HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 cc913-6W
Dr. John Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list the contractors involved in the British Library project. [11989]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

According to records held by the Department of National Heritage, the following organisations and individuals are, or have previously been, directly under contract to the Department or its predecessors in respect of the British library construction project:

  • Abbeywood Floor Coverings Ltd.
  • AE Hadley Ltd.
  • Allaway Acoustics
  • Allsop
  • Archbell Greenwood Structural Engineers
  • Argent Building Services Ltd.
  • ARI Propafloor Ltd.
  • Arthur Syddall (Grantham) Ltd.
  • Atlantis Fine Art and Architecture Supplies Ltd.
  • A to Z Couriers Ltd.
  • Avondale Construction Ltd.
  • AW Elliot and Co. (Steeplejacks) Ltd.
  • Baco Contracts Ltd.
  • Balfour Beatty Ltd.
  • Balmforth Engineering Ltd.
  • Baris Dry Lining Ltd.
  • Bellow Machine Co. Ltd.
  • Bolte (UK) Ltd.
  • Bolton Gate Company Ltd. (formerly Bolton Brady Ltd.)
  • British Engine Insurance Association Ltd.
  • British Rail Ltd.
  • Briton Poole and Burns Ltd.
  • Brophy Construction plc
  • Bruce Nivison
  • Bruynzeel Storage Systems Ltd.
  • Building Management Southeast
  • Business Gas plc
  • Byrne Bros (Formwork) Ltd.
  • Cambridge Asphalt Co. Ltd.
  • Carlton Waller Ltd.
  • Carpet Services (Surrey) Ltd.
  • Carter and Co. (London) Ltd.
  • Chubb Fire Ltd.
  • CJ O'Shea Construction Ltd.
  • Clark and Fenn Ltd.
  • Clarke Instruments Ltd.
  • Colin St. John Wilson and Partners
  • Colt International Ltd.
  • Coverite (Asphalters) Ltd.
  • Cranfield Logistics Ltd. (formerly the National Materials Handling Centre)
    • 914
  • Curtis Steel Ltd.
  • Custom Metal Fabrication Ltd.
  • Davis Langdon and Everest
  • Diespeker Interiors Ltd.
  • Direction Group Air Conditioning Ltd.
  • Dormar Mechanical Services Ltd.
  • Drake and Scull Engineering Ltd.
  • Dun and Bradstreet Ltd.
  • Durable Contracts Ltd.
  • E. Conies and Son Ltd.
  • East and Son Ltd.
  • Eastern Electricity plc
  • Elizabeth Burney-Jones
  • Envopack Group Sales Ltd.
  • Eurolog Ltd.
  • Expanded Piling Co. Ltd.
  • F. Brooks Ltd.
  • F. Smith and Son (Grimsby) Ltd.
  • Facade Hoists Ltd.
  • Farren and Sons Ltd.
  • FE Beaumont Ltd.
  • FHC Plant Maintenance (formerly Flowerhouse Craigwell Ltd.)
  • Fondedile Foundations Ltd.
  • Forster Metallbau Gmbh
  • Forward Catering Ltd.
  • FP Fire Protection Services Ltd.
  • FW Bull and Son (Construction) Ltd.
  • G. Dew and Co. Ltd.
  • G and H McGill Ltd.
  • Glasbau Hann GMBH and Co. KG
  • Gormley (Marble Specialists) Ltd.
  • Greenwood Airvac
  • Griffiths McGee Demolition Ltd.
  • Guthrie Allsebrook and Co. Ltd.
  • Hacker Young
  • Haden Technology Ltd.
  • Haden Young Ltd.
  • Hawes Signs Ltd.
  • Heath Fielding Ltd.
  • Higgs and Hill Southern Ltd.
  • HJ Wedge and Sons Ltd.
  • How Fire Ltd.
  • Interfaceé Europe Ltd.
  • Intermove Services Ltd.
  • Irvine Whitlock Ltd.
  • Jacklin Decorators Ltd.
  • James R. Knowles
  • Jandor Metal Doors Ltd.
  • JL Joinery Ltd.
  • John Mowlem and Co. plc
  • John Rowlson (Engineers) Ltd.
  • John Smith and Sons
  • Jonathan James Ltd.
  • Joseph Murphy Structural Engineering Ltd.
  • Keller Colocrete Ltd.
  • Keltbray Ltd.
  • Kenneth Eaton Associates
  • Kenneth Oldham-Smith
    • 915
  • Kittridge Flooring Ltd.
  • Laing Management Ltd.
  • LH Rothwell Associates
  • Lilley Construction Ltd.
  • London Borough of Camden
  • London Electrify plc
  • London Underground Ltd.
  • Mark Hammond Design
  • Martin Drake
  • McGill Insulation Group Ltd.
  • McGinley Construction Services Ltd.
  • McKenna and Co.
  • Miles Carter Ltd.
  • Mobil Gas Marketing (UK) Ltd.
  • MPG Contracts Ltd. (formerly MPG Plastering Ltd.)
  • MW and RW Bacon Ltd.
  • Nick Artim
  • North London Dry Lining Ltd.
  • Norwest Holst Civil Engineering Ltd.
  • Norwest Holst Construction Southern Ltd.
  • Nuclear Electric plc
  • O and K Escalators Ltd.
  • Octavius Atkinson and Sons Ltd.
  • Ove Arup and Partners
  • PA Consulting Group Ltd.
  • Pembridge Builders Ltd.
  • Plescon Ltd.
  • Plumb Bespoke Shopfitting Ltd.
  • Pollards Fyrespan Ltd.
  • Price Waterhouse Ltd.
  • Princeton plc
  • Project Fire Engineering Ltd.
  • PSA Specialist Services
  • Quest Insulation Ltd.
  • Richardson Roofing Co. Ltd.
  • Rivermeade Signs Ltd.
  • Robinson Metalwork (Luton) Ltd.
  • Rust Consulting Ltd. (formerly Kennedy & Donkin Building Services Ltd.)
  • Samuel Elliott and Sons Ltd.
  • Shanahan Dover Systems Ltd.
  • Shapland and Petter Ltd.
  • Sharrocks (London) Ltd.
  • Sindall Joinery Ltd.
  • Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd.
  • Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd./Haden Young Ltd. Joint Venture
  • Situsec Contractors Ltd.
  • Spectra Engineering Ltd.
  • Stitson White Services Ltd.
  • Strather Construction Ltd.
  • Stuarts Industrial Flooring Ltd.
  • Syston Rolling Shutters Ltd.
  • TA Consultancy Services Ltd.
  • Tarmac Construction Ltd.
  • Tarmac Servicemaster
  • TB V Consult (formerly PSA Projects)
  • Terry Hedgeland
  • Thames Water plc
    • 916
  • The Buying Agency (formerly the Crown Suppliers)
  • The Expanded Piling Co. Ltd.
  • The Express Lift Co. Ltd.
  • The Paint Research Association
  • The Steensen Varming Mulcahy Partnership Ltd.
  • Thrope Model Makers
  • Trafalgar House Interiors Ltd.
  • Trench Farrow and Partners
  • Trident Safeguards Ltd.
  • WA Dawson Ltd.
  • Wallis Joinery Ltd.
  • WB Simpson and Sons Ltd.
  • Wembley Roofing Ceilings Ltd.
  • William Steward London Ltd.
  • Wiltshier Construction (London) Ltd.
  • Wiltshier Construction Ltd.
  • WM and RW Bacon Ltd.
  • WS Harvey (Decorators) Ltd.
  • YAY Brightside Ltd. (Formerly Young Austen and Young Ltd.)

Note:

Does not include sub-contractors.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what inquiries she has instigated into the delay to the British library project; what reports she has received from those inquiries; and what measures have been taken as a consequence. [11990]

Mrs. Bottomley

The primary cause of delay to this project has been the need to identify and specify the technical changes required to deal with problems discovered since 1991. In particular, these relate to the mobile bookshelving, the low voltage cabling, and the fire protection system. I and my predecessors have commissioned leading experts to report on the issues and we have received a number of technical reports. As a consequence, the key changes which have been made, or are in the process of being made, include the replacement of faulty components in the bookshelving, at the contractor's expense; the repair and replacement of cabling, where necessary and practicable, and the installation of automatic fuse switches to protect the cabling system; and changes to the fire protection system to reduce the likelihood of corrosion, and improve effectiveness.