - MARYHILL ROAD AND STATION ROAD. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for flats (36).Value: £1,800,000.Client: The Walker Group (Scotland).
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - PAISLEY ROAD WEST AND HELEN, STREET, GOVAN. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for police headquarters.Value: £5, 800,000.Client: Strath
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - SHETTLELSTON ROAD. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for houses (28).Value: £1,200,000.Client: The Walker Group (Scotland).Agent: Hypos
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - SPRINGHILL FARM, SWINTON, BAILLIESTON. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for houses (150).Value: £4,700,000.Client: Persimmon Homes (Sc
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - ST ANDREW SQUARE, BRIDGETON. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for flats (122).Value: £3,050,000.Client: City Link Dev Co.Agent: Robert
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - VANGUARD ROAD, GAPTON HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRADWELL. Planning authority: Great Yarmouth.Job: Detailed plans for offices/laboratories/workshop.Value:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HAMILTON, STRATHCLYDE - CLYDESDALE STREET, DOUGLAS STREET. Planning authority: Hamilton.Job: Outline plans granted for leisure/retail (12).Value: £6 million.Client: Hamilto
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARTLEPOOL, CLEVELAND - ADJ CLARENCE ROAD. Planning authority: Hartlepool.Job: Detailed plans for retail units (8).Value: £4,800,000.Client: Wycliffe Estates.Agent: Philip
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HELSTON, CORNWALL - PORTHLEVEN STW. Planning authority: Kerrier.Job: Detailed plans for sewage works.Value: £1,500,000.Client: South West Water.Agent: South West Water, Pen
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE - 24-38 UPPER BOND STREET. Planning authority: Hinckley and Bosworth.Job: Detailed plans for care home (conversion).Value: £1 million.Client: Ava-P
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE - STRETTON CROFT, WOLVEY ROAD. Planning authority: Hinckley and Bosworth.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £5 million.Client: Ms
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HOLYHEAD, GWYNEDD - MYNACHDY AND PENGRAIG FARMS, LLANFAIRYNGHORNWY. Planning authority: Isle of Anglesey.Job: Detailed plans for wind farm.Value: £6, 400,000.Agent: D Pritc
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE - HARTCLIFFE MILLS, DENBY DALE. Planning authority: Kirklees.Job: Detailed plans for production buildings.Value: £4 million.Client: Z Hinchliff
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ILKLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE - SOUTHFIELD LANE, ADDINGHAM. Planning authority: Bradford.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (33).Value: £1,100,000.Client: Wimpey Constru
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - INVERURIE, GRAMPIAN - FRASER ROAD. Planning authority: Gordon.Job: Detailed plans for houses (15).Value: £1 million.Client: Gordon District Council.Agent: David Murray Asso
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - JARROW, TYNE AND WEAR - CALF CLOSE LANE. Planning authority: South Tyneside.Job: Detailed plans for houses (80).Value: £2,800,000.Client: Barratt Newcastle.Agent: RPS Clous
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KENDAL, CUMBRIA - LIBRARY ROAD. Planning authority: South Lakeland.Job: Detailed plans for retail (conversion).Value: £3 million.Client: Marks and Spencer.Agent: Nathaniel
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - 98-104 VICAR LANE. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Outline plans for shops/offices.Value: £9 million.Client: Scotsdale Properties.Agent: Gillinson Pa
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - ALWOODLEY LANE. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows (36).Value: £1,200,000.Client: Ideal Homes Northern.Agent: Ideal
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - BRIDGE ROAD/COMMERCIAL ROAD, KIRKSTALL. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Outline plans for retail development (2).Value: £2,600,000.Client: Kirkstall
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - ISLAND SITE, M1/M621 INTERCHANGE. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Detailed plans for office buildings.Value: £1,600,000.Client: Commercial Developmen
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEICESTER - INTERLINK PARK, BEVERIDGE LANE, BARDON. Planning authority: North West Leicestershire.Job: Approval of reserved matters for warehouse/offices.Value: £2 million.
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LINCOLN - MONKS BUILDING, MONKS ROAD. Planning authority: Lincoln.Job: Detailed plans for office (conversion).Value: £900,000.Client: North Lincolnshire College.Agent: Cliv
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LOCHGELLY, FIFE - THE AVENUE. Planning authority: Dunfermline.Job: Outline plans for industrial estate.Value: £2 million.Client: Fife Regional Council.Agent: Fife Regional
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON - HACKNEY - FORMER SHOREDIRCH SECONDARY, SCHOOL SITE, OFF FALKIRK STREET. Planning authority: Hackney.Job: Outline plans for community college campus (6).Value: £10
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON - SOUTHWARK - BROWNING ESTATE, BROWNING ROAD. Planning authority: Southwark.Job: Detailed plans for housing estate (alterations).Value: £9,500,000.Client: London Bor
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF LONDON - SHELLEY HOUSE, 3 NOBLE STREET. Planning authority: City Of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for office building.Value: £7,800,000.Client: The
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, HACKNEY - TROWBRIDGE ESTATE, HACKNEY. Planning authority: Hackney.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows/flats (63).Value: £1,500,000.Client: London Borough of Ha
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, ISLINGTON - MERLIN STREET/AMWELL ROAD. Planning authority: Islington.Job: Detailed plans for flats (31).Value: £1,300,000.Client: Goldcrest Land.Agent: Michael Sier
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, NEWHAM - WEST OF A406, LANGDON SCHOOL DEPOT. Planning authority: Newham.Job: Outline plans for hotel.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Barking Oil Wharves.Agent: Barnsley H
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE - DERBY ROAD. Planning authority: Charnwood.Job: Detailed plans for pharmacuetical (extension) (2).Value: £1,500,000.Client: 3M Health Care.Age
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - FORMER CO-OP SITE, BRIDGE STREET, NEW BEDFORD ROAD. Planning authority: Luton.Job: Detailed plans for leisure park (7).Value: £13 million.Client: THI
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - FORMER WHITBREAD BREWERY, OAKLEY ROAD. Planning authority: Luton.Job: Outline plans for residential development (200).Value: £7,024,000.Client: Luton
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE - HULLEY ROAD. Planning authority: Macclesfield.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial.Value: £650,000.Client: Amtri.Agent: Halliday Meecham Partn
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MAIDSTONE, KENT - R/O ASHFORD ROAD, HARRIETSHAM. Planning authority: Maidstone.Job: Outline plans granted for office/industrial units (7).Value: £1,700,000.Client: Harriets
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - SOUTHFIELDS, 290 WILBRAHAM ROAD, FALLOWFIELD. Planning authority: Manchester.Job: Detailed plans for nursing home.Value: £1,200,000.Client: Eton Hall Nursing H
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - THE CROSS STREET CHURCH, CROSS STREET. Planning authority: Manchester.Job: Detailed plans for chapel/offices.Value: £3,500,000.Client: Trustees of The Cross St
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - OAKHAM BUSINESS PARK. Planning authority: Mansfield.Job: Detailed plans for factory/office.Value: £3 million.Client: Johnson Controls.Agent: We
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEW TREDEGAR, GWENT - GREENFIELD STREET. Planning authority: Rhymney Valley.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £1,700,000.Client: Rhymney Valley District
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, TYNE AND WEAR - WALKER LOWER SCHOOL, WHARRIER STREET. Planning authority: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.Job: Detailed plans for nursing home.Value: £2 million.Cl
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWHAVEN, EAST SUSSEX - NEWHAVEN DOWNS HOSPITAL. Planning authority: Lewes.Job: Outline plans granted for hospital development.Value: £10 million.Client: South Downs Health
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWPORT, GWENT - FORMER SCHOOL, ST MARVS STREET, RISCA. Planning authority: Islwyn.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £1,540,000.Client: Gwent County Cou
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NORTHAMPTON - FORMER BANK CLEARING, GLADSTONE ROAD/MILL LANE. Planning authority: Northampton.Job: Outline plans for retail units (3).Value: £650,000.Client: Simons Estates
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NORWICH, NORFOLK - LAND OFF BACK LANE, HETHERSETT. Planning authority: South Norfolk.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £1,750,000.Client: J W Co
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE - THE FORMER JOINERY WORKS, SYCAMORE AVENUE. Planning authority: Oswestry.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Harsco (
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PAISLEY, STRATHCLYDE - ROWAN STREET. Planning authority: Renfrew.Job: Detailed plans for sheltered housing (22).Value: £3 million.Client: Renfrew District Council.Agent: Re
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PONTYCLUN, MID GLAMORGAN - R/O COMMUNITY HALL, COWBRIDGE ROAD. Planning authority: Taff-Ely.Job: Outline plans granted for houses (13).Value: £330,000.Client: Rhondda Housi
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PRESTON, LANCASHIRE - EAST OF ST GEORGES PARK, (THE CABBAGE PATCH), KIRKHAM. Planning authority: Fylde.Job: Detailed plans for houses (39).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Redrow
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PURFLEET, ESSEX - EAST OF BROOMHILL, AT M25, JUNCTION 31. Planning authority: Thurrock.Job: Outline plans for hotel.Value: £1 million.Client: Mr T Evans.Agent: S Scott-Brow
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - READING, BERKSHIRE - BASINGSTOKE ROAD AND COURAGE BREWERY. Planning authority: Reading.Job: Outline plans for retail warehouses/leisure (7).Value: £7 million.Client: Surana
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE - MARNE BARRACKS, RAF CATTERICK. Planning authority: Richmondshire.Job: Detailed plans for reme workshop.Value: £3 million.Client: Ministry of Def
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ROCHESTER, KENT - FISHER CONTROLS SITE C, KNIGHT ROAD, STROOD. Planning authority: Rochester Upon Medway.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial units.Value: £1,700,000.C
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ROSS-ON-WYE, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - OLD COURT FARM, WHITCHURCH. Planning authority: South Herefordshire.Job: Detailed plans for country park.Value: £10 million.Agent: F W
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BEAUCHIEF HIGHWAY DEPOT, ABBEY LANE. Planning authority: Sheffield.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Norfolk
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHIPLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE - PERKIN HOUSE, 82 GRATTAN ROAD. Planning authority: Bradford.Job: Detailed plans for shop/offices (refurbishment) (2).Value: £1,900,000.Client: The
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, WARWICKSHIRE - LAND AT STOUR VALLEY, DARLINGSCOTE ROAD. Planning authority: Stratford-On-Avon.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (44).Valu
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SITTINGBOURNE, KENT - ADJ GROVEHURST ROAD, KEMSLEY. Planning authority: Swale.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £1,600,000.Client: Bowater Prope
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SKELMERSDALE, LANCASHIRE - BEACON LANE, ELMERS GREEN LANE, KESTREL PARK, WHALLEYS. Planning authority: West Lancashire.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £30 millio
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS - 153 ST BERNARDS ROAD. Planning authority: Solihull.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £6 million.Client: David Wilson Homes.Agent: David Wi
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - CHARLOTTE PLACE, 60-64 ST MARY'S ROAD. Planning authority: Southampton.Job: Outline plans granted for offices (3).Value: £7 million.Client: Locksle
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - EASTERN AVENUE. Planning authority: Southend-On-Sea.Job: Detailed plans for leisure complex (15).Value: £6 million.Client: Southend-on-Sea Borough.
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - NORTH OF PRINCE AVENUE AND WEST OF PRINCE CLOSE. Planning authority: Southend-on-Sea.Job: Outline plans granted for warehouse/distribution depot.Value:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - SITE OF 1 AND 3, EASTERN AVENUE. Planning authority: Southend-on-Sea.Job: Outline plans granted for supermarket and retail warehouse (2).Value: £10
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ST. ANDREWS, FIFE - HENDERSONS MEADOW, LEUCHARS. Planning authority: North East Fife.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £8 million.Client: Faskal
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STOCKTON-ON-TEES, CLEVELAND - DURHAM LANE, EAGLESCLIFFE. Planning authority: Stockton-On-Tees.Job: Detailed plans for production units (2).Value: £2,500,000.Client: Marshal
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TAYPORT, FIFE - SCOTSCRAIG. Planning authority: North East Fife.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £4,200,000.Client: Bett Brothers.Agent: Bett Brothers, 9 C
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TENBURY WELLS, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - OLDWOOD ROAD. Planning authority: Leominster.Job: Plans for residential development.Value: £5,040,000.Client: Beeches Homes.Agent: J
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE - SANDAVISI, FITZWILLIAM STREET, KINSLEY. Planning authority: Wakefield.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £1,500,000.Client: D Chi
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARLEY, WEST MIDLANDS - MONTAGUE ROAD, CAPE HILL. Planning authority: Sandwell.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (100).Value: £3,350,000.Client: Sandwe
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - ADJ ASHTON ROAD, GOLBORNE. Planning authority: Wigan.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £1 million.Client: British Coal Property (West).Agent:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - ADJ LAPORTE CLUB, SANKEY WAY, CROMWELL AVENUE SOUTH. Planning authority: Warrington.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £2 million.Client: Bark
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - NORTH QUADRANT OF M6 JNCT 22, BETWEEN M6 AND A49, WINWICK. Planning authority: Warrington.Job: Outline plans for motorway service station.Value: £4 m
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE - GISBORNE HOUSE, GAMMONS LANE. Planning authority: Watford.Job: Outl. Grant After Appeal for houses/flats (65).Value: £2 million.Client: London Boro
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WELLINGBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - HILL HOUSE, HIGH STREET, STANWICK. Planning authority: East Northamptonshire.Job: Outline plans for houses (33).Value: £1,500,000.Client:
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WELWYN, HERTFORDSHIRE - MONKS WALK SCHOOL, KNIGHTSFIELD. Planning authority: Welwyn Hatfield.Job: Outline plans granted for school.Value: £2 million.Client: Hertfordshire C
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEMBLEY, BRENT - CHOITHRAM HOUSE, LANCELOT ROAD. Planning authority: Brent.Job: Outline plans for flats (84).Value: £3,200,000.Client: T Choithram and Sons.Agent: Irvings,
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEST DRAYTON, HILLINGDON - PROSPECT PARK, NORTH SIDE OF A4, HARMONDSWORTH. Planning authority: Hounslow.Job: Detailed plans for headquarters/business park.Value: £100 milli
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEST DRAYTON, HILLINGDON - STOCKLEY PARK, FURZEGROUND WAY. Planning authority: Hillingdon.Job: Outline plans for office/industrial/research.Value: £10 million.Client: Stock
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER - BRIMELOW FARM, GIDLOW LANE. Planning authority: Wigan.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £3 million.Client: Wigan Metropolitan Borough.Ag
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER - ST STEPHENS WAY, PLOTS 13-23,43-55, 57-60, 64-67, STANDISH. Planning authority: Wigan.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses/luxury houses (33)
07Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE - WINDSOR SAFARI PARK. Planning authority: Windsor and Maidenhead.Job: Detailed plans for legoland complex.Value: £4 million.Client: Lego (UK).Agent: Wim
07Apr94 UK: POLICE NET FOUR IN PLANT SWOOP. By John McGarrett.Police say they have smashed an international plant theft racket after the arrest of four people and the recovery of 40 machines worth up
07Apr94 UK: PRICE CUT FOR SOFTCOVER INTERNATIONAL'S 2D WINDOWS CAD SYSTEM. Softcover International has cut the price of its 2D Windows CAD system from £399 to £199. ChoiceCAD for Windows V2
07Apr94 UK: PRIMAVERA SPRINGS UP. Primavera has launched an anglicised version of its contract control system Expedition 4.1A. It runs on a 386SX or better; requires 3MB total memory; and runs under M
07Apr94 UK: REDLAND EXCEEDS CITY HOPES. Improved results from Germany and the US helped Redland exceed City expectations last week with a 26 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £279 million for t
07Apr94 UK: RICS PUTS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors plans to introduce powers to expel members for persistent professional incompetence.The move comes after more tha
07Apr94 UK: ROAD TAX SHOCK TO HIT LORRY DRIVERS. Owners of trucks which permanently carry fixed equipment may now have to pay more than £2,000 in road tax following excise duty changes introduced
07Apr94 UK: SECRET SURVEY LEADS TO PLANT EQUIPMENT SALES DATABASE. Plans to develop a UK database of plant equipment sales are being drawn up by the Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipme
07Apr94 UK: SELLAFIELD CIVILS - SIR ROBERT MCALPINE APPOINTED BY BNF. Sir Robert McAlpine has clinched a deal worth about £10 million for the civils work on British Nuclear Fuels' treatment plant
07Apr94 UK: SIZEWELL KNOCK - SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE PLANS. Suffolk County Council will oppose the £3.5 billion Sizewell C nuclear power station after a planning report said it would dam
07Apr94 UK: 'SLEEPING POLICEMAN' TAKES A BRIGHTER HUE - COREBRIGHT. Trafficalm is the name of a new 'sleeping policeman' from Corebright. It is made from a brightly coloured plastic composite which is
07Apr94 UK: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM IN £250M BOOST. By Jim Kenny.SmithKline Beecham is set to give the building industry a tonic with plans for two major developments around London worth over £25
07Apr94 UK: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - FELINHELL BYPASS OPENING. Green protesters found themselves in the unlikely company of a road builder at last week's opening of Felinhelli bypass by Welsh minister Sir
07Apr94 UK: TARMAC ROADSTONE TAKES DELIVERY OF ROAD PAVERS FROM BLAW KNOX. Paver manufacturer Blaw-Knox delivered four of its BK-191 machines to Tarmac Roadstone last week. The Kent-based company will
07Apr94 UK: THE SOKKIA ROUTE. Sokkia has added a Route Definition module to its PC-based survey and engineering system, SDR Mapping and Design. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
07Apr94 UK: TILBURY DOUGLAS, BR CHARGED UNDER HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT. Tilbury Douglas and the British Railways Board are facing two charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act following an
07Apr94 UK: TRAFALGAR HOUSE COMPLETES RAIL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IN 72 HOURS. Keeping an eye out: Comic Jo Brand watches over Trafalgar House construction workers as they replace a rail bridge carrying t
07Apr94 UK: TRIBUNAL CLAIMS UP BY A THIRD. Industrial tribunal claims by sacked workers in the engineering construction sector leaped by more than a third last year.A total of 39 ex-employees went to
07Apr94 UK: WATERPROOFING'S COLOURFUL FLEXIBLE FRIEND - RIW. RIW has introduced a two-colour, two-coat waterproofing membrane. Called Flexiseal its big advantage is that while the base coat is the usu
07Apr94 UK: WILSON ADDS SOME FIZZ. Wilson (Connolly) unveiled sparkling results last week with a two-thirds jump in pre-tax profits to £28.2 million for the year to December (1992: £16.8 mil
07Apr94 UK: YORKSHIRE WATER BOUNTY ON THE WAY - £90M IN FIVE MAJOR SCHEMES. Yorkshire Water plans to let work worth almost £90 million in five major schemes in the next 12 months.Topping the
14Apr94 AUSTRIA: WOLSELEY BUYS OAG. Wolseley is buying Austria's largest distributor of plumbing supplies, the OAG Group, for £56.9 million. The Viennese business has 40 locations in Austria and
14Apr94 BELGIUM: TRAGEDY FOR BRITISH STEEL FIXER ON MOTORWAY. A British steel fixer died on his way to a job in Germany in a crash on the hard shoulder of a Belgian motorway last week. John Clarke, 61
14Apr94 CHINA: CHINESE WHISPERS - SIR ALEXANDER GIBB CONTRACT. Sir Alexander Gibb's Asia division has won a £1 million contract to design the first phase of an industrial and commercial developme
14Apr94 CZECH REPUBLIC: BOVIS CHIEF WINS WORK IN HOME TOWN. Bovis has started work on a £130 million business park in Brno in the Czech Republic, home town of its chairman Sir Frank Lampl. It is
14Apr94 FRANCE: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS COIN IT IN. Nine French construction workers have been awarded half the haul of 18th century gold and silver coins found at a Charleville site seven years ago. An
14Apr94 GERMANY: AMEC LANDS £55M EAST GERMAN JOB. Amec's German subsidiary Kittelberger has won a DM140 million (£55 million) joint venture design and build contract for the first phase of a
14Apr94 GERMANY: CITY WARMS TO GERMAN CALL. By Bill Fishlock.The bright prospects for British owned sub contractors working in Germany are being emphasised in City circles this week.In the pathfinder
14Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - BONN, GERMANY. Job: Construction of military buildings and installations.Client: Bundesbaudirektion, St. Augustiner Strasse 86, Block E, D-53225 Bonn, tel: (02 28) 401-3
14Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - ERFURT, GERMANY. Job: Roadworks comprising piping, power lines and external works at Linderbach/Azmannsdorf, Bussleben, Vieselbach.Client: Zweckverband Gewerbepark GVZ-T
14Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - LIMBURG, GERMANY. Job: Earthmoving and structural steel work at Limburg an der Lahn.Client: Abwasserverband Limburg, Adolfstrasse 3, D-65549 Limburg an der Lahn, tel: (0
14Apr94 GERMANY: SCHAL TACKLES MASSIVE BERLIN JOB. Schal International, Tarmac's construction management arm, is involved in one of the biggest building projects ever undertaken by a UK firm in Berlin
14Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - ALEXANDROUPOLI, GREECE. Job: Construction of a quay at Alexandroupoli.Client: Perifereia Anatolikis Makedonias Thrakis, Diefthynsi Sygkoinoniakon Ergon, t. 6is PYDE, Sism
14Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - LARISSA, GREECE. Job: Construction of a museum at Larissa.Client: Ypourgeio Politismou, Diefthynsi Ekteleseos Ergon Mouseion, Plateia Karytsi 12, GR-105 61 Athina, tel: (
14Apr94 HONG KONG: CONTRACTORS POISED TO BOYCOTT HONG KONG AIRPORT. International contractors are poised to boycott further work on Hong Kong's £16 billion airport in a row with the Provisional A
14Apr94 INDONESIA: AMEC EDGES CLOSER TO A DEAL. Amec's process and energy arm is growing more confident about future prospects in Indonesia as the oil giant, Exxon, edges closer to a deal which would
14Apr94 ITALY: EUROCONTRACTS - PALERMO, ITALY. Contractor: Holst Italia SpA.Value: Lit 54,700 million (£21.9 million).Job: Construction of the second lot of module V of the seawater-desalination
14Apr94 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: AID CUTS - SOUTH PACIFIC AID PROGRAMME. The South Pacific Aid Programme is to be axed by September 1995 due to budget cuts and competition from the former Soviet Republics. T
14Apr94 PORTUGAL: EUROTENDERS - LISBON, PORTUGAL. Job: Roadworks comprising tunnel, viaduct, overbridge, underpass and lighting.Client: Junta Autonoma de Estradas (JAE) - Direccao dos Servicos de Cons
14Apr94 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: AMEY TIE-UP IN DUBLIN FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Amey has set up a joint venture with Dublin-based civils firm Irishenco to bid for road jobs in the Irish Republic.The joint ventu
14Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - PONTEVEDRA, SPAIN. Job: Motorway construction.Client: Autopistas del Atlantico, Concesionaria Espanol SA, Alfredo Vicenti, 15, E-La Coruna.Completion: 26 months.Tender dat
14Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - TARRAGONA, SPAIN. Job: Construction of the Tarragona-San Vicente de Calders section of high-speed railway.Client: Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Medio Ambient
14Apr94 THAILAND: THAI RAIL FOR ACER. Acer Freeman Fox has been commissioned by the State Railway of Thailand to carry out a five-month feasibility study into a railway extension plan for the country.
14Apr94 UK: £15M OIL FEED - ROCKWATER AND BP CONTRACT. Aberdeen fabrication yard Rockwater has taken a £15 million 6.5 km subsea pipeline contract to link BP's Cyprus oilfield in the North S
14Apr94 UK: £50 MILLION COMFORT SCHEME FOR NOTTINGHAM. Cardiff-based developer Comfort House is embarking on the biggest single development project to be undertaken in Nottingham for 20 years.The
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - BRYANT HOMES. The house builder has appointed Laura Burton and Rose Gardner as marketing managers for its central and southern divisions respectively. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - CHELSFIELD. Former Treasury official Sir Alan Hardcastle has been made a non-executive director of the property firm and will be chairman of its audit committee. Previously
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - GARDINER AND THEOBALD. Patrick Gill is promoted to associate director of Gardiner and Theobald Facilities Management. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - JOHN LAING. The group has made three senior quantity surveying appointments. Douglas Hall and Malcolm Trusler have been made assistant group chief quantity surveyors.Paul Wh
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - SIR ALEXANDER GIBB. Geoff Brice has been appointed director of operations and projects. Formerly chairman of Gibb's water, environmental and geotechnical group, he has worke
14Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENTS - UNITED HOUSE. Mark Castle has become a director of Kent contractor United House. Mr Castle was formerly managing director of Nugent, which was bought by United House. CONSTR
14Apr94 UK: ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN PAY TALKS - ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS. Engineering construction employers and unions have reconvened a dormant industry working party in a bid to bre
14Apr94 UK: BERKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO FIGHT HOMES PROPOSALS. Berkshire County Council is squaring up for a fight with the Government over how much land it should earmark for house building.The counc
14Apr94 UK: BOLT FROM CENTURYAN. The Roofanka bolt developed by Centuryan Safety Services, part of the south London-based OCS Group, will improve safety for workers on roofs. The bolt enables equipmen
14Apr94 UK: CASE TO DISPOSE OF TWO FOUNDRIES. J I Case Europe is to dispose of its foundries at Doncaster and St Dizier, France, as part of a three-year restructuring plan.It is pursuing joint venture
14Apr94 UK: CHICKEN STAKE - FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY. Foster Wheeler Energy has bought a 20 per cent stake in Fibrowatt which specialises in power stations fuelled by chicken droppings. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
14Apr94 UK: CITB IN TRAINING BID MUDDLE. CITB chiefs have been summoned to a crisis meeting with industry leaders next week over the training body's failure to submit a bid to run construction's propo
14Apr94 UK: CLADDING WRIT - STANDARD LIFE/HANS SCHMIDLIN. Standard Life Assurance has issued a writ against the Swiss cladding company Hans Schmidlin claiming damages for breach of express warranties
14Apr94 UK: CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT - THE DOOR AND SHUTTER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. The Door and Shutter Manfacturers' Association (DSMA) has introduced a new code of practice covering the qua
14Apr94 UK: CONSTRUCTION SPARED IN THE LATEST ROUND OF FAILURES. Banks seem to be keeping to their promise to take a more generous view of construction firms before sending them into receivership.The
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ABERDARE, MID GLAMORGAN - HIRWAUN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. Job: New water treatment works.Completion: 12-18 months, starting March 1994.Contractor: Wrekin Construction Co, 49 Main Av
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ALDRIDGE, STAFFORDSHIRE. Job: A fit out contract of an existing warehouse to provide a new parcel sorting and distribution depot.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Northgate, Al
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ARDROSSAN, STRATHCLYDE - GLASGOW STREET. Job: Window replacement in local authority housing.Contractor: CDC Works Department, Irvine.Awarded by: Cunninghame District Council, I
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ARDROSSAN, STRATHCLYDE - MONTGOMERIE STREET. Job: Overcladding and rendering works to three 4 storey blocks.Contractor: Telling (Birmingham), Birmingham.Awarded by: Cunninghame
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - AVON. Job: The construction of the Shortwood Northern Link, which will connect the Avon Ring Road with the B4465, Shortwood Hill. 100 metres of dual carriageway and 1.3 kilomet
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - A61(T), WAKEFIELD ROAD/A629, HALIFAX ROAD. Job: Highway boundary retaining wall reconstruction and repair works.Contractor: Engineering services dir
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - JOHN RIDEAL HOUSE, THE SHAMBLES. Job: The second phase of refurbishment of an office block involving the remaining seven floors and the overcladding
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - POOLS DYKE. Job: Site restoration and landscaping works to a former landfill site.Contractor: VHE Construction and Civil Engineering, Pontefract Roa
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSTAPLE, DEVON - HORE DOWN WATER TREATMENT WORKS. Job: A negotiated contract to design and construct a four megalitre service reservoir together with sampling kiosk.Completi
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4652.Contractor: Tarmac Construction, Wolverhampton.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4653.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Walsall.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value: £2,
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4654.Contractor: Tarmac Construction, Wolverhampton.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4655.Contractor: Edward Wood and Sons, Derby.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value: £767,
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4656.Contractor: Turriff Construction, Warwick.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value: £1,
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Job: Housing refurbishment. Contract reference is L4657.Contractor: Turriff Construction, Warwick.Awarded by: Birmingham City Council.Value: £1,
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Newtown and Ladywood.Job: Housing refurbishment projects.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Northgate, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Birmingham City C
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BISHOPSBRIGGS, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Re-roofing of local authority housing in Cleland Avenue and Springfield Square.Contractor: Community Maintenance Services.Awarded by: Strathkel
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRISTOL, AVON - ASHTON GATE FOOTBALL GROUND. Job: To build a new stand to seat 4,100, including dressing rooms, with offices, a gymnasium and treatment room beneath the stand.C
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRISTOL, AVON - PARKWAY. Job: A design and build contract for the construction of a four-storey office building wit a total floor area of 43,000 sq m.Completion: Work has start
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CARLUKE, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Two contracts for central heating installations to local authority houses in town.Contractor: CFM Building Services Ltd.Awarded by: Clydesdale Distri
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CASTLEFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE - WHELDON ROAD. Job: A term contract for building and civil engineering works.Completion: Work has started for completion in March, 1995.Contractor:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CLYDEBANK, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Heating until replacement and asbestos removal at Clyde Court, Littleholm Development.Contractor: MacLean and Nuttall Ltd.Awarded by: Clydebank Dis
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CLYDEBANK, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Installation of gas central heating to 162 local authority houses district wide.Contractor: D. Campbell and Co Ltd.Awarded by: Clydebank District C
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CLYDEBANK, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Phase 1 of upgrading of electrical installations district wide.Contractor: GD Chalmers.Awarded by: Clydebank District Council.Value: £115,470.
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COALBURN, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Replacement of timber framed windows with UPVC in town.Contractor: J and S McFadyen.Awarded by: Clydesdale District Council, Lanark.Value: £203
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - A133 LITTLE CLACTON, WHEELEY HEATH BYPASS. Job: Single Carriageway Stage 2B comprising new single carriageway of 1.8 km, roundabout, culverts. Works also in
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - COLCHESTER GARRISON, BUTT ROAD. Job: Repairs and part replacement of the drainage system.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Contractor: M
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - CROSSPOINT. Job: The design and build of a new 4,000 sq metre production facility.Completion: 25 weeks.Contractor: Bryant Construction, Solihull, West
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - FOLESHILL ENTERPRISE PARK. Job: Refurbishment of an office building.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Northgate, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Coventr
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - HANFORD CLOSE. Job: The construction of six industrial units and associated external works.Completion: Work has started for completion on July 22.Cont
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - RADFORD AERODROME. Job: Housing refurbishment.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Northgate, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Coventry City Council.Value:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DALMUIR, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Phase II of window replacement to multi-storey blocks in Dalmuir West.Contractor: Stirling Windows.Awarded by: Clydesbank District Council.Value:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DEESIDE, CLWYD - FIRST AVENUE, DEESIDE INDUSTRIAL PARK. Job: A design and build contract for the construction of a two-storey research and administration building with a total
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DENBIGH, CLWYD - BAKERS WELL LANE, B5382 HENLLAN PLACE AND CYSGOD-Y-GRAIG. Job: Environmental Works Phase 1 which comprises the improvement of approximately 175 metres of Barke
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DERBY - MARKET PLACE. Job: The fourth and final phase of The Promenade scheme comprising paving and hard landscaping works and the provision of street furniture.Completion: Wor
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DERBYSHIRE - THE A61 AT ALFRETON. Job: The reconstruction and resurfacing of approx 1 km of carriageway, the installation of safety fencing and bridge works.Completion: Work ha
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DEVON - STOKE CLIMSLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS. Job: Extension to existing sewage treatment works.Completion: 18 weeks, starting March 1994.Contractor: Dean and Dyball Construc
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DEVONPORT, DEVON - HMNB DEVONPORT. Job: To design and construct ship to shore sewage disposal facilities.Completion: 39 weeks, starting February 1994.Contractor: Dean and Dybal
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DONCASTER, YORKSHIRE - DONCASTER CARR. Job: Infrastructure works for a proposed industrial development.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Contractor: Morriso
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DROITWICH, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - HANBURY ROAD. Job: The construction of a car showroom and refurbishment works to other buildings on the site.Completion: Work has started fo
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DROITWICH, HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTER - OMBERSLEY ROAD. Job: Extension and alteration works to a gymnasium, changing facilities and offices above.Completion: Work has started
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS - HIGH ARCAL, SEDGLEY. Job: A design and build contract for the construction of 65 dwellings (houses and bungalows), as phase two of the scheme.Completion
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EAST SUSSEX - HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE. Job: A new sewage treatment plant involving the installation of an Eflo plant together with civil engineering works.Contractor: Naston, Weybr
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EBBW VALE, GWENT - GARDEN FESTIVAL SITE. Job: The construction of a single-span reinforced concrete bridge, approximately 12/15 metres long.Completion: 26 weeks, starting March
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EBBW VALE, GWENT - VICTORIA GREEN, EBBW VALE. Job: Internal roadworks.Completion: 26 weeks, starting March 1994.Contractor: Wrekin Construction Co, 49 Main Avenue, Brackla Indu
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - FORTH, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Replacement of timber framed windows with UPVC in local authority houses in town.Contractor: Tayside Windows.Awarded by: Clydesdale District Council, L
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - BRAESIDE. Job: Major improvements to local authority buildings.Contractor: BJK Aitken.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £1.7 million. CONS
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - DOUGRIE, CARMUNNOCK. Job: Walls and fences, Phase 3.Contractor: New Lands (Contracts).Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £226,702. CONSTRUC
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HELENVALE. Job: Phase 1 of local authority concierge and security improvement project.Contractor: GD Chalmers.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HUXLEY STREET. Job: Demolition of 204 houses at Huxley Street, Cromer Street, Mayfield Street and Colgrain Street.Contractor: CMI Contractors.Awarded by:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - MCLELLAN GALLERY. Job: Maintenance contract for mechanical services at the McLellan Gallery, Burrell Collection and St Mungo Museum.Completion: Three yea
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLENROTHES, FIFE - BETWEEN A911 AT LESLIE ROUNDABOUT AND B9211 AT SOUTHFIELD ROUNDABOUT. Job: Construction of a 7.3-m wide carriageway of 2.75-km length. The works also compris
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HAMPSHIRE - ROAD MAINTENANCE WORK. The A303, between Harewood Forest and Bransbury.Job: Maintenance work involving the widening of 3.4 km, and reconstruction and overlaying of
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HAMPSHIRE - TRAFFIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. Job: Installation of traffic guidance equipment. Contract reference is 'Romanse CPVMS1'.Contractor: Siemens Plessey Controls System, Soper
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HAMPSHIRE - TRAFFIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. Job: Installation of traffic guidance equipment. Contract reference is 'Romanse VMS1'.Contractor: Siemens Plessey Controls System, Sopers
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - ASHTON CLOSE. Job: To build an EMF unit.Completion: 38 weeks.Contractor: Jarvis Contracting, Milton Keynes.Awarded by: Dacorum and St Albans
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - IRVINE, STRATHCLYDE - OLD CALEY ROAD AND QUEEN ROAD. Job: External repairs and environmental improvement works.Contractor: McGregor Construction, Glasgow.Awarded by: Cunningham
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - CHERRY GARDEN UPPER WORKS. Job: Water Treatment Works Refurbishment for Folkestone and Dover Water Services. Work includes new pressure filters, blowers, contact tanks a
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KILBIRNIE, STRATHCLYDE - CAMPHILL DRIVE. Job: Area Initiative Works.Contractor: McGregor Construction, Glasgow.Awarded by: Cunninghame District Council, Irvine.Value: £1.3
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KILWINNING, STRATHCLYDE - FERGUSHILL ROAD. Job: Re-roofing and re-rendering works in local authority housing.Contractor: Thomson Construction, Ayr.Awarded by: Cunninghame Distr
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KIRKINTILLOCH, STRATHCLYDE - OLD MILL PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. Job: Environmental and structural improvements on estate.Contractor: Luddon Construction.Awarded by: Strathclyde D
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LANARK, STRATHCLYDE - WIDE CLOSE. Job: Conversion of premises to single person housing.Contractor: AW Lithgow (Contractors).Awarded by: Inverclyde District Council, Lanark.Valu
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS - MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, SHIRE OAK ROAD, HEADINGLEY. Job: Phase one of alteration and improvement works to the home.Completion: Work has started for c
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - CROSSGATES. Job: 117 houses to complete a housing development including siteworks and services.Contractor: Bryant Construction, Cranmore House, Cranmore
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEICESTER - DE MONTFORT HALL. Job: The total refurbishment of this Grade II listed building to form a national concert venue.Completion: Work started in January and is due for
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LLANELLI, DYFED - TOWN CENTRE. Job: The construction of 750 m of 7.3 m wide carriageway, a road bridge, railway bridge and footbridge together with associated works.Completion:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - 104 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. Job: Bank area refurbishment and fit out.Completion: 8 weeks.Contractor: Jarvis Contracting, Milton Keynes.Awarded by: National Westminster B
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - LILAC GARDENS, EALING. Job: To build 8 houses.Completion: 35 weeks.Contractor: Jarvis Contracting, Milton Keynes.Awarded by: Acton Housing Association.Value: £340
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - EATON GREEN ROAD. Job: To build 149 student bedsits plus warden accommodation in 3 and 4 storey blocks for the University of Luton.Completion: 30 weeks.Co
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE. Job: Construction of a three storey, 1,000 sq m office block with associated siteworks and carpark.Completion: Work started for completion in 20 weeks.C
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MERSEYSIDE - MONKS FERRY. Job: The construction of an 850 sq m headquarters scheme on the banks of the Mersey.Completion: Work has started and is scheduled for completion in Se
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MOTHERWELL, STRATHCLYDE - LIBRARY. Job: Refurbishment of library and provision of a disabled access and tearoom.Contractor: Tarmac Construction, Broxburn.Awarded by: Motherwell
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON - MORETONHAMPSTEAD STW. Job: Extension to the existing sewage treatment works.Completion: 6 months, starting March 1994.Contractor: Dew Group, York Court, U
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON - MORETONHAMPSTEAD. Job: Resewerage works.Completion: Work started in February for completion in early June 1994.Contractor: Dean and Dyball Construction, R
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - RIVER LEEN ADJACENT AREAS. Job: Five environmental improvement projects.Contractor: Nottingham City Contract Works; Burnham Landscapes (Daventry); PM Harris, Notti
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NR PADSTOW, CORNWALL - POLZEATH TO PORTHILLY. Job: A major pipeline contract for a sewage transfer scheme.Completion: 39 weeks, starting March 1994.Contractor: Dean and Dyball
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, GWYNEDD. Job: Pipelines to provide a raw water main.Completion: Work is due to start in April for completion in September 1994.Contractor: J.U. Bowen.Awarded
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - MOUNTBATTEN BREAKWATER. Job: Refurbishment of existing structure.Completion: 30 weeks, starting March 1994.Contractor: Dean and Dyball Construction, Rayell Ho
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - RUGELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE - SPRINGFIELD ESTATE. Job: Housing refurbishment.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Northgate, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Cannock Chase District Counci
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - MOSS WAY/OCCUPATION LANE, HACKENTHORPE. Job: Construction of a two-, three-storey police sub-divisional headquarters building with siteworks and ca
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SITTINGBOURNE, KENT - KEMSLEY PAPER MILLS. Job: The installation of 350 mm diameter effluent pipeline together with a pumping station.Completion: Work has started for completio
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS - FOUR ASHES ROAD, DORRIDGE. Job: The construction of a car showroom and associated accommodation.Completion: Work has started for completion on July 25
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOMERSET - PORLOCK WATER TREATMENT WORKS. Job: The replacement of chemical dosing equipment.Contractor: Naston, Weybridge, Surrey.Awarded by: Wessex Water Services.Value: £
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOMERSET - SOUTH PETHERTON WTW. Job: Extensions involving modification to some existing plant, new screens, desludge and screw pumps, standby generator, Mcc, electrical work, m
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - VARIOUS SITES. Job: Message Signs Romanse VMSI comprising the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of up to four variable message signs
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - LEIGH HILL CLIFF. Job: Stabilisation of the existing cliff.Completion: 14 weeks, starting 14 April 1994.Contractor: Fitzpatrick and Sons, 2 Chaucer Roa
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STALEYBRIDGE, CHESHIRE - STALEY WHARF. Job: Restoration works to a former canal including a reinforced concrete box culvert road bridge and ground anchors to stabilize retainin
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STEVENSTON, STRATHCLYDE. Job: Central heating installation for 87 local authority houses.Contractor: James Frew, Stevenston.Awarded by: Cunninghame District Council, Irvine.Val
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE - AT FIVE LOCATIONS. Job: External repairs followed by the re-painting of council houses.Completion: Work has started for completion on September
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - BEWDLEY ROAD. Job: The re-building of a factory unity, cladding works to other buildings and the construction of toilets.Completio
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK - STOWMARKET STW. Job: The construction of 2 tertiary lagoons, HDPE lined, each with a capacity of 5,500 cu metres.Completion: 13 weeks, starting 11 April 1
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SUFFOLK - BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Job: The design and build of sheltered accommodation.Contractor: F.J. Construction.Awarded by: Hanover Housing Association.Value: £1.3 million.
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SUFFOLK - RAF WOODBRIDGE. Job: Refurbishment of 455 houses. The houses are being upgraded to accommodate British rather than American electrical equipment, and properties are b
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE - HADLEY CASTLE. Job: Land reclamation and site preparation works for future development.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TORRINGTON, NORTH DEVON - DEEP MOOR LANDFILL SITE. Job: Construction of leachate lagoon, pumping station and pipelines.Completion: 26 weeks, starting April 1994.Contractor: Dea
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TROWBRIDGE, WILTSHIRE - HOME CLOSE FARM. Job: A contract to provide 136 new homes for rent.Completion: 2 years.Contractor: Maxim Construction, 1 Woodlands Court, Ash Ridge Road
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TRURO, CORNWALL - ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL. Job: The construction of a single-storey, steel-framed building and associated works.Completion: Work has started for completion on J
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TRURO, CORNWALL - ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL. Job: The extension of and alterations to the oncology department together with associated works.Completion: Anticipated start date is
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TRURO, CORNWALL - ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL. Job: Upgrading works to the accident and emergency department.Completion: Work has started for completion on June 20.Contractor: Alfr
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TRURO, CORNWALL - WHEAL JANE TIN MINE, CARNON VALLEY. Job: Water decontamination scheme comprising secondary treatment, oxidation ditches, sludge recirculation systems and slud
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE - DONCASTER ROAD. Job: Construction of a steel framed, 900 sq m timber storage and offices building.Contractor: Termrim Construction, 21 Old Leeds Roa
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WALES - NATIONAL MOTORWAYS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - SIGNATURE INDUSTRIES. Job: Device links and associated equipment for the National Motorways Communications System.Contractor:
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WARWICK - HASELEY MANOR BUSINESS CENTRE. Job: Refurbishment and extension works to the shopping precinct together with all external works.Completion: Work has started for compl
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WEST OF MANCHESTER - M602 JUNCTION 1. Job: Major maintenance by lane rental.Contractor: J. Mowlem Construction, Foundation House, Eastern Road, Bracknell.Awarded by: Department
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WIMBORNE, DORSET - WIMBORNE MINSTER. Job: Flood defence works which include brick wall reconstruction, sheet piling and the construction of 3 structures.Completion: 18 weeks, s
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS - DUNSTALL ROAD. Job: The construction of 13 four-and five-bedroom houses and six 2-bedroom flats.Completion: Anticipated start date is May 3 for c
14Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WORKSOP, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - GATEFORD PARK. Job: The construction of roads and drainage works for a proposed housing development.Completion: Work has started for completion by th
14Apr94 UK: COUNCILLORS SAY 'YES' TO GLASGOW AIRPORT RAIL LINK. Strathclyde councillors have come out in favour of a £28 million scheme to provide a rail link from Glasgow to the city's airport.T
14Apr94 UK: COUNTRYSIDE DEAL - 700 HOMES. Countryside Properties is to build more than 700 homes in a £34.5 million deal with Basildon Community Housing Association. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
14Apr94 UK: CROWN CHECKS IN - CROWN HOUSE CONTRACT. Crown House has a £5.4 million contract for mechanical and electrical services at Thanet Hospital in Kent. Birse is main contractor for the 12,
14Apr94 UK: DIRECTORY FIRST - JIMI-HEAT. Trace heating specialist Jimi-Heat has launched a consultants' directory which it claims is the first of its kind.The directory provides a step-by-step guide t
14Apr94 UK: DRAIN GANG BAFFLES COUNCIL. Gangs of thieves are costing council taxpayers thousands of pounds a year and creating a hazard for vehicles and pedestrians by stealing roadside drain gratings
14Apr94 UK: FIFTY FINNING CATS BOUND FOR SWANSEA. Swansea Plant Hire, part of the international plant dealer group Chepstow Plant, has ordered 50 Caterpillar 428B backhoe loaders from dealer Finning.T
14Apr94 UK: FIRE RESISTANT MORTAR - BTR SILVERTOWN. BTR Silvertown has launched a new fire resistant mortar tested to six hours compared with only four hours for competing systems. The new mortar call
14Apr94 UK: FIRMS HIT BY WATER PIPELINE COMPETITION - GALLIFORD AND AH BALL SEEK MERGER. Fierce competition for water pipeline work has forced contractor Galliford to wind down its pipeline business a
14Apr94 UK: FIRMS UP IN ARMS OVER LEWISHAM DLR RE-BID. Bidders shortlisted for the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Lewisham are up in arms at last week's decision to run a new pre-qualific
14Apr94 UK: FOREIGN FIRMS DOMINATE RAIL RACE - CHUNNEL RAIL LINK. American construction giant Morrison Knudsen has joined the race of contractors expected to bid for the £2.7 billion Channel Tunn
14Apr94 UK: FULL POWER - BARKING POWER STATION. Work on the £700 million Barking power station in east London is shifting into the busy six-month mechanical and electrical fit-out phase before fi
14Apr94 UK: GO-AHEAD FOR £35M HOSPITAL - WORCESTER. A £35 million district general hospital in Worcester has been given the go-ahead by city planners.The hospital is to be built on the Worce
14Apr94 UK: GOODWIN FOLLOWS THE TRADITIONAL LINE - HEWDEN STUART. By Bill Fishlock.Sir Matthew Goodwin, chairman of Britain's largest independent plant hirer, Hewden Stuart, made his now traditonal la
14Apr94 UK: GOVT GOES GREEN AND CUTS BACK QUARRYING. In a 'green' shift of policy, the Government is to ask quarriers to drastically cut their excavation of aggregates, rock, sand and gravel in Englan
14Apr94 UK: GREEN LAWS TO COST AGGIES. Environmental protection laws will increase the cost of aggregates by £90 million a year.The price of a tonne of aggregates will go up 10 per cent, says Joh
14Apr94 UK: GYPSUM FIRST FOR TILCON. Cement manufacturer Tilcon has launched its first ever gypsum-based product. Tilcon has developed an anhydrous material where there is no combined water with the g
14Apr94 UK: H AND H IS A SUREFIRE BET. Higgs and Hill is tipped to win a £20 million contract for the construction of Brook House in Park Lane, London. The project entails a 12,500 cu m office/re
14Apr94 UK: HARDENED STEEL TRADE BRINGS S-R INTO PROFIT - SEVERFIELD-REEVE. Improving conditions in the structural steel trade helped Yorkshire-based fabricator Severfield-Reeve swing into the black l
14Apr94 UK: HEWDEN STUART HELPS LIFT GIRDER AT BLACKBURN ROVERS FC. Blackburn Rovers' number one priority is to beat Manchester United in the title race to lift the Premiership trophy.But last week th
14Apr94 UK: HOCHTIEF AT MARSH MILLS - PLYMOUTH. A radical proposal to reduce traffic disruption played a major part in a £12.5 million design and build contract won by Hochtief to replace viaduct
14Apr94 UK: HONORARY CONSUL FOR MILLER GROUP CHAIRMAN. Miller group chairman James Miller has been appointed Honorary Consul in Scotland by the Austrian Foreign Office.The new Austrian Consulate is at
14Apr94 UK: HOUSING DOWN 6PC. Housing starts for the three months December to February were 6 per cent lower than in the previous three months, but were 6 per cent up on the same period a year before.
14Apr94 UK: INFIRMARY ON THE MEND - CARLISLE. The £40 million-plus Cumberland Infirmary project in Carlisle is back on course after stalling 16 months ago because of funding problems.Tenders for
14Apr94 UK: KIER MOVE - CAXTON TAKEOVER. Kier has moved into facilities management with a £500,000 takeover of Cardiff-based Caxton. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
14Apr94 UK: LAMBETH, BOTES ROW TO GO TO COURT. An £8 million battle between contractor Botes and Lambeth council will go to court in January 1995, leaving some subcontractors claiming money from
14Apr94 UK: LDDC MAKES NEWS WITH OFFICE BLOCK. Henry Boot has fended off a challenge from Amec to take the civils and building work, worth about £20 million, for the Connah's Quay power station i
14Apr94 UK: MARRIOTT IN ACADEMIA - CAMBRIDGE CONTRACT. Marriott, part of the Kier group, will complete a £5.5 million contract for residential accommodation at Trinity College, Cambridge.The nova
14Apr94 UK: MILLER WINS SCIENCE PARK - EDINBURGH. Miller's management arm has clinched the contract for an £18 million animal disease research centre in Edinburgh.Building work on phase one of th
14Apr94 UK: NATIONAL TRUST WIELDS POWER. The National Trust warned this week that it is willing to use an obscure legal power to obstruct controversial road projects. The 85-year-old power, used only
14Apr94 UK: NEW BODY TO TACKLE TIE FAILURE - THE BRITISH WALL TIE ASSOCIATION. A new industry body has been launched to cope with the effects of cavity wall tie failure - a problem that is estimated t
14Apr94 UK: OPENCAST FIRMS LINK FOR SCOTTISH COAL BID. Two of Scotland's largest opencast coal contractors have teamed up to bid for the region's coalfield when it is privatised in June.Miller Constru
14Apr94 UK: OPTIMISTIC BMP SEES HOUSING BOOM AHEAD. By Brian Green.A wave of optimism is sweeping the construction industry with forecasters at the National Council of Building Materials Producers (BM
14Apr94 UK: PATTEN PREDICTS EARLY END TO MALAYSIA DISPUTE - SAMSUNG ENGINEERING AND HOCHTIEF FORM VENTURE. Education secretary John Patten this week predicted an early end to the ban on British contra
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE - STATION ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FLEET. Planning authority: Hart.Job: Detailed plans for b1 business units (4).Value: £2 million.Client: PSIT Properti
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE - STATION ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FLEET. Planning authority: Hart.Job: Outline plans for b1/b8 industrial park.Value: £3,500,000.Client: PSIT Propertie
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE - THAMES WATER SITE, HOLDER ROAD. Planning authority: Rushmoor.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £6,500,000.Client: Kennet Propertie
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE - LEYS FARM, WYASTON ROAD. Planning authority: Derbyshire Dales.Job: Detailed plans for houses (250).Value: £10 million.Client: Birch Developments.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, GREATER MANCHESTER - ATLAS MILL, ATLAS STREET. Planning authority: Tameside.Job: Detailed plans for houses (53).Value: £2 million.Client: Elite Homes.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, GREATER MANCHESTER - STAMFORD WORKS, CROMPTON STREET. Planning authority: Tameside.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £2 million.Client: B
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - CENTRAL TRADING ESTATE, GATEHOUSE ROAD, BICESTER ROAD. Planning authority: Aylesbury Vale.Job: Outline plans for non food retail warehouses (6).Valu
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BEAULY, HIGHLANDS - GROAM OF ANNAT, RIVER BEAULY. Planning authority: Inverness.Job: Outline plans for leisure/residential complex.Value: £3 million.Client: Rex Bunting for
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BEDFORD - 32 CAVES LANE. Planning authority: Bedford.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £2 million.Client: Connolly Homes.Agent: Woods Hardwick, 17 Goldingto
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BIDEFORD, DEVON - OS2425 TOP FIELD, KINGSLEY PARK, WESTWARD HO!. Planning authority: Torridge.Job: Outline plans for houses (45).Value: £1,800,000.Client: A D Smith.Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BIRMINGHAM - NEWTOWN SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, NEWTOWN. Planning authority: Birmingham.Job: Detailed plans for offices/supermarket.Value: £8 million.Client: Autoforge.A
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE - KINGSWAY. Planning authority: Boston.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £10 million.Client: R A Lealand and Others.Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE - MORLEY STREET, SHARPE STREET, CHESTER STREET. Planning authority: Bradford.Job: Detailed plans for european pavilion/offices/hotel (2).Value: £25
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - WESTERLEIGH ROAD AND, POMPHREY HILL, EMERSONS GREEN. Planning authority: Kingswood.Job: Outline plans granted for houses/restaurant/public house.Value: £10
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BURY ST. EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK - ELDOHOUSE FARM, BEDINGFIELD WAY. Planning authority: St. Edmundsbury.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £10 million.Client: Wi
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CAMBRIDGE - BOURN AIRFIELD, BOURN. Planning authority: South Cambridgeshire.Job: Outline plans for new settlement (3000).Value: £150 million.Client: Taylor Bros.Agent: John
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CARLISLE, CUMBRIA - HARVETS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SILLOTH. Planning authority: Allerdale.Job: Outline plans granted for leisure complex (conversion).Value: £2 million.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHARD, SOMERSET - BEWS LANE. Planning authority: South Somerset.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £6 million.Client: M J Jeanes.Agent: Brian Gal
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - BROOK LANE. Planning authority: Chester.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Bellway (Chester).Agent: McCormick Architecture, Sa
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - WARREN HALL FARM, BROUGHTON. Planning authority: Alyn and Deeside.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development.Value: £5 million.Client: Progressive
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COTTINGHAM, HUMBERSIDE - ENDYKE LANE. Planning authority: Beverley.Job: Outline plans for dwellings (130).Value: £4,500,000.Client: Cornelius Parish.Agent: Barton Willmore
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - MAUDSLEY ROAD. Planning authority: Coventry.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (103).Value: £3,600,000.Client: Beazer Central Homes.Agent: Devel
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CREWE, CHESHIRE - SCHOOL CRESCENT, HUNGERFORD. Planning authority: Crewe and Nantwich.Job: Outline plans for residential/surgery.Value: £2 million.Client: Cheshire County C
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - LAND OFF WELTON ROAD. Planning authority: Daventry.Job: Detailed plans for residential development (83).Value: £2,490,000.Client: J S Bloor (No
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DEVIZES, WILTSHIRE - LAND AT ROUNDWAY HOSPITAL. Planning authority: Kennet.Job: Outline plans granted for hospital/care centre (5).Value: £6, 500,000.Client: Bath Mental He
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BENTLEY ROAD. Planning authority: Doncaster.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £5 million.Client: Doncaster Rugby League.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY - ADJ PEEL CENTRE, LOCKERBIE ROAD. Planning authority: Nithsdale.Job: Approval of reserved matters for food store/filling station (2).Value:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUNFERMLINE, FIFE - LINBURN ROAD. Planning authority: Dunfermline.Job: Detailed plans for houses phase 1 (291).Value: £10 million.Client: London and Clydeside Properties.Ag
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUNS, BORDERS - AYTON CASTLE ESTATE. Planning authority: Berwickshire.Job: Outline plans granted for retail development.Value: £1,500,000.Client: D Liddell-Grainger.Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DUNS, BORDERS - WEST OF A1 TRUNK ROAD, LAMBERTON. Planning authority: Berwickshire.Job: Outline plans granted for commercial/leisure/retail.Value: £5 million.Client: Nife P
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - HOLYROOD ROAD, NORTH SITE. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans for residential and commercial.Value: £10 million.Client: Dynamic Earth Ent
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - LONDON ROAD. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans for retail park.Value: £4,800,000.Client: Dunedin Property Development.Agent: Dodd Jamies
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ENFIELD - HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SITE. Planning authority: Enfield.Job: Detailed plans for new village (1000).Value: £100 million.Client: Country and Metropolitan Homes.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - FAKENHAM, NORFOLK - LAND AT BARBERS LANE. Planning authority: North Norfolk.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £2 million.Client: Trustees of P J Chapman
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - DOBBIES LOAN, CALGARY STREET, DUNDASVALE. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Outline plans for student accommodation.Value: £8,800,000.Client: Glasgow
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - NITSHILL ROAD GLEN MORISTON, ROAD AND KENNISHEAD ROAD, DARNLEY. Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for houses/shops/library (518).Value:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLOUCESTER - SUMMERHOUSE FARM, HARDWICKE. Planning authority: Stroud.Job: Outline plans for motorway services (4).Value: £10 million.Client: Summerhouse Farm Equitation.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - WOOD FARM, WOOD FARM LANE, GORLESTON. Planning authority: Great Yarmouth.Job: Outline plans for business park/residential.Value: £2 million.Client
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HEATHFIELD, EAST SUSSEX - SALVIDGE GARAGE SITE, HIGH STREET. Planning authority: Wealden.Job: Approval of reserved matters for co-op retail food store.Value: £6 million.Cli
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE - UNITS 4/5, BRADLEY MILLS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRADLEY MILLS. Planning authority: Kirklees.Job: Detailed plans for car showroom/service facility.Valu
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HULL, HUMBERSIDE - HULL ROAD. Planning authority: Holderness.Job: Outline plans for foodstore/petrol station.Value: £5 million.Client: Dransfield Properties.Agent: Nicol Th
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HUNGERFORD, BERKSHIRE - CHARNHAM PARK. Planning authority: Newbury.Job: Outline plans granted for offices/industrial.Value: £10 million.Client: Notiondial.Agent: Barton Wil
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - INVERKEITHING, FIFE - THE FAIRYKIRK. Planning authority: Dunfermline.Job: Outline plans for residential/leisure (51).Value: £4 million.Client: The Earl of Elgin and Kincard
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - TANNERY, BRAMFORD ROAD/BEACONSFIELD ROAD. Planning authority: Ipswich.Job: Detailed plans for houses (124).Value: £4 million.Client: Frogmore Estates.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KENDAL, CUMBRIA - WESTMOORLAND BUSINESS PARK, SHAP ROAD. Planning authority: South Lakeland.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse/office (extension).Value: £2,500,000.Client: L
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KILMARNOCK, STRATHCLYDE - SOUTHCRAIGS HOLDINGS. Planning authority: Kilmarnock and Loudoun.Job: Outline plans for residential/industrial.Value: £25 million.Client: Comstock
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KING'S LYNN, NORFOLK - ADJ QUEEN ELIZABETH WAY (A149 HARDWICK). Planning authority: Kings Lynn and West Norfolk.Job: Outline plans for supermarket/petrol station (2).Value:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KING'S LYNN, NORFOLK - GAYWOOD HALL, GAYTON ROAD. Planning authority: Kings Lynn and West Norfolk.Job: Detailed plans for college (extension).Value: £2 million.Client: Norf
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE - GREENFIELD. Planning authority: Lancaster.Job: Outline plans granted for offices/hotel/petrol station.Value: £25 million.Client: Tyne Tees Propertie
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEDBURY, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - THE HOMEND. Planning authority: Malvern Hills.Job: Outline plans granted for food retail store.Value: £2 million.Client: Spicers (Ledbury)
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEICESTER - PART OF ELMS FARM, OFF MAIDENWELL AVENUE, HAMILTON. Planning authority: Charnwood.Job: Outline plans granted for district centre.Value: £20 million.Client: Trus
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEICESTER - WIGSTON FIELDS FOOTBALL, YORK CLOSE, SOUTH WIGSTON. Planning authority: Blaby.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £1,800,000.Client: B
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE - FAZAKERLEY HOSPITAL, LOWER LANE. Planning authority: Liverpool.Job: Outline plans for hospital (extension).Value: £4 million.Client: Aintree Hospita
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON - HOUNSLOW - CHISWICK HIGH ROAD. Planning authority: Hounslow.Job: Detailed plans for office.Value: £3,500,000.Client: Feralindo Estate and Investments.Agent: Goldsm
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF WESTMINSTER - 14-16 COCKSPUR STREET. Planning authority: Westminster.Job: Detailed plans for bank/flats (refurbishment) (3).Value: £2 million.Client: Bank o
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, HAMMERSMITH - WATSON HOUSE, CARNWORTH ROAD, FULHAM. Planning authority: Hammersmith and Fulham.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (121).Value: £
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LOUGHTON, ESSEX - FORMER EPPING FOREST HIGH, SCHOOL, HOMECROFT GARDENS. Planning authority: Epping Forest.Job: Approval of reserved matters for flats and houses (108).Value:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - CENTURY PARK, ADJ LONDON LUTON AIRPORT. Planning authority: Luton.Job: Outline plans for office/leisure complex.Value: £100 million.Client: Joint Law
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LYTHAM ST. ANNE'S, LANCASHIRE - NORTH OF REGENT AVENUE, ST ANNES. Planning authority: Fylde.Job: Outline plans for superstore/petrol station (2).Value: £6 million.Client: G
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MAIDSTONE, KENT - KENT GARDEN CENTRE, LONDON ROAD. Planning authority: Maidstone.Job: Outline plans for business park (5).Value: £3,200,000.Client: Wards Construction.Agent
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MAIDSTONE, KENT - THE DISTRICT CENTRE, GROVEWOOD DRIVE, WEAVERING. Planning authority: Maidstone.Job: Detailed plans for superstore/library/shops.Value: £10 million.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MALTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE - LEOPOLD NURSERIES/BECK LANE, WELHAM ROAD, NORTON. Planning authority: Ryedale.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (53).Value: £1,855,000.
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - FORMER BRADFORD GAS, EASTLANDS. Planning authority: Bury.Job: Outline plans granted for millennium sports stadium.Value: £187 million.Client: Amec Properties.A
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - IVY MILL, MITRE STREET, FAILSWORTH. Planning authority: Oldham.Job: Detailed plans for manufacturing unit (conversion).Value: £2 million.Client: Crusader Displ
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEATH, WEST GLAMORGAN - PENTREFFYNON, NEATH ABBEY. Planning authority: Neath.Job: Outline plans for business park.Value: £2 million.Client: Johnson Bros Coal Factors.Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, TYNE AND WEAR - 139/147 DARRAS ROAD, PONTELAND. Planning authority: Castle Morpeth.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £2 million.Cli
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWPORT, GWENT - LIBENETH ROAD/LIME CRESCENT, ALWAY. Planning authority: Newport.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £3,900,000.Client: Newport Bo
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NORWICH, NORFOLK - LAND OFF AMSTERDAM WAY. Planning authority: Norwich.Job: Outline plans for supermarket/petrol station (2).Value: £2,300,000.Client: Safeway Stores.Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NOTTINGHAM - MEADOW LANE. Planning authority: Nottingham.Job: Detailed plans for spectator stand.Value: £4 million.Client: Notts County Football Club.Agent: Mott MacDonald,
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NOTTINGHAM - SPRINGFIELDS PARK, HUCKNALL LANE CAREY ROAD, BULWELL. Planning authority: Nottingham.Job: Outline plans granted for commercial/industrial.Value: £4,500,000.Cli
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - OXFORD - SANDY LANE RECREATION GROUND, J BLOCK, COWLEY. Planning authority: Oxford.Job: Outline plans for football stadium/conference centre (2).Value: £15 million.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PERTH, TAYSIDE - LINN ROAD, BURNMOUTH FERRY. Planning authority: Perth and Kinross.Job: Outline plans for residential/recreational.Value: £3 million.Client: The Tay Salmon
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PERTH, TAYSIDE - WALNUT GROVE. Planning authority: Perth and Kinross.Job: Detailed plans for offices.Value: £4,500,000.Client: Matthew Gloag and Son.Agent: Building Design
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - LAND AT PLYMXTOCK SCHOOL AND, PONPHLETT PRIMARY SCHOOL, HOWRD ROAD PLYMSTOCK. Planning authority: Plymouth.Job: Outline plans granted for residential developme
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - LONGBRIDGE ROAD, MARSH MILLS. Planning authority: Plymouth.Job: Outline plans granted for superstore/petrol station.Value: £8 million.Client: Tesco Stores
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PONTYCLUN, MID GLAMORGAN - PLOT D, YNYS Y PLWM, LLANTRISANT. Planning authority: Taff-Ely.Job: Outline plans granted for laboratory/offices.Value: £4 million.Client: Nation
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PRESTON, LANCASHIRE - MARKS AND SPENCER, 116/122 FISHERGATE. Planning authority: Preston.Job: Detailed plans for department store (2).Value: £8 million.Client: Marks and Sp
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PRESTONPANS, LOTHIAN - ALDER ROAD, PORT SETON. Planning authority: East Lothian.Job: Detailed plans for houses (93).Value: £3 million.Client: Wilcon Homes (Midlands).Agent:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PRUDHOE, NORTHUMBERLAND - ADJ KIMBERLEY CLARK, PRUDHOE BY-PASS. Planning authority: Tynedale.Job: Detailed plans for distribution depot.Value: £3,500,000.Client: Exel Logis
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - READING, BERKSHIRE - 21-23 VALPY STREET, AND BEACONSFIELD BUILDING, FORBORY ROAD. Planning authority: Reading.Job: Detailed plans for office building/restaurant.Value: £3 m
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - RICHMOND UPON THAMES - BARNS ELMS WATER WORKS, MERTHYR TERRACE, BARNES. Planning authority: Richmond-upon-Thames.Job: Outline plans for residential development (328).Value:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE - CHORLEYWOOD COLLEGE, DOG KENNEL LANE, CHORELYWOOD. Planning authority: Three Rivers.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats/bungalows (152).Value: &#
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - HOLBROOK WORKS, ECKINGTON WAY, HALFWAY. Planning authority: Sheffield.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £4 million.Client: H
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - HOLYWELL ROAD. Planning authority: Sheffield.Job: Outline plans for nursing homes (2).Value: £3 million.Client: Genzone.Agent: Peter Thompson,
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, WARWICKSHIRE - FURZE HILL FIELDS, LONDON ROAD. Planning authority: Stratford-On-Avon.Job: Detailed plans for residential development (120).Value: £3,600,
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SIDCUP, BEXLEY - CRAY ROAD, EDGINGTON WAY. Planning authority: Bexley.Job: Outline plans for supermarket/petrol station (2).Value: £10 million.Client: J Sainsbury.Agent: To
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE - BOSTON ROAD, HECKINGTON. Planning authority: North Kesteven.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £2,200,000.Client: Second Titan.A
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, LOTHIAN - STATION ROAD. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (60).Value: £2,100,000.Client: Earl of Roseb
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - FORMER GUN SITE, ALEXANDRA ROAD, GREAT WAKERING. Planning authority: Rochford.Job: Detailed plans for houses (136).Value: £5, 500,000.Client: Higgs
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE - 188 SOUTHPORT ROAD, SCARISBRICK. Planning authority: West Lancashire.Job: Outline plans granted for car sales/display (2).Value: £2 million.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE - LORD STREET. Planning authority: Sefton.Job: Detailed plans for flats/shops (63).Value: £2 million.Client: Bovis Retirement Homes.Agent: Rush Davis
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SPALDING, LINCOLNSHIRE - WARDENTREE LANE, PINCHBECK. Planning authority: South Holland.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial/commercial.Value: £10 million.Client: J E N
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ST. HELENS, MERSEYSIDE - S/O ELTON HEAD ROAD, LEA GREEN FARM, ST. HELENS LINKWAY. Planning authority: St. Helens.Job: Outline plans for business/residential.Value: £20 mill
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STAFFORD - A513 STAFFORD EASTERN BYPASS, CANNOCK ROAD. Planning authority: Stafford.Job: Detailed plans for bypass.Value: £4,500,000.Client: Staffordshire County Council.Ag
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STOCKTON-ON-TEES, CLEVELAND - GREEN LANE. Planning authority: Stockton-on-Tees.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £2,345,000.Client: Diocese of Hexham an
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR - HYLTON RIVERSIDE PHASE 3,WESSINGTON WAY. Planning authority: Sunderland.Job: Detailed plans for office/industrial units.Value: £3 million.Client
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN - PARC MELYN MYNACH, GORESEINON. Planning authority: Lliw Valley.Job: Outline plans for non food retail development.Value: £3 million.Client: Lliw V
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWINDON, WILTSHIRE - CHURCH STREET, STRATTON ST. MARGARET. Planning authority: Thamesdown.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £4,750,000.Client: Wiltshire County Coun
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWINDON, WILTSHIRE - GREAT WESTERN WAY, AND HUGHES STREET. Planning authority: Thamesdown.Job: Detailed plans for houses (130).Value: £5 million.Client: Bellwinch Homes.Age
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWINDON, WILTSHIRE - PENZANCE DRIVE, CHURCHWARD PARK. Planning authority: Thamesdown.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse.Value: £2,650,000.Client: Tarmac Swindon.Agent: M G M
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWINDON, WILTSHIRE - THE HILTON HOTEL, GREAT WESTERN WAY, LYDIARD TREGOZE. Planning authority: North Wiltshire.Job: Detailed plans for hotel.Value: £6 million.Client: Ladbr
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TAUNTON, SOMERSET - BISHOPS FOX'S SCHOOL, KINGSTON ROAD. Planning authority: Taunton Dean.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £4,500,000.Client: Somerset
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TAUNTON, SOMERSET - LAND OFF HYDE LANE, BATHPOOL. Planning authority: Taunton Dean.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (66).Value: £2,300,000.Client: Bryant Homes
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TROWBRIDGE, WILTSHIRE - LMC BUILDING, CANAL ROAD. Planning authority: West Wiltshire.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse (conversion).Value: £3,700,000.Client: Waldens Wiltsh
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALLSEND, TYNE AND WEAR - ADDINGTON DRIVE, MIDDLE ENGINE LANE, BATTLE HILL. Planning authority: North Tyneside.Job: Detailed plans for houses (86).Value: £3,010,000.Client:
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALTHAM CROSS, HERTFORDSHIRE - LAND AT HAMMONDSTREET, CHESHUNT. Planning authority: Broxbourne.Job: Outline plans for residential/retail.Value: £25 million.Client: Beazer C
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALTHAM CROSS, HERTFORDSHIRE - SOUTH OF HAMMONDSTREET, CHESHUNT. Planning authority: Broxbourne.Job: Outline plans for residential development (253).Value: £7,500,000.Clien
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALTON-ON-THAMES, SURREY - WALCHRY MOTORS SITE, HERSHAM ROAD. Planning authority: Elmbridge.Job: Outline plans for food superstore (2).Value: £8 million.Client: British Tel
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WANDSWORTH - COPELAND HOUSE, GARRATT LANE. Planning authority: Wandsworth.Job: Detailed plans for flats (refurbishment) (86).Value: £2 million.Client: London Borough of Wan
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WASHINGTON, TYNE AND WEAR - ADJ BIRTLEY LANE. Planning authority: Sunderland.Job: Detailed plans for industrial unit.Value: £7 million.Client: Turner and Townsend.Agent: Tu
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEYMOUTH, DORSET - A354/A353 WEYMOUTH RELIEF ROAD. Planning authority: Weymouth and Portland.Job: Detailed plans for relief road.Value: £4,400,000.Client: Dorset County Cou
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WREXHAM, CLWYD - WATERY ROAD, PENTRE FELIN. Planning authority: Wrexham Maelor.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development.Value: £5 million.Client: Atmore Development
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING - YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE - OS 8673, HARROGATE ROAD, GREEN HAMMERTON. Planning authority: Harrogate.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £2,100,000.Cli
14Apr94 UK: PLANNING CHARTER. Planning minister David Curry laid down Citizen's Charter standards for planners on Tuesday. Councils will have to rule on 80 per cent of planning applications within eig
14Apr94 UK: PLANT DEMAND LIFTS HEWDEN STUART. A strong rise in plant hire utilisation rates during the autumn and winter helped Hewden Stuart to lift pre-tax profits by 60 per cent to £19.1 milli
14Apr94 UK: PRESTIGE IS NO INCENTIVE - CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK. The deadline for prequalification for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is less than a fortnight away. The project seems likely to attract a
14Apr94 UK: PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO TOLL RELIEF ROAD - BIRMINGHAM NORTHERN RELIEF ROAD. A public inquiry is to be held into plans to build the Birmingham Northern Relief Road, the first privately financed
14Apr94 UK: 'R AND D NEEDS DEDICATED DIRECTORS' - LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES. Large construction companies must appoint an innovation director to improve the industry's research and development reco
14Apr94 UK: REDROW FORECAST. Redrow, the Clwyd-based house builder planning to join the stock market this month, is forecasting a 52 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £21 million for the year t
14Apr94 UK: RUSSIANS LEARN WAYS OF THE WEST. Young Russian construction managers will be trained in Western construction methods in a new distance learning programme funded by the European Commission.
14Apr94 UK: SANDHURST OPENS DEPOT IN LANCS. Sandhurst Plant has opened a depot in Rossendale, north of Manchester, offering a 24 hour, seven day a week service.The depot will carry the full range of K
14Apr94 UK: SCHRODER VENTURES - BUY-OUT FUND ATTRACTIVE TO CONSTRUCTION FIRMS. Schroder Ventures says construction firms are likely to feature among those taking advantage of a new £140 million b
14Apr94 UK: SECOND MAN DIES AT BALFOUR OFFSHORE SITE. A second worker died at Balfour Beatty's coastal defence contract at Sea Palling, Norfolk last week.Dutch barge skipper Rense Dijkstra died after
14Apr94 UK: SHOCK DEATH - YOUNG BOY SEES FATHER KILLED. A young boy saw his father killed by an 11,000 volt electric shock while clearing a building site in Basingstoke, Hampshire, last week.Mr Lavell
14Apr94 UK: SIX VIEW FOR £38M RING ROAD PROJECT - M66. By Brian Warner.Six firms have picked up the paperwork for the £38 million contract 2 of the £200 million M66 Manchester outer rin
14Apr94 UK: SUPER-STRENGTH FIREBOARD - THERMAT LTD. Thermat Ltd has launched a new high performance fire board with an impact strength of up to 3.5 times that of existing products.Based on a glass rei
14Apr94 UK: TARMAC CHANGES TRACKED EXCAVATOR TO A KOMATSU PC650-5. Tarmac Roadstone is using a tracked excavator in place of wheeled loaders for the first time at its Barrasford quarry in Northumberla
14Apr94 UK: TAYWOOD ENGINEERING HEADS RESEARCH PROJECT. Taywood Engineering will lead a partly government-financed research project into the influence of design on construction site productivity.The &
14Apr94 UK: TAYWOOD SNIFFS SEWAGE VICTORY - NOTTINGHAM. Taylor Woodrow has beaten six rivals to take a civils and process engineering contract worth around £10.5 million to upgrade the Stoke Bard
14Apr94 UK: THREE IN CHASE FOR DIDCOT B. By Jim Kenny.The number of runners in the race for National Power's £500 million-plus Didcot B plant is understood to have narrowed to just three.Industry
14Apr94 UK: THREE-WAY TIPPING BUCKET FROM LEWIS EQUIPMENT. Hampshire-based Lewis Equipment has developed a three-way tipping bucket for its compact Badger backhoe loader. Tipping of the bucket is powe
14Apr94 UK: TRY SUED OVER LUXURY HOMES DAMP. Angry residents on an East Sussex estate have sued Try Homes claiming their luxury new homes have been dogged by severe problems with damp.The homes on the
14Apr94 UK: TURNER TO TAKE MUSEUM JOB - BRADFORD. Yorkshire firm Turner, based in Keighley, is poised to become main contractor for a £23 million transport museum/mixed development in Bradford.It
14Apr94 UK: TV CABLE LAYERS TO DRAW UP CODE AFTER COMPLAINTS. Cable television companies are drawing up a stringent code of practice for their contractors after a spate of complaints by councils about
14Apr94 UK: UNION COUNCILS CALL. Union leaders are calling on four construction materials producers to set up works councils to protect employees' rights in line with a planned EC directive.Pilkington
14Apr94 UK: WALL CLADDING REVOLUTION? - ALTRO WHITEROCK. A new two-part adhesive system from Altro Whiterock is aiming to revolutionise the labour intensive process of installing semi-rigid pvc wall c
14Apr94 UK: WAPPING GROWTH - NEWS INTERNATIONAL. London Docklands Development Corporation has given the thumbs up to News International's plans to build a £50 million office complex on a car park
14Apr94 UK: WHEELED ATLAS 804 ADDED TO MINIS. Atlas has added a wheeled version of the 804 mini excavator to its range. The machine weighs 4.25 tonnes when fitted with four wheels and 4.6 tonnes with
14Apr94 UK: WIMPEY SELLS WIMPOL TO FUGRO MCCLELLAND. Wimpey has sold its Swindon-based satellite survey and positioning company, Wimpol, to Dutch consulting engineering group, Fugro McClelland, for &#
14Apr94 USA: DAM JOB - US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS DAM CONTRACT. Californian contractor CBPO has been awarded a $168 million (£114 million) US Army Corps of Engineers contract to build a 167.5 m hi
14Apr94 USA: FAST ROAD - LOS ANGELES HIGHWAY BACK IN ACTION. The 300,000 cars-a-day Los Angeles highway which was buckled in two places by the January earthquake is back in use, 84 days ahead of sched
14Apr94 USA: LINE UPGRADE - BOSTON'S BLUE LINE SUBWAY SYSTEM TO BE UPDATED. Boston's Blue Line subway system is to be upgraded in a $467 million (£318 million), six-year programme. The Massachuse
14Apr94 USA: MINE WIN - MORRISON KNUDSEN $500M (£340M) MINING CONTRACT. Morrison Knudsen has won the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for Kennecott's $500 million (&#
14Apr94 USA: REPAIR CASH - CALIFORNIA AWARDED $250M (£170M) TO REPAIR EARTHQUAKE DAMAGED HIGHWAYS. California has been awarded $250 million (£170 million) by the Department of Transportation
14Apr94 WORLD: EMBASSY SQUEEZE - US EMBASSY PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD. Spending on US embassy construction around the world continues to come under pressure. The State Department's $422 million (£
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21Apr94 BULGARIA: AIRPORT REFURB - CAMPENON BERNARD SGE. French contractor Campenon Bernard SGE is set to invest £50 million between 1994 and 1996 to renovate and operate the airport at the Bulga
21Apr94 CANADA: HIBERNIA CHIEF QUITS - CANADIAN HIBERNIA OFFSHORE OIL PROJECT. Bob Kimberlin, the head of the £10 billion Canadian Hibernia offshore oil project involving UK contractor Wimpey, ha
21Apr94 CHINA: ACER TO DOCK SHIP IN BEIJING. Acer, together with China Water Transportation Engineering Consultants of Beijing, will carry out six-month feasibility studies into the construction of ne
21Apr94 DENMARK: MOTT JOINT VENTURE. Consulting engineer Mott MacDonald has formed a joint venture with Danish engineering consultant Birch and Krogboe. The new company, based in Virum, near Copenhage
21Apr94 FRANCE: BOVIS TERMINAL - LESQUIN AIRPORT; FRANCE. Bovis has been awarded a project management contract for a £26 million passenger terminal at Lille Lesquin airport in France. The three-s
21Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - COLOGNE, GERMANY. Job: Repairs and restoration to a church at Odenthal-Altenberg.Client: Staatliches Bauamt Koln I, Blumenthalstrasse 33, D-50670 Koln, tel: (902 21) 774
21Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - HAMBURG, GERMANY. Job: Extensions to an administrative building at Uberseering 26. Work includes excavation work, drainage and concrete construction.Client: Postbank Imm
21Apr94 GERMANY: GERMAN ORDERS UP BY 25% LAST YEAR. Construction orders in east Germany rose 25 per cent last year. But orders dropped by 0.6 per cent in west Germany to DM347 billion (£141 billi
21Apr94 GERMANY: SISK DEVELOPMENT - SISK CONSTRUCTION. Sisk Construction has won a DM18m (£7 million) contract to build a mixed use commercial development in Hamburg for a private German client.
21Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - HERAKLION, GREECE. Job: Various harbour works at Heraklion.Client: Diefthynsi Sygkoinoniakon Ergon, t. 12is PYDE, Soumerli 2, GR-711 10 Irakleio Kritis, tel: (81) 28 91 8
21Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - SALONICA, GREECE. Job: Motorway construction.Client: Perifereia Kentrikis Makedonias, Diefthynsi Sygkoinoniakon ergon tis t. 3is PYDE, Stromnitsis 53, GR-542 10 Thessalon
21Apr94 GREECE: EUROTENDERS - SALONICA, GREECE. Job: Motorway construction.Client: Perifereia Kentrikis Makedonias, Diefthynsi Sygkoinoniakon ergon tis t. 3is PYDE, Stromnitsis 53, GR-542 10 Thessalon
21Apr94 GREECE: FRENCH CONNECTION - GTM-ENTREPOSE CONCORTIUM. French contractor GTM-Entrepose is leading a consortium of six Greek contractors which is frontrunner to build, own and operate the new &#
21Apr94 HONG KONG: GAMMON GAME FOR HK-CHINA HIGHWAY. By Peter Cooper.Trafalgar House associate Gammon is involved with the Country Park Consortium - one of three rival groups which last week submitted
21Apr94 HONG KONG: ISEKI GOES FAR EAST. Iseki Utility Services of Stratford-upon-Avon has won its first Far East contract - to install vacuum drainage within Hong Kong's first small bore drainage syst
21Apr94 ISRAEL: GOLDEN TOUCH - WORLD'S LARGEST GOLDEN DOME COMPLETED. Golden Touch: Workers add the final touches to the largest golden dome in the world. Antrim-based Mivan Overseas has completed its
21Apr94 ITALY: EUROTENDERS - CARONIA, ITALY. Job: Construction of an aqueduct at S. Stefano Cam.Client: Amministrazione comunale, I-98072 Caronia (ME).Value: Lit 28,550 million (£11.5 million).Co
21Apr94 ITALY: EUROTENDERS - PONT SAINT MARTIN, ITALY. Job: Construction of various buildings and installations.Client: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta, assessorato lavori pubblici, via Promis 2/a, I-1
21Apr94 ITALY: PLANS SCRAPPED - MILAN CITY COUNCILS ABANDONS PLANS. Milan City Council has abandoned plans to construct a fourth underground line. They were held up by the investigation of corrupt bus
21Apr94 JAPAN: JAPAN LAUNCHES 'SUPER METAL' STUDY. The Japanese government is ploughing £1.6 million into a 'super metal' project to develop stronger, longer-lasting steel for buildings and bridg
21Apr94 LATVIA: HALCROW FOR LATVIA - WATER CLEAN-UP PROJECT. Consulting engineer Halcrow will provide technical assistance for a £250,000, European Commission funded water clean-up project in the
21Apr94 NETHERLANDS: DUTCH LISTING - BALLAST NEDAM TO LAUNCH ON STOCK MARKET. Ballast Nedam, the Dutch contractor in which German giant Hochtief bought a 48 per cent stake this year, is to be listed o
21Apr94 NETHERLANDS: EUROCONTRACTS - BEUNINGEN, NETHERLANDS. Contractor: NBM-Industriebouw BV, Takkebijsters 3a, NL-4817 BC Breda.Job: Construction and management of a waste treatment plant.Value: Hfl
21Apr94 NETHERLANDS: EUROTENDERS - UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS. Job: Construction of overbridges and ancillary works at Ridderkerk and Barendrecht.Client: Bouwdienst Rijkswaterstaat, Griffioenlaan 2, Postbus
21Apr94 NORWAY: CABLE CASH - HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CABLE BACKED BY EIB BANK. Construction of a high voltage power cable between Norway and Denmark has been backed by a £70 million loan from the Euro
21Apr94 PORTUGAL: EUROTENDERS - AVEIRO, PORTUGAL. Job: Construction work and electrical work.Client: Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitario, P-3800 Aveiro, tel: 37 02 00, telex: 37373 AVEIRO, fa
21Apr94 PORTUGAL: TH GROUP WINS TAGUS BRIDGE. A Trafalgar House-led consortium has taken the prized £550 million design, build and operate contract for the second Tagus River bridge near Lisbon,
21Apr94 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: IRISH POLICE IN BLITZ ON RACKET RING. More than 1,000 police swooped on premises across the UK on Tuesday in a bid to smash a terrorist racketeering ring which creams mill
21Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - HUELVA, SPAIN. Job: Dualling of carriageways. Contract reference is 20/94.Client: Junta de Andalucia, Direccion General de Infraestructura, Consejeria de Obras Publicas y
21Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - VALENCIA, SPAIN. Job: Construction of an administrative building.Client: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad Social, c/Padre Damian,
21Apr94 SPAIN: TWIN PEAKS - 'LEANING TOWERS OF MADRID'. Work has resumed on the landmark project Puerta de Europa, known as the 'leaning towers of Madrid'. Bovis had been leading the construction team
21Apr94 TURKEY: TURKEY SEWERS - MOTT MACDONALD. Mott MacDonald has won a commission to help the municipal authorities of Bursa in Turkey to sort out its water and sewerage administration. The World Ba
21Apr94 UK: £700M JACKPOT FOR THE INDUSTRY. By Jim Kenny.The building industry is set to get a £700 million boost, courtesy of three major housing developments currently in the pipeline.Alfr
21Apr94 UK: 130P KELLER - SHARES PRICED. Shares in groundworks contractor Keller, which is joining the stock market, have been set at 130p, valuing the company at £72.8 million, including £1
21Apr94 UK: ADMIXTURES FOR M20 JOB - CORMIX CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS. Concrete admixtures and auxiliary materials from Warrington-based Cormix Construction Chemicals have been used extensively in the re
21Apr94 UK: AMEC WINS £25M WORTH OF CONTRACTS. AMEC has taken two contracts worth £25 million together. It has a £20 million job for a 3,000 tonne bridge module for Danish oil firm Maer
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT BRITISH CONSTRUCTIONAL STEELWORK ASSOCIATION. Phillip Williams has been appointed to the new post of director of engineering.He will be responsible for overseeing technical
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT EBC CONSTRUCTION. Stewart Brown has joined the board of the Exeter contractor as regional director for Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and West Sussex. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT IBSTOCK BUILDING PRODUCTS. Denzil Spencer has been appointed to the board as projects director.He is a former deputy managing director of Redland Brick and managing director
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT LAING MANAGEMENT. Peter Gregory has become chairman, succeeding John M Allen, who is taking early retirement.Mr Gregory was deputy chairman and also project director for the
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT REDROW. The North Wales house builder, which is heading for a Stock Exchange listing, has recruited two non-executive directors.They are Iain Macdonald, who is chairman of N
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT SIR ALEXANDER GIBB AND PARTNERS. The consulting engineer has restructured its worldwide operations into three business units, covering water, transport and facilities.Direct
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT STEEL CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE. David Brown has been appointed principal engineer, construction. He has worked for the past four years as a steelwork designer with fabricators
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT TARMAC. Roy Harrison has been appointed chief executive of Tarmac's housing division in preparation for the retirement later this year of Sam Pickstock. Mr Harrison has been
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT TRAVERS MORGAN. John Duncan has joined the consultancy's Altrincham office asdirector of operations. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
21Apr94 UK: APPOINTMENT AT TRAVERS PERKINS. Ted Adams is to become group managing director when David Perkins retires at the end of June. Mr Adams joined timber merchant Sandell Smythe and Drayson in
21Apr94 UK: ASPHALT BREAKTHROUGH FOR BARDON. Bardon Roadstone has introduced a new alternative to hot-mix macadam for permanent carriageway reinstatement.Known as Haucphalt, the new material has been
21Apr94 UK: AUTUMN DATE FOR PARNELL TENDERS. Tenders for the £15 million speculative redevelopment of Parnell House, opposite Victoria station in London, are due to be sent out in the autumn.Demo
21Apr94 UK: BABCOCK TO GET LEADING ROLE IN SCOTS/IRISH JOBS. Babcock Water is involved in two projects - one in Scotland, the other in Northern Ireland - worth more than £20 million together.Babc
21Apr94 UK: BEC ERRS ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. By Mark Smulian.Materials and subcontractor costs are driving tender prices sharply upwards, but big builders' margins remain tight, according to the Build
21Apr94 UK: BLACKOUT SPARKS NYNEX CABLE LAYING TRAINING MOVE. Cable company Nynex last week blasted duct contractor Murray Telecommunications after a severed power cable blacked out 1,100 homes in Der
21Apr94 UK: BRIDGE BEAM DATA REVISED - PRESTRESSED CONCRETE ASSOCIATION. The Prestressed Concrete Association has published a revised edition of its Folder and Data Sheets for pre-tensioned bridge bea
21Apr94 UK: BRIDGE BUILDABILITY - TAYWOOD ENGINEERING/RENDEL PALMER AND TRITTON. Rendel Palmer and Tritton has joined Taywood Engineering to study the buildability of bridges. They were commissioned b
21Apr94 UK: BRITANNIA LOSSES. Britannia Group, the Cheltenham contractor and house builder, stayed in the red last year with a £503,000 loss before tax (1992: £393,000 loss) after making
21Apr94 UK: BUILDERS FIGHT TO SAVE GRANTS. Builders are planning a major political campaign to save the £226 million home improvement grants programme from government spending cuts.They say that
21Apr94 UK: CEMENTING ADVICE - BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT GIVES GUIDANCE. A new Building Research Establishment (BRE)document gives engineers their first guidance for almost 20 years on buildings
21Apr94 UK: CHARTER VOW TO CLEAR M-WAYS. Motorway repair contractors will now have to limit roadworks to no more than 4 km a stretch with at least 10 km of clear road between sites.This is one of the
21Apr94 UK: CIRCLE REOPENS KILN - BLUE CIRCLE. Britain's biggest cement maker, Blue Circle, is reopening a second kiln at its Northfleet works in Kent to meet growing demand in the South-East.The seco
21Apr94 UK: CITB GRANT - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD. The Construction Industry Training Board has launched a £500 grant for employers of workers who gain the Drilling and Sawing Associa
21Apr94 UK: CLEANING UP ROADSPILLS - AMEY CONSTRUCTION. Amey Construction is tackling the problem of diesel and oil spills on roadworks using a new fluid supplied by London-based Maintenance Solutions
21Apr94 UK: COLAS OPTS FOR IN-DEPTH METHOD. Road maintenance specialist Colas used in-depth recycling methods to repair 6,000 sq m of Albert Bridge Road in London.The contract, for the London Borough
21Apr94 UK: CONCRETE PAVING TRADITIONAL STYLE - BDC CONCRETE PRODUCTS. BDC Concrete Products has launched a precast concrete paving product designed to reproduce the appearance of traditional stone se
21Apr94 UK: CONTINENTAL COMMERCIAL HEATERS - WALTER JACOBS. Walter Jacobs has introduced a range of 450 to 1,000 litre capacity unvented water heaters for the commercial market. The heaters, made by E
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTORS TO CASH IN ON JAPAN INITIATIVE. Trafalgar House, Amec and Bovis are among contractors preparing to cash in on the DTI's Action Japan campaign, launched last week on the day tha
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ALYTH, TAYSIDE - JOB - NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING. Completion: Now to September 1994.Contractor: Forman Construction, 6 Donald Lane, Lochee, Dundee.Award
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ANGLESEY - BENLLECH. Job: Benllech Bathing Waters Improvements Phase II comprising the construction of a new effluent treatment plant in a disused quarry.Contractor: Kilroe Civ
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ANGUS, PERTH AND KINROSS, TAYSIDE. Job: Measured term contract for repair and maintenance etc of former PSA work.Contractor: Forman Construction, 6 Donald Lane, Lochee, Dundee.
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LEICESTERSHIRE - ASHBY DAIRY, SMISBY ROAD. Job: The construction of a single-storey extension to the processing room.Completion: Work has started for complet
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BANFF, GRAMPIAN - DUFF HOUSE. Job: Refurbishment and conversion of Category A building into a country house art gallery.Completion: Now to March 1995.Contractor: Heritage Const
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BARNSLEY ROAD, GOLDTHORPE. Job: Design and Build Contract for a library building.Contractor: Willmott Dixon, Spurn Point, Linthwaite, Huddersfield H
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - C783, WENTWORTH ROAD, BLACKER HILL/A635, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, BARNSLEY. Job: Special highway maintenance works.Contractor: Engineering services direct
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - GRANGE LANE - OAK LANE LINK ROAD. Job: Bridge replacement works.Contractor: Morrison Construction, Zenith House, Brunel Road, Wakefield 41 Business
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - JOHN RIDEAL HOUSE, THE SHAMBLES. Job: Refurbishment of seven floors of an office block, including curtain walling overcladding, Phase 2.Completion:
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE, PARADISE CIRCUS. Job: Fitting out and refurbishment works to form a lecture theatres and practise rooms for the School of
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - CAMROSE TOWER, NECHELLS. Job: Structural repairs and improvement works to a nine-storey block of flats.Completion: Work has started for completion i
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BLACKWOOD, GWENT - HAWTIN PARK. Job: The construction of a 3,500 sq m automotive component factory.Contractor: Shimuzu (UK) Ltd.Awarded by: Technical Autoparts (UK) Ltd.Value:
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRACKLEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - RAF CROUGHTON. Job: Refurbishment works to Building 30 which is a single-storey communications buildings.Completion: Work has started for completio
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BROMSGROVE, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - FAIRFIELD TO FRANKLEY. Job: Construction of a gas pressure reducing station, laying 36' pipeline and associated works.Completion: 6 months
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BURNTISLAND, FIFE - JOB - SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS (1) MECHANICAL AND (2) ELECTRICAL. Completion: Now to July 1995.Contractor: (1) Inka, Glasgow and (2) Henry Boot.Awarded by: Fi
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BURSCOUGH, LANCASHIRE. Job: Demolition, new build and refurbishment together with the upgrade of the mechanical and electrical installations of a major production factory.Compl
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CAMBRIDGE - FULBOURN HOSPITAL. Job: The construction of a single-storey 20-bed intensive treatment unit.Completion: Work has started for completion on November 25.Contractor: M
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CATTERICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE - BOURLON BARRACKS. Job: To design, supply and install mechanical and electrical services under a major refurbishment of the barracks.Contractor: Cro
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - JOB - A COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. Contractor: Haymills (East Anglia), Stowmarket, Suffolk.Awarded by: Churchmanor Pension Trustees.Value: £900,000
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CLWYD - BODELWYDDAN DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL. Job: The construction of a 70 bed psychiatric unit comprising a single storey block with administrative offices.Contractor: Trafa
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CUMBERNAULD, STRATHCLYDE - WESTFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. Job: Westfield Industrial Estate.Completion: Now to September 1994.Contractor: MJ Gleeson, Laurelhill Business Park, Sti
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DARLINGTON, COUNTY DURHAM - SEVERN WAY, SKERNE PARK. Job: Phase 2C of environmental works to a council-owned estate.Completion: Anticipated start date is in May for completion
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DINMAEL, CLWYD - GLYN BENDS ON THE A5 TRUNK ROAD. Job: The construction of a 2.3 km single carriageway improvement, with a climbing lane for most of its length and including tw
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DORSET - HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTE, PORTLAND. Job: The refurbishment of two accommodation wings.Contractor: Trafalgar House Construction.Awarded by: The Home Office.Value: &
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE - LOCHEE AREA - KILROE CIVIL ENGINEER. Job: Civil engineering works to a sewage scheme.Contractor: Kilroe Civil Engineer, Lowton St. Mary, Warrington, Cheshire.Awarded b
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE - LOCHEE SEWER. Job: Work comprises 1.6 km of 1600 mm diameter mechanised pipejack together with ancillary works.Contractor: Kilroe Civil Engineering, Durham.Awarded by:
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE - WEST PITKERO. Job: Extension to Food Processing Building.Completion: Now to September 1994.Contractor: Forman Construction, 6 Donald Lane, Lochee, Dundee.Awarded by: T
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE, TAYSIDE - ALLOWAY PLACE. Job: sheltered housing development.Completion: Now to February 1994.Contractor: Torith, Hawkhill, Dundee.Awarded by: Servite Housing Associatio
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNFERMLINE, FIFE - CAIRNEYHILL. Job: Water and Storm Tanks for Sewage Treatment Works.Completion: Now to October 1994.Contractor: McKean, Glasgow.Awarded by: Fife Regional Cou
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EAST ANGLIA - THURROCK TRUNK SEWERAGE SCHEME-PHASE IVB. Job: The contract requires a mechanised pipejack 650 m long to be driven installing 1600 diameter pipes, with a Lovat EP
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - BUCHANNAN STREET. Job: Refurbishment of Miller Miller Building.Completion: Now to August 1994.Contractor: Costain, 48 West Regent Street, Glasgow.Awarded
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - CLARKSTON. Job: Extension to St Joseph's School.Completion: June 1994 to November 1994.Contractor: John Dickie Construction, Thornliebank, Glasgow.Awarde
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HILLINGTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. Job: Design and Builds Factory.Completion: Now to August 1994.Contractor: Dawn Construction, Monkton Road, Prestwick.Awarde
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - HUNTER STREET. Job: Construction of new office block.Completion: Now to January 1995.Contractor: WH Brown Construction, West Pitkero Industrial Estate, D
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - SPRINGBURN. Job: 2,00 sq m extension and upgrading of leisure centre.Completion: Now to Spring 1995.Contractor: Bovis, St Enoch Square, Glasgow.Awarded b
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - ST VINCENT STREET. Job: Refurbishment of existing office block.Completion: Now to June 1995.Contractor: Costain, 48 West Regent Street, Glasgow.Awarded b
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GREATER MANCHESTER - LANGLEY MIDDLETON. Contractor: Bullock Construction, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Manchester City Council.Value: £863,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GRIMSBY, HUMBERSIDE - HEWITTS CIRCUS - SIMONS CONSTRUCTION. Job: The construction of four retail units.Completion: Work started on 28 March and completion is scheduled for 20 A
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HASLEMERE, SURREY - WOOLMER HILL SCHOOL. Job: The construction of a two-storey extension and first floor linkway, refurbishment of existing buildings together with external wor
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - M26 BETWEEN JUNCTION 5 (M25) AND JUNCTION 2A, NEAR THE DUNTON GREEN RAILWAY BRIDGE. Job: A lane rental maintenance contract involving the removal of the worn out road su
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - MAIDSTONE. Job: Civil engineering for a water effluent plant at a new printing works.Contractor: Trafalgar House Construction.Awarded by: SCA Aylesford.Value: £2.4
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - STAPLEHURST, HEADCORN AND MALDEN IN THE MAIDSTONE AREA. Job: The provision of noise barriers.Completion: Work started in February for completion by 22 May 1994.Contracto
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KIRKCALDY, FIFE - ESPLANADE. Job: Housing development.Completion: Now to April 1995.Contractor: WH Brown Construction, West Pitkero Industrial Estate, Dundee.Awarded by: Kingdo
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEICESTER - LINWOOD LANE - TARMAC CONTRACT HOUSING. Job: The demolition and rebuilding of 34 prc dwellings.Completion: Work has started for completion in October.Contractor: Ta
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - FINCHLEY FIRE STATION. Job: The provision of temporary accommodation to allow for the refurbishment of the fire station, also the refurbishment works.Completion: Work
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY. Job: New 2/3-storey teaching block and assembly hall, science block extension and adaptations to existing buildings.Contractor: Whyatt Const
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - ST THOMAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, CHELSEA. Job: A phased major rebuilding programme including excavation, construction and refurbishment.Contractor: T.A. Bickerton
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SW1. Job: Bridge refurbishment comprising strengthening and repair of road bridge crossing over river.Completion: Work is due to start in May for c
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE - CARILLON COURT. Job: The part demolition and conversion of a former public house to form a retail unit with two lifts and concrete staircases to
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MANCHESTER - ARNDALE CENTRE - BOVIS. Job: To refurbish part of the centre.Completion: Work has just started for completion by October.Contractor: Bovis North, Oxford Street, Ma
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - OAK TREE BUSINESS PARK. Job: Construction of a seven unit factory development with associated siteworks.Completion: Started for completion this aut
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MARGATE, KENT - THE THANET HOSPITAL COMPLEX. Job: The installation of all mechanical and electrical services.Contractor: Crown House Engineering.Awarded by: Birse Construction.
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MIDDLESBROUGH, CLEVELAND - STATION STREET - KILROE CIVIL ENGINEERING. Job: A resewerage scheme comprising 1.5 km of 150 mm to 900 mm dia pipe in open cut, 45 manholes, four seg
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - CAMPBELL PARK. Job: The construction of a two-storey headquarters office building for the Parks Trust.Completion: Work has started for completi
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - NORFOLK HOUSE AND ASHTON HOUSE, SAXON GATE WEST. Job: Refurbishment works to six entrances (three per building), and corridors of the two 2-sto
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWBURGH, FIFE - JOB - SEWERS AND PUMPING STATION FOR MAIN DRAINAGE SCHEME ON OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. Completion: Now to November 1994.Contractor: Torith, Hawkhill, Dundee.Awarded b
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWPORT, GWENT - A467 RISCA-ROGERSTONE BYPASS. Job: Carriageway reconstruction including earthworks, road markings and road studs.Contractor: ARC South Wales Surfacing, Newport
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWPORT, GWENT - SECOND SEVERN CROSSING. Job: The construction of a toll building and canopies, including foundations and landscaping.Completion: The anticipated start date is
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWPORT-ON-TAY, FIFE - JOB - CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICE RESERVOIR TANK. Completion: Now to December 1994.Contractor: Torith, Hawkhill, Dundee.Awarded by: Fife Regional Council, Gl
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWPORT-ON-TAY, FIFE - JOB - HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Completion: May 1994 to May 1995.Contractor: WH Brown Construction, West Pitkero.Awarded by: Servite Housing Association Ltd,
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NORFOLK - WYMONDHAM COLLEGE - HAYMILLS. Job: Construction of a Design and Technology Centre.Contractor: Haymills (East Anglia), Stowmarket, Suffolk.Awarded by: The Governing Bo
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NORTH MYMMS, HERTFORDSHIRE - HAWKSHEAD LANE. Job: New Build - Building H57, RVC.Completion: Work started on 11 April 1994 for completion in 45 weeks.Contractor: T.A. Bickerton
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NORTHAMPTON - ST ANDREWS HOSPITAL - MARRIOTT. Job: Phase 1A for the construction of the Kemsley Unit extension scheme comprising two single-storey wings and a two-storey centra
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - CASTLE MUSEUM - BODILL AND SONS. Job: Repairs, refurbishments and modernisation works to a listed museum building including structural works.Contractor: Bodill and
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - LITTLE TENNIS STREET - LOACH CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. Job: Design and Build Contract for a 1,200 sq m factory and offices building with associated siteworks.C
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - NOTTINGHAM - CROWN HOUSE ENGINEERING. Job: To install electrical services in new offices being built for the Inland Revenue.Contractor: Crown House Engineering.Awa
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - OXFORD - LITTLEMORE HOSPITAL - TRAFALGAR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. Job: The second phase of the redevelopment of the Ashurst mental illness clinic.Contractor: Trafalgar House Constru
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PERTH, TAYSIDE - PRISON. Job: Upgrading and rooftop security.Completion: Now to June 1995.Contractor: Forman Construction, 6 Donald Lane, Lochee, Dundee.Awarded by: Scottish Pr
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - READING, BERKSHIRE - FRIARS WALK SHOPPING COMPLEX. Job: To fit new mechanical and electrical services and sprinklers.Contractor: Crown House Engineering.Awarded by: Balfour Bea
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SANDWELL, WEST MIDLANDS - BLACK COUNTRY ROUTE - TARMAC MAJOR PROJECTS. Job: The construction of 1.2 km of dual carriageway, two roundabouts, three sub-ways and associated side
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - MONTENEY NURSERY, FIRST AND INFANTS SCHOOL, MONTENEY CRESCENT. Job: Alterations, extensions and remodelling works to school accommodation to form a
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE - ROMBALDS DRIVE. Job: The construction of 12 dwellings and associated works.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor: Tarmac Cont
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE - STONE - BULLOCK CONSTRUCTION. Job: Housing refurbishment.Contractor: Bullock Construction, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: Stafford Borough Council.Valu
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SUFFOLK - SIZEWELL A AND B - HAYMILLS. Job: An annual on-going maintenance contract for building and civil engineering work.Contractor: Haymills (East Anglia), Stowmarket, Suff
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SURREY - M25, JUNCTION 8, REIGATE HILL. Job: Minor highway widening and the installation of traffic signals.Completion: Work started on 11 April for completion in about 10 week
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TILBURY, ESSEX - THURROCK TRUNK SEWER. Job: Phase 4B of a trunk sewer scheme comprising 640 m of 1600 mm dia pipe jacking lined with a 1200 mm dia GRP pipe, five segmental shaf
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TILBURY, ESSEX - THURROCK. Job: Sewer System Phase 4B comprising a further phase to the new sewer system.Completion: 12-18 months starting late April 1994.Contractor: Kilroe Ci
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE - WESTGATE BECK. Job: A flood relief scheme comprising the construction of 90 m of 5.4 m by 2.4 m box culverts, gabions, and reinforced concrete acces
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WARLEY, WEST MIDLANDS - ST GILES COURT AND MOORLAND COURT, ROWLE HALL ESTATE, OLDBURY. Job: Internal alteration works and the provision of new entrances to two multi-storey blo
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WEST MIDLANDS - JOB - ROADWORKS - CHRISTIANI AND NIELSEN. comprising resurfacing, structural works, concrete repairs and associated repairs.Contractor: Christiani and Nielsen,
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WEST SUFFOLK - WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL - HAYMILLS. Job: Construction of an ITC/CCU unit.Contractor: Haymills (East Anglia), Stowmarket, Suffolk.Awarded by: West Suffolk NHS Trust
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WEYMOUTH, DORSET - SUTTON POYNTZ. Job: Water treatment works comprising chlorination house, micro strainers and covers, covered contact tank and access works.Completion: Work s
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WHISTON, NEAR PRESCOT, MERSEYSIDE - LOGWOOD MILL HOTEL. Job: The construction of a leisure centre including a swimming pool.Completion: Anticipated start date is April 25 for c
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER - JOB - HOUSING REFURBISHMENT. Contractor: Bullock Construction, Aldridge, Walsall.Awarded by: County Palatine Housing Society.Value: £1.06 milli
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WIRRAL, CHESHIRE - BROMBOROUGH BUSINESS PARK. Job: To build a 4,000 sq m steel-framed, metal-clad peanut processing factory, including office accommodation.Completion: Work has
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS - HENWOOD ROAD AND HENWOOD CLOSE. Job: The refurbishment of 24 prefabricated bungalows.Contractor: Bryant Construction, Solihull, west Midlands.Awa
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS - PENDEFORD BUSINESS PARK. Job: To design and install mechanical and electrical services in Birmingham and Midshires Building Society's new headqua
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK - EYKE - EBARA UK. Job: A sewerage scheme comprising 4.5 km of 100-mm-diameter polyethylene vacuum pipes.Completion: Work started on 11 April 1994 for compl
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - YEOVIL, SOMERSET - EASTFIELD LANE, BARRINGTON. Job: First time sewerage scheme Phase 3 involving above ground kiosk with below ground sump and valve chamber and ancillary works
21Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - YEOVIL, SOMERSET - WESTERN VILLAGES. Job: Sewerage Scheme Phase 3 comprising renovations to the existing sewers.Completion: Work started in early April for completion in 9 mont
21Apr94 UK: COST COMPARISON FROM COLAS. Colas Roofing now offers a cost comparison analysis as part of its free survey package for flat roofing refurbishment and new-build projects. The company says t
21Apr94 UK: COSTAIN ACCUSED OF TUPE SNUB. London builder Rusjon this week accused Costain of trying to renege on a deal to recruit workers who lost their jobs when a Rusjon council maintenance contrac
21Apr94 UK: CROWN'S CONTRACT EMULSION. Another new paint for the contract trade has just been launched by Crown Berger. Brolac Contract silk emulsion is formulated for interior broadwall and ceiling a
21Apr94 UK: DELAYS DOG SKYE BRIDGE. Skye bridge builder Miller-Dywidag is fighting to make up a four-month delay on the privately-financed crossing.The contractors face penalties of £49,000 a wee
21Apr94 UK: DEMAND BOOSTS BLOCKLEYS. Blockleys, the Telford-based brickmaker, raised its sales by 8 per cent last year thanks to higher demand from house builders.The Shropshire company has seen a 're
21Apr94 UK: DIAPHRAGM DESIGN - CEMENTATION PILING. Cementation Piling has a £5.5 million design and build Southern Water contract for diaphragm wall and piling work at the New Marine treatment wo
21Apr94 UK: DLO BUYER SOUGHT - ST ALBANS COUNCIL. St Albans council is seeking a buyer for its 157-strong direct labour organisation. The DLO has contracts worth £5.2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
21Apr94 UK: ENERGYWISE HOMES - WILLMOTT DIXON HOUSING. Willmott Dixon Housing Southern will build 28 energy efficient timber framed homes in Carshalton, Surrey, for the South London Family Housing Ass
21Apr94 UK: ENVIRONMENT AWARD FOR CONOCO HQ. Energy firm Conoco won an environment award for its new marketing and communications HQ in Warwick. Judges in the Business Commitment to the Environment co
21Apr94 UK: EXPANSION JOINTS OUT - STEEL CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE. The Steel Construction Institute has developed an abutment detail design for steel integral bridges, allowing the designer to eliminate
21Apr94 UK: EXPORT SAFETY - DOE PUBLICATION. Construction technical and safety standards for UK firms exporting to France are explained in a booklet published this week by the DoE. Available free, cal
21Apr94 UK: FARNELL ROLLS OUT A STRAIGHT EDGE. Leonard Farnell, the Hatfield-based manufacturer of road quality measuring equipment, has introduced a rolling straight-edge to the market.The Farnell RS
21Apr94 UK: FIRMS BLAST GOVT'S QUARRYING GUIDELINES. By Mark Smulian.The Government plans to force the industry to cut from 83 per cent to 68 per cent the rock, sand and gravel mined from quarries in
21Apr94 UK: GIVE THEM ENOUGH ROPE AND - LPH EQUIPMENT. Rope access techniques are common in inspection and repair, but the technology has now been extended to erect passenger and goods hoists on a tow
21Apr94 UK: HOLYROOD BALL STARTS TO ROLL. Tenders for the first packages on the £80 million Holyrood Project in Edinburgh are about to go out with building work set to start this summer.The first
21Apr94 UK: HORTON HIRES BOOT. Henry Boot has a £9 million management contract to refurbish the Burlington retail centre in Birmingham for Horton Estates. Completion is due by Christmas 1995. CON
21Apr94 UK: IBSTOCK HIT BY SHAKE-UP COSTS. Heavy reorganisation costs kept brickmaker Ibstock Johnsen in the red last year with a pre-tax loss of £18.7 million (1992: £27.6 million loss).The
21Apr94 UK: INDUSTRY URGES FOCUS ON SMALLER PROJECTS. Industry chiefs told Prime Minister John Major on Monday, that the private finance initiative will succeed only if it focuses on smaller projects.
21Apr94 UK: INVESTORS IN PEOPLE AWARD - HILL MCGLYNN. Hill Mcglynn, the construction recruitment specialist, has achieved the Investors in People award. Managing director Stephen Hill, right, received
21Apr94 UK: I-R PREDICTS PRO-CUT WILL BE PIONEER. Ingersoll-Rand believes that its new Pro-Cut 2200CR in situ recycling and road milling machine will revolutionise the road maintenance market.As well
21Apr94 UK: JACKERS JOURNAL - BIWATER. It is not every day one of my colleagues phones a construction firm's press office and is told that the press officer is banned from speaking to the press. This
21Apr94 UK: JACKERS JOURNAL - I-SPY BOOKS. I thought I-Spy Books had perished back in the 1950s along with the News Chronicle, which spawned them. But no, they are still in business, are now sponsored
21Apr94 UK: JACKERS JOURNAL - PERGAU DAM SAGA. Rare it is indeed to see such refreshing frankness as that displayed by trade minister Richard Needham when he appeared at the latest grilling by the for
21Apr94 UK: JACKERS JOURNAL - THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CARPET MANUFACTURERS. Exciting news of the introduction to Britain of a new trade association. All right, you may think we alr
21Apr94 UK: KEIM COAT FOR CONCRETE - KEIM MINERAL PAINTS. Protective coatings from Keim Mineral Paints are being used extensively on the elevated road structures which form part of Manchester Airport'
21Apr94 UK: KROY KEEPS TABS. Site agents can keep tabs on their materials with a hand-held thermal transfer printer which produces barcode labels. The K2000 from Reading-based Kroy is protected by an
21Apr94 UK: KVAERNER'S CLUTCH OF NEW CONTRACTS. Kvaerner has taken a clutch of contracts potentially worth up to £100 million.In Thailand the firm is building a £36 million recycling plant a
21Apr94 UK: LABOUR MPS LINK UP WITH CONSTRUCTION UNIONS TO BACK PETITION ATTACKING CUTS IN SOCIAL HOUSING. Labour MPs are linking up with construction unions to back a petition attacking cuts in the s
21Apr94 UK: LEAKY SEWER STUDY. Concern about groundwater contamination from leaky sewers has prompted CIRIA to commission a two-year study to find which systems are most likely to cause problems. Mott
21Apr94 UK: LEVY WARNING - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD. The Construction Industry Training Board has warned 60,000 employers that they must return levy forms by May 6. The forms are used to d
21Apr94 UK: LINE UP ANNOUNCED FOR SPEY RESERVOIR JOB. Thirteen firms are in the hunt for Grampian Regional Council's Spey reservoir project, part of the £20 million abstraction scheme. The line-u
21Apr94 UK: LOW-DOWN ON SUBSIDENCE - INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. The Institution of Structural Engineers has published a guide on subsidence in low-rise buildings. It describes what causes da
21Apr94 UK: M4 WIRED UP TO MOTORWAY SAFETY - BRIDON ROPES. Bridon Ropes' award-winning Brifen wire rope safety fence has been installed on a 26 km stretch of the M4 motorway.The installation is the lo
21Apr94 UK: M62 TOPS DISLIKED ROADS LIST. The £301 million proposed M62 relief road in Salford is the country's most disliked road scheme, judged by the number of letters from the public about it
21Apr94 UK: MALAYSIAN BAN JOBS FEAR. The Malaysian ban on British bids for public works contracts could mean the loss of 80,000 industry-related jobs.Trade minister Richard Needham last week gave figu
21Apr94 UK: MARGINS LAG - COSTAIN. Margins remain pitifully low in UK building and it will be some time before the tentative recovery has a significant impact on the contracting market, Costain chairm
21Apr94 UK: MCALPINE CONFIRMS HIGHER HAULAGE RATES. Alfred McAlpine has confirmed haulage rates increases of up to 5 per cent for more than 150 subcontracted tipper operators and owner drivers - as we
21Apr94 UK: MCALPINE TO WAIT. Alfred McAlpine will have to wait another six weeks before it signs contracts for the £50 million final stretch of the Blackwater Valley route which straddles the Su
21Apr94 UK: MOWLEM LANDS £50M IN CONTRACTS SCOOP. Mowlem has scooped two contracts worth £50 million in total in London and Rochdale.It has been confirmed as the main contractor for the
21Apr94 UK: MPS HIT BACK AT CROSSRAIL 'TORPEDO'. MP Tony Marlow, chairman of the House of Commons' CrossRail Bill Committee, suggested last week that a critical report from consultants Bovis-Gibb had
21Apr94 UK: MURPHY NETS LONDON BRIDGE AND ROAD JOBS. Murphy has won two contracts in London together worth around £11.5 million.The firm starts work in June on a £6 million improvement at Co
21Apr94 UK: NO SLIP-UPS - HENRY BOOT. Progress was smooth on Henry Boot's contract to slip-form the A94 Brechin bypass in Scotland. The new road was opened to traffic at the beginning of this month. C
21Apr94 UK: NOISE REDUCTION BARRIERS. The Expanded Metal Company has supplied about 250 m of Expamet FreeWay noise absorption barrier for installation on a busy trunk road in County Durham.The 2.4 m h
21Apr94 UK: NOTTING HILL APPEAL. London's Notting Hill Housing Trust is appealing for £2 million to build an extra 30 homes this year to mark its 30th anniversary. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
21Apr94 UK: NOTTS COUNCILS LINK - DISTRICTS WANT COUNTY ABOLISHED. The eight district councils in Nottinghamshire want to set up a joint body to take over all highways and strategic planning from the
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABERDEEN, GRAMPIAN - CAUSEWAYEND NORTH, BRIDGE OF DON. Planning authority: Aberdeen.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £9 million.Client: London and Clydeside Proper
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABERDEEN, GRAMPIAN - HAREHILL ROAD, SHIELHILL GARDENS, BRIDGE OF DON. Planning authority: Aberdeen.Job: Outline plans granted for sheltered housing (extension).Value: £2,40
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ANDOVER, HAMPSHIRE - HEADQUARTERS, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. Planning authority: Test Valley.Job: Detailed plans for mixed facilities (new/refurbishment).Value: £20 million.Cl
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BARNSLEY ROAD, CUDWORTH. Planning authority: Barnsley.Job: Outline plans for nursing homes (2).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Riverside Healthcare.Ag
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BARROW-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA - DUKE STREET. Planning authority: Barrow-In-Furness.Job: Approval of reserved matters for town centre scheme.Value: £20 million.Client: Positive
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE - SOUTH WING HOSPITAL, KEMPSTON ROAD. Planning authority: Bedford.Job: Detailed plans for maternity/paediatric wards.Value: £4 million.Client: Bedford
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - COLESHILL STW, LICHFIELD ROAD, COLESHILL. Planning authority: North Warwickshire.Job: Detailed plans for activated sludge plant.Value: £5 millio
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BOLTON, GREATER MANCHESTER - SOUTH OF RINGLEY ROAD, STONECLOUGH, KEARSLEY. Planning authority: Bolton.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £3,500,000.Client: R
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE - NORTH PARK, STANLEY ROAD. Planning authority: Sefton.Job: Outline plans granted for leisure centre.Value: £2 million.Client: Sefton Council (Southport
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRAINTREE, ESSEX - WEST OF CHAPEL HILL. Planning authority: Braintree.Job: Outline plans for mixed development.Value: £10 million.Client: Suter.Agent: Gerald Eve, 7 Vere St
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRENTWOOD, ESSEX - ST FAITHS HOSPITAL, LONDON ROAD. Planning authority: Brentwood.Job: Outline plans for supermarket.Value: £8 million.Client: Lansbury Developments.Agent:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGEND, MID GLAMORGAN - ISLAND FARM. Planning authority: Ogwr.Job: Outline plans granted for high technology science park.Value: £20 million.Client: Mid Glamorgan County
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGEND, MID GLAMORGAN - LALESTON/CEFN GLAS. Planning authority: Ogwr.Job: Outline plans for residential development (184).Value: £6, 400,000.Client: Brunswick Contractors
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET - THE SHOWGROUND, TAUNTON ROAD. Planning authority: Sedgemoor.Job: Outline plans for warehouses (4).Value: £4,400,000.Client: Rockeagle.Agent: Ian Penr
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - EMERSONS GREEN AREA C, WESTERLEIGH ROAD. Planning authority: Kingswood.Job: Outline plans granted for houses/hotel/shop/leisure (403).Value: £10 million.Cli
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - LAND ADJ TO COURAGE BREWERY, BATH STREET, OFF VICTORIA STREET. Planning authority: Bristol.Job: Detailed plans for offices and demolition.Value: £10 million
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - FINNEGANS PIECE WEST, HAYDEN ROAD, UCKINGTON. Planning authority: Tewkesbury.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial development.Value: £3,5
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CLEETHORPES, HUMBERSIDE - WHITEHALL FARM. Planning authority: Cleethorpes.Job: Outline plans granted for residential (54).Value: £1,890,000.Client: Humberside Land Develope
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - GROVE ROAD, TIPTREE. Planning authority: Colchester.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £13 million.Client: Wimpey Homes Holdings.Agen
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DARWEN, LANCASHIRE - INDIA MILL, BOLTON ROAD. Planning authority: Blackburn.Job: Detailed plans for industrial/retail (conversion).Value: £5 million.Client: Brookhouse Comp
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DARWEN, LANCASHIRE - OFF MILKING LANE, LOWER DARWEN. Planning authority: Blackburn.Job: Detailed plans for houses (99).Value: £3,500,000.Client: Wilcon Homes (Midlands).Age
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE - THORNHILL ROAD. Planning authority: Kirklees.Job: Outline plans granted for dwellings (175).Value: £6, 125,000.Client: A W Hainsworth and Sons.Ag
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM - WELLFIELD ROAD, WINGATE. Planning authority: Easington.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £2 million.Client: Durham Count
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN - WESTWAY PARK, CULTINS ROAD. Planning authority: Edinburgh.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial/warehouse units (4).Value: £2,500,000.Client: New E
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - LYNN ROAD - WILCON HOMES. Planning authority: East Cambridgeshire.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (300).Value: £10 million.Clie
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GILLINGHAM, KENT - MEDWAY HOSPITAL, WINDMILL ROAD. Planning authority: Gillingham.Job: Outline plans for hospital complex (3).Value: £50 million.Client: Medway Health Autho
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - BISHOPBRIGGS SPORTS CENTRE, 147 BALMUILDY ROAD, BISHOPBRIGGS. Planning authority: Strathkelvin.Job: Detailed plans for sports centre (refurbishment).Value
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - SPRINGBANK NURSERY, WEST MAINS ROAD, EAST KILBRIDE. Planning authority: East Kilbride.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £4 million.Cl
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE - BARROWBY ROAD - BUCKMINSTER TRUST ESTATE. Planning authority: South Kesteven.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £35 million.Client:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GREENOCK, STRATHCLYDE - BOW ROAD. Planning authority: Inverclyde.Job: Detailed plans for houses (90).Value: £3,750,000.Client: Miller Homes Urban.Agent: A R M Architects, 1
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GREENOCK, STRATHCLYDE - DRUMFROCHAR ROAD. Planning authority: Inverclyde.Job: Detailed plans for houses (76).Value: £3,420,000.Client: McLean Homes (Scotland).Agent: McLean
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GUILDFORD, SURREY - STOUGHTON BARRACKS, STOUGHTON ROAD. Planning authority: Guildford.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses/flats (143).Value: £5 million.Client: Cou
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARLOW, ESSEX - TOWN CENTRE SOUTH, HAYDONS, ROAD, THIRD AVENUE AND SOUTH GATE. Planning authority: Harlow.Job: Outline plans granted for shops/offices.Value: £10 million.Cl
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE - KILLINGHALL MOOR. Planning authority: Harrogate.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats/bungalows (120).Value: £8 million.Client: Tay Homes.Agent:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HAYLE, CORNWALL - OS PT 4151, 8537, 0396 AND 1578. Planning authority: Penwith.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (316).Value: £9 million.Client: Alders
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE - BUNCEFIELD LANE. Planning authority: Dacorum.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse/distribution/office.Value: £20 million.Client: Commission fo
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HOLYWELL, CLWYD - A548, GREENFIELD. Planning authority: Delyn.Job: Outline plans granted for restaurant/motel/petrol station.Value: £5 million.Client: Trackpledge.Agent: Jo
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HOUNSLOW, HOUNSLOW - BEAVERS LANE CAMP, GREEN LANE. Planning authority: Hounslow.Job: Approval of reserved matters for warehouse/industrial/offices.Value: £5 million.Client
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HOVE, EAST SUSSEX - HOLMES AVENUE HOSPITAL SITE. Planning authority: Hove.Job: Outline plans granted for hospital.Value: £5 million.Client: Brighton Health Authority.Agent:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - RIVERSFIELD MILL, LITTLE PAXTON. Planning authority: Huntingdon.Job: Outline plans granted for business park.Value: £6, 500,000.Client: Samuel
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE - NORTH STREET, SILSDEN. Planning authority: Bradford.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (conversion/extension) (47).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Ch
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KENDAL, CUMBRIA - OFF KETTLEWELL ROAD. Planning authority: South Lakeland.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (53).Value: £3 million.Client: Russell Armer.Agent: Russell A
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - NORTH OF HIGHAM ROAD, EAST OF HIGH STREET, BURTON LATIMER. Planning authority: Kettering.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KIRKWALL, ORKNEY ISLES - GLAITNESS FARM, ST OLA. Planning authority: Orkney Isles.Job: Outline plans granted for residential (80).Value: £2,800,000.Client: Orkney County Co
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LAMBETH - CARLISLE LANE, ROYAL STREET. Planning authority: Lambeth.Job: Outline plans granted for flats (77).Value: £3,500,000.Client: St Thomas's Hospital.Agent: Carnell G
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - BRIDGE ROAD/COMMERCIAL ROAD, KIRKSTALL. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Outline plans for retail/filling station (9).Value: £9 million.Client: Kirkst
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEVEN, FIFE - METHILHAVEN ROAD, METHIL. Planning authority: Kirkcaldy.Job: Outline plans granted for levenmouth purification scheme.Value: £46 million.Client: Fife Regional
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LINCOLN - NEWARK ROAD, MILL LANE, NORTH HYKEHAM. Planning authority: North Kesteven.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £15 million.Client: D W L Bocock (Linc
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, 33 OLD BROAD STREET. Planning authority: City of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for office building.Value: £33 million.Client: Limebank Property Company.Age
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, 40-53 THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1-18 BROAD STREET. Planning authority: City of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for office/retail (3).Value: £70 million.Client: Na
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CAMDEN - 168-186 DRUMMOND STREET, 54-56 STANHOPE STREET. Planning authority: Camden.Job: Detailed plans for student hostel (conversion) (86).Value: £4,100,000.Clien
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF LONDON - 1 LONDON WALL. Planning authority: City of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for offices.Value: £25 million.Client: SKLW.Agent: Montague Evans
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF WESTMINSTER - CARLTON GATE, HARROW ROAD. Planning authority: Westminster.Job: Detailed plans for flats (227).Value: £5 million.Client: Twigg Brown and Partn
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, SUDBURY HOUSE, 15 NEWGATE STREET. Planning authority: City of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for offices/banks - (3).Value: £25 million.Client: Nuclear Elec
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - OFF HINKLEY STREET, BARMOUTH STREET. Planning authority: Manchester.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (134).Value: £4,400,000.Client: The Guiness Trust.Agen
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - COMMON LANE, WOOD LANE, SHIREBROOK. Planning authority: Bolsover.Job: Outline plans granted for class b1, b2 and b8 units/residential.Value: £1
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - OLD MILL LANE - HENRY BOOT HOMES. Planning authority: Mansfield.Job: Outline plans granted for retail/leisure/residential.Value: £20 million.Cl
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - SITE D/D, WHITEHALL AVENUE, KINGSTON. Planning authority: Milton Keynes.Job: Detailed plans for factory/warehouse.Value: £4,500,000.Client:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NANTWICH, CHESHIRE - WARDLE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WARDLE. Planning authority: Crewe and Nantwich.Job: Detailed plans for warehouses (3).Value: £2 million.Client: North West Fa
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, TYNE AND WEAR - COAST ROAD. Planning authority: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £3 million.Client: Ga
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWPORT, GWENT - 3 AND 5 LISWERRY LANE. Planning authority: Newport.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £2,100,000.Client: F T Davies.Agent: J Ric
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWPORT, GWENT - POWER STATION SITE, ROGERSTONE. Planning authority: Newport.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development.Value: £5 million.Client: National Power.Agent
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL - LAND AT HENDRA, LANE. Planning authority: Restormel.Job: Outline plans for mixed development.Value: £10 million.Client: Heritage Parklands.Agent: Coodes
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON - STOKELAKE, CHUDLEIGH. Planning authority: Teignbridge.Job: Outline plans granted for housing (55).Value: £1,900,000.Client: Westward Developments.Agen
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NOTTINGHAM - DERBY ROAD, ANNESLEY WOODHOUSE. Planning authority: Ashfield.Job: Outline plans for business park.Value: £5 million.Client: Kodak.Agent: Town Planning Consulta
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - OTLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE - GUYCROFT WORKS, NORTH AVENUE. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Detailed plans for houses (43).Value: £1,500,000.Client: P S Turner (Construction).Valu
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PAISLEY, STRATHCLYDE - PARK ROAD. Planning authority: Renfrew.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalow (241).Value: £9,640,000.Client: London and Clydeside Properties.Agent:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - GLAPTHORN ROAD, OUNDLE. Planning authority: East Northamptonshire.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £4,500,000.Client: Ou
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PORTH, MID GLAMORGAN - TROEDYRHIW ROAD. Planning authority: Rhondda.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £4,500,000.Client: Land Authority For Wales.Agent: Lan
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PORTHCAWL, MID GLAMORGAN - ZIG ZAG LANE. Planning authority: Ogwr.Job: Outline plans for food store/filling station (2).Value: £2 million.Client: Spotwell Properties.Agent:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PUDSEY, WEST YORKSHIRE - PHOENIX PARK SOCIAL CLUB, DICK LANE. Planning authority: Leeds.Job: Approval of reserved matters for sports and leisure complex (2).Value: £10 mill
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - READING, BERKSHIRE - STERLING GREENGATE SITE, ALDERMASTON WHARF, ALDERMASTON. Planning authority: Newbury.Job: Outline plans for houses/shops (164).Value: £5 million.Client
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - REDRUTH, CORNWALL - LAND BETWEEN TREVELYAN ROAD/, CLIFTON ROAD AND SPAR LANE, ILLOGAN. Planning authority: Kerrier.Job: Detailed plans for housing (100).Value: £3,500,000.C
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE - BISHOPDOWN FARM, LONDON ROAD. Planning authority: Salisbury.Job: Outline plans granted for motor traders park.Value: £4 million.Client: Alexander Pea
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SALTBURN-BY-SEA, CLEVELAND - NORTH OF HIGH STREET, BROTTON. Planning authority: Langbaurgh.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £7 million.Client:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SCUNTHORPE, HUMBERSIDE - ASHBY SOUTH GRANGE ALLOTMENTS, SOMERVELL ROAD. Planning authority: Scunthorpe.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £3 million.Client:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BROUGHTON LANE SIDDINGS, BROUGHTON LANE. Planning authority: Sheffield.Job: Detailed plans for retail warehouse club.Value: £10 million.Client:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE - MARCONI INSTRUMENTS SITE, 236-240 HATFIELD ROAD, ASHLEY. Planning authority: St. Albans.Job: Outline plans granted for supermarket.Value: £8 mil
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STAFFORD - STAFFORD DISTRICT GENERAL, WESTON ROAD. Planning authority: Stafford.Job: Detailed plans for hospital (extension).Value: £7 million.Client: Mid Stafford General
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE - LAND ADJ BEDBROOKE FARM, CHEADLE. Planning authority: Staffordshire Moorlands.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STONEHOUSE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - STROUDWATER BUSINESS PARK, OLDENDS LANE. Planning authority: Stroud.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial development.Value: £3,500,000.Cl
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWAFFHAM, NORFOLK - OLD BROCKS FIREWORK FACTORY, CASTLEACRE ROAD. Planning authority: Breckland.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development.Value: £5 million.Client: S
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TAMWORTH, STAFFORDSHIRE - PROBUS SITE, WATLING STREET. Planning authority: Tamworth.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £4,800,000.Client: Probus Mayfair.
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TEWKESBURY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - DOWTY GROUP SERVICES LTD, NORTHWAY LANE, ASHCHURCH. Planning authority: Tewkesbury.Job: Detailed plans for storage (extension/conversion).Value: &#
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - THAMES DITTON, SURREY - MILK MARKETING BOARD SITE, PORTSMOUTH ROAD. Planning authority: Elmbridge.Job: Outline plans granted for superstore/offices (3).Value: £10 million.C
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TORRINGTON, DEVON - MILK MARKETING BOARD, CATTLE BREEDING CENTRE, HATCHMOOR ROAD. Planning authority: Torridge.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value:
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA - FIELD 5263,CANAL HEAD. Planning authority: South Lakeland.Job: Detailed plans for food store/petrol station (7).Value: £5 million.Client: E H Booth and
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - SALTWORKS FARM, SHIP STREET, FRODSHAM. Planning authority: Vale Royal.Job: Outline plans granted for residential/leisure.Value: £7,500,000.Client: W
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - WILDERSPOOL BREWERY, GREENALLS AVENUE. Planning authority: Warrington.Job: Detailed plans for offices (redevelopment).Value: £4 million.Client: Green
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - WINWICK STREET, DALLAM LANE, TANNERS LANE. Planning authority: Warrington.Job: Detailed plans for retail/leisure premises (10).Value: £3 million.Clie
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEDNESBURY, WEST MIDLANDS - FORMER PATENT SHAFT WORK, MOORCROFT CHEMICAL WORKS. Planning authority: Sandwell.Job: Outline plans granted for business park.Value: £10 million
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WELSHPOOL, POWYS - OFFA`S DYKE BUSINESS PARK, FISHER ROAD, BUTTINGTON. Planning authority: Montgomery.Job: Outline plans for business park.Value: £4 million.Client: Develop
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEMBLEY, BRENT - CABLE WORKS AND PIGGERY WHARF, MANOR FARM ROAD. Planning authority: Brent.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (164).Value: £6, 500,000.Client: Fairview Es
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEST DRAYTON, HILLINGDON - PROSPECT PARK, NORTH SIDE OF A4, HARMONDSWORTH. Planning authority: Hounslow.Job: Detailed plans for headquarters/business park.Value: £150 milli
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WESTON-SUPER-MARE, AVON - MOOR LANE, LOCKING CASTLE. Planning authority: Woodspring.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £4 million.Client: Locking Castle.
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WHITEHAVEN, CUMBRIA - PRESTON STREET. Planning authority: Copeland.Job: Outline plans granted for retail development (5).Value: £2 million.Client: Hyperion Properties.Agent
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER - MELLINGS FARM, WORTHINGTON FOLD. Planning authority: Wigan.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £13 million.Client: A and J Mucklow
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE - DEAN ROW HIGH SCHOOL, DEAN ROW ROAD. Planning authority: Macclesfield.Job: Outline plans granted for neighbourhood centre (62).Value: £4 million.Client
21Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS - GITTINS NURSERIES, STOURBRIDGE ROAD, WOMBOURNE. Planning authority: South Staffordshire.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Val
21Apr94 UK: PRINCE ON TARGET - PRINCE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS. Prince Research Consultants has been appointed to prepare redevelopment plans for the Ministry of Defence's 30 ha Royal Gunpowder Mills site
21Apr94 UK: QUEENS AWARDS FOR EXPORT AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT. Royal prizes: Consultant Ove Arup is among a host of construction-related companies which won the Queen's Awards for Export and Tech
21Apr94 UK: RECYCLED RAF JOB - SHEPHERD. Shepherd has clinched an £11.4 million contract for an administrative complex at RAF Wyton in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The firm's intention to use recy
21Apr94 UK: ROAD BUILDING CUTS TO SPUR UPGRADING WORKS. Recently announced cuts in the road building programme are likely to spur an increase in road widening and upgrading to cope with growing number
21Apr94 UK: RUNWAY CONCRETE TO BE RELAID AS ROAD - GREENHAM COMMON. Roads minister Robert Key is asking the Ministry of Defence to dig up the disused runway at Greenham Common airbase and use the recy
21Apr94 UK: SMOKE DUCTS GET THUMBS UP - SENIOR HARGREAVES. Senior Hargreaves' new fire and smoke duct systems have been independently certified for performance by the Warrington Fire Research Consulta
21Apr94 UK: SPANISH SECURITY DEVICE - TESA SECURITY SYSTEMS. A new company, TESA Security Systems, has been set up to import a range of electronic hotel locks, security doors and locking devices from
21Apr94 UK: SPEEDY ROAD MARKING PRIMER - ADBRUF. Adbruf has introduced a primer designed to speed up the application of thermoplastic road markings and hot-grip anti skid materials to most road surfac
21Apr94 UK: SPRING LAUNCHES FOR PENTAX. The 1994 surveying equipment collection from Pentax was launched last month with an electronic theodolite and two total stations.The ETH-05A theodolite features
21Apr94 UK: SWEETT SNAPS UP SUSSEX HOSPITAL PROJECT. Cyril Sweett has been appointed to project manage the £16.7 million stage one of the Royal Sussex County Hospital redevelopment scheme. Work i
21Apr94 UK: TARMAC IN BARRAGE TALKS. Tarmac has been in talks with the Scottish Office on plans to build a £100 million tidal barrage across the River Forth at Kincardine outside Edinburgh.If app
21Apr94 UK: THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKS YET. There are still plenty of signs of activity in London's Docklands, where schemes worth well in excess of £150 million are in the pipeline.London Doc
21Apr94 UK: TRAFALGAR HOUSE RELAY RACE. No, this is not a picture of Madonna out jogging with her minders.The runner on the right is Barry Myers, chairman of Trafalgar House Construction and the other
21Apr94 UK: TRAFALGAR SET TO BUILD JOHN BROWN OFFICES. Trafalgar House Construction is due to start work next month on a £10 million-plus project to build new offices for John Brown, its engineer
21Apr94 UK: 'USE RENTS TO BUILD' - ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES. Some 20,000 new council houses could be built by using money raised from council house rents, says the Association of Metrop
21Apr94 UK: WAGE TALKS TO RESUME. Engineering construction employers and unions are set to begin a fresh round of consultations with contractors and shop stewards in a bid to end a six-month industry
21Apr94 UK: WATERY WEIR - WEIR ENGINEERING. Weir Engineering has signed what is probably the first partnership deal with a privatised water company.The firm has clinched a £10 million five-year a
21Apr94 UK: WELSH STABILISER - P FORKER TAKES ROAD CONTRACT. P Forker has taken a £7.28 million nine-month contract from the Welsh Office for stabilisation work on the A470 from Pentrebach to Cef
21Apr94 UK: WIMPEY MERGES HOMES ARMS. Wimpey has merged its British and US house building operations in a bid to turn round its poor performance in North America.David Holland has been named chief exe
21Apr94 UK: X-RAYS SIGNAL ORWELL STUDY - CETE. Experts from French company Cete fix a track to the inside of the A45 Orwell Bridge near Ipswich. The track will hold a receptor screen for picking up an
21Apr94 VIETNAM: BALFOUR BOYS WIN VIETNAMESE CONTRACT. Balfour Beatty/Balfour Kilpatrick has a memorandum of understanding from Vietnamese Railways to study options for rehabilitating the Hanoi/Haipho
28Apr94 ASIA: US STUDIES REGION - US ASIA SOCIETY.

A 15-strong team from the US Asia Society toured India and Pakistan last month to produce recommendations for Washington's future relationship there. It was led by former US ambassador to Moscow Arthur Hartman and former US chief trade representative Carla Hills. A statement said: 'The end of the Cold War and changes in the region have opened the door to new approaches in American policy towards India, Pakistan, and the rest of the region.' CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 BANGLADESH: FREE BANGLADESH - NEW GOVERNMENT POLICY.

A package of measures to open its economy to market forces and promote foreign investment has been adopted by Bangladesh. The new policy allows 100 per cent foreign ownership as well as joint ventures with both public and private sectors. Foreign investment is also protected from nationalisation and expropriation. Since the government began its new approach two-and-a-half years ago the Board of Investment has registered 64 foreign investment projects worth $353 million (£235 million) in
28Apr94 BRAZIL: PILKINGTON STAKE - BRAZILIAN/CHILEAN GLASS PLANTS.

Pilkington, the UK glass maker, is to invest more than £100 million in the construction of two new plants in Brazil and Chile. The project - to build two float glass lines - will be undertaken with French joint-venture partner Saint Gobain. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 CHINA: AMEC, BABCOCK SIGN CHINA JOINT VENTURES.
28Apr94 CHINA: BABCOCK'S ACID JOB - HAINAN PENGDA STEEL SHEET UNION CONTRACT.

Babcock King-Wilkinson has a contract for a hydrochloric acid regeneration plant from the Hainan Pengda Steel Sheet Union in China. The contract includes technology, engineering and supervision during construction and commissioning. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 EASTERN EUROPE: LINK-UP FOR EASTERN EUROPE - ROAD SCHEME.

Rendel Palmer and Tritton has been retained for a second contract in connection with a scheme to rebuild the M1/E30 road linking Warsaw and Moscow.Work worth up to £300 million is likely on the project where RPT, with BCEOM of France, will prepare tender documents for road repairs and safety measures along a 234 km stretch of the route.The firms will carry out an environmental assessment and review the state of the bridges along the road.They will also put together a management programme
28Apr94 EU: EC TO SPEND £23M ON ENERGY SAVING.

The European Commission has earmarked £30 million ecus (£23 million) to be spent on promoting clean and efficient energy use in Europe next year.The cash will cover the first year of a four-year programme, called Thermie 2, which aims to put energy saving ideas into practice to conserve energy and protect the environment.The EU estimates that current energy use in buildings results in 22 per cent of Europe's total carbon dioxide emissions.This means that buildings produce more carbo
28Apr94 FRANCE: BRITISH SHOW THEIR METAL AND FILL A VOID - INTERMAT EXHIBITION.

A strong showing by British manufacturers at last week's Intermat exhibition in Paris proved that the UK is leading Europe out of recession.Even the host French companies admitted that they are looking to these shores for sales this year to bolster failing markets on the Continent.For the 150,000 expected visitors, a quarter of whom were from outside France, there was plenty of new metal on show.More than 1,100 exhibitors filled the 250,000 sq m of space, inside and out, of the Paris-Nord-Vil
28Apr94 FRANCE: EUROTENDERS - LEVALLOIS-PERRET, FRANCE.

Job: Construction of 168 housing units at Le Plessis-Robinson.Client: Office public departemental d'HLM des Hauts-de-Seine, 45, rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, F-92300 Levallois-Perret.Value: FF 80 million (£9.3 million).Completion: 18 months, starting early 1995.Details: Further information from the client. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 FRANCE: MONTABERT SIGNING - INGERSOLL-RAND AGREEMENT.

American construction equipment maker Ingersoll-Rand last week signed preliminary agreements to purchase the troubled French plant firm Montabert, which is best known for its hydraulic breakers. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 FRANCE: STAFF LAY SIEGE TO CASE'S SHOW STAND.

Angry production line staff demonstrating over future job losses disrupted the J I Case stand at the giant Intermat construction equipment exhibition in Paris last week.After setting up banners, handing out leaflets and sounding air horns, the protesters were eventually asked to leave the exhibition by security staff.The French workers were protesting against the planned closure of the Case backhoe loader factory at Vierzon, near Paris. The US-owned firm plans to shift production of the backh
28Apr94 GERMANY: EUROCONTRACTS - WESEL, GERMANY.

Contractor: Bietergemeinschaft/Arbeitsgemeinschaft Holstein/Hell, Franzstrasse 60, D-47475 Kamp-Lintfort.Value: DM 90,450,000 (£36.2 million).Job: Primary works for services including building construction.Client: Kreis Weseler Abfallgesellschaft mbH (KWA), Reeser Landstrasse 31, D-46483 Wesel, tel: (02 81) 338 84-0, fax: (02 81) 338 84-16. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDER - OHRDRUF, GERMANY.

Job: Land reclamation, general construction works including sewerage works, pipelines and roadworks.Client: Stadt Ohrdruf, Marktplatz 1, D-99885 Ohrdruf, tel: (036 24) 33 01 00, fax: (036 24) 24 20.Value: DM 34 million (£13.6 million).Completion: July/August/September 1994 until April/May/June 1997.Tender date: April/May/June 1994.Details: Further information from Thuringer Landesverwaltungsamt, Carl-August-Allee 2a, D-Weimar, tel: (036 43) 75 80, fax: (036 43) 758 11 90. CONSTRUCTION NE
28Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - BERLIN, GERMANY.

Job: Construction of school's indoor sports centre at Schonewalder Strasse, Berlin Hellersdorf.Client: BA Hldf, Abt. BauWohn, Hochbauamt, Kastanienallee 140, D-12629 Berlin, tel: (030) 569 40, fax: (030) 561 81 57.Value: DM 60,350,000 (£24.2 million).Completion: 24 months, starting January 1995.Tender date: Second half-year of 1994.Details: Further information from VOB Stelle Sen BauWohn, VI A, Behrenstrasse 42-45, D-Berlin, tel: (030) 21 74-0, fax: (030) 21 74-56 53. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - NASTATTEN, GERMANY.

Job: Construction work including bridgeworks, roadworks, earthworks and drainage.Client: Strassenneubauamt Vallendar, Hellenstrasse 9, D-56179 Vallendar, tel: (02 61) 65 02-0, fax: (02 61) 67 91 20.Value: DM 26 million (£10.4 million).Completion: 3 years, starting July/August/September 1994.Tender date: April/May/June 1994.Details: Further information from Strassenverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, Castorhof 2, D-56068 Koblenz. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 GERMANY: EUROTENDERS - STUTTGART, GERMANY.

Job: Motorway strengthening including tunnels, bridgeworks and associated works.Client: Autobahnbetriebsamt Heilbronn, Bauleitung Stuttgart, Bismarckstrasse 64, D-70197 Stuttgart, tel: (07 11) 636 75-0/-40/-42, fax: (07 11) 636 75-11.Completion: July 1995 until March 1999.Tender date: October 12.Apply by: May 31.Apply to: Address above.Details: Offers in German.Further information from Landesamt fur Strassenwesen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Referat 42, Krailenshaldenstrasse 44, D-70469 Stuttgart, tel
28Apr94 ITALY: EUROTENDERS - CATTOLICA, ITALY.

Job: Construction work for a car park together with sport and recreation installations at Parco della Pace, zona nord; piazza Mentana.Client: Amministrazione comunale, piazza Roosevelt 5, Cattolica (Rimini), tel: (05 41) 96 81 11, fax: 96 03 40.Value: Lit 20,000 million (£8 million).Apply by: May 4.Apply to: Address above.Details: Applications to be drawn up on duty-stamped paper. Further information can be obtained from the client. Offers in Italian. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 LEBANON: BRITS LOSE OUT ON LEBANESE SPOILS.
28Apr94 MALAYSIA: KL AIRPORT MAY BE OPENED TO UK FIRMS - KUALA LUMPUR AIRPORT PROJECT.

Malaysia may privatise parts of the £3 billion Kuala Lumpur Airport project, possibly opening the door to British firms which are banned only from public sector contracts.Reports from Malaysia this week state that 'several packages' of airport work will be privatised, probably through Malaysian Airlines and Malaysian Airports Berhad. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 MEXICO: TH MEXICAN OUTFIT TAKES £50M WORK - GRUPO SITRA.

Grupo Sitra, a Mexican contractor jointly owned by Trafalgar House and Grupo Sidek, has won almost £50 million worth of new work, including its first contracts in Central America.In the Dominican Republic, the firm is supervising two 300-bed hotel contracts worth £30 million for Caribbean Village Club Resort and has another £7 million hotel for the same client in Papagayo, Costa Rica.Other work includes the £9 million 300-bed Royal Maeva hotel at Playacar and Mexico's firs
28Apr94 NEPAL: NEPALESE LOAN - IMF APPROVED.

The IMF has approved a second $16 million (£11 million) loan to Nepal to support the government's economic programme. A dramatic liberalisation of trade was implemented last year when industrial licensing was dismantled and foreign investment was deregulated. The Nepalese authorities intend to foster economic growth through private sector investment and improved management of public resources. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 NORWAY: EKOFISK LIFELINE - PHILLIPS PETROLEUM SEEKS EXTENSION.

The US-owned group, Phillips Petroleum, is seeking approval from the Norwegian government for a £2 billion programme to extend the life of the Ekofisk field.Brownfield engineering, a technique which involves further development of an existing field, will be used to coax more oil out of Ekofisk. Two more decks will be built to extend the planned 30-year life of the field to 70 years or more. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 PAKISTAN: BHUTTO SPEAKS OUT - LARGEST PRIVATE SECTOR ENERGY POLICY IN THE WORLD.

Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto boasted in the Times of Oman that her country had adopted the largest private sector energy policy in the world and restored its economic health. 'We have had to take some very difficult steps to put the economy back on track. Our measures have paid off. The foreign exchange reserves have increased considerably.' CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN OFFERS POWERFUL OPPORTUNITIES - FOR BRITISH CONTRACTORS.
28Apr94 PHILIPPINES: ADB DOUBLES CAPITAL - ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.

The Asian Development Bank is on the brink of doubling its capital base to $40 billion (£23 billion) to cope with bigger loan demands from India and China. The Bank lent $4 billion (£2.7 billion) for development projects in the region last year. America and Japan are both large shareholders in the ADB, whose project appraisal systems have recently been criticised by US authorities. For example, the ADB supported a paper mill project in Nepal where there is no paper pulp available. C
28Apr94 PORTUGAL: EUROTENDERS - ERMESINDE, PORTUGAL.

Job: Design and construction of a plant to incinerate solid hospital refuse, and a disposal and processing service.Client: LIPOR, Servico Intermunicipalizado de Tratamento de Lixos da Regiao Porto, Bouca da Macieira, Apartado 1, P-4446 Ermesinde Codex, tel: (02) 989 14 51/2/3, fax: (02) 980 10 38.Tender date: May 16.Documents from: Address above.Details: Documents cost Esc 75,000 (£297). Tenders to be submitted by registered post with form for advice of receipt. Further information from
28Apr94 PORTUGAL: EUROTENDERS - MADEIRA, PORTUGAL.

Job: Civil engineering work for the second phase of a motorway, including tunnels and structures.Client: Regiao Autonoma da Madeira, Governo Regional da Madeira, Secretaria Regional do Equipamento Social e Ambiente (SRESA), Direccao Regional de Estardas, Avenida Arriaga, 3o. andar, P-9000 Funchal, tel: 22 65 04/22 75 79, telex: 72688 SRES P., fax: 22 51 12.Value: Esc 5,400 million (£21.4 million).Completion: 24 months.Tender date: June 6.Documents from: Address above.Details: Documents a
28Apr94 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: KENTZ TALKS FAIL BUT NEW DEAL PLANNED.

A new rescue package to save Irish engineering giant Kentz and some 4,000 jobs is being planned following the collapse of an earlier deal.The Irish High Court heard this week that after two months of negotiations the Malaysian group Renong has broken off talks.Examiner Hugh Cooney, who is running Kentz, did not reveal what caused the talks to break down but said that a 'difficulty' had arisen.But sources within Kentz claim that the two sides failed to clinch the deal inside the pre-agreed dea
28Apr94 SAUDI ARABIA: STEMMING THE FLOOD - WS ATKINS' FLOOD ALLEVIATION PROJECT.

W S Atkins has won a major commission from the ministry of municipal and rural affairs in Saudi Arabia to develop a flood alleviation plan for Jeddah.The firm will be working with local consultant Ahmad Al Rashed Al Humaid on a strategic plan to ease the effects of flooding in the city in the short term, and on schemes to service expected developments in the future.Jeddah is becoming increasingly affected by flooding as it sits on low ground which extends 100 km to the east. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 SOUTHERN ASIA: TRADE PACT PROBLEMS - SOUTH ASIA ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION.

Enmity between India and Pakistan is threatening to undermine the Preferential Trading Agreement signed a year ago by the South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation. SAARC member nations comprise India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives. The agreement pledges co-operation in developing a wider trading area, market economies and harnessing private sector investment. The states have also accepted the need to develop communications, infrastructure and transit
28Apr94 SPAIN: EUROTENDERS - SEVILLE, SPAIN.

Job: Main road involving various works.Client: Consejeria de Obras Publicas y Transportes, Direccion General de Infraestructura y Servicios del Transporte, Avda. Republica Argentina, 23, planta 8a, E-41071 Sevilla, tel: 445 83 50, fax: 427 39 26.Value: Pta 3,935,594,921 (£19.1 million).Completion: 18 months.Tender date: Not known.Details: Further information from the client. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: 714 INJURY REPORTS MAY BE SCRAPPED.

Thousands of self-employed construction workers could be freed from the need to report injuries they have suffered on site.Experts at the Health and Safety Commission have included the plan in their proposals to revise reporting procedures for workplace accidents.A consultative document put out by the HSC describes the current reporting of accidents by self-employed workers as 'very poor', and proposes taking them out of the system altogether.The main aim of the changes is to bring into line
28Apr94 UK: AGGREGATE SALES GROW, BUT SLOWLY.

Sales in the £2.5 billion construction aggregates market inched up by 1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 1993, according to the aggregates industry body Bacmi.Crushed rock, sand and gravel sales rose from 53 million tonnes to 54 million tonnes.And ready-mixed concrete sales increased from 5.1 million cu m to 5.3 million cu m.But sales of road surfacing materials fell from 8.8 million tonnes to 8.3 million tonnes, reflecting falling public spend
28Apr94 UK: AIRPORTS DOG-FIGHT INTENSIFIES - LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.

Liverpool City Council's planners have given the thumbs up to a £500 million expansion scheme for the city's airport.This is the latest move in the battle between Manchester and Liverpool to make their respective airports the gateway for the north west of England.As Manchester presses forward with its £170 million second runway plan, Liverpool's Planning, Land and Transport Committee last week recommended the Liverpool scheme for approval.But it is now almost certain to come under c
28Apr94 UK: ALAN DAVIDSON CONSTRUCTION DEMOLISHES NORTH YORKSHIRE RADAR STATION.

Ball breaking: Demolition contractor Alan Davidson Construction moved in last week to flatten the Fylingdales early warning radar station in North Yorkshire.The station featured three huge spherical 'golf balls', which have dominated the North Yorkshire Moors for the past 30 years. Radar equipment was housed inside the balls which were covered in a nylon fabric stretched over a rigid aluminium frame. Demolition of the golf balls, which conservationists had fought to preserve, will take two mo
28Apr94 UK: ALL CLEAR FOR MOD BUILDING.

Defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind is expected next month to confirm that work will not be stopped on the £250 million Ministry of Defence procurement executive headquarters in Bristol.The project had been under threat of being axed under the comprehensive defence costs review which was ordered by Mr Rifkind.Mr Rifkind had ordered that there should be 'no sacred cows' in the review and that everything must be looked at.But the MoD is believed to have decided that stopping the project woul
28Apr94 UK: AMEC GOES GAS - BRITISH GAS CONTRACT.

Amec Process and Energy has won a major contract for work on British Gas Exploration's Morecambe Bay field.The two year contract involves the engineering, procurement, modification and maintenance contract activities for the field and there are provisions to extend the contract term by up to three years.British Gas also has an option to extend the range of services which could include onshore sites and operations at other locations at a future date depending on how well Amec performs. CONSTRU
28Apr94 UK: BEC TO CORNER GOVT OVER PRIVATE FINANCE.
28Apr94 UK: BIDS INVITED SOON FOR YOUTH PRISONS.

The Home Office will invite tenders shortly for a national network of privately-financed youth prisons costing more than £100 million.The five design, build, operate and finance prisons will be built in Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Durham, Warwickshire and in the South-East at a location to be decided. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: BLACK ECONOMY UNDERMINES SMALL BUILDERS' RECOVERY.

The rising black economy has destroyed any hope of a recovery in workloads for small building firms.The latest state of trade survey by the Federation of Master Builders' published last week shows eight out of 10 firms believe workloads will continue to fall in the second quarter of the year.The gloomy outlook from the small builders contrasts sharply with the increasingly optimistic predictions from the big builders and the materials producers.The Builders Merchants Federation last week said
28Apr94 UK: BOOT GETS KICK FROM HOME SALES HIKE.

Increased house sales and higher property profits helped Sheffield contractor Henry Boot lift pre-tax profits to £7.6 million last year (1992: £7.1 million).The firm said prices for contracting work remained 'ludicrously low' but its contracting operation made a 'reasonable contribution' to profits.Turnover rose 27 per cent to £164.6 million and operating profits rose 20 per cent.The dividend was raised by 10 per cent and the firm has net cash of £13.7 million.The firm inc
28Apr94 UK: BR PLAYS DOWN EUROTUNNEL QUARREL.

British Rail is playing down its dispute with Eurotunnel despite the Channel Tunnel operator's claim for £1 billion against it and French counterpart SNCF.Sir Alastair Morton, co-chairman of Eurotunnel, confirmed last week that his company is claiming 'somewhere north of £1 billion' from the railways for failing to provide the necessary infrastructure to the tunnel and because they expect to be carrying fewer people through the tunnel than previously predicted.But a British Rail spo
28Apr94 UK: BRUMWELL IS LOWEST PAID UNION LEADER - UCATT.

Money troubles at construction union UCATT mean general secretary George Brumwell ranks as the lowest paid leader of any of Britain's biggest unions. Mr Brumwell is paid £27,000 a year - £60,000 less than Post Office union chief Alan Johnson who tops the pay table.And among the labour bosses outranking the UCATT leader in the wage stakes is bitter rival Bill Jordan who earns £35,000 a year as president of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.The figures have been re
28Apr94 UK: CABERBOARD WITH PEEL APPEAL.

Caberboard's tongue and groove particle board flooring now comes with a tough polythene covering, called Peel Clean, which protects the surface from dirt and staining while finishing trades take place. Peel Clean can remain in place until the project is completed, when it is easily peeled off to expose the clean board.Caberboard, 0786 812921. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CARLTON BUY-OUT FROM MELVILLE.

The management of £6 million turnover Slough contractor Carlton Ceilings and Partitions has completed a buy-out from the exhibition contractor Melville group. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CARPENTRY SCHEME AIMED AT OFFENDERS.

A scheme to rehabilitate young offenders by training them to be carpenters and painters began last week.The project, at Feltham Young Offenders Institute in west London, will take 40 inmates for basic training towards national vocational qualifications and job experience.And building materials firms Alsford Timber, Blue Circle, Boulton and Paul, British Gypsum, Celcon, ICI, Magnet and Pilkington are providing materials to support the initiative. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CHAIRMAN OF BACMI BLASTS GREEN GROUPS.

George Phillipson, chairman of Redland Aggregates, has lashed out at environmental groups which attack the construction industry, accusing them of irresponsible scaremongering.Mr Phillipson has taken over as chairman of the aggregates industry body Bacmi.He told its annual lunch: 'Professional greens are rootedly against growth and prosperity (which) is clearly against the interests of the population at large.'His attack followed a year in which environmental groups have disrupted road projec
28Apr94 UK: CHEAP LAND CHASE - INVEST IN SUCCESS COMPETITION.

Thirty-four partnerships between construction firms and councils have put in bids for cheap land from the Commission for the New Towns' Invest In Success competition. The winner will be named in June. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CLAY PIPES HARD ON THE HEELS OF PLASTIC - HEPWORTH.
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - AIRDRIE, STRATHCLYDE - HOLCHILLS.

Job: Installation of concierge system at maisonette blocks.Contractor: Henry Boot, Baillieston, Glasgow.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £570,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ARBROATH, TAYSIDE.

Job: To construct a 48 bed nursing home with en-suite facilities in each room, patient day areas and support facilities. The project includes traditional construction with a pitched roof design.Completion: 30 weeks.Contractor: Miller Conder Projects.Awarded by: Vaux Group.Value: £0.99 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ARDROSSAN, STRATHCLYDE.

Job: Lead pipe replacement to 161 local authority houses in Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston.Contractor: James Frew, Stevenston.Awarded by: Cunninghame District Council, Irvine.Value: £119,074. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ATHERSTONE, WARWICKSHIRE - MEREVALE HALL.

Job: Refurbishment works to part of the interior of the lists hall.Completion: Work has started for completion by the end of October.Contractor: Linford Bridgeman, Quonians Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire.Awarded by: Sir William Dugdale.Value: £500,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - AYRSHIRE, STRATHCLYDE - CANAL STREET/ROBERTSON'S CRESCENT, SALTCOATS.

Job: The upgrading of 2-storey traditional terraces to provide a full interior refurbishment of 28 flats plus the creation of new kitchen and bathroom extensions to the rear.Completion: 12 months.Contractor: Wiltshier Construction (Scotland), Glasgow.Awarded by: Cunninghame Housing Association.Value: £991,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BALLOCH, STRATHCLYDE - MILL OF HALDANE.

Job: The exterior upgrading of four blocks of maisonettes, including all window replacement with PVC double-glazed units.Contractor: Wiltshier Construction (Scotland), Glasgow.Awarded by: Dumbarton District Council.Value: £592,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BANFF, GRAMPIAN - CASTLEHILL.

Job: Outfall screens, mechanical and electrical plant.Contractor: Environmental Engineering Ltd.Awarded by: Grampian Regional Council, Aberdeen.Value: £1.2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 1) A61, WAKEFIELD ROAD; 2) A628, PONTEFRACT ROAD, LUNDWOOD.

Job: Civil engineering works involving structural maintenance and re-surfacing of highways.Contractor: 1) T.W. Ward Contractors, Sheffield; 2) Barnsley council's engineering services direct labour organisation.Awarded by: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's Public Services Committee.Value: £122,365. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 1) GAWBER/ATHERSLEY SOUTH; 2) BRIERLEY.

Job: Electrical rewiring works to a total of 150 council owned houses, two contracts.Contractor: 1) Hemsworth Electrical, Kirkby Road, Hemsworth; 2) H Findlay, Littleworth Lane, Rossington, Doncaster.Awarded by: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's Housing Services Committee.Value: £112,851. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - 1) PENISTONE BRIDGE; 2) BRAMPTON ROAD BRIDGE.

Job: Structural repair works to bridges.Contractor: 1) Burns Construction, Midlands Road, Royston, Barnsley; 2) CG Pearce, Pennine View, Upton, Pontefract.Awarded by: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's Public Services Committee.Value: £109,340. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BARNSTAPLE, DEVON - COMBE MARTIN.

Job: To build the main Lorna Irwin pumping station, together with a small secondary pumping station near the outfall.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: South West Water.Value: £629,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE - WEST HAM PUMPING STATION, CHURCHILL WAY WEST.

Job: Scheme comprises water treatment plant.Completion: Work has just started for completion by the end of the year.Contractor: Stereau UK Ltd, Maxwelton House, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex.Awarded by: Mid Southern Water.Value: £1.35 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BEDFORD - A507 AMPTHILL-HONITON BASIN.

Job: Extension to the existing culverts and repairs to the road.Completion: Work started on 18 April for completion in about 12 weeks.Contractor: J Breheny Construction, Chancellor Close, Stukeley Meadows Industrial Estate, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.Awarded by: Bedfordshire County Council.Value: £200,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE - DOCK ROAD.

Job: Refurbishment works to a listed warehouse to provide office accommodation.Completion: Work has started for completion on March 6, 1995.Contractor: Tyson Contractors, PO Box 93, Dryden Street, Liverpool, Merseyside.Awarded by: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.Value: £493,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS - BRIDGE STREET WEST, NEWTOWN.

Job: The construction of a single-storey extension and alteration works to a police station.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor: Hall and Tawse Western, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands.Awarded by: West Midlands Police Authority.Value: £375,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BRISTOL, AVON - UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL.

Job: Enabling works for a £10 million office and engineering block.Completion: Work has started for completion in June.Contractor: Taylor Woodrow.Awarded by: University of Bristol.Value: £341,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - BROADSIDE, CENTRAL.

Job: High level pumping station and associated plant.Contractor: Weir Pumps, Glasgow.Awarded by: Central Regional Council, Stirling.Value: £216,095. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CALLINGTON, CORNWALL - POLLARD ROAD.

Job: The construction of 13 two-and three-bedroom houses and associated works.Completion: Anticipated start date is in early May for completion in February, 1995.Contractor: Dudley Coles, Martin Street, Plymouth, Devon.Awarded by: Sanctuary Housing Association.Value: £500,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CAMBRIDGE - FULBOURN HOSPITAL.

Job: The construction of a 20 bedroom, single-storey intensive therapy unit.Completion: Work has just started for completion in November 1994.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: Addenbrookes NHS Trust.Value: £786,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CAMBRIDGE - TRINITY COLLEGE.

Job: To complete a contract for student accommodation. Work includes extensions and alterations to existing buildings, new ancillary buildings and external works.Completion: Work has just started and completion is due in 13 months.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: Trinity College.Value: £5.62 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHIPPENHAM, WILTSHIRE - JOB - CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW STORE.

Contractor: Pearce Construction.Awarded by: Safeway.Value: £3.5 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE - TOWN CENTRE.

Job: Demolition of town centre buildings followed by the construction of three major and 36 small shop units, car parking facilities and associated works.Completion: Work has started for completion in January, 1995.Contractor: Costain Building and Civil Engineering, Costain House, Styal Road, Manchester.Awarded by: Boots Properties.Value: £4.5 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET - HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE.

Job: Phase one of repairs to the castle's stone work.Completion: Work has started for completion in October.Contractor: Linford Bridgeman, Quonians Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire.Awarded by: Christchurch Borough Council.Value: £385,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COATBRIDGE, STRATHCLYDE - BARGEDDIE AND GREENHILL.

Job: Re-roofing and associated works at local authority housing.Contractor: Center Construction, Fauldhouse.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £145,662. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COATBRIDGE, STRATHCLYDE - CALDERBANK.

Job: Re-roofing and associated works at local authority housing.Contractor: Ailsa Building, Coatbridge.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £158,970. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - COATBRIDGE, STRATHCLYDE - CLIFTONHILL.

Job: Re-roofing and associated works at local authority houses.Contractor: Center Construction, Fauldhouse.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £196,497. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DAGENHAM, ESSEX.

Job: Design and build contract for a distribution warehouse with offices, carpark and associated siteworks.Contractor: Clugston Construction, Tingley Bar, Tingley Common, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire.Awarded by: Hays Network Distribution.Value: £4,800,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DALRY, STRATHCLYDE.

Job: Window replacement for 141 local authority houses in town.Contractor: Anglian Windows, Glasgow.Awarded by: Cunninghame District Council, Irvine.Value: £209,861. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - WARWICK STREET.

Job: The construction of 22 one-bedroom flats in a two-storey block for the elderly.Completion: Anticipated start date is during May for completion in 50 weeks.Contractor: Marriott, Rushden, Northampton.Awarded by: Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association.Value: £870,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Job: To design and build 22 one bedroom flats for the elderly in two-storey blocks.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association.Value: £870,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUDLEY, WEST MIDLAND - CHAUCER CLOSE, SPENCER AVENUE, WALLBROOK STREET AND EDGE STREET, COSELEY.

Job: Cavity wall insulation works, refurbishment of balconies, redecoration works and the conversion of flat roofs to pitched roofs at nine blocks of maisonettes.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor: Hall and Tawse Western, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands.Awarded by: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.Value: £600,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE, TAYSIDE - CAMPERDOWN.

Job: New housing development, Phase 1VB.Contractor: Charles Gray, 4 Francis Street, Dundee.Awarded by: Woolwich Homes.Value: £1.1 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - DUNDEE, TAYSIDE - SOAPWORK LANE.

Job: Construction of single person housing.Completion: Now to June 1995.Contractor: Charles Gray, 4 Francis Street, Dundee.Awarded by: Gowrie Housing Association, 71 Meadowside, Dundee.Value: £811,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EVESHAM, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - EVESHAM WATER RECLAMATION WORKS.

Job: The extension to an existing water reclamation works, including a new inlet works.Completion: Work started on 18 april for completion in 15 months.Contractor: Biwater Construction, 485 Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan.Awarded by: Severn Trent Engineering.Value: £1.7 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EXETER, DEVON - JOB - A REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT.

Contractor: Pearce Construction, Barnstaple.Awarded by: Inland Revenue.Value: £100,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - EXETER, DEVON - ST DAVID'S STATION.

Job: A contract to provide two new locomotive pits, involving alterations to existing facilities.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: British Railways Board.Value: £349,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE - JAMESON ROAD.

Job: Site preparation works, the provision of a stone working platform and temporary access roads as part of the Fylde Coast sewer treatment scheme.Completion: Work has started for completion in June.Contractor: Galliford Northwest, Crab Lane, Fernhead, Warrington, Cheshire.Awarded by: Taylor Woodrow Management and North West Water.Value: £535,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - BURRELL COLLECTION.

Job: Replacement of chiller unit.Contractor: Denco.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £177,306. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - CAMBUSLANG.

Job: Construction of a production and distribution factory.Completion: Now to July 1994.Contractor: Lilley Construction, 331 Charles Street, Glasgow.Awarded by: The Joseph Dunn Group, Cambuslang.Value: £181,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - CASTLEMILK.

Job: A rehabilitation contract under which 4-storey 1950s tenement blocks will be reduced in height and the flats will be redesigned to meet the needs of existing tenants. The work also involves new hard and soft landscaping for the common area.Completion: Work has just started for completion in 18 months.Contractor: Wiltshier Construction (Scotland), Glasgow.Awarded by: Castlemilk East Housing Association.Value: £2,980,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - CATHKINVIEW.

Job: Installation of remote concierge system in multi-storey blocks.Contractor: GD Chalmers.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £172,470. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - DAISY STREET.

Job: To carry out exterior repairs and interior reconfiguration of 27 tenement flats.Completion: 36 weeks.Contractor: Wiltshier Construction (Scotland), Glasgow.Awarded by: Govanhill Housing association.Value: £782,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - GOVAN.

Job: To construct a new business development centre and nursery. This includes the construction of a steel-framed two storey structure, with workshops on the ground floor and offices and a nursery on the first floor.Completion: 36 weeks.Contractor: Miller Construction, Rugby.Awarded by: Govan Initiative Limited.Value: £1.73 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - IBROX STADIUM.

Job: To remove the existing enclosure terracing to form a seated area.Contractor: Miller Construction, Rugby.Awarded by: Rangers Football Club.Value: £1.7 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - LIDDESDALE ROAD.

Job: Demolition of local authority housing in Liddesdale Road, Scalpay Place and Ensay Street.Contractor: Reigart Demolition.Awarded by: Glasgow District Council.Value: £328,344. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - MERKINS AVENUE.

Job: Modernisation of local authority housing.Contractor: Charles Gray, 4 Francis Street, Dundee.Awarded by: Bellsmyre Housing Association Ltd, 3B Stoneyflatt Avenue, Dumbarton.Value: £1.5 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GLOUCESTER - BRISTOL ROAD.

Job: Phase two of alteration works to offices and the service reception area of a garage.Completion: Work has started for completion on June 19.Contractor: Moss Construction Southern, 96 Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.Awarded by: Lex Service.Value: £126,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - GWENT.

Job: A design and build contract for the construction of a multi-storey car park.Contractor: Trafalgar House.Awarded by: Torfaen Borough Council.Value: £1,874,908. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - HARTHILL, STRATHLYCDE - GARDEN CITY.

Job: Roughcasting and major defect repairs to 5 blocks of properties.Contractor: JD Lane, Coatbridge.Awarded by: Motherwell District Council.Value: £128,221. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - IRVINE, STRATHCLYDE.

Job: UPVC window replacement to 85 local authority houses.Contractor: Cunninghame District Council, Irvine.Value: £211,750.CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - IVYBRIDGE, SOUTH DEVON - WESTOVER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

Job: Extension works.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: South West Water.Value: £550,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - JARROW, TYNE AND WEAR - STATION STREET.

Job: The construction of a steel-framed, single-storey supermarket.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Contractor: Tilbury Douglas Construction, Ross Road, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland.Awarded by: Kwik-Save.Value: £500,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - JOHNSTONE, STRATHCLYDE - THOMSON AVENUE.

Job: Tenement rehabilitation.Contractor: Charles Gray, 4 Francis Street, Dundee.Awarded by: Gap Housing Association Ltd, 14 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow.Value: £855,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - KENT - MOD CHATTENDEN.

Job: Groundworks and pad foundations for a new canteen.Contractor: Cliffe Construction, Rochester, Kent.Awarded by: Hall and Tawse.Value: £164,445. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LANCASHIRE - M58 JUNCTION 3 TO THE M6.

Job: Motorway maintenance.Contractor: Galliford Northwest, Crab Lane, Fearnhead, Warrington.Awarded by: Lancashire County Council.Value: £2,397,883. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - FORMER LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL COMPANY BUILDING, GRANARY WHARF.

Job: Refurbishment and modernisation works to a listed building to form offices, retail units and leisure facilities.Contractor: Quarmby Construction, Grove Promenade, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8AF.Awarded by: St. James Securities.Value: £1,500,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - STOURTON.

Job: Construction of a factory and offices extension.Contractor: Clugston Construction, Tingley Bar, Tingley Common, Morley, Leeds.Awarded by: Cooper Oil Tool Division.Value: £2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEEDSTOWN, CORNWALL.

Job: To build a single storey food processing factory.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Cornwall County Council.Value: £619,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEICESTER - LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Job: Extension and refurbishment works to Ward 21 to form a second day-care unit.Completion: Work has started for completion in October.Contractor: Tilbury Douglas Construction, 21 Western Boulevard, Leicester.Awarded by: Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust.Value: £500,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LEWES, EAST SUSSEX - A27 ASHCOMBE ROUNDABOUT, FALMER OVERBRIDGE.

Job: Major maintenance comprising resurfacing overlay of dual carriageway including local reconstruction.Completion: Work is due to start at the beginning of May for completion in about 8 weeks.Contractor: Associated Asphalt, Station Yard, Sutton Scotney, Winchester, Hampshire.Awarded by: Department of Transport South East Region.Value: £1.6 million approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LLANELLI, DYFED - BURRY INLET LINK SEWER.

Job: Three contracts involving laying 3 issue pipe which form elements of a link sewer, part of the Loughor Estuary Improvement Scheme.Completion: Work has just started and is expected to take up to six months.Contractor: Shephard Hill Civil Engineering, Cambrian Building, Mount Stewart Square, Cardiff, South Wales.Awarded by: Welsh Water.Value: £850,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - BEAUMONT SQUARE.

Job: Environmental works.Contractor: Cliffe Construction, Rochester, Kent.Awarded by: Stepney Neighbourhood.Value: £145,480. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON - MOUNTBATTEN GREEN, DOWNING STREET.

Job: The construction of stone walls with railings and gates.Completion: Anticipated start date is during June for completion in eight weeks.Contractor: Linford Bridgeman, Quonians Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire.Awarded by: The Special Services Group.Value: £178,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON, EAST HAM - EAST HAM SHOPPING MALL.

Job: To provide a service yard, stores and office building.Contractor: Cliffe Construction, Rochester, Kent.Awarded by: Land Management Limited.Value: £300,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LONDON, NW1 - SAFEWAY, CAMDEN.

Job: Two contracts for enabling works and groundworks.Contractor: Cliffe Construction, Rochester, Kent.Awarded by: Bovis Construction.Value: £539,939 and £1,798,999. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LOTHIAN REGION - MIDLOTHIAN.

Job: The construction of six steel-framed buildings with metal roofs.Contractor: Miller Construction, Rugby.Awarded by: ADRA (Animal Diseases Research Associated).Value: £4.4 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - VICTORY HOUSE.

Job: A refurbishment contract.Contractor: Marriott's Special Projects Division.Awarded by: Park Estates (Liverpool).Value: £183,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MANCHESTER - COLLIERY STREET, CLAYTON.

Job: Works for a proposed scrap yard and waste transfer station.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Contractor: Greenboth Group of Companies, Hunt Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester.Awarded by: S.W. Singleton.Value: £226,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Job: The construction of a development comprising a two-storey office building, the new headquarters for Milton Keynes Parks Trust, and a cricket pavilion.Completion: Work is under way and is due for completion in early December 1994.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: The Commission for the New Towns.Value: £750,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MONKLANDS, STRATHCLYDE.

Job: Installation of controlled door entry systems at various flatted properties in District Council area.Contractor: A Burnett, Coatbridge.Awarded by: Monklands District Council, Coatbridge.Value: £351,280. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - MUNCASTER, CUMBRIA - MUNCASTER BRIDGE.

Job: Pointing and grouting works to a road bridge.Completion: Work has started for completion by the end of June.Contractor: DCT Civil Engineering, Prospect House, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester.Awarded by: Cumbria County Council.Value: £120,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - HAWTONVILLE HOSPITAL.

Job: New wards and refurbishment comprising single and two-storey buildings of traditional construction.Completion: Work started on 28 March and is due for completion in Spring 1996.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare (NHS) Trust.Value: £5.4 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE - NEWPORT BRANCH CANAL, OFF BROOMFIELD ROAD.

Job: Works to reinstate fabric of leaking canal stretch.Completion: Work started on 11 April for completion in 2 months.Contractor: C J Pearce, Cornerstone House, Stafford Park 13, Telford, Shropshire.Awarded by: Wrekin District Council.Value: £100,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NEWTON ABBOT, SOUTH DEVON.

Job: To fit out a new store, including offices, staff accommodation and stock areas.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Boots The Chemist.Value: £772,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NORTHAMPTON - ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL.

Job: To build a self-contained unit of approximately 3,800 sq m in two single-storey wings around a two-storey central area.Completion: Work has started and is due for completion in January 1995.Contractor: Marriott.Awarded by: St. Andrew's Property Management.Value: £3.2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - CITY-WIDE.

Job: Construction of vehicle parking hardstanding areas on a council estate. Contracts A, B, C and D.Contractor: A) WH Wootton, Nottingham; B) Tarmac Construction, Nottingham; C) Newton Construction and Management Services, Nottingham; D) EMS Civils, Alfreton, Derbyshire.Awarded by: Nottingham City Council's Housing Committee.Value: A) £224,538; B) £312,913; C) £316,462; D) £218,345. Total £1,092,260. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - CRANWELL ROAD, STRELLEY.

Job: Environmental improvement scheme involving extensive improvement works to the surrounds of a council owned flats complex.Contractor: Newton Construction and Management Services, Unit D1, Southglade Park Industrial Estate, Bulwell Common, Nottingham.Awarded by: Nottingham City Council's Housing Committee.Value: £364,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - GAINSFORD CLOSE, BESTWOOD ESTATE, BYRON WARD.

Job: Improvements to 48 council owned flats to upgrade the units to comply with current fire precaution standards.Contractor: Baggaley and Jenkins, Newgate Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.Awarded by: Nottingham City Council's Housing Committee.Value: £164,569. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAM - NOTTINGHAM TENNIS CENTRE.

Job: A design and build contract for the third stage of a development which includes building eight new grass courts, new spectator facilities, demolition of an existing single storey building and the construction of a new two storey 1,400 sq m multi-purpose facility.Completion: 42 weeks.Contractor: Hall and Tawse.Awarded by: The Lawn Tennis association.Value: Total cost of the development is £5 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Job: A medical centre development comprising a combination of new build and refurbishment.Contractor: Marriott, Marriott House, Rishden, Northamptonshire.Awarded by: Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare (NHS) Trust.Value: £5,714,159 at stage 2 tender completion. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NR BRIDPORT, DORSET - LOWER SEA LANE, CHARMOUTH.

Job: Sea defence works over a distance of approximately 80 metres.Completion: Work is due to start on 3 May and take about 2 months.Contractor: Dean and Dyball Construction, Endeavour House, Crow Arch Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire.Awarded by: West Dorset District Council.Value: £225,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - NUNEATON, WARWICKSHIRE - MANOR COURT.

Job: Alteration works to two-and three-storey buildings to form day and in-patients building.Completion: Work has started for completion in December.Contractor: Tilbury Douglas Construction, 21 Western Boulevard, Leicester.Awarded by: North Warwickshire Trust.Value: £1.5 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - OLDHAM, GREATER MANCHESTER - SOUTH LINK BUSINESS PARK.

Job: The construction of additional roads and landscaping works as phase two of the business park.Completion: Work has started for completion in July.Contractor: Greenbooth Group of Companies, Hunt Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester.Awarded by: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.Value: £120,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PENZANCE - WEST CORNWALL HOSPITAL.

Job: Upgrading two wards.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.Value: £124,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PENZANCE, CORNWALL - DRIFT.

Job: To construct a steel-framed building to cover a group of water tanks.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: South West Water.Value: £108,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - ADJACENT TO THE BARBICAN AREA.

Job: Repaving and replacement of street furniture.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Plymouth City Council.Value: £126,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - DERRIFORD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Job: Redevelopment.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: South Western Regional Health Authority.Value: £310,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - LOOE STREET AND SUTTON WHARF AREAS.

Job: Repaving and replacement of street furniture.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Plymouth City Council.Value: £138,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.

Job: To landscape Chelson Meadow Refuse Tip.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Devon Waste Management.Value: £410,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SEVENOAKS, KENT - M26 JUNCTION 2 TO 5, WROTHAM HEATH.

Job: A lane rental contract comprising planing off and resurfacing carriageways, bridge repairs and some bridge rewaterproofing. Contra flow traffic management will be used.Completion: Work started on 18 April for completion in 11 weeks.Contractor: ARC Surfacing, 20/20 Maidstone Industrial Estate, Liphook Way, Allington, Maidstone, Kent.Awarded by: Kent County Council for the Department of Transport.Value: £4.6 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - CITY-WIDE.

Job: Renovation and repair works to chimney stacks and associated works.Completion: May 3, 1994.Contractor: Sheffield Works Department, Manor Lane Depot, Sheffield S2 1TR.Awarded by: Sheffield City Council's Housing Programme Committee.Value: £189,287. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE - HARLESCOTT LANE.

Job: The construction of an extension to an office building.Completion: Work has started for completion in August.Contractor: Hall and Tawse Western, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands.Awarded by: Stadco.Value: £130,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE - RAF SHAWBURY.

Job: The re-wiring and re-plumbing of the officers mess.Completion: Work has started for completion in April, 1995.Contractor: Tilbury Douglas Construction, 395 George Road, Erdington, Birmingham.Awarded by: The Ministry of Defence.Value: £400,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SOWERBY BRIDGE, WEST YORKSHIRE - TUEL LANE.

Job: The construction of a lock and tunnel to enable the re-opening of the Rochdale Canal.Completion: Work has started for completion in June, 1995.Contractor: DCT Civil Engineering, Prospect House, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester.Awarded by: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.Value: £1.9 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ST ATHAN, SOUTH WALES.

Job: To design and build new officer accommodation for the RAF.Contractor: Pearce Construction, Evesham.Awarded by: Defence Works Services.Value: £2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - ST AUSTELL, CORNWALL - MEVAGISSEY SEWAGE TRANSFER.

Job: New sewage transfer.Completion: Work is due to start at the end of April for completion in about 6 months.Contractor: T J (Brent), Cooksland Industrial Estate, Bodmin, Cornwall.Awarded by: South West Water.Value: £750,000 approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STIRLING, CENTRAL - RAPLOCH.

Job: Internal improvements to 36 local authority houses.Contractor: Charles Gray, 4 Francis Street, Dundee.Awarded by: Stirling District Council.Value: £502,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE - ETRUSCAN BONE MILLS, ETRURIA.

Job: The construction of a single-storey extension to a warehouse.Completion: Work has started for completion on August 12.Contractor: Barry D. Trentham (Midlands), Etruscan Street, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.Awarded by: Jesse Shirley and Son.Value: Approx £220,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE - NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, PRINCES ROAD, HARTSHILL.

Job: The conversion to a first floor ward to a chemotherapy unit.Completion: Work has started for completion on October 7.Contractor: Barry D. Trentham (Midlands), Etruscan Street, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.Awarded by: North Staffordshire Hospital Trust.Value: £277,560. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, SURREY - M3, WINDMILL ROAD/NURSERY ROAD, UPPER HALLIFORD ROAD.

Job: Repairs to the side roads.Completion: Work is due to start on 9 May for completion in 26 weeks.Contractor: Tilbury Douglas, Ernest Gardens, Chiswick, London W4.Awarded by: Department of Transport South East Region.Value: £1.4 million approximately. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - SWINDON, WILTSHIRE - SOUTH MARSTON.

Job: The construction of a covered structural steel-work link bride between two manufacturing facilities.Completion: Work has started for completion in June.Contractor: Moss Construction Southern, Swan House, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, Berkshire.Awarded by: Honda of the UK Manufacturing.Value: £160,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TORQUAY, DEVON - MOUNT TRYON.

Job: To design and build a two-storey, 60-bed nursing home including all services, external works and drainage.Completion: Work has started for completion at the end of January 1995.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: Westminster Health Care.Value: £1.08 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - TRURO, CORNWALL - WHEAL JANE IN THE CARNON VALLEY.

Job: To build three pilot treatment plants.Contractor: E Thomas Construction, Truro, Cornwall.Awarded by: The National Rivers Authority.Value: £870,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - UDDINGSTON, STRATHCLYDE - TANNOCHSIDE PARK.

Job: Construction of 4 factory units.Completion: Now to December 1994.Contractor: Lilley, 331 Charles Street, Glasgow.Awarded by: Terrace Hill Properties, London.Value: £1.7 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - UNST, SHETLAND ISLANDS - SETTERS HILL, BALTASOUND.

Job: Design and construct 46 replacement married quarters.Completion: Now to October 1995.Contractor: Lilley, 331 Charles Street, Glasgow.Awarded by: Defence Work Services.Value: £4.1 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS - DARWELL STREET.

Job: Refurbishment and redecoration works to a letter delivery office.Completion: Work has started for completion at the end of January, 1995.Contractor: Hall and Tawse Western, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands.Awarded by: Royal Mail Properties.Value: £675,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS - WHITE HART.

Job: Refurbishment works to the black and white exterior fabric of a former coaching inn which will eventually become a special housing unit.Completion: Work has started for completion in mid July.Contractor: Linford Brideman, Quonians Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire.Awarded by: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council.Value: £185,000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE - JOB - GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.

Contractor: John O'Conner, Grounds Maintenance Contractors, 2 Great North road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.Awarded by: Welwyn Garden City District Council.Value: £1,622,505. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WHITLEY BAY, TYNE AND WEAR - BRIERDENE.

Job: The provision of a storm water pumping station.Completion: Work started on 18 April for completion in 89 weeks.Contractor: Harbour and General Works Ltd, Springwell Road, Springwell Village, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.Awarded by: Northumbrian Water Group.Value: £2.2 million. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CONTRACTS - WORCESTER - BRANSFORD.

Job: The conversion of a partly-constructed single-and two-storey dwelling to provide a new headquarters for the ambulance service.Completion: Work has started for completion in September.Contractor: Hall and Tawse Western, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: COSTAIN REFURB - SCOTTISH LIFE ASSURANCE.

Costain has a £5.3 million contract to refurbish the central Glasgow offices of Scottish Life Assurance.The contract includes total renovation of the seven-floor 9,000 sq m building, with work finishing in June 1995. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: COVERING UP THOSE NASTY STAINS - IDP.

Stains, water-marks and efflorescence on ceilings and interior walls can be eliminated with a water-based mica coating from Mould Growth Consultants. Called IDP, the new treatment is said to be particularly good for sealing and concealing nicotine, smoke, soot and damp stains.Mould Growth Consultants, 081-337 0731. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: CRIPPLING DISEASE IS SPREADING - VIBRATION WHITE FINGER.

Two top surgeons have unearthed a horrific level of construction workers suffering from vibration white finger.The crippling disease is caused by constant use of hand held and pneumatic tools like chipping hammers and grinders.Oxford-based Jack Collin and his St Thomas' Hospital colleague Roy Palmer quizzed 53 workers during a roadside survey in south London.One in five complained of stiff hands and joints and at least three were diagnosed as suffering from the full effects of the disease.Bot
28Apr94 UK: EC HARRIS TO MANAGE DOE'S DOUBLE - CONTRACT.

EC Harris Project Management has been appointed to manage the relocation of the Department of the Environment to two new headquarters buildings in London.The firm will oversee the redevelopment of Eland House in Bressenden Place for the DoE, where Mowlem last week won a £35 million contract from Land Securities to carry out the shell and core redevelopment work.EC Harris will project manage the tenant's fitting-out works on this scheme, which is due to start towards the end of 1995.As pa
28Apr94 UK: EIGHT CHASE CLEAN-UP JOB - BARRY.

Eight firms are chasing phase two of the Barry Bathing Waters scheme to clean up the coast at the South Glamorgan town.The line-up for Welsh Water includes Christiani and Nielsen which is already working on phase one of the scheme, a long-sea outfall.Others on the starting grid are Donelon, Norwest Holst, Trafalgar House, Alfred McAlpine, Miller, Costain and Amey.Phase two includes a primary and secondary treatment plant and associated underground pipework. Welsh Water is expected to award th
28Apr94 UK: FACELIFT FOR OFFICES - LOVELL CONTRACT.

Lovell has secured a £9.8 million contract for major refurbishment of Apollo House in Croydon, Surrey. Work on the 18,395 sq m Department of the Environment building includes repairs to precast concrete panels and extensive internal upgrading. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: FLOODS OF WORK IN NORTH-WEST.
28Apr94 UK: HBF SOUNDS ALARM OVER LAND SHORTAGES - HOUSE BUILDERS FEDERATION.

The House Builders Federation stepped up its campaign against planning restrictions on new building this week, with a warning that land prices are being driven up sharply by a shortages of usable building land.The HBF's March market survey saw 75 per cent of builders report rising land prices in the past quarter. Only 2 per cent thought they had fallen.HBF land and planning officer David Coates said: 'The recession is ending, but the planners are not good at reading the tea leaves and have be
28Apr94 UK: HELPLINE FOR WORKERS TOLD TO LIFT HEAVY LOADS.

Workers ordered to lift heavy loads on site can phone safety chiefs who will prosecute their bosses.That is the message from leaders of the Health and Safety Executive who are running a campaign to clamp down on back breaking lifting work.The advice comes as leaders of the HSE are launching a set of new booklets and guidelines offering advice on the safest ways of lifting things like heavy building blocks.The campaign will culminate in a week of action in October when contractors link up with
28Apr94 UK: HOLST OPENS OFFICE - MANCHESTER.

Norwest Holst is to boost its north-west profile with the opening of an office in Manchester. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: HOPES RAISED AT TML - TARMAC'S NEXT MOVE.

Hopes that the 10 TML contractors may write back some of the £20 million provisions they have each made to cover losses on the Channel Tunnel were raised last week when Tarmac chief executive Neville Simms said the next move in the company's provisions was likely to be downwards. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: HOUSING ARM RAISES TARMAC.
28Apr94 UK: KIER/HOCHTIEF USE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MISSING LINK OF M4 IN SOUTH WALES.

Holding Up: Kier/Hochtief opted to use an alternative design for the construction of the £38 million missing link of the M4 at Briton Ferry in south Wales.The Welsh Office originally designed the viaduct with a cast in situ deck. But the contractor submitted an alternative design based on the use of precast concrete beams, as they are specified for one of the other structures on the scheme.Working to the new design the contractor lifts the beams on to the temporary structures, designed b
28Apr94 UK: LEISURELY TILBURY - LEISURE COMPLEX CONTRACT.

Tilbury Douglas has clinched a £7.5 million design and build contract for a 92-bed hotel and leisure complex at Chilwell in Nottingham. The developer is Village Leisure Hotels. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: M AND S NEARS BREAK-EVEN - MCCARTHY AND STONE.

Loss-making sheltered house builder McCarthy and Stone almost broke even in the half ending February with a pre-tax deficit of £400,000 (1992: £6.1 million loss).But the result was flattered by an exceptional profit of £800,000 on the sale of its management services business Peverel and no dividend was paid.McCarthy's sheltered homes sales fell to 324 from 385 last time, although the average selling price rose by 14 per cent to £56,600.Following its £15.5 million righ
28Apr94 UK: MAN KILLED BY 'LIVE' HUT.

A foreman was electrocuted when he touched the door handle of a temporary site hut on a housing association job in Toxteth, Liverpool, last week.David McDonnell, 28, died instantly as he tried to get into the hut, which had mysteriously become live.Health and Safety Executive inspectors swooped on the site and slapped a prohibition notice on Warrington-based contractor Cruden Construction.An HSE spokeswoman said: 'The electricity won't be connected back to the site hut until remedial work is
28Apr94 UK: MOWLEM'S LUCKY 13 - CONTRACTS WORTH £13M.

Mowlem has won two contracts worth £13 million. The Highways Agency has awarded the firm a £7.1 million lane rental contract for maintenance work at Junction 10 of the M4. And at Longreach sewage treatment works in Dartford, Kent the firm has started work on a £6 million contract for Thames Water. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: MR MYSTERY FLEES OWING FORTUNE TO UK CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES.

Police are chasing a man who has fled to Canada owing construction companies tens of thousands of pounds.Andrew Godwin, who traded through a company called Offshore Finance from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, offered cheap loans and leasing finance to cash-strapped contractors.He charged firms a £330 up-front fee to arrange loans and for leasing finance of plant, asked for advance payments of up to 20 per cent of the deal's worth plus VAT.Police raided the Offshore Finance office after a tip
28Apr94 UK: NINE IN CHUNNEL RAIL LINK CHASE.

The UK's top contractors and consultants were forced to reveal their hands this week in the race to build and run the £3 billion Channel Tunnel Rail Link.The Department of Transport received nine prequalification bids by Monday's deadline, with three of the consortia dominated by British firms.A fourth group, led by German contractor Hochtief, includes British interest from contractor Costain.But mystery surrounds the identity of the other five bidders, which are all understood to be fro
28Apr94 UK: NON-YELLOWING GLAZE FOR WALLS - WALLGLAZE.

Protectolac is a non-yellowing, clear polymeric coating from Wallglaze for protecting external walls against harsh climates. The coating can be used on concrete, brickwork, masonry, mosaics or glazed tiles and is resistant to impact and abrasion, UV radiation, fungi, bacteria, acids and alkalis.Wallglaze, 021-328 3137. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: NORBORD TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

Norbord, one of the UK's leading suppliers of oriented strand board (OSB), is to double its production capacity with the commissioning of a second manufacturing line at its Inverness factory.The new line will enable Norbord to produce 240,000 cu m of its Sterling board - sufficient wall sheathing for about 160,000 timber frame houses, according to the company.John Anderson, marketing and technical services manager with Norbord, said the new production line will be commissioned by the end of M
28Apr94 UK: PAISLEY TEAMWORK - TEAM CONTRACT.

Team has a contract to project manage an £8 million refurbishment of the listed Paisley Sheriff Court in Scotland. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABERYSTWYTH, DYFED - OS 3700, RHYDYFELIN.

Planning authority: Ceredigion.Job: Outline plans for houses/bungalows (20).Value: £700,000.Client: HA and FW Thomas.Agent: Lloyd Herbert and Jones, 10 Chalybeate Street, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 1HX. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ABERYSTWYTH, DYFED - OS 3700, RHYDYFELIN.

Planning authority: Ceredigion.Job: Outline plans for houses/bungalows.Value: £700,000.Client: HA and FW Thomas.Agent: Lloyd Herbert and Jones, 10 Chalybeate Street, Aberystwyth, Dyfed. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ALTON, HAMPSHIRE - OMEGA PARK, PHASE 3, WILSOM ROAD.

Planning authority: East Hampshire.Job: Outline plans granted for light industrial units (4).Value: £2 million.Client: C J Butler.Agent: Cliff Walsingham and Company, 242 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7JW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - AMMANFORD, DYFED - D COACHES DEPOT, TYCROES ROAD, TYCROES.

Planning authority: Llanelli.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £500,000.Client: D Coaches.Agent: A J Taylor, 57 Lon Masaen, Ty Coch, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA2 9EX. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - COCA COLA DEPOT SITE, BIERTON ROAD.

Planning authority: Aylesbury Vale.Job: Outline plans for non food retail warehouses.Value: £2,400,000.Client: Carter Commercial Developments.Agent: Dalton Warner and Davis, 19-20 Garlick Hill, London, EC4V 2AH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - AYR, STRATHCLYDE - HEATHFIELD HOSPITAL, HUNTERS AVENUE.

Planning authority: Kyle and Carrick.Job: Detailed plans for houses (74).Value: £1,850,000.Client: Tilbury Douglas Homes.Agent: Tilbury Douglas Homes, Phoenix House, Pegasus Avenue, Phoenix Business Park, Paisley, Strathclyde PA1 2BH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BASILDON, ESSEX - NORTH SIDE OF COURTAULD ROAD, INCLUDING NEVENDON WASHLAND.

Planning authority: Basildon.Job: Detailed plans for sports stadium (5).Value: £8 million.Client: Basildon United Football Club.Agent: Consarc Partnership, 45 Welbeck Street, London, W1M 8EQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BATHGATE, LOTHIAN - REDHOUSE FARM, BLACKBURN.

Planning authority: West Lothian.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £4 million.Client: J Findlay.Agent: James Polland, 24 Hardhill Road, Bathgate, Lothian EH48 2BW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BIRKENHEAD, MERSEYSIDE - CHESTER STREET, DUNCAN STREET.

Planning authority: Wirral.Job: Outline plans for office.Value: £2,500,000.Client: Merseyside Development.Agent: Merseyside Development, Royal Liver Buildings, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 1JH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM - INKERMAN AND STONEFOO SITE, TOW LAW.

Planning authority: Derwentside.Job: Detailed plans for wind farm (8).Value: £4 million.Client: North Energy Associates.Agent: North Energy Associates, Old Queens Head Yard, Oldgate, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1PY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BODMIN, CORNWALL - RESPRY ROAD.

Planning authority: North Cornwall.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £3,700,000.Client: Bilton Group.Agent: Bilton Group, Bilton House, 54-58 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London, W5 2TL. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE - KEPPLER STREET.

Planning authority: Sefton.Job: Detailed plans for houses (49).Value: £1,800,000.Client: Maritime Housing Association.Agent: Maritime Housing Association, Corn Exchange Building, Fenwick Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 7QH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRADFORD-ON-AVON, WILTSHIRE - GREENLAND MILLS, BRIDGE STREET.

Planning authority: West Wiltshire.Job: Outline plans granted for houses (new and conversion) (61).Value: £2 million.Client: Top Ten Promotions.Agent: Chapman Warren, Fairwater House, 1 High Street, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 9JX. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRENTFORD, HOUNSLOW - RANK AUDIO SITE, GREAT WEST ROAD.

Planning authority: Hounslow.Job: Detailed plans for retail warehousing/restaurant (4).Value: £5 million.Client: Standard Life Assurance Co.Agent: Gerald Eve, 7 Vere Street, London, W1 0JB. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGEND, MID GLAMORGAN - WAUN BANT ROAD, KENFIG HILL.

Planning authority: Ogwr.Job: Detailed plans for houses (43).Value: £1,500,000.Client: I G Hale.Agent: Nike Design Group, 66 Park Street, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan CF31 4BB. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET - PLOTS 53-104 DAWES PARK.

Planning authority: Sedgemoor.Job: Approval of reserved matters for housing (52).Value: £1,800,000.Client: Beazer Homes (West).Agent: Beazer Homes (West), The Grange, Middle Road, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 8LJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BRISTOL, AVON - NORTH EAST OF ELM TREE FARM, SHEEPWAY, PORTBURY.

Planning authority: Woodspring.Job: Detailed plans for mobile home park (53).Value: £1,800,000.Client: Bristol Port Company.Agent: Berkeley Group, West Coker House, West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 9BG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE - ADJ BURNHAM GATE, TRAFALGAR STREET, TRAFALGAR GARDENS.

Planning authority: Burnley.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows (59).Value: £2 million.Client: Manchester and District Housing.Agent: Britch and Associates, 31 The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4PF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE - ADJ ROSSENDALE AVENUE.

Planning authority: Burnley.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (40).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Fairclough Homes.Agent: Fairclough Homes, 6 Clifton Square, Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire FY8 5JP. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN - COWBRIDGE ROAD WEST, CULVERHOUSE CROSS.

Planning authority: Cardiff.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £2,400,000.Client: Return Investments.Agent: Chapman Warren, 6 Museum Place, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF1 3BG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN - OCEAN PARK, OCEAN WAY.

Planning authority: Cardiff.Job: Plans for welsh national tennis centre.Value: £8 million.Client: South Glamorgan County Council.Agent: South Glamorgan County Council, County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF1 5UW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - FORMER WESTWOODS, SCHOOL, NORTHLEACH.

Planning authority: Cotswold.Job: Outline plans granted for sports/office/community centre.Value: £7,500,000.Client: J A Pye (Oxford).Agent: Gloucestershire County Council, Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHESTER, CHESHIRE - CHESHIRE OAKS RETAIL SITE, LITTLE STANNEY.

Planning authority: Ellesmere Port and Neston.Job: Approval of reserved matters for shopping centre.Value: £13 million.Client: BAA McArthur Glen UK.Agent: Montague Evans and Son, 44-48 Dover Street, London, W1X 3RF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE - WALMSLEYS FARM, OFF WOOD LANE, HESKIN.

Planning authority: Chorley.Job: Outline plans for residential.Value: £2,500,000.Client: Hassall Homes (Cheshire).Agent: Hassall Homes (Cheshire), Mansion House, Manchester Bridgewater Embankment, Broadheath, Altrincham, Greater Manchester WA14 4RW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS - LAND AT AND ADJACENT TO, COVENTRY COLLIERY, KERESLEY.

Planning authority: Nuneaton and Bedworth.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £20 million.Client: Ashford Developments.Agent: John Holmes Planning, South Yard House, 5 Brookside, East Leake, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 6PB. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DARTFORD, KENT - MAIN ROAD, LONGFIELD.

Planning authority: Dartford.Job: Outline plans for residential institution.Value: £1 million.Client: Kent County Council.Agent: Kent County Council, Springfield, Sandling Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 2LF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - DROITWICH, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - OMBERSLEY WAY, UNION LANE.

Planning authority: Wychavon.Job: Outline plans for supermarket/petrol station (3).Value: £2,730,000.Client: Morbaine.Agent: Morbaine, The Finlan Centre, Hale Road, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 8PU. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ELGIN, HIGHLANDS - ASDA SUPERSTORE, EDGAR ROAD.

Planning authority: Moray.Job: Detailed plans for supermarket (extension/alterations).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Gazeley Properties.Agent: Percy Johnson Marshall and, Duddingston House, 105 Milton Road West, Edinburgh, Lothian EH15 3QF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ENFIELD - CANNON CINEMA SITE, SOUTHBURY ROAD.

Planning authority: Enfield.Job: Outline plans for retail/fast food development (4).Value: £1,800,000.Client: Frogmore Investments.Agent: DTZ Debenham Thorpe, 44 Brook Street, London, W1A 4AG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ENFIELD - HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL, WORLDS END LANE.

Planning authority: Enfield.Job: Detailed plans for flats (new/conversion) (42).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Country and Metropolitan Homes.Agent: GHM Architects, Wheathampstead Place, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 8SB. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ENFIELD - SOUTHBURY SWIMMING POOL, SOUTHBURY ROAD, PART OF KINGSMEAD SCHOOL.

Planning authority: Enfield.Job: Outline plans for flats/leisure complex (55).Value: £15 million.Client: Enfield Family Sports.Agent: Enfield Family Sports, c/o Enfield Town Football Club, The Stadium, Enfield, EN1. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ENFIELD - ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL, CHASE SIDE CRESCENT.

Planning authority: Enfield.Job: Detailed plans for hospital (extension).Value: £2 million.Client: Chase Farm Hospitals (NHS).Agent: Tangram Architects and, 77 Western Street, London, SE1 3RS. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ERITH, BEXLEY - SITE B, LOWER FARM, SLADE GREEN ROAD.

Planning authority: Bexley.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses/flats (213).Value: £10 million.Client: Bellway Homes (South East).Agent: Hunter Price Partnership, St Clare House, Holly Road, Hampton Hill, Hampton, TW12 1QQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - EVESHAM, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - LAND OFF CHARITY CRESCENT, FOUR POOLS.

Planning authority: Wychavon.Job: Approval of reserved matters for residential development (251).Value: £8,780,000.Client: Westbury Homes (Holdings).Agent: Westbury Homes (Holdings), Stourport Road, Kidderminster, Hereford and Worcester DY11 7QL. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR - THIRD AVENUE, KINGSWAY NORTH, TEAM VALLEY.

Planning authority: Gateshead.Job: Detailed plans for industrial units (3).Value: £1,700,000.Client: Easter Properties.Agent: Hamilton Associates, 2 Jubilee Place, London, SW3 3TQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GILLINGHAM, KENT - ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM MARITIME.

Planning authority: Gillingham.Job: Outline plans granted for residential and community development.Value: £50 million.Client: English Estates Medway.Agent: English Estates Medway, Captains House, Pembroke, Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4UF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE - 36/46 GLEN ESK DRIVE, DARNLEY.

Planning authority: Glasgow.Job: Detailed plans for houses and flats (34).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Glen Oaks Housing Association.Agent: The Gray Aitken Partners, 7 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, Strathclyde KA22 8EW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - GRAVESEND, KENT - PELICAN FABRICATIONS, LOWER ROAD, NORTHFLEET.

Planning authority: Dartford.Job: Outline plans for industrial units (25).Value: £1,700,000.Client: Pelican Fabrications.Agent: The Downes Planning, 24 Greenvale Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1PD. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARLOW, ESSEX - SMITH KLINE BEECHAM SITE, COLDHARBOUR ROAD/THIRD AVENUE.

Planning authority: Harlow.Job: Outline plans granted for research/development complex (10).Value: £200 million.Client: Smith Kline Beecham.Agent: Grimley J R Eve, 10 Stratton Street, London, W1X 5FD. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE - GRANBY HOTEL, GRANBY ROAD.

Planning authority: Harrogate.Job: Detailed plans for flats (conversion) (45).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Graphkeen.Agent: PCP Architects, North Park Mews, 12b North Park Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5PE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE - GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOWGROUND, HOOKSTONE OVAL.

Planning authority: Harrogate.Job: Detailed plans for pavilion complex.Value: £2,300,000.Client: Yorkshire Agricultural Society.Agent: Jaques Associates, Springwood House, Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS18 5NU. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HULL, HUMBERSIDE - ENDSLEIGH CONVENT, BEVERLEY ROAD.

Planning authority: Kingston-Upon-Hull.Job: Outline plans for flats (69).Value: £2 million.Client: The Trustees of our Lady of.Agent: The JTS Partnership, Bernard House, The Drive, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex CM13 3DJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - HULL, HUMBERSIDE - INGLEMIRE LANE.

Planning authority: Kingston-upon-Hull.Job: Detailed plans for student accommodation (75).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Qunitor.Agent: P and N Design, Woodlands House, Brantinghamthorpe Court, Brantinghamthorpe, Brough, Humberside HU15 1QG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ILMINSTER, SOMERSET - ILTON BUSINESS ESTATE.

Planning authority: South Somerset.Job: Outline plans for industrial development.Value: £2 million.Client: Ilton Estates.Agent: Brian Cocks, Beach Road, West Bexington, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 9DG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KING'S LYNN, NORFOLK - SOUTH OF GRIMSTONE ROAD, KNIGHTS HILL.

Planning authority: Kings Lynn and West Norfolk.Job: Outline plans for mixed development (6).Value: £10 million.Client: Ashfield Land.Agent: Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Chichester House, 278-282 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - KINROSS, TAYSIDE - OCHIL HILLS HOSPITAL, MILNATHORT.

Planning authority: Perth and Kinross.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development (85).Value: £6 million.Client: Tack and Company.Agent: James Parr and Partners, 95 Dundee Road, West Ferry, Dundee, Tayside DD5 1JA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE - FORMER DAWSON GROUP, YARD BILLINGTON ROAD.

Planning authority: South Bedfordshire.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development (81).Value: £2,500,000.Client: Alexena.Agent: Connell Land Division, Eastgate House, 11 Cheyne Walk, Northampton, NN1 5PT. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE - FORMER NORTH WESTERN HOTEL, LIME STREET.

Planning authority: Liverpool.Job: Detailed plans for shops/student accommodation (250).Value: £2 million.Client: Liverpool John Moores.Agent: Owen Ellis Partnership, 1 Temple Court, Victoria Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 6PY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LLANDUDNO, GWYNEDD - MOSTYN CHAMPNEYS RETAIL PARK.

Planning authority: Aberconwy.Job: Outline plans granted for retail/restaurant (5).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Kelsdale Developments.Agent: Kelsdale Developments, 9 Lloyd Street, Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 2UU. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LOCKERBIE, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY - FIELDS NO 1584, 1565, 1548, MAINSHILL.

Planning authority: Annandale and Eskdale.Job: Outline plans granted for houses (50).Value: £1,750,000.Client: JW Shaw and Sons.Agent: Thomson Roddick and Laurie, 20 Murray Street, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway DG12 6EG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON - 50-51 PALL MALL.

Planning authority: Westminster.Job: Detailed plans for office development.Value: £2 million.Client: Arcona Properties.Agent: Trehearne and Norman, 2 Babmaes Street, London, SW1. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON - GLASSHOUSE FIELDS, CABLE STREET.

Planning authority: Tower Hamlets.Job: Outline plans granted for residential/industrial.Value: £2,600,000.Client: Hollas.Agent: Willingale Somerville-Large, 29 Langham Street, London, W1N 5RE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CAMDEN - 30 OVAL ROAD.

Planning authority: Camden.Job: Detailed plans for office (extension/refurbishment).Value: £2,500,000.Client: Jim Henson Organisation.Agent: David Baker Architects, 109d Regents Park Road, London, NW1 8WR. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF LONDON - 80 CHEAPSIDE.

Planning authority: City of London Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for shop/office building.Value: £10, 500,000.Client: Spen Hill Properties.Agent: Fitzroy Robinson Partnership, 77 Portland Place, London, W1N 4EP. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, CITY OF WESTMINSTER - 239-251 VAUXHALL BRIDGE, 2-4 GILINGHAM STREET, 49, WILTON ROAD.

Planning authority: Westminster.Job: Detailed plans for office building (13).Value: £8,500,000.Client: Julian Holy/Johills.Agent: SBT Planning, 2 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3ST. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, HACKNEY - THE CASTLE, GREEN LANE, STOKE NEWINGTON.

Planning authority: Hackney.Job: Detailed plans for indoor climbing centre (conversion).Value: £1,500,000.Client: High Performance Sports.Agent: Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, 1 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W1P 5HA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, ISLINGTON - 10-18 MANOR GARDENS.

Planning authority: Islington.Job: Detailed plans for flats/hostel (conversion) (98).Value: £2,500,000.Client: Metro Gate.Agent: Tekna Design, Suite 113,Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, N1 OQH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, LEWISHAM - CLARENCE WHARF, ROTHERHITHE STREET, ROTHERHITHE.

Planning authority: London Docklands Development Corporation.Job: Detailed plans for flats/houses (128).Value: £5, 700,000.Client: Bellway Homes (South East.Agent: Roberts and Baker, 17 Blackhorse Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1NT. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS - BOW QUARTER, FAIRFIELD ROAD, BOW.

Planning authority: Tower Hamlets.Job: Detailed plans for flats (200).Value: £8 million.Client: Kempton Homes (London).Agent: CZWG Architects, 17 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0BD. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - DALROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DALLOW ROAD.

Planning authority: Luton.Job: Outline plans granted for offices/industrial (3).Value: £2,800,000.Client: Cardale Group.Agent: Saunders Partnership, 31 Church Street, Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 9LW. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - FORMER CO-OP SITE, BRIDGE STREET, NEW BEDFORD ROAD.

Planning authority: Luton.Job: Approval of reserved matters for leisure park (7).Value: £7,500,000.Client: THI Developments.Agent: Manly International, 5th Floor 11 Waterloo Place, London, SW1Y 4AU. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - GIANTS FIELD, BARTON DOCK ROAD, TRAFFORD PARK.

Planning authority: Trafford.Job: Detailed plans for cigarette factory.Value: £10 million.Client: Rowley Dickinson.Agent: Shimizu UK (Tech Auto), 45 Old Bond Street, London, W1X 2AQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - OFF FERNCLOUGH ROAD, LATHBURY ROAD, HARPURHEY.

Planning authority: Manchester.Job: Detailed plans for houses/flats (134).Value: £4,100,000.Client: The Guiness Trust.Agent: Fairclough Homes (Manchester), 100 Washway Road, Sale, Greater Manchester M33 1RE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MANCHESTER - TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL, MOORSIDE ROAD, DAVYHULME.

Planning authority: Trafford.Job: Outline plans granted for pathology department.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Trafford Health Authority.Agent: Brothertons, Matley House, George Street, Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7EY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - 103 WALTON ROAD, WAVENDON VILLAGE.

Planning authority: Milton Keynes.Job: Detailed plans for houses (13).Value: £1,500,000.Client: McCann Homes.Agent: McCann Homes, 42 Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 8HH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - MOLD, CLWYD - RUTHIN ROAD.

Planning authority: Delyn.Job: Detailed plans for luxury houses (78).Value: £3,300,000.Client: Parry Homes.Agent: Mason Richards Partnership, 2a Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 4SG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK - LAND AT NEWMARKET HOSPITAL, EXNING ROAD.

Planning authority: Forest Heath.Job: Outline plans for community hospital.Value: £4 million.Client: Mid Anglia Community NHS Trust.Agent: Drake and Kannemeyer, The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NEWPORT, GWENT - FORMER POWER STATION SITE, ROGERSTONE.

Planning authority: Newport.Job: Detailed plans for houses (147).Value: £5, 200,000.Client: Second City Homes SW.Agent: Mason Richards Partnership, Severn House, Fountain Court, New Leaze, Almondsbury, Bristol, Avon BS12 4LA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NORTHALLERTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE - RAF LEEMING, LEEMING.

Planning authority: Hambledon.Job: Detailed plans for maintenance building.Value: £3 million.Client: RAF Leeming.Agent: White Young Consulting Group, Arndale Court, Ottley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2UJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NORWICH, NORFOLK - ST ANDREWS BUSINESS PARK, THORPE ST ANDREW.

Planning authority: Broadland.Job: Outline plans granted for business park.Value: £3,500,000.Client: Tartan Group.Agent: Tartan Group, 5 Portugal Place, Cambridge, CB5 8AF. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - ST ANNS ESTATE ACTION.

Planning authority: Nottingham.Job: Detailed plans for housing (improvements).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Nottingham City Council.Agent: Nottingham City Council, Lawrence House, Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5NT. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE - MARTIN MERE, FISH LANE, BURSCOUGH.

Planning authority: West Lancashire.Job: Outline plans granted for hotel/restaurant (2).Value: £1,500,000.Client: The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.Agent: Ben Naylor Partnership, 32 Derby Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 2BY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ORPINGTON, BROMLEY - ORPINGTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION, THE WALNUTS.

Planning authority: Bromley.Job: Outline plans granted for college (extension) (2).Value: £3 million.Client: Orpington College of Further.Agent: Fibbens Fox Associates, 31 The Broadway, Woodford Green, IG8 0HQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - OXFORD - JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, HEADLEY WAY, HEADINGTON.

Planning authority: Oxford.Job: Detailed plans for hospital (extension).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Oxfordshire Health Authority.Agent: Carnell Green Nightingale, The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Oxford, OX11 0EY. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - OXFORD - PLOT N15 NORTH WORKS, GARSINGTON ROAD, COWLEY.

Planning authority: Oxford.Job: Detailed plans for hotel/pub house/restaurant (2).Value: £2,400,000.Client: Whitbread and Co.Agent: Concepts Architectural Design, 18 Mercia Business Village, Torwood Close, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 8HX. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PENARTH, SOUTH GLAMORGAN - COGMOORE STW, SULLY.

Planning authority: Vale of Glamorgan.Job: Outline plans for sewage treatment works.Value: £28 million.Client: Welsh Water.Agent: Wallace Evans, PO Box 4,Nelson, Treharris, Mid Glamorgan CF46 6YA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - PART 25/26 LOCKYER STREET, FRONTING PRINCESS STREET.

Planning authority: Plymouth.Job: Detailed plans for office building.Value: £1,500,000.Client: Torvean ltd.Agent: A J Summers, 47 Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9AE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - PLYMOUTH, DEVON - VICTORIA WHARVES, CLOVELLY ROAD.

Planning authority: Plymouth.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse.Value: £2,500,000.Client: Dean and Dyball (Plymouth).Agent: A J R Miller-Williams, 5 Broad Street, Modbury, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 0PS. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - POOLE, DORSET - OFF SHAPWICK ROAD, LOWER HAMWORTHY.

Planning authority: Poole.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed commercial development.Value: £10 million.Client: Pilkington Tile Holdings.Agent: McGuinness Finch, 9 Stratford Place, London, W1N 9AE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - REDDITCH, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER - LAND AT ASTWOOD BANK, ASTWOOD LANE, ASTWOOD BANK.

Planning authority: Redditch.Job: Outline plans for residential development.Value: £3 million.Client: Woodast Farms.Agent: Travers Morgan and Partners, 202 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 4JJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - ROMSEY, HAMPSHIRE - BROADGATE FARM, AMPFIELD.

Planning authority: Test Valley.Job: Outline plans granted for golf course development.Value: £2 million.Client: Pelham Homes.Client: F.Goulden and Sons.Agent: Barton Willmore Partnership, 62 Margaret Street, London, W1N 7EJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - RUNCORN, CHESHIRE - WHITEHOUSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

Planning authority: Halton.Job: Detailed plans for factory/warehouse/office (2).Value: £1,500,000.Client: Duni.Agent: James R Knowles and Co, Queens Chambers, 5 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6FT. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SALFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER - ADJ KERSAL CELL, LITTLETON ROAD.

Planning authority: Salford.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (47).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Persimmon Homes (NW).Agent: Tom Freake Architect, Old Vicarage, Stone Heys Lane, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4QS. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - PRESIDENT PARK, CARLISLE STREET EAST.

Planning authority: Sheffield.Job: Detailed plans for warehouse/offices (2).Value: £2 million.Client: J F Finnegan.Agent: David Lyons and Associates, Wakefield 41 Business Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF2 0XJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE - BOWBROOK, MYTTON OAK ROAD.

Planning authority: Shrewsbury and Atcham.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows/flats (75).Value: £2,400,000.Client: Shropshire Homes.Agent: Design and Planning Associates, Belgrave House, 15 Salop Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2NR. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE - BOWBROOK, MYTTON OAK ROAD.

Planning authority: Shrewsbury and Atcham.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows/flats (75).Value: £2,400,000.Client: Westbury Homes (Holdings).Agent: Design and Planning Associates, Belgrave House, 15 Salop Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2NR. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE - BOWBROOK, MYTTON OAK ROAD.

Planning authority: Shrewsbury and Atcham.Job: Detailed plans for houses/bungalows/flats (75).Value: £2,400,000.Client: Hawkstone Park Homes.Agent: Design and Planning Associates, Belgrave House, 15 Salop Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2NR. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - STRATHAVEN, STRATHCLYDE - GREYSTONE PLACE.

Planning authority: East Kilbride.Job: Outline plans granted for residential.Value: £2 million.Client: East Kilbride District Council.Agent: East Kilbride District Council, Civic Centre, Andrews Street, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Strathclyde G74 1AB. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR - SOUTHWICK ENTERPRISE PARK, SOUTHWICK.

Planning authority: Sunderland.Job: Detailed plans for office/industrial units (4).Value: £10 million.Client: Tolent Construction.Agent: William Gower and Partners, Moorfield Court, Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2AH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - CALLADINE ROAD.

Planning authority: Ashfield.Job: Outline plans granted for industrial development.Value: £5 million.Client: Orchard Holdings.Agent: Sir Charles Nicholson Group, 3 College Street, Nottingham, NG1 5AR. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN - BOLGOED STREET, PONTARDULAIS.

Planning authority: Lliw Valley.Job: Outline plans granted for residential development.Value: £4,900,000.Client: Corporate Securities.Agent: D J D Edwards and Associates, 54 Mansel Street, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 5TE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN - SWANSEA VALE DEVELOPMENT, BETWEEN JUNCTIONS 44 AND 45, M4.

Planning authority: Swansea.Job: Outline plans granted for mixed development.Value: £10 million.Client: Welsh Development Agency.Agent: Swansea City Council, The Guildhall, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 4PA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - TROWBRIDGE, WILTSHIRE - BISS FARM, NORTH EAST OF WEST ASHTON ROAD.

Planning authority: West Wiltshire.Job: Outline plans granted for class b1, b2 and b8 industrial.Value: £13 million.Client: Persimmon Homes (Wessex).Agent: Eric Cole and Partners, 13 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALLSEND, TYNE AND WEAR - ADJ ADDINGTON DRIVE.

Planning authority: North Tyneside.Job: Detailed plans for houses (87).Value: £3 million.Client: Cussins Homes.Agent: Cussins Homes, Great North Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE3 2DA. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WALLSEND, TYNE AND WEAR - THE FORUM SHOPPING CENTRE.

Planning authority: North Tyneside.Job: Detailed plans for shopping centre (alterations).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Land Securities Properties.Agent: Seymour Harris Partnership, 4 Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 3BQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE - SALTWORKS FARM, SHIP STREET, FRODSHAM.

Planning authority: Vale Royal.Job: Approval of reserved matters for houses (151).Value: £5, 500,000.Client: Wain Homes (Chester).Agent: Wain Homes (Chester), The Beeches, Plas Newton Lane, Chester, Cheshire CH2 1PE. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WARWICK, WARWICKSHIRE - BUDBROOKE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BUDBROOKE ROAD.

Planning authority: Warwick.Job: Detailed plans for industrial units (20).Value: £1,345,000.Client: I M Properties.Agent: Bloomer Tweedale, St Marks, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 0TZ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WEYMOUTH, DORSET - PRESTON BEACH.

Planning authority: Weymouth and Portland.Job: Detailed plans for sea defences.Value: £2 million.Client: National Rivers Authority.Agent: Scott Wilson and Kirkpatrick, Scott House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WIDNES, CHESHIRE - FORMER VINE CHEMICALS SITE, LUGSDALE ROAD.

Planning authority: Halton.Job: Approval of reserved matters for food superstore/petrol station (2).Value: In excess of £10m.Client: William Morrison Supermarkets.Agent: Fletcher Joseph Partnership, Moorfield House, Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2AH. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WIMBORNE, DORSET - HILLSIDE ROAD, WYATTS LANE.

Planning authority: East Dorset.Job: Outline plans granted for school.Value: £1,600,000.Client: Dorset County Council.Agent: Dorset County Council, County Hall, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1XJ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - WINSFORD, CHESHIRE - SHAWS LANE, WHARTON ROAD, WHARTON PARK.

Planning authority: Vale Royal.Job: Outline plans granted for residential (49).Value: £1,600,000.Client: Bushwing.Agent: Bushwing, 10 Church View, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6DQ. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: PLANNING - YEOVIL, SOMERSET - THE BELL PUBLIC HOUSE, PRESTON ROAD.

Planning authority: South Somerset.Job: Detailed plans for public house.Value: £3 million.Client: Marston Thompson Evershed.Agent: Salisbury Design Architects, 32 Chipper Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 1BG. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: POLICE EAGLE SWOOPS ON £1 MILLION OF STOLEN PLANT.

Police in Kent have seized around £1 million worth of plant hire equipment since the launch of Operation Eagle - a month-long clamp-down on plant theft and auto crime.The haul includes JCBs, compressors and generators.This is the second largest operation of its kind this year as police forces step up their campaign against the multi-million pound plant theft racket.Earlier this month, West Yorkshire Police smashed an international plant theft ring with the recovery of 40 machines worth u
28Apr94 UK: POLICE SUSPECT GREEN ACTIVISTS CAUSED FIRE - CORY ENVIRONMENTAL SITE.

Police believe a £2 million blaze at an Essex construction site could be the work of green activists.The fire swept through Cory Environmental's aggregates and waste disposal site at Barling, near Southend early last Sunday, ruining four bulldozers, two diggers and a fleet of six trucks owned by the main contractor, the Walters Group.Firefighters from three stations battled for more than two hours to control the blaze.And Home Office forensic scientists who examined the gutted remains co
28Apr94 UK: PRESTON TO INVESTIGATE COUNCILLOR - OVER BALFOUR BEATTY CONTRACT.

Scandal-hit Preston council is to investigate new allegations that a former councillor failed to declare a personal financial interest when it awarded the £50 million redevelopment of Preston Docks to Balfour Beatty.Mowlem had been front-runner for the job in 1987 until late on, but the project went to a Balfour Beatty consortium. The council is already probing this.In February, attorney-general Sir Nicholas Lyell refused to allow police to charge former council deputy leader Frank McGra
28Apr94 UK: RECEIVERS AT BIMEC.

Bimec Industries, the Midlands-based water and waste treatment group, has gone into receivership only eight months after a restructuring exercise when the company's bankers agreed a £13 million rescue package. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: REGISTRATION VITAL TO MEET EC DEMANDS - WORKERS' REGISTRATION SCHEME.

Plans for a workers' registration scheme will have to be pushed through by the end of the summer to comply with European demands for minimum skill levels.Officials in Brussels are set to demand guarantees on employees' competence from contractors bidding for EU-funded contracts.And that means British construction companies will miss out on jobs unless the worker registration scheme is up and running.Under present plans, builders will carry accreditation cards containing their photographs and
28Apr94 UK: RESERVOIR LOGS - MOTT MACDONALD'S STUDY FOR YORKSHIRE WATER.

Mott MacDonald will carry out a study of six impounding reservoirs for Yorkshire Water.The 150-year-old reservoirs are in the Rivelin and Redmires systems which supply Sheffield.Mott will assess their capacity to deal with floodwater and, if necessary, a programme of remedial works will be carried out. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: RICS ATTACKS GUMMER'S SHOPPING CENTRE POLICY.

Chartered surveyors have challenged the Government's new policy of discouraging out-of-town shopping centres as unworkable without massive investment in public transport.The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last week told MPs on the environment select committee that new regional shopping centres should not be ruled out by planning policy.But any new large out-of-town shopping centres should be planned taking account of their impact on existing towns, travel patterns and traffic.Enviro
28Apr94 UK: ROAD PROTESTS - M11 LINK AND A46 BATHEASTON BYPASS.

Demonstrators scaled transport secretary John MacGregor's London home on Tuesday to stage a roof-top protest against the M11 link.Meanwhile, opponents of the A46 Batheaston bypass occupied Amey Roadstone's Frome office on Monday. And protesters hit work on the A11 bypass at Wymondham last week. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: SABLETONE USED AT TELFORD PLAZA.

Black look: Sabletone, an unusual black architectural glass from Thermovitrine, clads has been used to clad this new office development at Telford Plaza. The glass cuts out 85 per cent of harmful UV rays while balancing the internal lighting. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: SCOTS HOMES CASH - £1BN INVESTMENT.

Scotland's national housing agency, Scottish Homes, this week said it planned to invest about £1 billion in new or improved homes over the next three years. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: SHOP TASK FOR BOVIS - RETAIL AND CAR PARK CONTRACT.

Bovis North has won a £25 million management contract to redevelop the fire-ravaged Lancaster market with more than 15,000 sq m of retail space plus rooftop car park. Work, for Centreville Property Investment, a P and O/Littlewoods joint venture, will last two years. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: STOCKTON HOUSING - HOUSING SCHEME REGENERATION STARTS.

Demolition work has just started in Stockton as part of a £23 million housing scheme regeneration.More than 700 houses on the Blue Hall estate currently owned by the council will be refurbished or replaced under a four-year plan. The Blue Hall Community Forum, the Housing Corporation, Stockton City Challenge and four housing associations are involved in the project. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: 'SUPER UNION' MERGER GOES OFF BOIL - TGWU AND GMB.

Plans to create Britain's biggest union are on the back burner as general union GMB stepped back from a merger with transport union TGWU.The two unions had been discussing a plan which would have led to a new 1.8 million-member super union, including several thousand construction workers.But joint working parties, which have been investigating the detailed arrangements since before Christmas, have identified important obstacles to the link-up.The GMB's executive decided last Tuesday to contin
28Apr94 UK: SWINDON FREIGHT FOR CHRISTIANI.

Christiani and Nielsen is set to start work around late autumn on a £70 million industrial warehouse and freight distribution centre at South Marston, near Swindon, Wiltshire.The company has invested £9.5 million to acquire a 65 per cent stake in Sunway Properties, which controls the rights to develop the site and conditional contracts have been exchanged.The remaining 35 per cent stake will be held by developer Kings Wood Commercial.The project entails a complex of factory units an
28Apr94 UK: TAYWOOD SCORES AT SOCCER GROUNDS - DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTS.

Taylor Woodrow has two design and build contracts worth more than £8 million to build new stands for Midlands soccer clubs.Work starts at the close of this season for Nottingham Forest FC on a goalpost-design stand seating around 7,000 people, finishing by the end of this year.The firm completed the Bridgford stand at the City ground in 1992.And at St Andrews, Taywood has begun demolishing the old stand at the Kop end for Birmingham City to make way for a new cantilever-design 16,700 all
28Apr94 UK: TAYWOOD'S WATER TREATMENT WINNER - CONTRACT.

Taylor Woodrow's bid of £18.8 million has secured the Hanningfield water treatment works improvement contract near Chelmsford, Essex.Taywood ran neck-and-neck with Trafalgar House, its only remaining rival, with neither firm knowing which was likely to win until the last moment.The project includes the construction of granular activated carbon contactors, an ozone production building, pulsators and a pellet reactor softener plant. It also comprises pre-and post-ozone tanks, pumping stati
28Apr94 UK: TEMPORARY ROAD BARRIERS STACK UP - GLASDON.

Glasdon UK has introduced a range of temporary road barriers for the roadworks sector. Known collectively as Stackacone, the new products have separate stems and bases which can be taken apart and stacked for transport.Glasdon UK, 0253 694811. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: TENDER PRICES TO RISE 8 PC SAYS QS FORECAST.

Three leading quantity surveyors are forecasting tender prices will rise 5-8.5 per cent in the next 12 months.The rise, which will vary regionally, will be forced by further increases in materials costs and hardening of specialist contractor prices. But all three QS firms expect main contractors' margins to improve on the back of the tender price rises.QS Davis Langdon and Everest is most optimistic about the next 12 months, predicting a 5-8.5 per cent rise in tender prices nationally.It repo
28Apr94 UK: THROUGH-BOLT WITH TORQUE CONTROL - FISCHER FIXINGS.

Fischer Fixing's new torque-controlled, friction locking through-bolt is designed for anchoring equipment such as switch boxes, staircases, racking, structural steelwork and balustrades into concrete. Six bolts are available, in diameters from 8 mm to 12 mm.Fischer Fixings, 0491 833000. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
28Apr94 UK: TURNER CATCHES TRANSPORT - PS TURNER'S TRANSPORT MUSEUM CONTRACT.

Yorkshire contractor PS Turner, based in Keighley, has signed a £24 million development deal with the West Yorkshire Transport Trust for a transport museum/mixed development in Bradford.The largest development on the 11 ha Discovery Park site will be an industrial park to be known as Pioneer Point, which is likely to feature warehouses and light industrial units.There will also be office and business developments, shops and up to 25 homes. A visitors' centre is also planned and Turner is
28Apr94 UK: UNION MERGER TALKS IN DEADLOCK - UCATT AND TGWU.

Merger talks between construction union UCATT and transport union TGWU are deadlocked following a five-hour meeting last Friday. And there is no date set for further discussions Significant differences remain between both sides over the function of trade groups within any new organisation and the role of current UCATT officials.A UCATT spokesman said: 'We are getting down to the nitty gritty in these discussions now, and our people are confident they will get the structure we are after.'Both
28Apr94 UK: UNIONS DISMISS 'DERISORY' PAY OFFER.

Construction bosses have offered to lift a year-long pay freeze in the industry with an average 1.2 per cent increase in workers' pay packets.Union leaders are dismissing the offer as 'derisory' and will be looking for a 3 per cent rise during the next round of negotiations on May 18.General union GMB national officer Allan Black said: 'It didn't take long to reject their derisory offer and we will be looking for a settlement that reflects inflation rates and the recent wages freeze.'Argument
28Apr94 UK: VIRGIN LEADS HOPES FOR A LONDON BOOST OF £230M - GLC REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

Two major schemes planned in London are set to give the industry a £230 million boost.Architect RHWL says tenders are due to go out shortly for the £150 million County Hall redevelopment scheme, which will transform the former Greater London Council headquarters into a hotel and leisure complex.And in the City, councillors are set to consider National Westminster's £80 million development plans for Threadneedle Street in a few weeks' time.Richard Branson's Virgin has just joine
28Apr94 UK: WORK ON IMPROVEMENTS TO MELBOURNE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IN DERBYSHIRE REACHES HALF-WAY MARK.

Water margin: Work on the £10 million improvements to the Melbourne Water Treatment Works in Derbyshire has reached the half-way mark. The Severn Trent Water contract was awarded to Norwest Holst, who started work on site last June. The project will involve upgrading the existing facilities together with integrating a number of new structures such as a DAF plant, chlorine tank and pumping station. Scheduled for completion in 1995, the works will be commissioned to provide substantial imp
28Apr94 UK: WORKERS MEMORIAL - FOR THOSE KILLED ON SITE.

Labour MPs have tabled a Common's motion backing Workers Memorial Day today (Thursday). Members of the Construction Safety Campaign will stage a march through central London in memory of workers killed on site. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
30Apr92 UK: CITY OF LONDON PULLS TOGETHER TO CLEAR UP IRA BLAST.
30Apr92 UK: IS BS 5750 TOO COSTLY FOR CONTRACTORS?
30Apr92 UK: KLEMM AND STYRUD AND CHRISTENSON LAUNCH TWO NEW TRENCHLESS PIPE INSTALLATION SYSTEMS.
30Apr92 UK: LAW REPORT - RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN UNEXPECTED GROUND CONDITIONS ARISE.
30Apr92 UK: MITSUI YAMAHA MAY LAUNCH NEW CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM.
30Apr92 UK: OFFICIAL REFEREE REMINDS BUILDERS OF LIABILITY FOR WORK WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE.
30Apr92 UK: SAVOY THEATRE IN LONDON BEING RESTORED TO FORMER GLORY BY BOVIS.
Bridge engineers throughout the country will be focusing their gaze this week on Suffolk, where X-ray techniques are being used for the first time in the UK to assess the condition of a post-tensioned
Britain believes it is well ahead of rival developed nations in recognising the potential of India as a burgeoning construction market.This month construction minister Tony Baldry returned with 17 UK
CORRECTION - John Douglas is non-executive chairman of contractor Tilbury Douglas, not Michael Bottjer, as reported on our issue of April 7. Mr Bottjer is chief executive of the company. CNEWS 21/4/94
CORRECTIONCNEWS 5/5/94 CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Dawn raids by police forces throughout the UK and Ireland last week turned the spotlight on the IRA and how terrorists use industries like construction to fund their bombing campaigns.The Royal Ulster
E Anglia South Inc Norf/Suff London and Cambs Scotland H Counties TotalsResidential 4.685 14.940
Environmental issues, employment law and product directives apart, the European Union has so far made little impact on the actual business of construction.While construction projects have benefited fr
MATERIAL COMPARISONSProject Cost (£m) Contractor Material WLC supplement
Route 1: Traditional employment of an apprentice by a contractor under a recognised industry training agreement.Route 2: Full-time college courses, leading to national vocational qualifications in ord
SCHEMES TO TENDER THIS YEAR (£m)M1/M62 Lofthouse interchange diversion 30M1-A1 link road 115A1(M) Hook Moor-Bramham upgrading 80A1(M) Alconbu
'The designer has to be innovative and the contractor must have an input on buildability. If the consultant is just on a fee, you will not get the necessary dialogue out of which innovative designs wi
The share price tables are based on constituents on the Building and Construction and Building Materials and Construction sectors of the Financial Times-Stock Exchange Actuaries Share Indices as at Ja
The share price tables are based on constituents on the Building and Construction and Building Materials and Construction sectors of the Financial Times-Stock Exchange Actuaries Share Indices as at Ja

The tables rank prominent companies in the sector by market capitalisation and are intended to give a representative rather than a comprehensive guide to the stock market view of the industry.Prices are taken at the close of stock market business on Monday prior to publication, with changes being on the values of the previous Monday. CONSTRUCTION NEWS
The share price tables are based on constituents on the Building and Construction and Building Materials and Construction sectors of the Financial Times-Stock Exchange Actuaries Share Indices as at Ja
The Ten lowest bidsCOMPANY NATIONALITY PRICE (in $1,000)Federation of Contractors/Hochtief German/Lebanese
When RMC announced it had acquired Berlin's only cement maker four years ago, few realised the epic scale of the company's undertaking.RMC paid DM 220 million (£88 million) for a controlling stak

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