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Murphy buys Daniel Contractors subsidiary

17 May 13

Murphy Group buys Land & Marine, saving 184 jobs
Severfield-Rowen plans 93 job cuts

17 May 13

Redundancies come as steel specialist implements restructure
Styles & Wood expects to make half-year loss

17 May 13

Fit out specialist braced to go into the red for first six months of 2013
EDF delays Hinkley funding ‘until at least September’

17 May 13

Exclusive: £10bn nuclear plant project six months behind revised schedule with half of jobs on site now at risk
In focus: Lend Lease

17 May 13

In the first of five quick fire guides to big changes at major contractors, we look at latest shake-up at Lend Lease
More senior figures to leave Lend Lease amid shake-up

17 May 13

Exclusive: Two further senior figures are set to leave contractor Lend Lease following news that managing director Michael Dyke left his post
Nuclear boss quits Laing O'Rourke

17 May 13

Norman Haste played key role in winning £2bn Hinkley job
Carillion saves £10m through green push

16 May 13

Firm’s chief executive Richard Howson underlines business case for sustainability in construction
Carillion misses half its sustainability targets

16 May 13

Contractor behind schedule on 11 of 22 targets, but has exceeded its target performance on a number of other key measures
Bechtel wins £36m Vauxhall job

16 May 13

Transport for London awards contractor station upgrade
Balfour wins £77m Aussie rail job

16 May 13

Contract is first won under the infrastructure giant’s new country structure
Mace set to begin on £768m Victoria Circle

15 May 13

Developer Land Securties reports £533m profit for full year and confirms Mace’s appointment as £768m first phase begins next month
Another boss exits Balfour Beatty

14 May 13

Exclusive: Executive director Rob Walker leaves Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business in the wake of the firm’s £50m profit warning
Babcock reports 16% profit hike

14 May 13

Engineer targeting opportunities stemming from demand for increasing efficiency in defence, nuclear and rail
Mears moves fast on Morrison integration

14 May 13

Firm expects to complete full integration by the end of the year
Balfour Beatty construction revenue plummets

14 May 13

Lack of public projects and fierce competition in regional markets blamed for 23% drop in UK construction revenue
Emcor pulls out of UK construction

13 May 13

M&E giant pulls out of construction market to focus on facilities management
Interserve wins £700m of work in first quarter

13 May 13

Clients include Jaguar Land Rover, Magnox and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
EFA starts £1bn schools race

10 May 13

Over 70 schools to be funded but PF2 element suffer drastic cut back
Bam lands £75m priority schools package

10 May 13

This is the second win for the contractor under government’s £400m investment programme
EFA to press go on £1.75bn of privately financed school work

10 May 13

Government’s delivery body set to launch search for contractors and to detail PF2 funding model
Rowecord: A dying breed

10 May 13

Rowecord Engineering has gone under, taking at least 430 jobs with it. But what is the cost to the wider industry, when it loses the expertise offered by specialist firms?
Michael Dyke leaves role as Lend Lease boss

9 May 13

Exclusive: EMEA construction MD departs post with immediate effect as 90 jobs are put at risk
Parsons Brinckerhoff wins £78m US rail job

9 May 13

Balfour Beatty subsidiary awarded extension on existing high-speed rail contract
Morgan Sindall issues profit warning

9 May 13

Construction giant says margins impacted in construction, infrastructure and affordable housing
Costain takes £4m hit for failed May Gurney bid

8 May 13

Contractor says start to the year otherwise “strong” in trading update
Bradford and Kirklees to be next priority schools batch

7 May 13

BFE latest: EFA director says fourth batch to be procured “soon”
Skanska UK reports first quarter results

7 May 13

Contractor books £260m revenue and £7.5m operating profit
Bouygues sells civil engineer Fitzgerald

3 May 13

Bouygues UK has sold civil engineering contractor Fitzgerald to its management a year after acquiring the firm
Ocon creditors left £4.3m out of pocket

3 May 13

Manchester-based contractor’s collapse sees creditors only paid up to 22p of every pound owed
Bam Construct holds steady in difficult market

3 May 13

Chief executive Graham Cash says turnover has now levelled out and cites ‘well structured’ business as reason for firm’s resilience
John Laing wins £120m Cambridge health scheme

2 May 13

Project finance to be arranged by contractor in first-of-its-kind development for NHS
Galliford Try bags trio of Manchester jobs

2 May 13

Contractor scores contracts worth £36.5m
Carillion on National Grid framework

2 May 13

Contractor says it is one of six on £1.5bn five-year substation job
Carillion bags £335m Liverpool hospital job

2 May 13

Carillion-led consortium beats rival team led by Interserve to Royal Liverpool hospital contract
Creditors chase £6.5m after Herbert Baggaley collapse

1 May 13

Administrator KPMG finds £2m to pay trade creditors, leaving £4.5m shortfall
Balfour Beatty banks £58.5m from PFI asset sales

1 May 13

Contractor says it will reinvest cash in target regions and markets
Peasland to exit Balfour Beatty

1 May 13

Balfour Beatty’s demoted UK construction boss Mike Peasland is to leave the company by the end of the year
Costain’s £123m M6 job faces legal challenge

30 Apr 13

Campaigners argue government’s decision to grant planning permission to the £123m M6 link road was flawed
Major shake-up at Balfour Beatty

29 Apr 13

Mike Peasland steps down from role as UK construction chief executive to run regional business following £50m profit warning
Bam frontrunner for £150m Saatchi job

29 Apr 13

Exclusive: Bam secures pre-construction role on Derwent’s redevelopment of the former Saatchi & Saatchi office building in London
Galliford Try fixing leaks on £22m roof

26 Apr 13

Newport railway station’s innovative £22m roof is being repaired by contractor Galliford Try because it has been leaking
Kier gains support for May Gurney takeover

25 Apr 13

Kier secures early backing from around a third of May Gurney shareholders for proposed £221m takeover
RICS survey points to signs of optimism

25 Apr 13

Market survey suggests workloads beginning to rise with housing market credited
UK economy avoids triple dip

25 Apr 13

Growth of 0.3% dragged down by construction, which is worst performing sector
Galliford Try secures £26m retirement home

25 Apr 13

Firm also secures financial close on £16m London housing scheme
Bam holds strong in challenging market

25 Apr 13

Bam Construct has seen its revenues and profit hold steady amid difficult market conditions in the UK.
MPs told late payment is 'organised crime'

25 Apr 13

Parliamentary inquiry into late payment hears evidence from subcontractors
Kier boss hails May Gurney deal

24 Apr 13

Paul Sheffield says proposed acquistion will enable the business to offer an ‘end-to-end’ service to local authority clients
Miller poaches Morgan Sindall south boss

24 Apr 13

Stephen Scard joins Miller as regional managing director for South-east
Kier agrees £221m deal to buy May Gurney

24 Apr 13

May Gurney board to recommend £221m Kier bid representing a 35% premium over Costain offer
Blacklisting protesters target Royal Bam

23 Apr 13

Delegation led by Unite union will travel to Amsterdam to protest outside Royal Bam’s annual general meeting
Royal Imtech cuts 1,300 jobs as write-offs increase

23 Apr 13

Parent company of Imtech UK will implement ‘tigher controls’ across the group
Lend Lease appoints new Scotland boss

19 Apr 13

Roy Allport has been promoted from within to run the company’s expanding Scottish business
Santander’s data centre unfinished after ISG exit

19 Apr 13

Exclusive: £100m Project Fox missing sections of roofing and cladding and up to eight months behind schedule
Skanska culls standalone UK housing business

18 Apr 13

Exclusive: Swedish contractor absorbs Homes by Skanska into wider UK company, with some roles ‘under review’
Vinci UK profit falls as focus turns to major projects

17 Apr 13

Contractor seeks more strategic frameworks and higher-value project work
Mace and Skanska battle for £500m Scalpel tower

17 Apr 13

Contractors Mace and Skanska are battling it out for the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed ‘Scalpel’ tower in the City of London
Subbies pressure ministers to tighten prompt payment code

17 Apr 13

Business minister asked to tighten payment rules following Carillion’s extension of payment terms to 120 days
Lovell wins £63m Dagenham housing scheme

16 Apr 13

Firm to build 362 homes on brownfield site in the borough
New NEC3 contracts include fair payment provisions

16 Apr 13

New suite of government-endorsed NEC3 contracts to be launched next week embrace project bank accounts
MPs slam contractors' blacklisting evidence

16 Apr 13

Scottish Affairs committee says it will now examine penalties including possible ban on tendering for public sector work
McAlpine appeals for missing racoons

15 Apr 13

Existence of McAlpine-owned zoo in Buckinghamshire emerges after appeal made for pair of escaped coatis
GB Building bags south London student halls

15 Apr 13

Contractor will build accommodation for 740 King’s College students
Watchdog extends push to contact blacklisting victims

15 Apr 13

Information Commissioner’s Office to cross check names of those on blacklist with Department for Work and Pensions
May Gurney loses appeal on £780m highways job

12 Apr 13

May Gurney has lost its bid to be reinstated in the race for a £780m highway maintenance contract for Norfolk council
Construction output fell 7% in February

12 Apr 13

Construction output falls 7% year on year, driven by declines in housing, public sector and commcercial work
Seddon split into three firms

12 Apr 13

Seddon Group has restructured to create three independently owned trading companies
Willmott Dixon wins £250k in court case

11 Apr 13

Contractor has won a legal case for just £250k in withheld fees from developer Newlon Housing
Bam bags £30m Salford university job

11 Apr 13

Contractor appointed preferred bidder for £30m arts and media centre at the University of Salford
Anna Stewart: The successor

10 Apr 13

This month, Anna Stewart takes over the reins at Laing O’Rourke, the UK’s largest private contractor. Tough decisions await her
Industry giants embroiled in construction fraud probe

9 Apr 13

Exclusive: Arrests at subcontractor Alandale as police probe focuses on Laing O’Rourke and Costain’s £250m Farringdon station upgrade
Four arrests in construction fraud probe

8 Apr 13

Police have arrested four people in connection with alleged corruption over winning rail work in London
Firms appointed to build £600m Scots power substations

8 Apr 13

Balfour Beatty, Miller, and Bam Nuttall among firms appointed to £600m electricity substation programme in north of Scotland
Wates family retakes reins at Wates Group

5 Apr 13

Exclusive: Exit of chief executive Paul Drechsler anticipated towards the end of the year as James Wates takes over as chair of contractor
ISG completes rebrand

4 Apr 13

Name of contractor officially changed from Interior Services Group
Laing O’ Rourke undergoes management shake-up

4 Apr 13

Exclusive: Development and design director goes to work for Apple as new finance director appointed
Construction 'worst' sector for insolvencies

4 Apr 13

PwC says more than 600 insolvencies in first quarter of 2013
Costain vs Kier: The battle for May Gurney

3 Apr 13

Who stands to win if Kier does decide to challenge Costain over its merger with May Gurney?
Lend Lease's European finance boss departs

3 Apr 13

Exclusive: Stephen Grist, Lend Lease’s finance boss in its Europe, Middle East and Africa business has left the firm
Kier given access to May Gurney's books

3 Apr 13

Contractor on course to table rival offer to Costain for £695m turnover May Gurney
Interserve invests in £200m Edinburgh scheme

3 Apr 13

Contractor forms joint venture with developer Tiger on mixed-use Haymarket project
May Gurney to lose £780m roads job

2 Apr 13

Support services contractor launches formal appeal as Norfolk council plans to end relationship with firm
Costain joint venture wins £300m Crossrail fit out job

2 Apr 13

Contract is the last major construction contract to be awarded on the project
Howard Shiplee to leave Laing O’Rourke

2 Apr 13

Former Olympic boss appointed to lead welfare reform at the Department for Work and Pensions
Kier may make rival offer for May Gurney

28 Mar 13

Contractor issues statement following announcement of £178m Costain merger proposal
EC Harris and Mace to ensure Kingdom Tower hits targets

28 Mar 13

UK-based joint venture made responsible for $1.2bn budget as Omnium appointed QS
Costain-May Gurney merger to cost 150 jobs

27 Mar 13

But directors say £178m deal is designed to drive growth
Costain and May Gurney to merge

27 Mar 13

Contractors announce plans to form £1.6bn-turnover contractor
Anger at Carillion’s 120-day payment terms

27 Mar 13

Shadow business secretary expresses concerns over move to extend standard payment terms to 120 days
Wates construction profit drops by 50%

27 Mar 13

Chairman and chief executive Paul Drechsler hails “very solid” results despite drop in pre-tax profit for construction business
Carillion defends 120 day payment scheme

26 Mar 13

Contractor says it is getting good feedback from the ‘large number of suppliers’ signed up to the scheme
Five firms race for Olympic stadium conversion

25 Mar 13

Exclusive: Five contractors, including stadium builder Sir Robert McAlpine, in the running for £100m 2012 stadium conversion job
Wates hails 'solid' results for 2012

25 Mar 13

Wates construction pre-tax profit down 48% but turnover holds up
Balfour Beatty’s £500m incinerator denied planning

22 Mar 13

Scheme for Gloucestershire council thrown out by councillors
Mace bags £250m Victoria Circle job

22 Mar 13

Exclusive: Contractor to build mixed-use scheme that forms largest piece of Land Securities’ 15-year transformation of Victoria
Carillion to double maximum payment terms to 120 days

21 Mar 13

Exclusive: Subcontractors will have to pay fee to get money before 120 days as part of new payment system
Billington Holdings revenue falls 29%

19 Mar 13

Loss falls from £2.2m in 2011 to £0.5m last year
Mears reports record revenue after Morrison buy

19 Mar 13

Social housing contractor reports revenue of £680m in 2012
T Clarke profit falls 76%

19 Mar 13

Firm reports rise in revenue to £194m
Balfour Beatty predicts revenue will fall by 20%

15 Mar 13

Construction giant announces it is to withdraw from bidding on ‘uneconomic’ work and switch focus to restricted markets
MoD reopens bids for £250m Scotland framework

14 Mar 13

The Ministry of Defence’s estate arm has reopened the bidding race for construction work on military estates in Scotland
Miller back in the black after strong year

14 Mar 13

Miller has returned to profit after posting a solid set of results with a record increase in its construction order book
Priority schools programme struggles to source finance

12 Mar 13

Government is looking to European Investment Bank and capital bond markets to finance £2.4bn private element of programme
Morgan Sindall wins £24m Scottish office job

11 Mar 13

Contractor to build five-storey scheme in Glasgow
Bam lined up for £300m Google HQ

11 Mar 13

Bam Construct selected as preferred bidder for Google’s £300m King’s Cross headquarters job
Balfour Beatty to slim down to £2.5bn business

11 Mar 13

Balfour Beatty UK construction boss says he expects revenue to fall by 20% this year as UK construction business withdraws from ‘uneconomic’ jobs
Construction output falls sharply

8 Mar 13

Steep drop in public sector and private commercial drives output down 10.2%
Running on empty

08 March 2013

Cash is king but with holdings plummeting do contractors need a radical solution?
Mansell brand to disappear by end of the year

7 Mar 13

Exclusive: Balfour Beatty’s UK construction boss says firm’s restructure will see the end of both Mansell and Birse Civils
ISG boss says margins will remain tight

7 Mar 13

Firm to concentrate on framework deals and repeat business in ‘very competitive’ construction market
Balfour Beatty to sell European rail business

7 Mar 13

Contractor exits mainland Europe as profit falls 70%
Ocon Construction files for administration

6 Mar 13

Manchester-based £41m-turnover firm ‘highly likely’ to enter administration
Vinci wins £150m Peabody contract

6 Mar 13

Contractor will deliver improvements across Peabody estates over 10 years
Balfour Beatty lands £130m Crossrail contract

6 Mar 13

Contractor will build overground section of network to Abbey Wood
Infrastructure and repeat orders boost Costain

6 Mar 13

Contractor posts strong results with pre-tax profit up 9%
Skanska checked more than 60,000 names against blacklist

6 Mar 13

Skanska HR boss tells MPs about extent of contractor’s involvement with blacklisting organisation The Consulting Association
Balfour Beatty out of £300m Google race

5 Mar 13

Contractor knocked out of the race for Google’s £300m King’s Cross headquarters job, leaving three firms standing
Skanska swoops on 100 Cheapside job

5 Mar 13

Contractor confirms £28m office scheme win in City of London
ISG construction edges into profit on margin of 0.2%

5 Mar 13

ISG’s UK construction business has posted an 18% rise in revenue to £280m, with margin of 0.2% generating profit of £700k
Wates bags £25m Exeter research hub

5 Mar 13

Exclusive: Contractor to build University of Exeter’s advanced disease research centre
Contractors sign up to prompt payment code

4 Mar 13

Laing O’Rourke, Carillion and Kier are among a clutch of major contractors to sing up to the government’s prompt payment code
Construction activity hits three-year low

4 Mar 13

Latest Markit/CIPS survey shows fourth consecutive month of declining activity and the lowest level since October 2009
Overseas growth doubles Keller profit

4 Mar 13

Groundworks giant posts strong results thanks to international expansion
Government considers licences for builders

4 Mar 13

Exclusive: Business department launches research looking at how other country’s tackle rogue traders
New construction orders on the rise

1 Mar 13

Total new orders show second consecutive quarter-on-quarter increase, but infrastructure falls 15%
Imtech seeks €500m rights issue

28 Feb 13

Dutch giant reveals further €200m of write-downs
Kier targets leaner office network

28 Feb 13

Kier boss says £12m restructure will involve the consolidation of its extensive regional office network
Skanska spends £18m on Atkins division

28 Feb 13

UK arm of Swedish contractor buys highways services business
Severfield-Rowen launches £48m rights issue

28 Feb 13

Troubled steel contractor looks to raise cash after £19.4m loss
Kier starts £12m restructuring programme

28 Feb 13

Contractor reports six month profit slump by more than a third
ISG exits £100m Santander data centre job

27 Feb 13

ISG has left its £100m data centre job for Spanish bank Santander, with project manager Mace taking over on the site in Leicestershire
Interserve construction profit falls 18%

27 Feb 13

Fall in international revenue sees construction arm’s turnover dip to £939m
Carillion hails 'robust' performance

27 Feb 13

Carillion posts pre-tax profit of £180m, as revenue falls 13% to £4.4bn in 2012
Carillion to face blacklist court hearing

27 Feb 13

Judge rules tribunal appeal by blacklisted worker Dave Smith should be heard by High Court judge
Bam tops list of UK's low carbon firms

26 Feb 13

Contractor knocks rival Skanska into second place in league table of low carbon UK firms
Contractors' blacklist spending revealed

26 Feb 13

Exclusive: Analysis reveals detailed picture of contractors’ spending on blacklist firm The Consulting Association
Fraudsters ordered to repay Balfour Beatty thousands

26 Feb 13

Scam resulted in firm paying ‘ghost workers’ £165,000
Bam wins £26m London school job

26 Feb 13

Bam Construction has secured a £26m job to design and rebuild a primary school and 80 residential units in North West London
Big names line up for £35m Brum sports centre

25 Feb 13

Exclusive: Six contractors in the running to build Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands-designed sports centre at University of Birmingham
Willmott Dixon tipped for £60m Brum campus

22 Feb 13

Contractor emerges as preferred bidder for phase two of Birmingham City University’s city centre campus scheme
Green light for Willmott Dixon's £30m Aberfeldy estate project

22 Feb 13

Willmott Dixon’s development division has reached financial close on phase one of the £250m transformation of the Aberfeldy estate in Tower Hamlets
Leadbitter bags £23m Swansea research centre

22 Feb 13

Exclusive: Contractor has been appointed preferred bidder for the £23m job to build Swansea University’s new Innovation Hub
EC Harris and Mace win lead role on 1km Saudi tower

21 Feb 13

Exclusive: Joint venture will project manage construction of world’s tallest $1.2bn Kingdom Tower
Kier replaces Morrison on £350m housing repairs job

21 Feb 13

Exclusive: Preferred bidder Morrison withdraws from job on Circle’s £1.2bn repairs contract package
Galliford Try posts solid half-year results

20 Feb 13

Revenue down 9.2% but profit lifts marginally
John Morgan: 'I'm rolling up my sleeves'

19 Feb 13

Morgan Sindall boss says he’s focused on ‘tighter’ implementation of the firm’s strategy as it post its full year results
McLaren profit dips as revenue soars

19 Feb 13

Firm reports pre-tax profit of £6m on turnover of £376m in 2011-12
Severfield-Rowen's cost overruns hit £20.1m

19 Feb 13

Severfield-Rowen has announced a £20.1m hit to its profit, including a £10m overrun on the Cheesegrater job
Morgan Sindall profit falls 15%

19 Feb 13

Firm’s restructuring results in £10m of costs
Laing O'Rourke appoints new finance boss

19 Feb 13

Mark Goldsworthy takes up position as finance director for the contractor’s infrastructure and the Middle East businesses
Brookfield to build £80m London tower

18 Feb 13

Brookfield Multiplex takes over from Sir Robert McAlpine on £80m Aldgate Tower job
Lend Lease Europe profit jumps 40%

18 Feb 13

Firm’s European arm boosted by Greenwich Peninsula stake sale
Bam to bring benefits of BIM to facilities management

18 Feb 13

Bam Construct launches project aimed at using Building Information Modelling to improve the facilities management of a building once it is completed
Laing O'Rourke wins £30m Oxford uni job

15 Feb 13

Prestigious Blavatnik School of Government building is designed by Swiss star Herzog & de Meuron
Labour government 'ignored' warnings on blacklisting

14 Feb 13

BBC investigation details 2007 meeting between senior civil servant and whistleblower Alan Wainwright
Race starts for £200m Manchester engineering campus

14 Feb 13

Manchester university is seeking a contractor for a £200m design and build job for a new engineering campus
Costain and McAlpine on track for £200m Hinkley civils win

14 Feb 13

Exclusive: Costain and Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture tipped for final £200m civils job for the Hinkley nuclear power project
Gatwick outlines £1bn investment plan

14 Feb 13

Five-year plan continues current rate of investment
Call for action over workers’ rights on 2014 Winter Olympics

14 Feb 13

Human Rights Watch releases report claiming migrant workers were cheated out of wages and coerced to remain in exploitative jobs
Lend Lease selected for £60m River Plate House job

14 Feb 13

Exclusive: Contractor selected as construction manager for Mitsubishi Estate Company project in the City of London
Skanska among biggest users of blacklisting firm

14 Feb 13

Exclusive: Analysis of documents shows Skanska used blacklisting organisation more than any other contractor in final four years
Five vie for £350m Battersea power station job

13 Feb 13

Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpine emerges as early favourite in five-way battle for the first phase of the Battersea power station
Two firms in for £65m O2 hotel

13 Feb 13

Exclusive: Race for job to build £65m riverside hotel adjacent to the O2 arena in Greenwich has been narrowed down to two bidders
Imtech UK ‘unaffected’ by €100m Poland write-off

12 Feb 13

UK division says it is autonomous and on track for growth
Amec fails in bid to limit exposure on submarine job

12 Feb 13

Amec and Morgan Sindall face at least £50m of liabilities on Ministry of Defence’s submarine project that has run £93.6m over budget
Galliford wins £60m social housing jobs

12 Feb 13

Contractor named preferred bidder on five jobs
Specialists see signs of an upturn

11 Feb 13

Conditions remain tough for specialist contractors but latest trade survey shows signs of improvement
Balfour Beatty wins £45m university project

11 Feb 13

Balfour Beatty has been named preferred bidder for Aberystwyth University’s £45m student accommodation project
Industry braces for another year of declining orders

11 Feb 13

Latest trade surveys show slight pick up in work in final quarter of 2012, but majority of industry continues to suffer
VolkerStevin to create Welsh beach

8 Feb 13

Contractor VolkerStevin is set to create a new beach in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Construction shows 'fragile' growth

8 Feb 13

Construction output up 0.9% in final quarter of 2012 but still down 9.3% year-on-year
8build wins London contracts

8 Feb 13

Fit-out specialists wins contracts for Royal Albert Hall and Donmar Warehouse West End theatre company
Guidance to help specialists overcome BIM barriers

8 Feb 13

Publication aims to drive BIM adoption by specialist contractors and makes business case
Skanska boss slams rivals for underbidding

8 Feb 13

Speaking after firm posted solid results, Mike Putnam hits out at competitors that are making loss-making bids
Skanska order book up by nearly a quarter

7 Feb 13

Skanska UK has reported a 23% rise in its order book in 2012, although revenue fell 5% to £1.16bn
Bam to build Oxford university's Zaha Hadid building

7 Feb 13

Bam Construct has won the job to build the Zaha Hadid-designed extension to Oxford university’s Middle East Centre
Two more contractors to face blacklist inquiry

7 Feb 13

Skanska and Balfour Beatty set to give evidence to House of Commons investigation
Mitie strikes Green Deal partnership with landlords

6 Feb 13

Contractor appointed exclusive installer for National Landlords Association
BW Interiors bags £9.5m Blackfriars fit-out

6 Feb 13

Specialist firm will refurbish 10-floor building in south London
Overhauled plans for £40m Bristol stadium unveiled

6 Feb 13

Venue will be the home of Bristol’s football and rugby clubs
Miller poaches Morgan Sindall rail boss

6 Feb 13

Morgan Sindall’s rail boss has joined Miller Construction as its new director of rail.
Hewlett boss says bank 'severely damaged' firm's reputation

6 Feb 13

Civil engineer’s managing director criticises firm’s bank for calling in the administrators last week
Vinci predicts its order book could fall

6 Feb 13

Contractor cautious about 2013 as it posts solid results
Balfour Beatty wins £64m Dubai Airport contract

6 Feb 13

Contractor will provide M&E services through a joint venture
Majority of jobs go at Baggaley

5 Feb 13

83 jobs lost at firm, with remaining 21 staff helping with the administration
Five in the frame for £50m Sheffield university building

4 Feb 13

Five firms are bidding to build RMJM-designed engineering building for the University of Sheffield
McLaren tipped for Gary Neville's hotel

4 Feb 13

Exclusive: McLaren edges ahead of three other firms in bid to build Old Trafford Supporters Club hotel
Baggaley in administration

4 Feb 13

Herbert Baggaley Construction placed in administration just months after a management buyout
Balfour Beatty mulls sale of £250m FM division

1 Feb 13

Balfour Beatty has said it is “exploring strategic options” for the future of its facilities management business
Pinnacle may be scrapped and rebuilt from ground up

1 Feb 13

Exclusive: Proposals to salvage stalled £1bn London skyscraper include Lipton Rogers ‘austerity tower’ plan
Testing their metal

01 February 2013

Steelwork specialist Severfield-Rowen built a reputation on large-scale, complex projects but its chief executive stood down last week after cost overruns on the Cheesegrater. Iain Withers looks at the issues facing the firm and the wider specialist sector
Engineer training programme to be rolled out

31 Jan 13

Innovative scheme from Royal Academy of Engineering allows SME staff to work in larger companies
Three vie for £110m City office job

31 Jan 13

Exclusive: Three contractors are in the race to build Sheppard Robson-designed One Mitre Square
Construction industry shuns apprentices

31 Jan 13

Government figures show construction worst performing sector with 15% fall in apprenticeship starts
Construction ‘in denial’ over blacklisting scandal, says MP

31 Jan 13

Nick Raynsford hits out after sector’s muted response to condemnation in House of Commons
Talks to replace BESNA deal set to begin

31 Jan 13

Trade associations and Unite exchange proposals ahead of formal talks on M&E workers’ pay and conditions
Morgan Sindall bags £20m Manchester station job

30 Jan 13

Exclusive: Morgan Sindall has won a £20m job to modernise Manchester’s Victoria station
Cable seeks assurances on blacklisting

29 Jan 13

Business Secretary seeks meeting with Information Commissioner to ensure ‘thorough’ investigation
Sir Robert McAlpine wins £228m Glasgow campus

29 Jan 13

Consortium led by the firm selected for City of Glasgow College development
Lend Lease wins £240m student accommodation job

29 Jan 13

Contractor to design and build 3,500 units under first phase of massive construction plan
Fresh round of cost-cutting essential, contractors told

29 Jan 13

KPMG analysis of UK’s 14 biggest contractors warns of the need for big cost reductions to preserve margins
Three vie for Derwent's £150m Saatchi redevelopment

28 Jan 13

Big names in the running for redevelopment of former Saatchi & Saatchi HQ in Fitzrovia, London
Six firms in battle for £61m graphene hub

24 Jan 13

Exclusive: Lend Lease and M&W Group join four other contractors on shortlist for National Graphene Institute job
Industry calls for investment to stave off decline

24 Jan 13

UK Contractor’s Group launches Creating Britain’s Future campaign in North-west
NEC re-opens race for £18m arena refurb

23 Jan 13

Galliford Try dropped as preferred bidder after failure to agree terms
Lend Lease final bidder for £1.25bn Scape role

22 Jan 13

Exclusive: Lend Lease has emerged as the sixth successful firm to have been invited to bid for Scape’s £1.25bn major works framework
Six shortlisted for £1.25bn Scape contract

22 Jan 13

Exclusive: Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall among firms to battle it out with Willmott Dixon for Scape’s major works framework
Ten firms chase 400-home Isle of Dogs estate

21 Jan 13

East Thames Housing Group awards planning to housing scheme
Balfour Beatty to take on £16.5m West London refurb

21 Jan 13

Balfour Beatty is to undertake the design and construction works for the refurbishment 1 & 2 Stephen Street, London.
Balfour Beatty admits to Olympics blacklist checks

18 Jan 13

Exclusive: UK’s largest contractor admits using blacklisting organisation to check on 12 prospective Olympic employees
Industry unites to demand action on green growth

18 Jan 13

UK Green Building Council leads construction bodies in call on chancellor to act on Green for Growth campaign
John Laing backs away from council joint ventures

18 Jan 13

Exclusive: Firm puts jobs at risk in development division following review of public-private partnerships
Over 100 supporters for Green for Growth campaign

18 Jan 13

Trade bodies, architects, contractors, clients and consultants among firms to sign up to Building’s campaign
Construction leaders in Downing Street summit

17 Jan 13

Top industry figures met with the skills minister and the government’s chief construction adviser this morning to discuss ways to boost the industry
Two directors depart from Laing O’Rourke

17 Jan 13

Exclusive: Nuclear energy expert and head of architecture have both left the firm
Cullum McAlpine to give evidence on blacklisting

17 Jan 13

Sir Robert McAlpine director called by Scottish Affairs Committee
Lend Lease makes ex-Morgan Sindall MD regional boss

17 Jan 13

Firm appoints managing director for North-west region
Heygate Estate vision gets green light

16 Jan 13

Lend Lease’s masterplan for the transformation of the Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle has been given the green light by Southwark council
Big hitters line up £61m 'wonder material' research hub

16 Jan 13

Exclusive: Seven firms in race for University of Manchester’s high-profile graphene research institute
Bam bags BP business centre

15 Jan 13

Bam Construct has been selected to build a £12m Learning Centre for BP
Kier raises £95m in funding

15 Jan 13

Money to be put into residential and infrastructure schemes
Sir Robert McAlpine blacklisting claim lodged in High Court

14 Jan 13

Legal claim alleges contractor warned it would struggle to win major jobs if Cullum McAlpine’s role became public
Construction output falls 9.8%

11 Jan 13

Latest ONS figures show sharp year-on-year fall and 3.4% decline between October and November
Morgan Sindall finance boss resigns

10 Jan 13

Finance director David Mulligan’s departure comes after chief executive stepped down in November
Hansford: ‘low-carbon at low cost is my priority’

9 Jan 13

Government construction adviser sets out his stall in his first interview since taking the post
Brookfield agrees deal to end £16m Pinnacle row

9 Jan 13

Contractor and owners of stalled City tower project reach settlement over unpaid fees
City unruffled by 'surprise' departure of Balfour Beatty boss

9 Jan 13

Ian Tyler’s replacement Andrew McNaughton welcomed as safe pair of hands
Costain bags £48m West Coast Mainline deal

9 Jan 13

Contractor will improve the electrification of the line
Firms challenged to help Network Rail deliver 18% cost savings

8 Jan 13

Railways operator says greater collaboration key to meeting savings targets
Interserve unveils board rejig

8 Jan 13

Interserve’s construction boss Ian Renhard has been promoted to the firm’s executive board
Balfour Beatty CEO stepping down

8 Jan 13

Ian Tyler to hand over to deputy Andrew McNaughton in March, contractor announces
Ministers to name advisers for construction industrial strategy

7 Jan 13

Construction adviser Peter Hansford to lead development of strategy with “advisory council”
Interserve swoops on Omani oil services company

7 Jan 13

Contractor expands in the Middle East with £25m buy
Keller snaps up Canadian engineer

7 Jan 13

Groundworks giant announces expansion of its North America business
Lend Lease confirms £170m Land Secs contract

4 Jan 13

Contractor will build two major new buildings in Victoria as revealed in Building
Balfour Beatty wins £150m Wiltshire contract

4 Jan 13

Five year deal covers highway maintenance
Balfour Beatty buys US engineer

3 Jan 13

Group announces purchase of £31m turnover Subsurface Group
Galliford Try bags £55m contract haul

3 Jan 13

Contractor wins four multi-million pound deals across the country
Vinci buys Portugal's largest airport operator

28 Dec 12

Europe’s biggest construction firm expands into aviation sector
Miller bags £75m Inverness College

24 Dec 12

College will be used by more than 8,500 students
Trio in race for £300m Teesside hospital

21 Dec 12

Laing O’Rourke and Brookfield among shortlisted firms
EDF confirms delay to Hinkley decision

20 Dec 12

Chief executive Vincent de Rivas calls for “rapid progress” on negotiations with government
MPs slam home extension plan

20 Dec 12

Select committee calls for total rethink of proposal to extend permitted development rights
Balfour Beatty wins £270m rail job

20 Dec 12

Contractor picks up rail job through Gammon joint venture
New health and safety bible coming

19 Dec 12

CITB urges site workers to order 2013 edition of GE 700 manual
Creditors approve MPG company voluntary arrangement

19 Dec 12

Specialist contractor can continue to trade after creditors vote
Contractors sign multi-billion pound gas contracts

19 Dec 12

National Grid appoints Balfour Beatty and Skanska/Morrison Utilities Services JV for eight-year deals
All 220 jobs lost as Swift Horsman goes under

18 Dec 12

PwC appointed as administrator after no sale found
Electrical contractors continue to suffer

17 Dec 12

Over three quarters of firms shrink or stand still in third quarter
Blacklisting boss died of natural causes

14 Dec 12

Coroner says Ian Kerr died on Tuesday of a “heart-related matter”
Construction output falls 9.7%

14 Dec 12

ONS reports sharp year-on-year fall in three months to October
Glazing contractor boycotts Balfour Beatty work

14 Dec 12

Chariman of Dortech refuses to work with firm in protest at its payment practices
Paul Morrell hits out at government’s green record

14 Dec 12

Lack of commitment jeopardising UK industry’s sustainability reputation says outgoing construction adviser
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Going local

14 December 2012

Last week, the chancellor beefed up Local Enterprise Partnerships and tasked them with administering anything up to £50bn in government funding to promote growth in local economies. This gives construction companies a rare chance to influence policy and win work
Blacklist boss Ian Kerr reported dead

13 Dec 12

Former chief officer of the Consulting Association was to be key witness in civil claim against Sir Robert McAlpine
Morrell: Specialists need to stand up for themselves

13 Dec 12

Outgoing construction adviser says just 11 calls made to line set up to highlight abuses by main contractors
Big hitters shortlisted for £400m MoD job

13 Dec 12

Ten contractors to tender for four-year defence estate framework
Willmott Dixon to open skills academy

13 Dec 12

£1m 4Life Academy to open in January in Birmingham
Balfour Beatty picks up £200m road job

13 Dec 12

Firm preferred bidder on five-year Suffolk county outsourcing deal
Morrell tells of frustration over "single voice" issue

12 Dec 12

Outgoing construction adviser says the CBI council cannot be only industry route to government
Construction firms to develop sustainability tool

12 Dec 12

UK Green Building Council aims to help professionals navigate advice on web
Carillion set for "substantial" profit increase

12 Dec 12

Contractor predicts dip in reveneue but rise in profits in 2012
Balfour Beatty boss challenges Cable over infrastructure

11 Dec 12

Ian Tyler tells business secretary contractor will have to make job cuts in 2013 thanks to “uncertainty”
Interserve lands £100m maintenance deal

11 Dec 12

Firm will provide repairs for 13,500 East Thames homes over seven years
SMEs get 64p in every pound subcontracted, UKCG claims

11 Dec 12

UK Contractors’ Group insists major firms are supporting small business
Robertson’s focus on infrastructure delivers 16% growth

11 Dec 12

Scottish contractor scales back housing and speculative development work
Government will compensate bidders of cancelled PF2 projects

10 Dec 12

But infrastructure chief plays down size of project pipeline for revised version of PFI
Pinnacle offers to settle Brookfield legal claim

7 Dec 12

Developer seeks settlement on City of London’s tallest tower project
Latest new orders data third lowest on record

7 Dec 12

Official statistics show new orders in third quarter of 2012 down 6.7% on Q3 2011
ISG order book grows to £761m

7 Dec 12

Contractor says first half trading is in line with expectations
United House bags £60m London job

7 Dec 12

Housing contractor appointed to deliver 327-home canalside development in Islington
ISG nets £122m data centre job

6 Dec 12

Project aims to be one of the world’s most sustainable data centres
Treasury investment unlocks £1.5bn college pipeline

6 Dec 12

Skills minister optimistic about boost to further education building projects
Carillion and Bam net Crossrail jobs

6 Dec 12

Contractors to construct a flyover and a diveunder
Funding reforms to PFI could put clients off projects

6 Dec 12

KMPG warns that increasing equity funding in ‘PF2’ schemes could add 10% to capital costs
Treasury reveals full details of revamped PFI

5 Dec 12

Chancellor confirms plans to see government take stake in new privately financed schemes under revamped PFI programme
Government slices £250m from PFI schools programme

4 Dec 12

George Osborne to admit the PFI school programme is now worth £1.75bn, rather than the £2bn originally announced
Construction output 'yet to hit rock bottom'

4 Dec 12

Latest Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers’ index paints bleak picture
May Gurney's profit tumbles

4 Dec 12

But revenue up to £339m in six months to 30 September
Balfour Beatty lands £500m highways job

4 Dec 12

Firm to maintain roads in Suffolk
Anna Stewart to take reins at Laing O'Rourke

3 Dec 12

Finance chief Anna Stewart appointed Laing O’Rourke chief executive, but Ray O’Rourke to continue as executive chairman
Balfour Beatty looks to India and Brazil

3 Dec 12

Balfour Beatty has reiterated its plan to target growth overseas, including in India and Brazil, as the UK market continues to founder
Battersea Power Station set to tender for main contractor

30 Nov 12

Developer of £8bn scheme to go to market early in the new year once planning permission is granted
Olympic village £2m pay row threatens specialist’s survival

30 Nov 12

Exclusive: Subcontractor MPG says dispute with Galliford Try has forced it to seek a company voluntary arrangement
McLaren bags £39m Land Secs development

30 Nov 12

Firm will build 274,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme in Crawley
Bam wins £12m airport job

28 Nov 12

Contractor to upgrade and expand East Midlands Airport
Blacklisting occurred on 'host of major public projects'

27 Nov 12

Former boss of blacklisting organisation says he provided services for contractors working on major public projects, including London 2012
Prater appoints new managing director

27 Nov 12

Richard Unwin takes over from Tony Birkbeck
Lend Lease crane collapses in Sydney

27 Nov 12

Dramatic incident - the second major crane failure for Lend Lease in a month - captured on video by passer by
Lend Lease Europe profit up 50%

27 Nov 12

Revenue down as contractor focuses on long term clients
Bam to build £35.5m sports centre

26 Nov 12

Bam Construction has won the job to build a £35.5m sports centre in Huddersfield
Interserve appoints BP boss to board

26 Nov 12

Contractor brings on Ann Fahy as non-executive director
McAleer & Rushe tipped for £56m Bournemouth hotel

26 Nov 12

Exclusive: Northern Irish contractor favourite for hotel and apartment complex at Terrace Mount in Bournemouth
Mace confirms leadership handover

23 Nov 12

Mark Reynolds to takeover from Stephen Pycroft as chief executive on 1 January, with Jason Millet also taking on a new role
High Court orders Pinnacle to pay £16m to Brookfield

22 Nov 12

Exclusive: Contractor on stalled £1bn tower may seek winding up order as deadline for payment nears
'I'll be back' - Why bosses return to run their companies

21 Nov 12

Why some bosses come back to save the companies they founded - with varying degrees of success
UKCG kills hopes for industry's 'single voice'

21 Nov 12

Exclusive: UK Contractors Group throws weight behind CBI Construction Council, effectively ending hopes for a new pan-industry forum to lobby government
Three firms in battle for £110m City office project

21 Nov 12

Exclusive: Balfour Beatty, Skanska and Carillion in race for Sheppard Robson-designed One Mitre Square
Mace confirmed for £129m King's Reach tower

20 Nov 12

Mace confirmed as main contractor on KPF-designed tower on London’s South Bank for developer CIT Group
M&E firm Hills Building Services goes under

20 Nov 12

London-based £5m-turnover firm enters voluntary liquidation
Bouygues wins £50m towers project in Southampton

20 Nov 12

Scheme, by subsidary Warings, to include three towers within Admiral’s Quay development
Morgan Sindall wins £28m Carmelite House job

20 Nov 12

Exclusive: Morgan Sindall has won the high-profile job to refurbish the former Daily Mail headquarters on the Thames riverside
Sir Robert McAlpine lands £20m Mayfair office

20 Nov 12

Sir Robert McAlpine has won the £20m job to build a 40,000 sq ft Mayfair office building for Grosvenor
Bam makes two senior appointments

19 Nov 12

David Cotton and Nitesh Magdani will lead business development and sustainability
Morgan Sindall wins £15.8m university job

19 Nov 12

Morgan Sindall has won a £15.8m contract to redevelop and upgrade facilities at the University of Hertfordshire
Mitie to quit large M&E projects

19 Nov 12

Outsourcing giant says it will focus on higher margin services
Four contractors land final Scottish hubCo

19 Nov 12

Galliford Try and Kier among winners on £600m south-west framework
Costain launches natural resources division

19 Nov 12

Contractor continues to focus business into joined-up offer for customers
Balfour Beatty bags £500m Texas bridge contract

19 Nov 12

Balfour Beatty’s joint-venture with Fluor chosen for major brdige replacement and upgrade project in Dallas, Texas
Styles & Wood order book up 20%

19 Nov 12

Commercial sector and banking frameworks help fit-out contractor
Scottish offsite construction forecast to grow 9%

19 Nov 12

Government study predicts sector will expand over five years
Three contractors battle for £70m Islington tower

19 Nov 12

Ardmore, Sisk and Brookfield invited to tender for 29-storey development
North Midland Construction issues profit warning

19 Nov 12

Contractor blames downturn in public sector and telecoms spending
SMEs lack the knowledge to adopt BIM, says builders survey

16 Nov 12

NFB study shows that, although over half of small firms think they would benefit from BIM, nearly three quarters have not used it
What's the future of nuclear decommissioning?

16 November 2012

Last week’s devastating National Audit Office report on decommissioning facilities at Sellafield has led many to question whether the UK has the skills needed to deal with nuclear waste. But does the problem really lie with a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority overly occupied with cutting costs? Will Hurst investigates
Kier boss plays down fresh cost-cutting drive

15 Nov 12

Paul Sheffield says review of contractor’s construction business is just part of its ongoing ‘prudent’ business management
Kier in new cost-cutting drive

15 Nov 12

Kier has put is construction business under review in a bid to cut costs as the UK construction market continues to deteriorate
Government hints at ‘son of PFI’ with new schools deal

15 Nov 12

Department for Education’s draft project agreement suggests contractors face reduced income from PFI contracts
Interserve wins £100m housing job

14 Nov 12

Contractor to provide repair and maintenance services for East Thames Group
'We've just got to keep light on our feet'

14 Nov 12

Interview: Morgan Sindall’s managing director Graham Shennan explains the thinking behind the contractor’s office closures and management changes
Interserve secures £500m order haul in three months

12 Nov 12

Firm also reports benefits from efficiency drive and PFI sales
SMEs slam poor government procurement practices

12 Nov 12

Almost two-thirds have difficulty pre-qualifying for work
Vinci confirmed for £184m Gatwick job

12 Nov 12

Gatwick confirms Vinci is the winning bidder for the job to build a new baggage facility and a replacement for Pier 1
Balfour Beatty signals next phase of restructure

9 Nov 12

Andrew McNaughton says ‘Phase 3’ of restructuring could see UK’s largest contractor withdraw from some markets, including social housing
Government warns firms to join payment charter or be named

9 Nov 12

Construction minister Michael Fallon sends out warning letter
Construction output in Q3 revised down further

9 Nov 12

Latest ONS figures show marginal downward revision of output in third quarter from -2.5% to -2.6%
Galliford Try hails 'encouraging' autumn selling season

9 Nov 12

Housebuilder and contractor reports steady performance over past four months
Two blacklisting cases may form one High Court action

9 Nov 12

Exclusive: Claims against contractors Sir Robert McAlpine and Carillion could be combined into one action
Construction opens its doors

9 Nov 12

Major building sites around Britain open their doors to the public today as part of a plan to showcase the construction industry
ODA claims it could find 'no evidence' of Olympic blacklisting

8 Nov 12

ODA chief executive Dennis Hone refutes Ucatt claims while appearing before the London Assembly
Skanska sees Q3 UK sales recover

8 Nov 12

But Swedish firm’s sales outlook weak for the UK business
Mears buys contractor Morrison

8 Nov 12

£24m deal furthers Mears’ dominance in social housing contracting
Balfour Beatty issues profit warning

8 Nov 12

Share price plummets 16% after “weaker than anticipated” UK construction performance
Fit-out specialist 8build posts turnover and profit growth

8 Nov 12

Contractor reports strong results and brace of contract wins
Submarine job to cost Amec and Morgan Sindall £50m

8 Nov 12

Exclusive: Contractors face at least £50m in costs due to ongoing delays to a high-profile £134m nuclear submarine jetty project
Construction industry blacklist 'existed in digital form'

7 Nov 12

Whistleblower and former Carillion manager Alan Wainwright hits out at former employer and claims existence of Excel spreadsheet
Green light for Lend Lease's St Mary's London development

7 Nov 12

Elephant and Castle scheme given planning permission by Southwark council
Century-old Patton falls into administration

7 Nov 12

Northern Ireland contractor will continue to trade while administrator asseses options
Spending watchdog slams £1bn of overruns at Sellafield

7 Nov 12

National Audit Office says lack of nuclear decommissioning skills are causing delays and contributing to up to £1bn of cost overruns at Sellafield
Vinci drives off with £60m Jaguar job

7 Nov 12

Vinci Construction has won the job to build a new £60m manufacturing facility for Jaguar Land Rover in Solihull
Balfour Beatty lands £30m Hinkley jetty

6 Nov 12

Balfour Beatty subsidiary Dean & Dyball Civil Engineering wins £30m job
John Morgan insists chief's departure was 'amicable'

6 Nov 12

Morgan Sindall’s boss says departure of chief executive Paul Smith was aimed at returning business to simpler executive structure
Morgan Sindall chief executive steps down

6 Nov 12

Morgan Sindall chief executive Paul Smith has resigned from his role and has been replaced by executive chairman John Morgan
Severfield-Rowen issues profit warning

5 Nov 12

Steel giant says cost overruns on a “small number of contracts” has hit its profit expectations, as it announces 50 job losses
Construction remains in grip of downturn

5 Nov 12

Latest Construction Trade Survey finds declines in activity in all parts of the industry
McLaren appoints four to senior team

5 Nov 12

Contractor poaches senior figures from rival firms
Sir Robert McAlpine man wins top construction manager gong

5 Nov 12

Tim Hare wins construction manager of the year for work on £165m redevelopment of Regent Palace Hotel in Piccadill
Shepherd Group turnover jumps 10%

5 Nov 12

Contracting group posts solid full year results
Shepherd wins Oxford retail job

5 Nov 12

Contractor announces Clarendon Centre project is one of two new wins worth £13m
Green light for Skanska's £170m energy plant

2 Nov 12

Skanska is gearing up to build a £170m combined heat and power plant in Bradford after the council gave the green light to the scheme
‘Contractors leading on BIM’ says Bam’s design boss

2 Nov 12

Former Capita Symonds design director says he changed job as he feels contractors are playing a vital design role
Call for ‘single voice’ prompts multiple plans

2 Nov 12

Exclusive: Construction leaders look at multiple different models for pan-industry body before crunch meeting
Morgan Sindall culls more offices in ongoing restructure

1 Nov 12

Exclusive: Sixty more staff under consultation as contractor continues to shift focus from construction to infrastructure
Balfour Beatty simplifies supply chain

1 Nov 12

Balfour Beatty is merging its preferred list of suppliers as part of its major restructure of its UK construction business
ISG wins £40m Liverpool events centre

1 Nov 12

ISG has won the £40m job to build a new events and exhibition centre on Liverpool’s waterfront
Ucatt: Taxpayers’ cash spent on Olympic blacklist checks

31 Oct 12

Union accuses Sir Robert McAlpine of using public money to pay for checks on stadium workers
Golding Homes awards Mitie £70m contract

31 Oct 12

Housing association awards ten-year repair and maintenance contract
Spanish giant wins £250m Welsh racing circuit job

31 Oct 12

Spanish contractor FCC and local firm Alun Griffiths (Contractors) have been chosen to build motor racing circuit
Carillion had 'very limited involvement' in blacklisting

30 Oct 12

Contractor hits back at blacklisting campaign group which claims Carillion had much wider involvement than admitted
Morgan Sindall lands £31m Heathrow runway job

30 Oct 12

Contractor to repair both runways at the airport
Lend Lease battles to secure damaged crane in New York

30 Oct 12

Streets below evacuated as contractor works on solution after superstorm damages crane on One57 building
Bouygues bags £35m extension job

30 Oct 12

Contractor to create roof terrace at Queen Victoria Street, London
Morgan Sindall wins £16m Network Rail job

30 Oct 12

Contractor to use BIM on the project
Bam Nuttall replaces Galliford Try on Mersey Gateway bid

29 Oct 12

Bam Nuttall has replaced Galliford Try on one of the three teams bidding for the £589m Mersey Gateway bridge project
Balfour Beatty appoints clutch of M&E directors

29 Oct 12

Exclusive: Contractor appoints four regional directors to head up its new engineering services business stream
Balfour Beatty culls six companies in major shake-up

26 Oct 12

Exclusive: Balfour Beatty’s construction boss reveals firm’s new structure, with business cut down to one operating company and eight brands dissolved
Balfour Beatty restructure is ‘about growth not cost-cutting’

26 Oct 12

Exclusive: Shake-up to contribute £30m in annual cost savings, but Balfour Beatty’s construction boss insists move is about long-term growth
Carillion: Trade union condoned blacklisting

25 Oct 12

Contractor claims unions were aware of database and condoned use to exclude ‘extremist elements’
Balfour and Carillion to boost supply chain finance

24 Oct 12

Contractors sign up to new government backed initiative
Keepmoat and Apollo merger sees 250 jobs go

24 Oct 12

Restructuring of the merged Keepmoat and Apollo businesses has completed, with Keepmoat chief executive Ian Sutcliffe stepping down
Keepmoat chief Ian Sutcliffe leaves after nine months

24 Oct 12

Keepmoat’s chief executive Ian Sutcliffe has left the company after nine months - former Apollo boss Dave Sheridan takes his place
Green light for Kier's £40m Ordnance Survey project

24 Oct 12

Firm wins outline planning approval for redevelopment in Southampton
Make submits Hanover Square office scheme

23 Oct 12

Mace to project manage 66,000ft2 Legal & General scheme near Crossrail station
Scape tenders for £1bn framework

23 Oct 12

Willmott Dixon won the sole contractor role on the previous two occasions
Procurement simplification 'remains a pipe dream'

23 Oct 12

National Federation of Builders’ report finds bidding for public sector work remains complex, time consuming and costly
Labour calls for watchdog to act on blacklisting

22 Oct 12

Shadow business secretary urges Information Commissioner to take “swift and proactive” action on notifying blacklisted workers
Brookfield Multiplex scoops Masdar HQ scheme

22 Oct 12

Contractor chosen to construct Woods Bagot-designed 32,000 sq m complex within ultra-green city in Abu Dhabi
Scottish construction sets out future strategy

22 Oct 12

Scotland’s construction industry is aiming to increase productivity by 10% by 2016
Vinci wins £16m Bath university job

22 Oct 12

Vinci was won a £16m contract for the design and construction of a five-storey teaching facility at the University of Bath
Carillion hits back at GMB over blacklisting claims

22 Oct 12

Richard Howson condemns union’s ‘appalling’ letter-writing campaign targeting contractor’s public sector clients
Mace to manage £350m GlaxoSmithKline job

22 Oct 12

Exclusive: Mace to programme manage construction of pharmaceutical giant’s manufacturing facility in Cumbria
Land Securties gives green light to £350m Kingsgate House

19 Oct 12

Lend Lease lined up to build scheme in London’s Victoria
Watchdog poised to identify hundreds of blacklist victims

18 Oct 12

Exclusive: Information Commissioner’s latest move could ‘massively’ swell High Court action against contractors
MPs slam Information Commissioner over blacklisting

16 Oct 12

Scottish Affairs select committee questions why 95% of Consulting Association’s written files not examined
Galliford Try seals £89m NEC Birmingham extension

15 Oct 12

Contractor will build major leisure and retail complex
Banks scotched sale of entire Rotary business

15 Oct 12

Exclusive: Decision saw three divisions of Rotary M&E enter administration, with the loss of 146 jobs
Morgan Sindall to use £1.1bn Sellafield win as platform for growth

12 Oct 12

Contractor promises “plenty of opportunities” for subcontractors after securing coveted Sellafield contract
Interserve sells 19 PFI schemes for £89.5m

12 Oct 12

Contractor set to make £60m pre-tax profit from the sale
Lovell launches regional shake up

12 Oct 12

Morgan Sindall’s housing arm Lovell is to merge its regional operations, with the move leading to a number of senior job losses
The long wait for BAA

12 October 2012

BAA’s major projects are waiting on the tarmac. What does this mean for construction and will the operator’s reputation as an innovative client survive the turbulence?
Three square up for £170m Crossrail track work

11 Oct 12

Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Colas compete over £170m of Crossrail track work contracts
Miller appoints new Scottish MD

10 Oct 12

Former BAM and C Spencer manager Charlie Dunn joins Miller
Galliford Try set for £17m Oxford China centre

10 Oct 12

Contractor lined up to build five-storey building for the university’s St Hugh’s College
Willmott Dixon appoints two managers

10 Oct 12

Contractor appoints new chief operating officers to its house building and interiors arms.
Developer of £2bn Kent theme park promises range of work

10 Oct 12

Brookfield Multiplex will not automatically take a main contractor role, despite being part of consortium developing scheme
Mace to rebuild part of new Corrie studio after structural problems

9 Oct 12

Part of ITV’s new Coronation Street studio in Manchester pulled down and rebuilt after problems emerged on steel work
May Gurney insists it is on track

9 Oct 12

Firm announces £100m recycling contract extension and says its on track to meet expectations following profit warning
Plan for £2bn Paramount theme park in Kent

8 Oct 12

Development Securities, Lafarge and Brookfield Multiplex team-up for scheme near Ebbsfleet
Bam wins £40m Swansea hospital job

8 Oct 12

Bam Construct has won the job to build a £40m extension to Morriston Hospital in Swansea
M&S sues Lend Lease for £1.4m

8 Oct 12

Retailer suing contractor after the failure of glass works in a store in Manchester
Balfour Beatty closes fit-out business

8 Oct 12

Exclusive: Contractor to close its Multibuild hotel and leisure fit-out business and bring operations in-house
Laing O'Rourke rows back on Bison closure plan

5 Oct 12

Bison factory in Scotland to remain open but on reduced workforce, while 30 rather than 70 jobs to go in Derbyshire
Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle: We like winning

5 Oct 12

Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle, the two men who built McLaren, on how they created a £400m-turnover contractor in the teeth of an economic crisis – and why they’ve got no plans to sell up
Morgan: why I quit BAA

4 Oct 12

Capital director tells Building lack of major projects, including third runway, led to his departure
Brookfield sues the Pinnacle for £16m

4 Oct 12

Exclusive: Contractor launches High Court claim to recover unpaid fees for work on stalled £1bn Pinnacle tower
Skanska awarded £33m Essex college job

4 Oct 12

Construction of campus for 2,500 students will begin immediately
Carillion bags £113m Oman contract

4 Oct 12

Contractor says it will hit profit targets in city update
Two firms vie for £1.1bn Sellafield nuclear job

3 Oct 12

Exclusive: Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall battle for contract to deliver series of major infrastructure works
Five contractors in race for Crossrail's western stations

3 Oct 12

Kier, Costain and Balfour Beatty among those invited to bid for station works
Blacklisting condemned at Labour conference

2 Oct 12

Labour conference delegates back motion criticising blacklisting in the construction industry
SMEs join forces to bid for public contracts

1 Oct 12

New consortium allows small businesses to compete on framework bids
Morgan Sindall closes north east office

1 Oct 12

Exclusive: Contractor will close its Durham office and move its operations to Leeds as part of move to reshape its regional business
Cemex threatens to shut UK cement works

28 Sep 12

UK company president says that business needs ‘protection’ from government green policies
Restructuring contractors: adapt or die

28 September 2012

Faced with the deepest recession in living memory, construction companies are having to restructure to survive. But what does this actually mean, will the restructuring work - and what are the human consequences?
Mace lined up for £100m King's Reach tower job

27 Sep 12

Mace is set to win the main contracting job for 30-storey King’s Reach development on London’s South Bank
GMB secures blacklisting debate at Labour conference

27 Sep 12

Actions of contractors to be discussed at annual party conference in Manchester on Monday
David Cameron takes UK construction firms to Brazil

27 Sep 12

Foster + Partners, Laing O’Rourke, Mott MacDonald, Arup, and Aecom among firms on PM’s trade mission
Esh Group sees profit cut by more than half

27 Sep 12

Firm cites cost of new operations and impact of housebuilding wing
Sweett's Europe and Middle East profits rise

26 Sep 12

But group says domestic construction margins remain under pressure
Miller to build new Rolls-Royce factory

25 Sep 12

Firm bags contract to construct jet-engine parts facility
Vinci bags £110m of Saudi water work

25 Sep 12

Contractor awarded two infrastructure jobs in Jeddah
Morgan Sindall’s consulting arm gets new boss

24 Sep 12

Richard Webster is appointed managing director
Unite rejects H&V pay deal

21 Sep 12

Union says workers want 10% rise over two years, not 1.5%
Morgan Sindall bags £30m London office job

21 Sep 12

Morgan Sindall has won a £30m contract to build a Bennetts Associates-designed office building for Derwent London
Land Securities lines up Lend Lease for £150m project

21 Sep 12

Exclusive: Contractor preferred bidder for Kingsgate House scheme ahead of Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine
Morgan Sindall chosen for £1bn Slough deal

20 Sep 12

Contractor’s investment arm appointed preferred partner for a £1bn 15-year regeneration project in Slough
May Gurney to shed up to 250 jobs

20 Sep 12

Firm announces plans to shed as many as 250 jobs in Scotland after reduction in gas maintenance work
Team appointed for BBC Worldwide’s Television Centre scheme

20 Sep 12

Aecom, HOK and Currie & Brown amongst firms working on Stanhope’s ’ Stage Six’ redevelopment of iconic building
Government announces new portal for £40bn construction pipeline

19 Sep 12

Barbour ABI portal will collect, collate and publish the government’s £40bn construction and infrastructure pipeline
Contractor tender prices squeezed further

19 Sep 12

BCIS report reveals prices down 2.2% in first quarter
Pickles backs £650m Chatham Waters scheme

18 Sep 12

Mixed use development escapes call-in by communities secretary
Galliford Try profit up 51%

18 Sep 12

Builder’s housing business boosts full year 2012 results
Airedale M&E collapse leaves creditors chasing £9.3m

18 Sep 12

Exclusive: Administrator seeks to sell company’s remaining assets, including a broken-down private plane
Libya trade mission postponed after US embassy attack

17 Sep 12

UKTI construction and infrastructure mission delayed after death of US ambassador and amid “ongoing instability”
Plymouth tower 'set for spring start'

17 Sep 12

Devington says delayed Oceanique building getting back on track
Knights Warner collapse leaves firms chasing £1m

17 Sep 12

East Anglia M&E specialist had been trading 70 years
Contractor salary survey 2012: Signs of life

14 September 2012

Find out the winners and losers in this year’s salary survey with our interactive tables and full analysis
ISG: construction is at the 'bottom of cycle'

14 September 2012

ISG boss says he does not expect the firm’s 0.2% construction margin to improve this year
Mace picked for role on £100m Design Museum

13 Sep 12

Contractor confirmed as construction manager on first phase of conversion of former Commonwealth Institute building
Galliford Try announces £41m worth of wins

13 Sep 12

Firm picked for £23m Grainger scheme in London and £18m refurb of Birmingham’s NIA
Kier reports £70m profit after resilient performance

13 Sep 12

Paul Sheffield says strong construction margins of 2.5% due to firm avoiding ‘ultra competitive bidding’
Morgan Sindall restructures senior team to cut costs

13 Sep 12

Exclusive: Two managing directors in construction business leave, while firm extends payment terms for suppliers
Sir Robert McAlpine bags £50m prime housing job

13 Sep 12

Exclusive: Contractor wins job to build prime residential scheme in west London for Native Land and Grosvenor
Miller returns to profit

11 Sep 12

Miller has returned to profit in the first half of the year, after posting a £52.9m loss for 2011
ISG profit falls 70%

11 Sep 12

Revenue across the group rose 9% to £1.28bn as firm mergers retail banking and food fit-out operations
Billington steel back in the black

11 Sep 12

Parent company of steel contractor Billington Structures returns to operating profit in the first half of 2012
TUC Congress told of construction blacklisting

10 Sep 12

Unite boss calls for ‘full disclosure’ and likens practice to a ‘low budget spy film script’
May Gurney insists problems are 'ring-fenced'

10 Sep 12

Following profit warning and share price collapse, firm insists it’s still on track to post £25m plus profits as it lines up interim chief executive for permanent role
Galliford Try's £100m affordable housing bonanza

10 Sep 12

Firm announces announces or confirms five successes including £23m low-carbon scheme in east London
Scotland's £80m crime campus enters final phase

7 Sep 12

Balfour Beatty awarded £31.5m management contract to deliver fit-out of FBI-style crime fighting HQ
PM backs new industry campaign

7 Sep 12

David Cameron endorses Construction4Growth and says industry has major role to play in driving economy
Lend Lease bags £70m hospital job

7 Sep 12

Contractor beats Kier, BAM and Vinci to Northumberland emergency hospital project
Government looks to boost off-site construction

6 Sep 12

The government is to set up a new industry group focusing on boosting the off-site construction sector
May Gurney issues profit warning as boss exits

6 Sep 12

Contractor’s shares fall on the news as firm’s chief executive leaves ‘with immediate effect’
Carillion unsuitable for public work, GMB union claims

6 Sep 12

Union tells MPs it is writing to clients about contractor’s blacklisting record
Lend Lease loses key manager after five months

6 Sep 12

Karen Campbell, who only joined in the spring, is one of two departures
Airedale M&E collapse causes school opening delay

5 Sep 12

Contractor BAM hurries to get school open by 1 October
Lend Lease to sell two European businesses to Aecom

4 Sep 12

Exclusive: Lend Lease to exit seven European countries, with around 250 staff to transfer to Aecom
Construction falls at fastest rate in more than three years

4 Sep 12

Markit/CIPS Construction PMI survey finds activity in August fell at the fastest rate since April 2009
Styles & Wood gearing up for strong second half

4 Sep 12

Fit-out specialist’s boss puts first half of year loss down to ‘changing mix of work’ and increasing use of frameworks
Contractors named for London student-housing sites

3 Sep 12

Mace, Elliott Thomas and Morgan Sindall land slices of £300m development pot
Vinci bags £800m highways PFI

31 Aug 12

Firm’s joint-venture with Ringway will fix ‘every single’ pot hole in Hounslow for the next 25 years
Kier wins £240m Watford Health Campus

31 Aug 12

Firm’s property arm will build 375,000sq ft scheme
NG Bailey back in black with £7.2m profit

31 Aug 12

Exclusive: Yorkshire-based M&E firm bounces back after making £4.2m loss in previous year
Underbidding will push market to failure, says M&E boss

31 Aug 12

NG Bailey boss fires warns price drop will lead to demise of some ‘medium contractors’ in next two years
Styles & Wood reduces loss in first half

30 Aug 12

Fit-out specialist reports £0.5m loss as revenue edges up to £40.6m
Lend Lease's Europe profits fall 22%

30 Aug 12

Firm’s profits fall on lower PPP sales as construction holds up
Apollo launches High Court claim over £500m repair job

30 Aug 12

Contractor accuses housing provider Circle of unfairly awarding work to Kier on back of ‘abnormally low’ bid
Laing O’Rourke profit falls 22%

29 Aug 12

Contractor’s full results reveal profit slipped to £23.4m as revenue edged up 6% to £3.5bn
Costain on the prowl for engineering acquisitions

29 Aug 12

Exclusive: Contractor Costain is looking to acquire specialist engineering practices
Bam and Sir Robert McAlpine vying for £200m Glasgow campus job

28 Aug 12

Shortlist narrows to two as Laing O’Rourke consortium eliminated
North Midland Construction revenue down 18%

24 Aug 12

Contractor launches new cost cutting drive as construction division hit by problem project and difficult market
Henry Boot secures 2012 construction order book

24 Aug 12

Construction division performing ahead of expectations
Miller to push construction services to 25% of revenue

24 Aug 12

Chief executive moves company towards providing ‘end-to-end’ service as part of growth push
The missing apprentices

24 August 2012

Why are there fewer apprentices in construction despite increased government spending on apprenticeships? Building investigates
One in three M&E firms suffer workload fall

23 Aug 12

B&ES survey reveals multiple pressures on beleagured sector
Mace wins £21m Bexley council job

23 Aug 12

Contractor will work with Bennetts Associates on refurb work
SEC Ltd collapsed owing £1.2m

23 Aug 12

Hampshire-based M&E firm’s collapse leaves hundreds out of pocket
Unions agree to improved 2% pay rise for workers

22 Aug 12

Agreement ends three-month deadlock with contractors
Strong construction performance boosts Carillion's profit

22 Aug 12

Contractor sees profit before tax jump 68% with construction division’s margins up to 4.1%
Lend Lease appoints new Europe CEO

22 Aug 12

Dan Labbad replacement is former Skanska infrastructure boss
Severfield-Rowen profit falls 56%

21 Aug 12

Contractor restructures UK business due to “stagnant” demand outlook
FT Gordon collapsed with £500k debts

17 Aug 12

Exclusive: Scores of SMEs and the taxman to be left thousands of pounds out of pocket after firm liquidated
Bouygues to build £65m Essex uni project

16 Aug 12

Bouygues Development and housing provider Derwent Living get go ahead for £65m accommodation project
Construction workforce rises 34,000 in second quarter

15 Aug 12

Sector employment rebounds after year of job cuts
Interserve construction profit falls 24%

15 Aug 12

Contractor sees construction revenue remain flat as group highlights “good results” overall
Balfour Beatty construction sees 21% fall in profit

15 Aug 12

Contractor’s half year results also reveal cutting of 650 jobs although group performs strongly overall
Laing O'Rourke puts 125 Bison staff on notice

14 Aug 12

Contractor puts a further 70 jobs at risk at its second Bison factory in Derbyshire, bringing to 125 the total number staff at risk of redundacy
Laing O'Rourke to close Bison concrete factory

14 Aug 12

Laing O’Rourke is proposing to close its Bison concrete factory in Scotland, putting 55 jobs at risk
ISG lands £61m Center Parks contract

14 Aug 12

Contractor says experience of working on Olympic schemes such as the Velodrome will help it deliver
Doyle collapsed with debts of £70m

13 Aug 12

Creditors to be as much as £70m out of pocket after Doyle Group fell into administration
Laing O'Rourke issues results snapshot

13 Aug 12

Contractor Laing O’Rourke saw “managed revenue” rise 7.6% to £4.3bn last year, with profit up 5% to £54m
EDF boss says UK construction has 'productivity' problem

13 Aug 12

Vincent de Rivaz says there is a “hire and fire” culture in UK construction
Galliford Try sues two firms for £3.8m

13 Aug 12

Contractor attempts to claw back costs of subsidence on £16.5m Orford Park leisure centre
Bam wins Hull library refurb job

13 Aug 12

Contractor will refurbish 16,000sqm of building and provide new facades
Construction output fell 3.9% in Q2

10 Aug 12

Fall in construction output revised upwards from -5.2% to -3.9% in second quarter of 2012
Derwent shortlists builders for £70m of London work

10 Aug 12

Further schemes worth £140m to be tendered shortly as focus shifts to new build developments
Galliford Try for £60m Clapham housing scheme

10 Aug 12

Galliford Try wins job to build a £60m speculative housing scheme for developer Grainger
How Canada took the if out of PFI

10 August 2012

While the UK government tries to work out what to do with the controversial procurement route, the Canadians have created a version that transacts deals in half the time and gives the market far greater cost certainty. But could their approach work here?
UKTI boss says contractors should look abroad

10 August 2012

UKTI chief executive Nick Baird calls on major British contractors to take greater advantage of overseas opportunities
Revenue and profit fall at Bouygues

9 Aug 12

Bouygues UK saw profits halved last year, while turnover across the business down nearly a third to £145m
Kier and Galliford Try win £500m Scottish job

9 Aug 12

Contractors to deliver infrastructure projects for 18 public bodies
Buyer for ITV Manchester HQ found

9 Aug 12

Genr8 Development preferred bidder for 13.5 acre site
Bam scores £100m victory with Manchester City job

9 Aug 12

Exclusive: Contractor to build Rafael Viñoly-designed training academy for Premier League football club
Pay dispute talks to resume this month

9 Aug 12

Trade union Unite is ‘optimistic’ that agreement can be reached with contractors over pay for 500,000 workers
ISG confirms £16m City Tower win

8 Aug 12

Contractor will refurbish and remodel 10 floors of London building
First wave of school building work promised for 'early autumn'

7 Aug 12

Government seeks to dampen fears of further delays as details of procurement of PFI schools released
United House loses construction MD

7 Aug 12

Head of construction arm Keith Allington leaves social housing firm
T Clarke profits fall by two-thirds

7 Aug 12

Electrical contractor reports challenging six-month trading period
Lend Lease bags first MoJ framework contracts

7 Aug 12

Two schemes have a combined value of £8.7m
Construction sector suffers sharp contraction

6 Aug 12

Latest trade survey finds all parts of the industry saw a sharp fall in workloads, new orders and tender prices in Q2
Vinci lures former Galliford Try boss

6 Aug 12

Former Galliford Try managing director Dave Smith to head up Vinci’s southern building division
Morgan Sindall profit grows 13%

6 Aug 12

Contractor reports fall in revenue but keeps a tight hold of costs in first half of the year
Three divisions of Rotary fall into administration

3 Aug 12

Demise of M&E firm’s divisions comes as latest insolvency figures show rise in construction administrations in Q2
Costain consortium bags £102m roads job

3 Aug 12

Contractors also made preferred bidder on £27m reservoir scheme
Mace boss demands construction investment

3 Aug 12

Pycroft calls on government to switch emphasis from big infrastructure schemes to projects that can be started quickly
Stephen Pycroft: The man who scaled the Shard

03 August 2012

With no more Shards on the horizon, how will Mace keep moving upwards? The firm’s chief executive explains
Kier signs waste-to-energy JV deal

2 Aug 12

Contractor also announces £16m sale of plant business
M&E firms: The heat is on

2 Aug 12

Why have M&Es been hit so hard this year and can anything be done to stop more of them going under?
McAlpine to be sole focus of blacklisting lawsuit

2 Aug 12

Other contractors will not initially be targeted by action
European M&E giant snaps up UK contractor

1 Aug 12

Spie UK agrees aquisition of north eastern contractor
M&E firm FT Gordon to be liquidated next week

31 Jul 12

All 18 staff made redundant at Oldham-based specialist
London's answer to NY's Flatiron building opens

31 Jul 12

Retail building in West End for Bosideng designed by DSDHA and built by McLaren
Carillion and Enterprise battle for £1.45bn retrofit job

31 Jul 12

Two of four shortlisted bidders for the Birmingham Energy Savers contract drop out of the race amid Green Deal uncertainty
Mace's Corrie job hit with delays

31 Jul 12

Exclusive: Part of ITV’s new Coronation Street studios site was cordoned off after problems emerged on steel frame
Mears replaces Morrison on Southwark framework

30 Jul 12

Council signs up replacement housing repairs contractor
Keller pushes up profit and revenue

30 Jul 12

Piling specialist reports strong interim half year results
Over 80 blacklisted workers sue Sir Robert McAlpine

30 Jul 12

Workers obtain court order to access unredacted blacklisting files for the first time
New US embassy designs unveiled

27 Jul 12

Detailed plans for new US Embassy in Nine Elms regeneration area submitted for planning permission
Former Shaylor contracting arm files for administration

27 Jul 12

Shaylor Group off-loaded the division to a restructuring specialist a month ago and blames ‘cut-throat’ market
RIBA and CIC slam government for 'inhibiting' green growth

27 Jul 12

Letter to The Times says a series of anti-green announcements are cause for alarm
New Garden City scheme opens in Letchworth

27 Jul 12

60-home project built by SDC and designed by Cole Thompson Anders
Second M&E contractor goes bust in a month

26 Jul 12

Hampshire-based SEC goes into administration
Cable: construction is the 'weak link' in the economy

26 Jul 12

But business secretary defends the government’s efforts to boost the ailing sector
Balfour Beatty picks up two Airedale M&E contracts

25 Jul 12

Contractor picks up two jobs after Airedale Mechanical & Electrical collapsed
All 135 jobs go as Airedale M&E collapses

25 Jul 12

Administrator KPMG confirms job losses at Leeds-based specialist
UK economy remains in recession

25 Jul 12

Office for National Statistics figures show economy contracted by 0.7% in Q2, with construction output down 5.2%
Balfour Beatty restructure 'on track'

25 Jul 12

Construction Services boss says details of major shake-up to be set out next month
Willmott Dixon nets £23m care home scheme

25 Jul 12

Contractor to build three developments in Derbyshire
May Gurney highways work hit by rain

24 Jul 12

Contractor also seeing continued problems with waste jobs
Interserve picks up £146m waste PFI

24 Jul 12

Contractor part of winning Viridor consortium for Glasgow job
FMB launches Green Deal certification scheme

23 Jul 12

Scheme aims to be a recognised mark of quality with consumers
Sector unites to call for investment

20 Jul 12

UKCG’s campaign to boost construction spending comes amid dire economic news
Should we work all hours?

20 July 2012

Ray O’Rourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
Steve Hindley: Mr Happy

20 July 2012

The chair of contractor Midas and the CBI’s Construction Council has a smile on his face. What does he know that we don’t?
Skanska's UK revenue falls 12%

19 Jul 12

Contractor Skanska saw construction revenue fall 11.5% to £532m over the first half of the year, but profits rose 15% to £20m.
Mace boss slams Olympic marketing rules

19 Jul 12

Mace boss Stephen Pycroft hits out at government over restrictive Olympic marketing rules
Mace to push for 40% growth in turnover by 2015

19 Jul 12

Exclusive: Chief executive Stephen Pycroft lays out target as firm reveals 2011 results with turnover up 9% to £928m
Contractors to bid for £150m Broadmoor job

17 Jul 12

West London health trust issues tender
SMEs shed staff as workloads fall

16 Jul 12

A third of small and medium-sized construction firms are shedding labour as overall workloads continue to fall
Skills card boss promises reform and end to conflict

13 Jul 12

CSCS boss Graham Wren heralds ‘fresh start’ in frayed relations with CITB-ConstructionSkills
Specialists says public sector clients are getting worse at procurement

13 Jul 12

Two thirds of specialist contractors are dissatisfied with public projects
Fit-out needs a makeover

13 July 2012

The sector’s fortunes have always been closely linked to those of the City, but it has been slow to adapt to the post-Lehman landscape
Olympic marketing rights: Time’s running out

13 July 2012

Is it too late for UK construction to benefit from the Olympics?
Quarter of public sector clients primed to cut projects

12 Jul 12

Government-backed survey reveals one in four public sector clients set to cancel construction projects over the next six months
James Wates to bring ‘savvy’ and ‘pragmatism’ to BCO

12 Jul 12

Deputy chairman of Wates Group promises new approach after being appointed president of office body
Ramboll bags role on £60m Thameslink job

12 Jul 12

Contractor Skanska set to appoint engineer to the £60m Bermondsey Dive under rail project
MoD kickstarts £250m framework race

12 Jul 12

Ten contractors shortlisted for east region framework
Industry leaders call for action on infrastructure

12 Jul 12

CBI boss hits out government over lack of action over infrastructure and PFI as industry leaders launch campaign for construction
UKCG launches new campaign for construction

11 Jul 12

UK Contractors Group launches major new campaign to capitalise on 2012 construction success
L&Q confirmed for Aylesbury estate job

11 Jul 12

Southwark council confirms L&Q as development partner for the next phase of its massive regeneration project
Doyle's plant division sold to auction company

10 Jul 12

Administrators sell Blythewood Plant to specialist auction company
Interserve's 2012 orders hit £1bn

10 Jul 12

UK construction arm outperforms expectations
Utilities costs hit Balfour's support services division

10 Jul 12

Firm says overall performance is still on track to meet profit targets
Miller joint venture falls into administration

10 Jul 12

Deloitte appointed to Edinburgh Park venture with Council
Galliford Try house sales up 40%

10 Jul 12

Chief executive says housebuilding plan has “exceeded expectations”
Ucatt 'wrongly excluded' election candidates

9 Jul 12

Union should not have barred candidates from leadership race, watchdog rules
James Wates appointed president of BCO

9 Jul 12

Wates deputy chair says office sector is key to reviving the economy
Bam bags £25m Rolls Royce job

9 Jul 12

Bam Construction has won a £25m contract to build a new factory for Rolls-Royce in Rotherham.
Willmott Dixon bags second standardised schools contract

9 Jul 12

Contractor will provide accommodation for three Southampton primary schools
Ray O'Rourke loses planning appeal over his mansion

6 Jul 12

Laing O’Rourke chair denied permission for new mansion because it is too big
Shepherd bags £110m Midlands school job

6 Jul 12

Contractor will rebuild technology college in Wellington
Everybody’s talking…

6 Jul 12

… and unfortunately the government can’t hear a word they’re saying. It has never been more important for the industry to speak with one voice. Now the chairman of the CPA has a new plan
Cost of MoD partner contract rises four-fold

5 Jul 12

Exclusive: Labour hits out and bidders are left bemused after tender for strategic partner rises 300% to £400m
£22.5m Nissan distribution centre job awarded

5 Jul 12

Contractor GMI Construction wins job to build a new distribution centre for Nissan cars in Sunderland
Babcock boosts pipeline by £3.5bn

5 Jul 12

Engineer to target nuclear decommissioning contracts
Mace confident it will hit extended Shard deadline

5 Jul 12

Contractor working to hand over skyscraper in September as Shard is inaugurated today
Reform or lose work, says Cabinet Office

4 Jul 12

New measures are part of government’s strategy to forge strong relationships along supply chains
ISG to reduce its dividend

4 Jul 12

Contractor looks to conserve resources to push international growth
Carillion targets infrastructure in the UK

4 Jul 12

Firm secures £2.2bn of orders and maintains order book of £18bn
CALA pushes margins to 16%

3 Jul 12

Housebuilder increases profitability, average selling price and completions
Ray O'Rourke: 'We need 35-hour weeks'

3 Jul 12

Boss of contractor Laing O’Rourke argues for shorter weeks to attract young people into the construction industry
Brookfield takes on landmark London Wall site

2 Jul 12

London Wall Place site dropped by Hammerson now taken on by Brookfield
Union fires protest warning over pay dispute

2 Jul 12

Unite says members “angry” at the pay offer of a 1.6% pay rise over two years and warns of widespread protests
Former NFB chair's firm collapses

2 Jul 12

Merseyside contractor run by former NFB chair Alison Perry, who was awarded an OBE last month, has gone into adminstration
Olympic Park building firms trained 250 women

29 Jun 12

Training came as part of a scheme to encourage women to join the industry
Maude set to announce trials of new forms of procurement

29 Jun 12

Minister set to announce trials at Government Construction Summit
Public sector failing to take up Construction Strategy

29 Jun 12

Building’s research shows three-quarters of public sector clients have made no change to procurement
Are contractors not up to the job?

29 June 2012

Building’s survey shows clients are having trouble finding contractors with the skills they need. Joey Gardiner asks why
Stefanous put £10m into Doyle to help it through recession

28 Jun 12

Doyle Group chairman Stef Stefanou and brother put own money into business, but could not save it from adminstration
Firms shortlisted for £4.35bn defence contracts

28 Jun 12

Carillion, Babcock, Balfour Beatty, Interserve among bidders on shortlists for contracts
Fifteen charged with Edinburgh property fraud

28 Jun 12

Four former council workers and eleven contractors charged
Workers reject 1.5% pay rise offer

28 Jun 12

Unions warns of “growing anger” after “derisory” pay offer
Costain launches water sector JV

28 Jun 12

Contractor to target large industrial water customers in partnership with Severn Trent
77 firms bid for HCA delivery panel place

28 Jun 12

Successful applications for the Delivery Partner Panel framework are expected to be announced later this year
Apollo leaves high-profile free school job over costs

28 Jun 12

Willmott Dixon steps in as main contractor on Toby Young’s West London scheme with ‘tight’ budget
Steve Hill Construction enters administration

27 Jun 12

Contractor had been slow to make payments since January
Balfour Beatty wins £175m Hong Kong scheme

27 Jun 12

Part-owned subsidiary Gammon Construction scoops science park project
Profit and revenue rise at United House

27 Jun 12

Contractor and specialist developer sees revenue up 19% to £239m and profit up 76% to £15.3m
Manchester regeneration PFI gets the green light

26 Jun 12

£113m PFI housing development aimed at transforming the Brunswick area of Manchester gets go-ahead
Luxury flat project triggered Doyle's demise

26 Jun 12

EXCLUSIVE: Problems with a luxury flat development in central London prompted Doyle Group’s fall into administration
Interseve confirms £24m Corby road win

25 Jun 12

Contractor will build 6.5km of dual carriageway and three new bridges
Kier secures 85% of next year’s order book

25 Jun 12

Construction and services order books remain “robust”
Laing O'Rourke bags Tottenham Court Road Crossrail job

22 Jun 12

Contractor chosen as preferred bidder for the main construction contract for the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station
Shard completion delayed by at least two months

21 Jun 12

EXCLUSIVE: Mace working to extended deadline for practical completion of £500m landmark
Doyle placed into administration

21 Jun 12

Deloitte has confirmed it has been appointed as administrator to concrete specialist John Doyle Construction
Carillion set to appear before MPs in blacklist investigation

21 Jun 12

Contractor is among firms associated with the Consulting Association expected to be summoned before committee
Prisk plays down industry's PFI concerns

21 Jun 12

Construction minister says resolving uncertainty over the future of PFI is not a top priority
Sir Robert McAlpine eyes hat-trick of big London jobs

21 Jun 12

EXCLUSIVE: Contractor favourite for Centre Point revamp and hotly tipped for Riverwalk scheme after winning Middlesex Hospital development
Mace wins £100m Paddington job

19 Jun 12

Contractor wins job to build a luxury apartment building as part of the next phase of the Merchant Square scheme in Paddington
Costain recruits Serco director

19 Jun 12

Mark Rogerson will be responsible for expanding contractor’s offering
Galliford poaches Dev Secs FD

19 Jun 12

Graham Prothero on a year’s notice in current job
Wates loses £25m Southwark job

19 Jun 12

Contractor and council agree to part ways on housing major works contract
Laing O'Rourke JV wins £2bn Hinkley job

19 Jun 12

EDF makes consortium with Bouygues preferred bidder on new nuclear plant
Sir Robert McAlpine wins race to build £750m Fitzrovia scheme

18 Jun 12

EXCLUSIVE: Contractor beats off Laing O’Rourke for job on the former Middlesex Hospital site in central London
Pringle to chair Construction Industry Council

18 Jun 12

The Construction Industry Council has appointed architect Jack Pringle as its new chairman
Thames cable car will open in time for Olympics

18 Jun 12

Contractor Mace wins race to complete transport link in time for the Games
Killby & Gayford creditors to be left £34m out of pocket

18 Jun 12

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of creditors to be left out of pocket with trade creditors likely to get fraction of £10.2m owed
Vince Cable joins Kier in launching apprenticeship scheme

15 Jun 12

Business secretary says such schemes vital to develop construction skills
Lend Lease wins £89m University of Strathclyde job

15 June 2012

Contractor to build new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow city centre
Pension problems: Don't look now

15 June 2012

Construction firms’ final salary pension liabilities of £33bn are set to attack their balance sheets, stop investment and hold back growth for years to come. Yet far from confronting the problem, many are simply ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Will Hurst reports
Schneider bags £30m of UK orders

15 June 2012

German cladding giant ends a two-year order drought with UK orders
Property groups slam heritage VAT hike

14 Jun 12

Campaigners claim Treasury has “insufficient evidence” to justify tax rise
BAM bags £37m Bradford college campus

13 Jun 12

College expected to open by September 2014
Blacklisting still taking place, MPs told

13 Jun 12

Blacklisted worker Dave Smith tells Scottish Affairs Select Committee to look into post 2009 period
Over 2,800 workers still unaware they were blacklisted

13 Jun 12

Details emerge of contractors’ use of illegal blacklist up until 2009
May Gurney profit rises 17%

12 Jun 12

Infrastructure services contractor sees revenue soar 22%
Severfield-Rowen hit by problem contracts

11 Jun 12

Steelwork giant revises down first half profit expectations
Dew Construction falls into administration

1 Jun 12

All 31 staff at the Oldham civil engineer are made redundant
Chinese tower specialist sets out big ambitions for Europe

1 Jun 12

Managing director predicts newly-launched division will be one of top cladding contractors in Europe within five years
Leisure hub by Michael Aukett Architects

1 Jun 12

Vinci begins work on Michael Aukett Architects-designed mixed use leisure, retail and residential project in south London
Stanhope appoints Mace on £45m City office scheme

1 Jun 12

Contractor to start on Allies & Morrison building within weeks as activity picks up at Stanhope
Contractor Durkan launches new division

01 June 2012

Durkan Partnerships to aid public and private sector clients with construction of new homes
Baxall and RG Carter win at NFB Awards

31 May 12

SME contractors honoured at inaugural NFB awards
Shepherd wins £8.5m Midlands technical college

31 May 12

Contractor wins deal to build vocational college in Daventry
Government approves raft of new technical colleges

29 May 12

CITB-ConstructionSkills among sponsors of 15 proposed private sector-run schools
Balfour Beatty wins £12m Edinburgh uni job

29 May 12

Project is contractor’s 22nd for the University of Edinburgh
Willmott Dixon pushes turnover above £1bn

28 May 12

Contractor posts solid results for 2011, but profit dips
Interserve secures £150m police deal

25 May 12

West Yorkshire contract comes after Alder Hey hospital work announced, set to be worth £50m
Laing O'Rourke confirmed for £237m Alder Hey job

24 May 12

Laing O’Rourke, John Laing and Interserve chosen as preferred consortium for the new Liverpool hospital
M&E firms implement job cuts after tough nine months

24 May 12

Balfour Beatty, Crown House and NG Bailey shed jobs as recession hits specialists sector
MoD estate arm makes 1,000 redundant in first year

24 May 12

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is expected to shed more jobs and is looking for a private sector partner to manage operations
Trade federations re-enter talks after BESNA dispute

24 May 12

M&E industry bodies set up new forum to discuss replacement reforms on pay and conditions
Mace and EC Harris bag £72m Qatar deal

23 May 12

Joint venture will project manage infrastructure improvements over five years
Four firms bag £1.2bn affordable housing contract

23 May 12

Kier, Morrison, Apollo and United House land repairs and maintenance role with Circle
Renew profit grows seven-fold

22 May 12

Contractor has success focusing on engineering work
Tender prices stagnate as contractors absorb costs

21 May 12

BCIS survey reveals tender prices remained flat in Q4 2011 and are not expected rise for the rest of this year
Mitie turnover hits £2bn as profit edges up

21 May 12

String of major wins boost support services firm
Laing O'Rourke appoints new senior executive

21 May 12

Laing O’Rourke has appointed David Stewart as a senior executive with immediate effect.
North Midland Construction suffers 44% fall in profit

21 May 12

Contractor points to tough market conditions and difficulties with one major project in downbeat update
United House bags £100m Poplar regeneration

21 May 12

United House and Allied London chosen for Chrisp Street area regeneration project in Poplar, east London.
Costain and Skanska win £40m Crossrail contract

18 May 12

Joint venture will construct two ventilation and access shafts
Mears reports solid trading

18 May 12

Management statement says firm has enjoyed intensive period of new social-housing contracts
Morrison under fire on £235m Leeds contract

18 May 12

Contractor forced into service improvement plan to tackle ‘failings’ in repairs and maintenance contract
Kier highlights 'resilient' construction business

17 May 12

Contractor says it is on course to meet trading expectations for the current financial year
Morgan Sindall wins £50m repairs deal

17 May 12

Affordable housing subsidiary Lovell bags 10-year contract
Clugston back in profit as turnover jumps a third

17 May 12

Raft of work in waste-to-energy helps firm turn around its fortunes
Galliford Try wins £80m bypass contract

17 May 12

Detailed design work will begin on 5km Devon dual carriageway this month
Balfour Beatty confirms restructure plans

17 May 12

Firm confirms UK construction services to be reshaped around three work streams with around 650 jobs to go
Labbad: Lend Lease committed to UK market

17 May 12

European boss given global role in latest upheaval at European arm of Australian property giant
London cable cars may miss Olympic opening

16 May 12

Contractor Mace begins full testing on £50m project
Interserve pipeline pushes up to £1bn for 2013

16 May 12

Contractor has won £600m of contracts so far this year
Construction apprentices top satisfaction poll

15 May 12

Over three quarters of construction apprentices say they are very satisfied
BAM details £51m in schools work

15 May 12

New projects include Bristol and Bucks academies plus primary school
McGee Group returns to the black

14 May 12

Contractor records £3m profit as revenue jumps 56%
ISG is front-runner for £20m City Tower job

11 May 12

Contractor tipped for Great Portland Estates’ City Tower re-fit
Subcontractors to blame for oil spill, says Lend Lease

11 May 12

Contractor mounts defence that shifts blame for faulty system to Overbury and Gratte Brothers
The state of play 01: Contractors

11 May 2012

The double-dip recession that the industry has been dreading is finally upon us. But exactly how bad are things out there, and how much worse are they going to get? In the first part of Building’s State of Play series examining the health of the industry, sector by sector, Emily Wright gives the prognosis for contractors
Galliford Try reports home-sales boost

9 May 12

Group sees contracted, reserved or completed sales up 43% on 2011
Balfour Beatty provides few clues on restructure

9 May 12

Contractor says market remains challenging in update to the City
The State of Play: Views from the top on the contractor market

9 May 12

Building’s State of Play series kicks off with a look at the contractor market – here, three top bosses predict the future for UK contractors
UBC Group goes into administration

9 May 12

277 jobs at risk as cash-flow problems hit construction firm
Exclusive: Carillion solar job losses rise to nearly 1,200

8 May 12

A further 380 jobs have gone at Carillion Energy Services in the wake of the government’s cuts to the solar feed-in-tariff
Chinese tower specialist joins rush to Europe

4 May 12

Far East Global Group launches UK company as Chinese cladding firms seek to undercut Europen rivals
Killby & Gayford collapse halts work on centre for black history

4 May 12

Work on £6.5m history and culture centre in Brixton forced to stop after contractor goes into administration
Morgan Sindall targets infrastructure

3 May 12

Contractor says rail, roads, aviation and energy are the key to financial success
Ray O'Rourke refused planning for own home

3 May 12

Laing O’Rourke boss wants to rebuild his mansion in conservation area of Essex
Contractor dragged into Museum of Liverpool row

3 May 12

Architect could seek costs from joint venture PGT over alleged design flaws in largest newly-built museum project in a century
Balfour Beatty could shed 600 jobs in restructure

2 May 12

Around 600 jobs could go in Balfour Beatty’s restructure of its UK construction services division
CIPS data shows output growth in April

2 May 12

Purchasing managers survey points to continued confidence, but construction recovery remains sluggish
Carillion to complete downsizing by end of the year

2 May 12

Contractor continues with plan to cope with shrinking market
Desperate need for Euro crisis resolution, Bam warns

2 May 12

Bam Construct chief voices fears over ongoing Euro crisis
North East set to showcase contracts

2 May 12

Sir Robert McAlpine and Bernicia Housing Group work up for grabs
Balfour Beatty wins £143m of civils work

2 May 12

Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering wins mutiple civils contracts in first three months of 2012
Contractor fined £10,000 over worker's death

2 May 12

Court hears agency worker accidentally killed own father
Crossrail reveals Traction Power infrastructure shortlist

1 May 12

Balfour, Alstom, Costain, Siemens and Murphy through to next round
Willmott Dixon bags London City & Guilds contract

1 May 12

Firm comes top of the class for Clerkenwell development
8build bags second museum with Mary Rose project

1 May 12

Fit-out of Tudor warship museum follows Titanic anniversary attraction win
Bam Group’s UK profit falls a fifth

30 Apr 12

Profit falls across all three of Dutch construction giant’s UK subsidiaries and down a third at Bam Construct
Kier acquires Stewart Milne's construction arm

27 Apr 12

£1m deal involves £15m of contracts and £20m work pipeline
CITB sets out to mend broken relationship with CSCS

27 April 2012

Bodies confirm peace talks after tumultuous year
Contractors' pay: The 30 days war

27 April 2012

Eighteen months after the government introduced its Prompt Payment Code, Building’s Specialists White Paper has revealed that 83% of contractors are still waiting more than 30 days to be paid. Vern Pitt reports on one of the industry’s longest-running battles
Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing O'Rourke battle for Fitzrovia job

27 April 2012

Contractors seek new hope for ‘NoHo Square’ site
Sir Robert McAlpine + Mace tipped for £8bn Earls Court job

26 Apr 12

Building understands contractors are in pole position for massive west London development
Ministers seek to boost tunnelling skills

26 Apr 12

Move comes as government publishes revised public building work pipeline
Lend Lease fined $56m for New York scam

26 Apr 12

Olympics village developer pleads guilty to overcharging US clients
McAleer & Rushe poaches Mivan manager

26 Apr 12

James Hicken joins rival firm as business development director
Mears eyes Morrison buyout

26 Apr 12

Insiders confirm talks over future of loss-making contractor
Search begins for new chief construction adviser

25 Apr 12

Sources say current building tsar Paul Morrell ‘has ruled out’ serving a third two-year term
Balfour Beatty wins London Gateway rail contract

25 Apr 12

Civil engineering division will build rail temrinal for DP World’s London Gateway hub
Late payments crippling small construction firms

24 Apr 12

New report finds industry is worst-hit by lack of timely settlements
Oxfordshire deal could net Carillion £700m

24 Apr 12

Shared services giant wins 10-year property and facilities-management contract
Bidders for £4.35bn defence contracts revealed

23 Apr 12

List of firms interested in bidding for three new regional prime contracts worth up to £4.35bn published
Miller Group appoints new chairman

23 Apr 12

Firm picks former Scottish Power chief executive Philip Bowman
Bouygues to buy Thomas Vale

23 Apr 12

Construction group’s subsidiary snaps up Midlands business
Carillion and Lovell win places on £300m framework

23 Apr 12

Contractors bag five-year heating maintenance framework
Foster wins £82m home improvements deal

23 Apr 12

Biggest win to date for East Anglia-based maintenance firm
UKTI examining how Olympic marketing rules could be relaxed

20 April 2012

Concerns raised through Building ‘now being taken seriously’
'Majority' of 255 Killby & Gayford staff laid off

19 Apr 12

Administrator BDO seeks buyers for historic fit-out company
CITB to launch new business to rival private training firms

19 Apr 12

Chairman to consult on making skills body more commercial
Killby & Gayford goes into administration

18 Apr 12

BDO handles administration of 150-year-old contractor, famous for high-end work including Number 10 Downing St
Ten firms win place on £1bn MoJ framework

18 Apr 12

Balfour Beatty, ISG, Vinci and Lend Lease among the big winners
Bam reprieve for out-of-work O’Donnell subbies

18 Apr 12

Contractor takes on 70 of the subcontractor’s workforce on £50m student digs
SME housing workloads at 'record low'

16 Apr 12

Two-thirds of firms report first-quarter plunge in workloads
Barnhill Construction goes into administration

16 Apr 12

Commercial buildings contractor loses fight to stay afloat
BAM passes latest academy test

16 Apr 12

Constructor selected for £15.5m Dumbarton job
Bouygues to position Thomas Vale for bigger jobs

13 Apr 12

Thomas Vale brand to remain with new French owner helping 143-year old contractor to win more complex work
Sir Robert McAlpine sees 38% fall in profit

13 Apr 12

But contracting revenues for the firm’s private holding company climb 10%
Brands may go in Balfour shake-up

13 April 2012

Major restructure focused on “three main pillars” of business - as many as 1,500 jobs could go
Exclusive: Galliford Try faces legal action from Olympic subbies

13 April 2012

Specialists seek more than £11m over athletes’ village delays
Prosperity after the crash for London’s 8build

12 Apr 12

Bulging order book and 10% increase in pre-tax profit demonstrate fit-out specialist’s got talent
Builders missing out on £180m in unclaimed tax

12 Apr 12

Over 500,000 workers may be missing out on tax refunds
Dunne Group returns to the black

11 Apr 12

Contractor posts £1.7m pre-tax profit on ‘stable’ revenue of £29.4m
Birmingham Dental Hospital shortlist named

11 Apr 12

Galliford Try and Skanska are last bidders standing
Capita Symonds nets Sport England slot

10 Apr 12

Consultants win place on regional design and construction framework
Skanska & Aecom lined up for £170m waste project

10 Apr 12

Firms preferred-bidders for Bradford and Calderdale Waste Treatment project
Business hub made entirely from shipping containers unveiled

10 Apr 12

Clugston completes £1.2m sustainable project in Sunderland
Electrical contractors have dim view of 2012

10 Apr 12

The vast majority of electrical specialists expect a dip or no growth in turnover this year
Styles & Wood pre-tax profits treble

4 Apr 12

Property support services firm reports £1.8m pre-tax profit on revenue of £101m
McLaren joins Barking framework

4 Apr 12

Construction firm looks to broaden east London work
Southwark dumps Morrison deal

4 Apr 12

Borough looks to set up interim housing-repair contract
Balfour’s UK shake-up about ‘positioning for growth’

4 Apr 12

Operations boss says UK restructure not about down-sizing, but job losses still likely
Olympics minister urged to act fast on marketing rules

4 Apr 12

Campaigners step up pressure amid ‘contradictory’ official advice about the rules after the Games
Green light for second phase of Doncaster road scheme

3 Apr 12

Department for Transport approves grant for Southern Gateway Improvement Scheme
Lend Lease lodges Elephant & Castle application

3 Apr 12

Property group seeks permission for 2,500 new homes
ODA declares major venue work 'complete'

2 Apr 12

Water Polo Arena finished one month ahead inaugural event
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpine bags £650m US embassy job

2 Apr 12

Contractor’s joint venture with US firm B.L Harbert wins job
Industry hits out at government delay over PFI

30 Mar 12

Budget fall out as ministers warned lost time costs jobs
More changes at Laing O'Rourke

30 March 2012

A handful of senior managers leave, including managing director of contractor’s investment group
Ministry of Defence steps up search for private sector partner

29 Mar 12

Tender for defence estates’ strategic partner expected next month, as results of soft market test revealed
Nuclear plans on hold as Horizon put up for sale

29 Mar 12

Npower and E.On to sell joint venture Horizon - move throws £10bn nuclear new build plans into doubt
Interserve set for £150m West Yorkshire police job

29 Mar 12

Firm to provide ongoing support services for the next 25 years
Exclusive: Balfour Beatty puts 12,000 jobs at risk

28 Mar 12

Contractor puts all staff in its construction services division on notice in major restructure
Siemens picks Kier for Didsbury development

28 Mar 12

Green technology centre could create 400 new jobs
Carillion lands £95m in new contracts

28 Mar 12

Support services giant details Centrica and Gatwick Airport deals
Tesco unveils first London housing scheme

28 Mar 12

North East London project built by McClarens and designed by Collado Collins
Morgan Sindall nets £38m regeneration deal

27 Mar 12

Investment arm lands South Northamptonshire Council work
Babcock wins £485m in new contracts

27 Mar 12

Trading update details defence and marine technology work
Vinci + St Modwen bag £2bn Covent Garden market job

27 Mar 12

Vinci and St Modwen joint venture selected for one of London’s largest developments
Galliford Try nets £49m in contracts

26 Mar 12

Construction group announces new jobs in London and Midlands
Solar slowdown hits Wates expansion plans

26 Mar 12

Profit down 8% at contractor but construction revenues up 13%
Parliament approves CITB levy order

23 Mar 12

SMEs welcome reduction in levy for smaller businesses
BAM bags five academies jobs in two weeks

23 Mar 12

Contractor edges level with Balfour Beatty in race for academies work
Interview: Mitie boss Ruby McGregor-Smith

23 March 2012

How construction’s only female chief executive learned to stop worrying and build a £2bn company in the midst of a global economic crisis
Balfour Beatty director retires

22 Mar 12

Contractor says deputy chief executive Anthony Rabin will retire this summer
GlaxoSmithKline to build £350m factory

22 Mar 12

Pharmaceutical giant to build a £350m manufacturing facility in Cumbria.
NFB brands Osborne's Budget a "missed opportunity"

21 Mar 12

Federation says housing and construction should have been used to stimulate growth
Construction staff hurt in police station blast

21 Mar 12

Vinci worker among injured in Croydon firing-range explosion
Osborne construction MD made redundant

21 Mar 12

Keith Taylor, construction MD of £300m turnover contractor Osborne, has been made redundant
Shortlist for £50m nuclear job revealed

21 Mar 12

Sir Robert McAlpine, Kier, BAM and Volker Stevin to battle it out for £50m temporary wharf job
Mitie launches new integrated fit-out business

20 Mar 12

Strategic outsourcing and energy-services firm creates £240m Built Environment unit
Olympics boss calls for relaxation of marketing rules

20 Mar 12

ODA chair says strict rules restricting construction firms from promoting their Olympics work should be relaxed
Modular building specialists chosen for £200m framework

20 Mar 12

Twelve specialists chosen to help deliver government’s drive to build more standardised public buildings
TClarke profit down despite increased revenue

20 Mar 12

Building services contractor sees operating profit margin squeezed to 2.6%
Balfour Beatty and Autodesk strike £7.5m BIM deal

20 Mar 12

Agreement, the largest of its type in construction, will see contractor rapidly adopting BIM technology
Severfield-Rowen looks to India as profit dips

20 Mar 12

Structural steel group reports preliminary pre-tax profit of £6.8m, down from £11.1m in 2010
Galliford Try bags £56m in London work

20 Mar 12

Contract wins include health and social care centre and three affordable housing schemes
Mears reports 9% growth in pre-tax profits

20 Mar 12

Social housing and care services group says 2011 pre-tax profit was £31.5m on total group revenue of £589m
Balfour Beatty hints at fresh UK shake-up

16 March 2012

Operations boss deems significant market upturn ‘highly unlikely’ for 2012
BESNA decision: Why Balfour Beatty backed down

16 March 2012

Chief operating officer Andrew McNaughton insists modernisation agreement with Unite was turning point
CSCS boss promises to learn from ‘past mistakes’

16 March 2012

Former MP Mick Clapham acknowleges leadership dispute ‘damaged’ organisation’s reputation
Lend Lease and Carillion face £10m oil spill claim

16 March 2012

Four contractors in court battle after ‘major’ spill delays occupation of Bankside development
Lend Lease picks telecoms boss for senior role

16 March 2012

Karen Campbell moves from Telefonica to become executive general manager of EMEA project management and construction business
Morrell: No government u-turn on green agenda

16 March 2012

Paul Morrell says, despite appearances, government not abandoning commitment to sustainability
Dooley wins another tribunal case against Ucatt

15 Mar 12

Tribunal rules former union leadership candidate should not have been barred from leadership election
Morgan Sindall nets Longbridge town centre job

15 Mar 12

Main contractor for £70m south Birmingham project named by St Modwen
Capita Symonds bags Olympic park legacy design job

15 Mar 12

£300m scheme will involve removal of all temporary venues and reconfiguration of 30 bridges
SME drive ‘will not apply to construction’

15 Mar 12

Balfour Beatty and Amey confirm case-by-case approach to subcontract publication despite new government drive
Mitie lands Lloyds Banking Group deal

14 Mar 12

Outsourcing and energy services firm is preferred bidder for facilities and energy-management partnership
Catalyst seeks contractors for £300m housing framework

13 Mar 12

Leading housing association predicts delivery of up to 800 properties a year
Arup wins £10m HS2 contract

13 Mar 12

Engineer partners with Grimshaw and Costain on job to design new Euston station
Osborne picks up £225m maintenance contract

12 Mar 12

Waltham Forest council awards firm seven-year contract for maintenance of 12,500 properties
Balfour tipped for huge Horizon nuclear job

12 Mar 12

Balfour Beatty joint venture with Areva looks set to win job to build four UK power stations
Carillion bags extra £120m Thameslink work

12 Mar 12

Construction projects to accommodate new 12-car train fleet
Former Ucatt leadership candidate expelled for attacking union

12 Mar 12

High profile campaigner Mick Dooley kicked out after public outburst
The Considerate Constructors Scheme annual survey 2012

9 Mar 12

Every year the Considerate Constructors Scheme asks the building industry and the general public for their views, here’s a summary of what they said this time …
Rail contractors to see no UK favouritism

9 Mar 12

Government rules to help UK businesses bid for rolling stock won’t extend to civils works
Balfour and Amey sign up to government's SMEs push

9 Mar 12

Firms to publish subcontracting opportunities to help SMEs win public work
Balfour bags £230m US Air Force contract

9 Mar 12

Contractor’s US business wins PPP housing project
Key director to depart Mace fit-out firm

9 Mar 12

Robin Harris, Como’s sales and marketing director, will leave in June
Heathrow T2 firms set to earn £60m bonus

09 March 2012

Laing O’Rourke and Ferrovial Agroman had bonus written into contract for work on Heathrow terminal
Technical colleges work at risk

09 March 2012

Government’s downgrading of vocational education puts £750m pipeline of work building colleges at risk
University Technical Colleges: Dumbing down

09 March 2012

Until January of this year, University Technical Colleges were fast gaining favour as a way of attracting new talent into our industry. Then, out of the blue, education secretary Michael Gove downgraded vocational qualifications, putting the feasibility of the programme in question. Building asks whether the government is making a dunce of construction
Vinci Ringway bags £800m London roads deal

8 Mar 12

Joint venture selected as preferred bidder on 25-year PFI contract
Push to sign up women electricians enters next phase

8 Mar 12

Women involved in ECA trial start on-site training on International Women’s Day
Costain wins three-year £60m oil contract

8 Mar 12

Contractor will maintain UK oil pipelines network
ISG: retail fit-out business 'will struggle' later this year

8 Mar 12

CEO David Lawther blames tough retail and public sectors as group posts 60% drop in profit
Keltbray wins £46m Network Rail contract

7 Mar 12

Rail division will deliver two years of track work improvements for Network Rail
Costain order book tops £2.5bn

7 Mar 12

London Bridge contract boosts contractor’s pipeline
Almost 250 jobs lost at MJN Colston

6 Mar 12

Only one buyer found for part of the stricken M&E specialist
ISG pre-tax profit falls 60%

6 Mar 12

Contractor reveals drop in UK fit-out work from banking and food clients
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpine bags £550m Bloomberg job

5 Mar 12

Contractor beats off competition from Lend Lease to win contract for media company’s HQ
FMB makes Brian Berry its chief

5 Mar 12

Director of external-affairs rewarded with promotion
New orders fall 14% in 2011

2 Mar 12

ONS data for fourth quarter of 2011 adds up to bad year for builders
Redeveloping Bart's and Royal London hospitals

02 March 2012

It was tempting to hang a ‘do not resuscitate’ sign on two dingy, barely accessible London hospitals, but Skanska’s redevelopment of the sites has made them functional again - which should perk up medical staff and patients alike
United House appointed for £28m Southwark scheme

1 Mar 12

Contractor chosen by Notting Hill Housing to build PCKO’s Grange Walk project
Carillion's profit drops 15% on flat turnover

29 Feb 12

Construction division performs well as firm expresses confidence for 2012
Durkan completes £5.3m Southwark housing scheme

28 Feb 12

Project designed by Metaphorm contains 40 units and is one of borough’s Heygate Estate replacement projects
Pre-tax profit down 55% at Keller

27 Feb 12

Ground engineering specialist reports £17.7m decline in pre-tax profit but £85m increase in revenue
Exclusive: Keepmoat + Apollo put hundreds of jobs at risk

23 Feb 12

Social housing contractors poised to lose hundreds of staff ahead of merger
MJN Colston falls into administration

23 Feb 12

Building understands Deloitte is looking to sell the M&E business as a going concern
Contractors hold crisis talks over BESNA dispute

21 Feb 12

Meeting follows Balfour Beatty’s U-turn in industrial relations dispute
Call for Bank of England help for housebuilding

21 Feb 12

CPA says quantitative easing cash could be put into new homes
MoD launches £4.4bn estates management procurement

21 Feb 12

Defence Infrastructure Organisation asks for expressions of interest from contractors
Profit falls 12% at Morgan Sindall

21 Feb 12

Increasing competition sees contractor income down despite rising revenue
SMEs squeezed out by main contractors

16 Feb 12

Smaller construction firms have said they are struggling to compete with main contractors
Balfour Beatty appointed to resurrected £45m Liverpool scheme

16 Feb 12

Fresh plans from new developer set to restart mothballed Baltic/Cornhill development
ECA dinner picketed by angry sparks

16 Feb 12

Protests come despite controversial BESNA agreement being led by ECA’s rival trade body the HVCA
Almost 90% of workers signed up to BESNA

13 Feb 12

HVCA says 88% of workers have signed controversial agreeement despite threat of strike action
Innocent contractor dragged into Museum of Liverpool court battle

13 Feb 12

High Court defence wrongly points finger at Dorchester-based firm which has never worked “north of Southampton”
Vinci bags £100m Kings Cross office job

10 Feb 12

Contractor to do pre-construction design work on four-storey office block
Whitehall cuts construction costs by up to 7%

10 February 2012

Data shows government making progress towards efficiency targets for the first time
CH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup

9 Feb 12

UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
High Speed 2: Jobs on the line

8 Feb 12

HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. Building assesses the opportunities ahead
Skanska order book falls by over a third

8 Feb 12

Contractor sees profit and income rise as orders fall
Dozen firms appointed to £500m housing framework

7 Feb 12

Contractors have been appointed to a £500m housing framework in the north of England
Shepherd Construction chief executive walks out

6 Feb 12

Richard Vining third boss of £250m turnover business to depart since 2008
Green light for £60m Glasgow business development

6 Feb 12

Bowmer & Kirkland to build 170,000ft2 office block
Green light for Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia scheme

3 Feb 12

Developer offers council extra £2m for affordable housing
Laing O'Rourke's head of UK south moved to HR

03 February 2012

The change means two top jobs in Laing O’Rourke UK combined into one
Lawyers warn of illegal retention clauses

03 February 2012

Subcontractors are still receiving contracts with illegal payment retention provisions
Mace favourite to win Design Museum job

03 February 2012

Contractor is already advising on £80m scheme
Balfour Beatty workers vote for strike action

2 Feb 12

Results of Unite ballot of sparks immediately challenged by contractor with High Court hearing next week
Miller scoops £129m police PFI project

2 Feb 12

Contractor named preferred bidder for Avon and Somerset police accommodation scheme
McLaren on course for 75% increase in turnover

2 Feb 12

Contractor reveals secured projects of over £380m and attributes growth to new business strategy
Construction sector nears stagnation

2 Feb 12

Latest monthly survey shows rising confidence but lower growth
OPLC to procure £95m Olympic stadium rebuild

2 Feb 12

Legacy company will ask interested contractors to pre-qualify ‘before Easter’
Bam Nuttall bags £76m Olympic park rebuild job

2 Feb 12

Appointment comes as legacy company prepares to procure £95m stadium rebuild
Olympic media centre re-fit to cost £100m

1 Feb 12

Legacy company real estate boss flags huge redevelopment job post-Games
Balfour Beatty strike ballot result expected

1 Feb 12

Result of Unite ballot due tomorrow as protest mounted in Leeds
Mace wins £50m Regent Street job

31 Jan 12

Office and retail scheme is for the Crown Estate and Exemplar
Balfour and Thales bag £335m Danish rail contract

31 Jan 12

Balfour Beatty and Thales have won a £335m contract to transform Denmark’s rail signalling system
Pochin's sees turnover slide

31 Jan 12

Regional contractor reports ‘challenging’ six months
Morgan Sindall bags £28m waste-to-energy deal

31 Jan 12

Contract for Yorkshire Water in joint venture with consultant Grontmij
Green light for construction on £340m Broadgate job

30 Jan 12

Contractor Mace set to begin main construction work after British Land rubber stamps tenancy deal with UBS
Laing O’Rourke overhauls senior management

26 Jan 12

Contractor appoints former Carillion Middle East boss as part of string of senior staff changes
Henry Boot says profit will beat expectations

26 Jan 12

Contractor issues upbeat trading statement ahead of preliminary results in March
Willmott Dixon, Bullock and Enterprise competing for £1.45bn retrofit job

25 Jan 12

Shortlist of five teams sees contractors partner with energy companies in West Midlands
Mace announces new global HQ

25 Jan 12

All five of the firm’s offices in the capital will merge at Moorgate Hall
More than 70% of workers sign up to BESNA

24 Jan 12

More protests planned this week over controversial wage proposals
Bam wins £20m school job

24 Jan 12

Havant school is first contract to be awarded under the £4.5bn IESE framework
Firm fined for worker's horrific head injuries

24 Jan 12

Van Elle Ltd to pay £43,000 after accident on M1 widening job
Galliford Try lands £40m infrastructure jobs

23 Jan 12

Works include water contracts in Scotland and Yorkshire
Developer confirms Pinnacle tower on hold

23 Jan 12

Arab Investments puts construction of skyscraper in City of London on hold due to lack of development finance
Mace wins £70m Blackfriars job

20 Jan 12

Firm set to get full tender for new offices of Building publisher UBM
Edinburgh cans £170m Mitie outsourcing deal

20 Jan 12

Mitie shares fall 4% following loss of £170m Edinburgh council contract
Construction firms 'undervalued'

20 Jan 12

Study finds investors don’t believe contractors’ claims of forward order books
AHMM's Blackfriars scheme to go ahead

20 Jan 12

Construction to commence this month after Building publisher UBM signs lease
MoD’s search for private sector partner delays work

20 January 2012

Department puts £5bn of construction contracts on hold because it wants partner to manage estate
Three-quarters of SMEs financially hit by utility delays

20 January 2012

Connection delays causing SMEs to lose thousands of pounds, says NFB
Keepmoat and Apollo merger to go ahead 'within a few weeks'

19 Jan 12

Incoming chief executive says basic plan for integration will be ready soon
Retail gloom leaves ISG facing £100m shortfall

19 Jan 12

Firm blames disappointing Christmas retail market for shortfall in projected revenue
Aggregates industry referred to competition watchdog

18 Jan 12

Materials industry faces Competition Commission probe into business practices in the UK
Barker responds to Green Deal fears

18 Jan 12

Climate change minister defends predicted reduction in loft and cavity wall installations
ISG issues £3m profit warning

16 Jan 12

Shares down almost 20% in early trading
T Clarke secures 50% of this year's workload

13 Jan 12

Building services group issues trading update ahead of full year results
Lydon is latest high-profile name to leave Lend Lease

11 Jan 12

Former director will join Balfour Beatty as major projects director of commercial work in the construction division
Scots firm WJ Harte on brink of administration

11 Jan 12

Around 600 jobs at risk as administrators PKF and KPMG vye to step in
One in five small builders cut staff due to VAT rise

11 Jan 12

Half of small firms say they have seen a decrease in work over the last year because of higher tax rate
MPs hit out at government PFI policy

11 Jan 12

Latest reforms run same risk of poor value for money as PFI, says select committee
Over 500 Balfour Beatty sparks miss contract deadline

10 Jan 12

But contractor says deadline to sign up to new wage proposals ‘not hard and fast’
Support services and the US strengthen Balfour Beatty

10 Jan 12

Balfour Beatty maintains £15bn order book but contactor warns some of its core markets remain weak
Balfour Beatty snaps up £50m Olympic legacy deal

9 Jan 12

Legacy deals confirmed for three more Olympic venues
McAlpine, Balfour and Miller make £40m student digs shortlist

9 Jan 12

Aberystwyth University cuts down shortlist to three
Ardmore wins £49m subcontract on scheme built by rival

06 January 2012

Contractor to work on re-started scheme alongside rival United House
Predictions for 2012: The year of the groundhog

06 January 2012

So what does 2012 have in store? Well, there’s the Olympics, of course, and some potentially interesting developments in nuclear power and infrastructure. But mostly it will be a year of battening down the hatches. There will be recklessly low bids for work, some firms will go under, others will seek refuge in emerging Asian markets. Hang on, this all sounds very familiar …
Storms hit sites

06 January 2012

Damage from high winds includes to the Epsom Downs racecourse
Costain order book up 4%

5 Jan 12

Contractor says it will meet profit expectations
Balfour Beatty wins £750m National Grid job

5 Jan 12

Contractor secures extension of existing agreement for the next five years
Carillion set for £100m Canadian highway job

5 Jan 12

Contractor poised to maintain highway in the London Ontario area
Sparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements

4 Jan 12

The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an ‘urgent need to modernise’ but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. Building reports on a row that threatens to become the sector’s biggest industrial relations dispute in 15 years
Construction still worst for deaths at work, HSE confirms

4 Jan 12

Health & Safety Executive planning new safety campaign after grim stats show rise in fatalities
Vinci wins £22m student accommodation and fire station contract

3 Jan 12

Scheme in Cardiff is for developer Cambrian Holst
High winds damage Epsom racecourse grandstand

3 Jan 12

Stand built by Willmott Dixon has fallen prey to the UK’s severe weather
Balfour Beatty appointed preferred bidder on £800m waste job

3 Jan 12

Contractor set to invest £7m in the new waste processing plant, built through PPP contract
Carillion bags £105m motorway job

3 Jan 12

Contractor wins work from four-strong Highways Agency framework
Government FITs cut 'unlawful'

21 Dec 11

Government to appeal after High Court judge brands DECC decision illegal
Balfour Beatty consortium wins £535m Australian rail contract

21 Dec 11

Scheme will see contractor work on track for first metropolitan rail line in Melbourne for 80 years
Mitie plans 52ha renewable energy site

19 Dec 11

Energy resourcing plan near Brighton could generate power for the whole local area
Balfour Beatty nabs £414m gas works deal

19 Dec 11

Contractor wins nine-year contract for Ireland gas network
British Land appoints Mace to build Broadgate

16 December 2011

Make-designed office scheme in the City thought to be worth £225m in total - the largest in London
Contractors to drive reform of CSCS by the new year

16 December 2011

Four employer federations aim to simplify and trim costs from skills card scheme after deposing boss
Willmott Dixon to launch energy services division

16 December 2011

New firm will aim to take advantage of Green Deal next year despite others retreating from sector
Judicial review of government FITs cut to go ahead

15 Dec 11

The government will have to defend its cuts to the feed-in tariff regime in court next week
Morgan Sindall sees £200m fall in construction orders

15 Dec 11

Firm says pipeline of regeneration jobs has risen sharply
EDF hails £200m in new nuclear work

13 Dec 11

French utility firm claims progress being made on Hinkley power station
Commercial development falls sharply in November

13 Dec 11

Savills data says confidence now at lowest ebb for more than two years
Vinci picked for £16m Ludlow Health Facility

12 Dec 11

Firm will draw up plans alongside Amber Infrastructure and Aedas Architects
Minister: FIT rate 'may be higher than 21p'

12 Dec 11

Greg Barker is to announce than 21p feed-in tariff is a minimum
Shepherd Construction wins £17m university job

12 Dec 11

University College Birmingham’s new campus will include lecture theatres, a 24-hour ‘study hub’ and a 200-seater café
Industry clients address Building's CEO summit

9 Dec 11

Speakers include Urban Splash’s Tom Bloxham and EDF’s Alan Cumming - view the video
Construction output falls 1.1% in October

9 Dec 11

October output also down 2.7% on the same period last year
Carillion's purchase of Eaga: Blinded by the sun

09 December 2011

In April, Carillion bought Eaga - a company with big plans to install PV panels on 30,000 homes - and rebranded it as Carillion Energy Services. Seven months later, government feed-in tariffs have been cut in half, and all 4,500 jobs are on the line. So was the £298m purchase a catastrophic error? Building reports
Michael Dyke, Lend Lease: 'It's business as usual'

09 December 2011

When Lend Lease dropped the Bovis name, it said goodbye to one of UK contracting’s oldest and best-known brands. Building talks to Michael Dyke, the construction arm’s new boss, about where the division will go next. Portrait David Levene
Carillion to pull out of fitting solar PV panels

8 Dec 11

Contractor will exit solar PV installation market and outsource future work to SMEs
WYG wins three-year contract on £1.4bn MoD programme

7 Dec 11

Consultant will inspect and certify housing across four garrisons on Salisbury Plain and at Aldershot
Carillion takes £20m hit on FITs lay-offs

7 Dec 11

Contractor says cost of restructuring energy business will double
Carillion JV bags £395m contract in Qatar

5 Dec 11

Contractor will lead construction of 31 hectare mixed-use scheme
Bam Nuttall wins job on £120m energy scheme

02 December 2011

New energy plant for E.ON will covert recycled wood waste into energy
Gardiner & Theobald will stay independent, says boss

02 December 2011

Firm posts marginal drops in turnover and profit and reports mixed picture across global markets
Morgan Sindall opens Cumbria office to bid for nuclear work

02 December 2011

The office will be staffed by between 10 and 20 people
Ardmore starts work on £26m Tower Hamlets regeneration project

1 Dec 11

Scheme will see the creation of 139 homes
May Gurney turnover boosted by highways spending

1 Dec 11

May Gurney’s acquisition of contrator Turriff also helps to drive total revenue increase to 21%
Cyril Sweett shakes up management

1 Dec 11

Director of international operations resigns in restructure
Telford saves £1m on construction costs

1 Dec 11

East London housebuilder has taken advantage of weak construction market
Balfour scores £850m refinance

29 Nov 11

Contractor wins backing of banking consortium
Balfour Beatty sparks vote for strike action

29 Nov 11

Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services vote 81% in favour
Balfour bags £104m Qatar roads job

29 Nov 11

Subsidiary Parsons Brinckerhoff wins programme management role
Rockwool wins British Safety Council prize

28 Nov 11

BSC awards the insulation company its Sword of Honour prize for 2011
Atkins wins £65m Qatar contract

28 Nov 11

Firm’s engineers will transform roads and drainage systems in Doha over 5 years
Mace joins Birmingham council in making construction jobs pledge

25 Nov 11

Firm hails £600m New Street Station opportunity as construction academy opened
Asia markets: ‘Anyone who is not looking at Asia should be’

25 November 2011

UK firms have known about the boom in Asia for some time, but now it’s become a region they simply cannot afford to ignore. Emily Wright reports on a part of the world that will spend $440bn a year on infrastructure
Atkins cuts over 800 UK staff as global profit rises

25 November 2011

Most of the 878 staff lost from the UK business this year worked in Atkins’ transport division
Lend Lease wins £35m National Theatre contract

25 November 2011

Lend Lease has beaten Mace to win a prestigious £35m contract to redevelop the National Theatre on London’s South Bank
Mansell completes Hopkins' Nottingham University building

25 November 2011

Engineering and Science Learning Centre cost £10m to build
Public sector work to go online

25 November 2011

Francis Maude announced shake up of public sector procurement ahead of Autumn Statement
£650m Crossrail station contracts awarded

23 Nov 11

Organisation names joint ventures for huge Whitechapel and Farringdon station contracts
Skanska chooses six architects for UK housing push

18 Nov 11

PRP Architects, Proctor & Matthews and Formation Architects triumph in competition
Morgan Sindall bags £12m highlands job

18 Nov 11

Contractor to design and build Inverness Campus
North Midland issues profit warning

18 Nov 11

Shares hit as contractor admits problems at building division
Top Specialists 2011

18 November 2011

What could help specialist contractors out of the fix they’re in? Iain Withers applies a bit of elbow grease and works up a wishlist
Crossrail tenders £35m Custom House job

16 Nov 11

East-west London rail link puts latest station job out to market
PFI pipeline 'unaffected' by Treasury review

15 Nov 11

Some of the £8.5bn of PFI projects in the public pipeline will be asked to ‘learn lessons’ of review
Bam wins £22m Buckinghamshire academy project

14 Nov 11

Firm will deliver Aylesbury Vale Academy and is preferred bidder for two other schools
Balfour and Gratte hit out at unions' wage claims

11 November 2011

Contractors insist new agreement will not make workers ‘worse off’ and urge Unite to call off ballot
Davis Langdon’s senior staff cull spreads to global division

11 November 2011

UK business was told last week about plan to reduce 30% of director posts
Turner & Townsend interview: Vince Clancy and Steve McGuckin

11 November 2011

As more UK consultancies are snapped up by international giants, Building hears from global boss Vince Clancy and UK MD Steve McGuckin about why Turner & Townsend isn’t budging on its independence
Turner & Townsend pledges to remain independent

11 November 2011

Global chief executive and UK managing director say avoiding consolidation will help firm win work
Willmott Dixon faces £2.4m claim from BSF subbie

10 Nov 11

John Cooper Construction says Willmott Dixon failed to suply it with necessary information
Costain profit on track as orders hit £2.6bn

9 Nov 11

Cotract to build London Bridge station win boosts orders beyond 2013
BDP suffers 60% drop in pre-tax profit to £2.8m

9 Nov 11

Turnover also down as pay of highest paid director increased by 14% to £284,000
FMB boss ‘on leave’ over performance questions

8 Nov 11

Negotiations are ongoing between director general Richard Diment and trade body
Balfour scores £293m US deal

8 Nov 11

Contractor selected as preferred bidder on army housing job
Julian Daniel sets up construction firm

04 November 2011

Former head of Lend Lease’s construction business in England and Wales has launched company
Sir Robert McAlpine faces £530,000 claim by hospital

04 November 2011

Claim is for damaged flooring; while McAlpine’s insurers subsequently claim against subbie NG Bailey
Lend Lease's £700m Tithebarn scheme shelved

3 Nov 11

Preston redevelopment put on hold as anchor tenant John Lewis pulls out
Construction PMI hits five month high

2 Nov 11

Purchasing managers index rebounds from stagnation in September despite weak outlook
Morgan Sindall and Vinci win £500m National Grid contract

2 Nov 11

Joint venture announced as preferred bidder for Electricity Transmission Overhead Line partnership
Former PfS boss to set up £1bn development pipeline

28 October 2011

Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon and Bouygues to sign partnerships with Tim Byles’ new venture
Galliford Try rows with subbies over athletes village

28 October 2011

Culture secretary and ODA boss insist scheme is on track despite time lost on final two plots
Morgan Sindall wins land scheme

28 October 2011

Morgan Sindall has been appointed as the partner on a £200m regeneration scheme in Basingstoke.
Skanska preferred for £120m 'super-jail'

27 Oct 11

Firm set to be main contractor on HMP Grampian in Scotland
OFT to pay £1.2m of contractors' appeal costs

24 Oct 11

Kier and Sisk among the winners as tribunal orders regulator to reimburse nine builders
Mansell bags £40m student job

21 Oct 11

Balfour subsidiary to build student scheme in Kings Cross
Arcadis seeks Asian growth after EC Harris buy

21 October 2011

Dutch firm on hunt for further acquistion after announcing merger with EC Harris this week
PfS £30m tender

21 October 2011

To be split between nine bidders
SMEs and bank lending: Hell to pay

21 October 2011

Need a loan? Easy - just agree to put down a hefty whack of collateral, pay the exorbitant interest rates and meet the gobsmacking bank charges. Then sign here … (preferably in blood) … and watch your business grind to a halt. Building reports on the pacts construction SMEs are facing to get funding
Tom Haughey: Man of steel

21 October 2011

The structural steel sector has been knocked for six by the recession. No one knows this better than Severfield-Rowen boss Tom Haughey - not that he’s going to let that stop him expanding the business. The sheer nerve is admirable
Troubled Mouchel must sell off more assets to appease banks

21 October 2011

Consultant has debt mountain of £87m
Treasury review to decide future of PFI

20 Oct 11

‘Son of PFI’ system may be put on hold
Bam to make 100 redundant

20 Oct 11

Redundancies make up around 4% of company’s 2500 staff
Experian to downgrade forecasts for 2012 output

14 October 2011

Forecasting firm says pessimism is due to impact of negative sentiment in wake of euro crisis
Holloway White Allom collapses with loss of 175 jobs

14 October 2011

129-year-old firm rebuilt the Bank of England
John Moore: Looking for Moore

14 October 2011

What do you do when your main revenue stream is reduced? If you’re John Moore and the head of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, you turn to your other divisions - and boost them with acquisitions
Linford Group ceases trading

13 Oct 11

Midlands contractors shuts with loss of 240 jobs
Derwent London wins planning for £105m redevelopment

12 Oct 11

Project in London’s EC1 will include office, retail and private residential space
Holloway White Allom falls into administration

11 Oct 11

All 170 staff made redundant at 129-year-old builder
Carillion boss 'optimistic' for PFI

07 October 2011

Howson believes it will ‘allowed the government to take forward more schemes’
Top contractors restructure to face grim 2012

07 October 2011

Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, Bam and Lend Lease impose redundancies or restructuring
Mouchel boss quits over £8m accounts black hole

6 Oct 11

Chief executive Richard Cuthbert resigns with immediate effect after company issues profit warning
Willmott Dixon wins sixth ProCure 21+ project

5 Oct 11

Contract with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is worth £15m
Stabbing over pay at Overbury site

4 Oct 11

Argument over pay thought to have led to dispute at high profile former Sheraton Hotel refit
Carillion inks £670m of new work

4 Oct 11

Contractor says trading in challenging market is in line with expectations
Construction workloads fall for 15th consecutive quarter

3 Oct 11

The FMB’s State of Trade Survey reveals concerns over falling workloads and rising material costs
Trade minister arrives in Libya to promote UK rebuilding role

26 Sep 11

Lord Green and firms including Arup and Mott Macdonald will meet representatives of the National Transitional Council today
Cormac MacCrann: Above and beyond

23 September 2011

With new transport links to the area and the Olympics up the road, Canary Wharf Group is fast expanding its Docklands home. But Cormac MacCrann, who heads the firm’s contractor business, isn’t just sticking to east London.
The state we’re in: CEO White Paper preview

23 September 2011

With the party conference upon us, how do industry leaders really feel about the government’s economic policies? Sarah Richardson and Will Hurst unravel the data compiled in Building’s first CEO State of the Nation White Paper
Angry sparks target MediaCity

19 Sep 11

Workers protesting over pay will also organise demos at Crossrail and Newcastle University
Apollo’s cash profit up despite pre-tax losses

16 September 2011

Firm saw Ebitda figure hit £23.9m but made overall loss before tax of £7.2m
Mixed fortunes in latest results

16 September 2011

Galliford Try and Redrow posted healthy results while Barratt reported a loss
The 2011 contractors' salary guide

16 September 2011

Frozen salaries have got many looking to change jobs, according to this year’s contractor salary survey compiled by Hays Construction. So what’s the outlook for those who have forgotten what a pay rise is? Building peers into the distance for a glimmer of hope
Laing O'Rourke snaps up Howard Shiplee from ODA

15 Sep 11

Head of construction at ODA Shiplee will depart for Laing O’Rourke at the end of the month
Cash profit for Apollo but pre-tax losses continue

14 Sep 11

Social housing contractor reports £8m pre tax loss but boosts Ebitda figure 8.6%
Industry calls for action to stimulate growth

09 September 2011

As new orders reach the worst level ever, pressure mounts on government to rethink strategy
ISG reports ‘best ever’ revenue of £1.2bn in full-year accounts

09 September 2011

Firm’s results come despite ‘large loss’ from Swiss project
Unite slams electrical firms' alternative pay offer to staff

09 September 2011

About 6,000 staff will receive proposed agreement that HVCA helped to draw up
Mace posts 17% rise in turnover

7 Sep 11

Management says increase puts it on course to be £1bn company by 2012
Revenue up by a quarter at ISG

6 Sep 11

2011 results show return of office fit-out market, but hit by south-west restructure
Planning reforms linked to creation of 200,000 jobs

5 Sep 11

Housing boom could impact the industry over next three years
Bam Nuttall sued for £55m over Cambridgeshire busway

02 September 2011

Local authority launches High Court action against Bam Nuttall and parent company for overrun
Electrical firms' wage agreements: Fury, mistrust and division

02 September 2011

Electrical contractors have ditched a 40-year-old wage agreement, pitching 6,000 workers against their bosses and creating a bitter battle between the industry’s two biggest trade bodies. Can anything be done to stop unrest spreading further? Iain Withers reports
PC Harrington wins Walkie Talkie job

1 Sep 11

Concrete contractor bags role on £500m Rafael Vinoly tower
Latest sparks' protest hits Westfield

31 Aug 11

Organisers claim more protests will follow over on-going wage dispute
Profits halve at T Clarke

26 Aug 11

Electrical contractor sees “immense pressure” on margins despite project wins
Buyer’s failure to provide cash ‘led to Britspace’s collapse’

26 August 2011

Administrator says lack of cash investment from TTC Ventures caused firm’s collapse
Subbies’ fury at ‘cash for contracts’ practice

26 August 2011

Call for government action as evidence emerges of aborted Mace plan to charge for place on supply chain
Unions warn of protests over electrical firms’ wage plans

26 August 2011

ECA cut out as eight contractors including Balfour Beatty draw up own wage agreements for workers
Costain profits from focus on bigger margins

25 Aug 11

Pre-tax profit rises 23% to £10.1m as contractor targets work with long-term strategic value
Carillion's John McDonough to stand down

24 Aug 11

Group chief executive to be replaced by chief operating officer
Four confirmed on £3bn West Midlands framework

22 Aug 11

Willmott Dixon, Thomas Vale, Morgan Sindall and Mansell win roles
Councils to charge utilities for roadworks

22 Aug 11

Scheme designed to ensure work carried out when roads less busy
Costain buys support services firm Promanex

22 Aug 11

Contractor spends £19m on outsourcing specialist for industrial firms
Balfour Beatty buys fit-out firm for £8m

22 Aug 11

Office Projects Group delivers and manages commerical fit-outs and refurbishments in UK
Mace confirmed for £300m Olympic legacy role

16 Aug 11

Seven contractors also shortlisted for two jobs working under new legacy delivery partner
HMRC arrests five plumbers in tax crackdown

16 Aug 11

Tax collectors say they are targeting 600 further tax evaders
Lakehouse launches ‘jobs not mobs’ campaign

15 Aug 11

Contractor starts recruitment drive in riot-hit areas
Construction economy grows 2.3%

12 Aug 11

First growth for six months recorded in latest ONS quarterly figures
Economic woes hit profits at three contractor giants

12 August 2011

Interserve, Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall have all reported a drop in construction profits
Network Rail picks six for £750m civils framework

11 Aug 11

Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Carillion amongst the winners
Riot threat forces lockdown of vulnerable building sites

11 Aug 11

Sites shut down as police warn of construction materials being taken and used as weapons by rioters
Half-year profits up 10% at Interserve

10 Aug 11

Growth in support services masks declining construction business
Contractors rally to rebuild Croydon

9 Aug 11

Mansell and Mears lauded by council chief executive after night of riots
Ardmore takes on Bowen’s Hilton job

05 August 2011

UK arm of Irish contractor suspended operations in May
Big contractors and SMEs: It’s his pond now

05 August 2011

Big contractors are hungry and have moved into waters normally the preserve of SMEs. What’s more, they’ve got no plans to leave, even when the more prestigious projects come back. Clients are delighted, but small firms could see yet more of their work gobbled up
Design defects: Careful what you claim

05 August 2011

It’s a tough claims market out there with insurers taking a strict approach to the policy wording. Contractors should think twice before they splash out to resolve a design defect
Jonap goes into administration

05 August 2011

London-based contractor was in disputes over £100m luxury hotel payments
MoD touts £2.5bn of army construction work

05 August 2011

Announcements include shortlisting of Babcock, Carillion and Kier for £1.5bn housing job
Tony Lenehan: New directions

05 August 2011

Styles & Wood has had a tough few years, taking huge hits as the retail fit-out market nose-dived. Building finds out how new boss Tony Lenehan plans to turn things round - and why you could be seeing more of the northern-based firm in London
British Land costs amount to £159m on Cheesegrater

4 Aug 11

Developer also reveals it has invested £1.9bn in property during last 18 months
Cuts in construction costs boost Taylor Wimpey profits

3 Aug 11

Housebuilder reports £28.9m pre-tax profit and operating margins of 9.3%
RG Carter denied leave to appeal OFT fine

1 Aug 11

Contractor asked for extra time following huge reductions for other bid-rigging firms
Jonap goes into administration

1 Aug 11

Fit-out firm with £15m turnover and which was responsible for Tory HQ goes under
Tender prices continue to rise in 2011

1 Aug 11

RICS survey reveals jump in tender prices and new work output
Investing in training: Forward thinking

29 July 2011

It’s tempting to cut when times get hard, but investment in training and developing new talent is vital to the industry’s future. Here’s how three major firms are offering tomorrow’s leaders the chance to learn the skills they’ll need
Price for Keepmoat and Apollo merger 'still to be worked on'

29 July 2011

Plans to create more financial stability and growth in the sector to be finalised by end of the year
Carillion bags £123m Canadian station

28 Jul 11

Contractor given its second job on Toronto subway extension
Margaret Ford: After the Games

28 Jul 11

For the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the end of the Games is just the beginning - that’s when its £315m transformation of the site will begin. Chair of the body Margaret Ford tells Building about its new powers, what’s up for grabs, and about her ’crazy’ past two weeks
Apollo and Keepmoat to merge

22 Jul 11

Combined firm will create £1bn-turnover social housing business
Bam set to bag £120m of work

22 July 2011

Contract wins to boost activity in regions where construction is low
It is possible to help SMEs and achieve budget cuts

22 July 2011

Big contracts and small firms poses a quandary – but there is a model that shows how it can be done
Mace set to win role on £315m post-Olympic job

22 July 2011

Firm has bid to take on role of project delivery partner for after-Games transformation
Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2011

22 July 2011

Looking at recent trading updates you’d be forgiven for thinking that the industry was on the road to recovery. But there’s a few big hurdles to jump over yet, and this will take some time. Martin Hewes’ annual league tables of the UK’s top contractors and housebuilders show exactly how far we have to go and who’s getting ahead
United House pursues Green Deal amid cuts

22 July 2011

Firm considering launching new funding model for eco-friendly retrofit of homes
Will the construction strategy help or hinder SMEs?

22 July 2011

The coalition’s construction strategy was officially launched this week. How come SMEs are worried that life is about to become much more difficult? Building reports
Willmott: listed firms too bullish

22 July 2011

Chief executive worried the government is getting the wrong message
Forklift driver dies on Costain site

21 Jul 11

A forklift truck driver has died after an accident at Costain’s Parkway site in Newbury
Minister vows to name and shame late paying contractors

20 Jul 11

Government will name contractors who fail to pay specialists within 30 days
Newlon seeks bidders for £50m housing framework

18 Jul 11

Framework covers jobs worth up to £12m
Kier sets sights on work in Iraq

15 July 2011

Firm is seeking more work overseas and believes Iraq holds opportunities
Osborne’s pre-tax profit hits four-year high

15 July 2011

Jobs picked up from collapsed Connaught help boost profit to £3.5m, but turnover still falls 8%
Rydon's Bob Bond: Safe pair of hands

15 July 2011

Rydon boss Bob Bond finds being at the helm of a medium-sized company gives him the agility needed to steer a steady course through choppy waters. Even introducing an innovative investment model shouldn’t rock the boat
Mayfield collapses with 80 jobs lost

14 Jul 11

Impact of the recession and winter too much for Liverpool contractor
Kinetics to shed 500 jobs as administrator moves in

14 Jul 11

News comes as Liverpool contractor Mayfield also collapses with 80 jobs lost
Contractor Kinetics goes bust

8 Jul 11

Begbies Traynor to be appointed administrator of £100m-turnover firm
Costain/Skanska tipped for £250m Paddington Crossrail job

08 July 2011

The £250m contract at Paddington would be the largest the consortium has won on the project
Cyril Sweett joins list of consultants open to merger

08 July 2011

Admission follows comments by WSP and EC Harris while consultant confirms Sweett Group rebrand
Enterprise puts brave face on £135m loss

08 July 2011

Financial director says the firm has turned a corner despite losses in 2010
Hackney Empire sues Aviva for £1.1m over bond dispute

08 July 2011

London theatre funded by Alan Sugar in legal case that could affect use of construction bonds
Subbies get hit by legal costs loophole

08 July 2011

Tolent clauses will pose a problem for the industry
Council approves £100m Grahame Park regeneration

7 Jul 11

Barnet council permits next stage of £800m redevelopment of Britain’s largest housing estate
Nearly half of small builders report falling workloads

7 Jul 11

FMB’s latest survey suggests further bleakness for employment in construction sector
Carillion scales back UK construction business

7 Jul 11

Company targets expansion in Canada and the Middle East
Ray O'Rourke given honorary knighthood

6 Jul 11

Founder of Laing O’Rourke honoured for services to the construction industry
Balfour ploughs cash into growth

6 Jul 11

Contractor says acquisitions and investment will see £340m cash pile fall
House sales at Galliford Try up by a quarter

5 Jul 11

Shares dip despite bullish city update
Competition squeezes Morgan Sindall margins

5 Jul 11

But firm reports increase trading in line with expectations as it reveals place on £1.2bn Gatwick framework
Construction insolvencies up 10%

1 Jul 11

But Experian data shows improvement from April to May
Bullivant to sell division to Vinci subsidiary Soletanche Bachy

01 July 2011

Deal will take another two weeks to complete
Capita Symonds on £3bn Kenya job

01 July 2011

Firm will be program dlivery partner on the Tatu City scheme
Fate of Rok workers' pension fund hangs in the balance

01 July 2011

No decision on collapsed builder’s £90m pension black hole until landmark court case is over
WSP open to a merger as pressure grows to expand

01 July 2011

Engineer is latest firm to consider consolidation as public sector cuts force profit warning
Subbies may have to pick up adjudication costs

30 Jun 11

Government fails to close legal loophole over so-called “Tolent” clauses
Olympics death 'natural causes'

30 Jun 11

Sixty-five year old Laing O’Rourke crane operator may have had heart attack
Costain increases banking facilities to £435m

30 Jun 11

Contractor now has £500m to spend on acquisition targets
Pinnacle to start on site 'immediately'

28 Jun 11

Builder Brookfield is instructed by backers to proceed
Galliford Try picks up £40m healthcare jobs

28 Jun 11

Announcement comes the day after winning £73m of energy and housing work
Rok pension has £90m black hole

27 Jun 11

Former employees of the collapsed contractor hit by new revelation
Prisk to chair new Green Construction Board

22 Jun 11

Construction minister outlines government response to low carbon review
Kier on track despite 'challenging' market

21 Jun 11

Contractor says it has secured all its 2011 revenue
Banned construction director threatened with jail

20 Jun 11

Company head ran firm while disqualified from being a director
Skanska completes first phase of £100m prison job

17 Jun 11

Facility at Belmarsh West completed seven week ahead of schedule
British firms to increase staff in China as economy booms

17 June 2011

Concerns about a property price bubble will be temporary, says experts
Collapsed Kinetics arms owe subbies ‘less than £1m’

17 June 2011

Social housing contractor sheds 270 employees as it shuts northern business
Contractors: OFT was ‘unjust’

17 June 2011

UK Contractors Group spoke out against watchdog
Labour backs Morrell's plan to cut building costs 20%

17 June 2011

Ian Lucas’ support comes as construction adviser outlines strategy at Building’s parliamentary reception
St Modwen to tender £200m of work in next six months

17 June 2011

Developer invites new supply chain members to bid for projects up and down the UK
Interserve to build £20m Navy rehabilitation centre

14 Jun 11

Contractor will design, build and maintain facility at Devonport naval base
Afghanistan: Construction's front line

10 June 2011

In the midst of war-torn Afghanistan dozens of construction projects continue unabated. Building reports on the unique challenges - and dangers - facing contractors at Camp Bastion in Helmand province
Government to change what it buys to achieve 20% savings

10 June 2011

Morrell states that most of the savings will come from changing what contractors build
Over half of QSs have seen clients accept suicide bids

10 June 2011

RICS survey reveals full extent of suicide bidding in the recession, as firms are forced to ’buy’ work
The construction strategy: Together at last?

10 June 2011

The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
Kinetics shuts down northern business

9 Jun 11

Social housing contractor to refocus on the south as up to 400 staff leave
Mid East contractor kicked off Midlands hospital

8 Jun 11

NHS Trust blames “extremely disappointing” delays
Construction ministers at risk under boundary shake-up

6 Jun 11

MPs Grant Shapps, Mark Prisk and Andrew Stunell all face losing constituencies
MOD sets carbon challenge for contractors

3 Jun 11

New criteria set out for facilities management bidders
Sheffield contractor CR Gibbs falls into administration

3 Jun 11

Administrators say firm was crippled by public sector slowdown
Government to set cost benchmarks for public work

03 June 2011

Paul Morrell confirms move that will allow public clients to compare project costs across departments
Wates buys £50m turnover Linbrook

1 Jun 11

Contractor buys response maintenance firm for undisclosed sum
Government unveils blueprint to cut construction costs

31 May 11

A newly established public construction board will drive 20% savings
Construction insolvencies jump by a fifth

31 May 11

First quarter survey shows impact of government spending freeze
De-coding BIM

27 May 2011

Building information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don’t even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work
Hands up if you can cut 20%

27 May 2011

We’re all more or less signed up to the government’s target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. Building asked three construction professionals what they would do
Lend Lease to complete halted Olympic village block

27 May 2011

Firm lined up by ODA to work on N14 block after contractor P Elliott went into administration
Three of Wates family join company board

26 May 11

Move is designed to speed up decision-making at the family-run firm
Lend Lease to build halted Olympic housing

25 May 11

Contractor given nod to finish Athlete’s Village block stopped after P Elliott administration
Kier cashes in on PFI school stakes

23 May 11

Contractor makes a £4.3m profit on Oldham and Norwich stakes
BAM's order book hit by austerity measures

20 May 11

Construction revenue down 7% in Q1 2011
All government projects to use BIM within five years

20 May 2011

Construction chief Paul Morrell dismissed other ’unambitious’ plans at the London KBB conference
Contractors back new Crossrail chief exec

20 May 2011

Andrew Wolstenholme joins from Balfour Beatty
National Grid boss to head Lend Lease UK construction

20 May 2011

Michael Dyke appointed to head former Bovis business, filling position open since last summer
Willmott Dixon profit increases

20 May 2011

But group are still cautious
Athletes' Village builders eye halted P Elliott block

19 May 11

Work on N14 block stopped as Irish contractor placed into administration
Construction growth strongest for three years

19 May 11

RICS Q1 survey is latest to contradict government figures
Galliford Try bags £38m of health contracts

18 May 11

Contractor secures five contracts across England
Interserve lands contracts worth £400m since January

18 May 11

Firm says it expects total revenues of £1.8bn for 2011
Kier targets infrastructure and power

18 May 11

Contractor expects it has put in bids for five Crossrail stations
Land Secs to push on with speculative offices

18 May 11

Profit up 14% and so too is the value of the developer’s properties
Malcolm McAlpine dies, aged 93

17 May 11

President of Sir Robert McAlpine passes away after a brief illness
Olympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions

17 May 11

Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court
Contractor rapped after cinema collapses onto carriageway

13 May 11

Demolition specialist fined £5,000 for collapse in rush hour
Construction statistics: Is it really that bad ?

13 May 2011

Government statistics suggest construction contracted 5% last quarter, but it’s hard to find anyone who believes that is true. Joey Gardiner argues the reality is actually more positive and presents alternative data to back up his case
Galliford Try: 'contracts must be linked to material prices'

13 May 2011

Firm negotiates with clients to spread risk of rising material costs over long-term projects
Hey, big spender: Richard Pilkington

13 May 2011

The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with £3.5bn to spend - and that’s just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington
Ian Tyler is best value boss again with £1m pay

13 May 2011

Balfour Beatty boss steers his firm to £187m in pre-tax profits
Lindner targets £170m of work in UK after Prater acquisition

13 May 2011

Now the largest building envelope contractor in the UK, the firm looks to expand further in Britain
Galliford Try's Olympic blocks delayed

12 May 11

Firm’s construction work on athlete’s village eight weeks late
Balfour: UK market beats expectations

10 May 11

Contractor picks up two council jobs worth £200m
HMRC targets construction tax abuses

9 May 11

Extra 100 officers to tackle false self-employment and labour providers who avoid tax
Lindner confirms acquisition of Prater

9 May 11

German giant snaps up one of the UK’s leading specialists
Apollo cuts 70% of staff at M&E acquisition

06 May 2011

Cancelled projects and centralisation led to job losses at firm bought for £1m in 2010
Canada: 'Where $340bn dreams come true'

06 May 2011

What makes Canada possibly the most attractive country in the world for contractors right now? Perhaps it’s something to do with the billions of dollars it has to spend on construction. The trick is breaking into this highly lucrative market
Mears' chairman to have pay reduced after PwC review

06 May 2011

The firm was told it needed to be more transparent about senior staff’s pay
Sir Robert McAlpine profit slumps by almost a quarter

06 May 2011

This was despite the firm landing some significant contract awards
Morgan Sindall order book edges up

5 May 11

Contractor announces that trading is in line with expectataions although fit out work has fallen
Costain sees £300m fall in order book

5 May 11

Contractor says trading is in line with expectations
Sir Robert McAlpine's profit falls almost 25%

4 May 11

Contractor’s decline in profit and turnover comes despite some big contract wins
CITB cuts ties with industry skills card scheme

28 April 2011

Move marks end of 16-year tie-up with the Construction Skills Certification Scheme
Enterprise does insurance 'u-turn'

28 April 2011

The firm has apparently changed its stance on a controversial insurance initiative
Ucatt attacked for appealing leadership election verdict

28 April 2011

Watchdog ruled 2009 election void
Construction shrank by 5% in first quarter

27 Apr 11

Contraction takes place against slight growth of UK economy as a whole
Lend Lease lands £727m waste facility contract

27 Apr 11

Consortium including Lend Lease inks deal on PFI scheme
Mitie uses jet fighter technology to power hospital

26 Apr 11

Firm signs 15-year deal with Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Forestry Commission asks firms to get on their bikes

26 Apr 11

Up to six firms invited to design and build Welsh mountain bike centre
D-Day beckons for OFT appeal

21 April 2011

Dozens of firms successfully appealed against OFT claims
Japan calls on UK firms for emergency prefab homes

21 April 2011

Government seeks to meet shortfall on 72,000-unit scheme to rehouse people hit by recent disaster
Insurance deal offers hope of no retentions to subcontractors

15 April 2011

NFRC said the warranty could replace the need for clients to demand retentions on jobs
Laing O'Rourke's Hong Kong office doubles after rail wins

15 April 2011

Contractor bulks up by 100 staff in order to service £360m Express Rail Link jobs
Kier buys out Lloyds stake in development division

14 Apr 11

The firm will pay £91m for full control of portfolio that includes Savile Row office building
Wates to take on 300 new staff

12 Apr 11

Company reports 12% rise in profit for 2010
Costain sells Zimbabwean arm

12 Apr 11

Management buys out Ceezed for £500k
Morgan Sindall boost from £450m growth fund

12 Apr 11

Government announces 50 successful bids from first round of regional funding
BuildingTV: Ian Tyler reveals Balfour Beatty's expansion plans

11 Apr 11

Building’s Chief executive of the Year talks about Balfour’s next move in our new interview series View from the top
A family affair: David Hurcomb

08 April 2011

As chief executive of family-owned NG Bailey, David Hurcomb has a heavy weight on his shoulders – securing the future for generations of Baileys to come
Constructionline survey: How public sector clients will make cuts

08 April 2011

Public sector clients are being forced to cut costs dramatically. So how exactly are they doing it? Here are the results of a survey by Constructionline, which reveals what the industry needs to be worried about - and where the opportunities can be found
Balfour Beatty buys energy consultant for up to £18m

7 Apr 11

Acquisition of Power Efficiency will help cut client’s energy costs and carbon emissions, says contractor
Funding package agreed for Stonehenge

5 Apr 11

Culture minister says £27m visitor centre now back on track
Costain: We won't bid for Mouchel again

4 Apr 11

Contractor makes announcement following rejection by Mouchel of a total of four Costain bids
Vinci announces 12% turnover drop

4 Apr 11

Proifit soars 154% to £39.1m
North Midland revenue and profits up

4 Apr 11

But contractor announces its building division is up for review after posting losses
Leadbitter wins £49m Cornwall campus job

4 Apr 11

Contractor to build facilities for the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth
Kier wins £20m academy project at Ellesmere Port

28 Mar 11

Scheme includes sports pitches, theatre and science labs
Galliford Try wins £39m riverside project

28 Mar 11

Scheme on Thames includes luxury and affordable apartments and commercial space
Network Rail to overhaul £6bn procurement programme

25 Mar 11

Rail operator looks to cut costs by opening up major projects to leading construction and engineering firms
Lend Lease poaches Laing O'Rourke Australian boss

25 March 2011

Andrew Wilson appointed by Lend Lease as managing director on a £3.7bn project in Sydney
Nuclear alert: Future of £50bn new build plan

25 March 2011

In the weeks following fukushima, the UK nuclear industry is already under review. what does this mean for the future of £50bn new build plan?
Stanhope hunts contractors for green retrofitting work

25 March 2011

Firm plans to buy eight more buildings
Ten more partners leave Davis Langdon

25 March 2011

Part of major staff shrink follwing 2010 Aecom takeover
Land Securities secures £71m for Park House development

24 Mar 11

Developer Land Securities has secured its profit on the development before it is even built
OFT fines: Galliford Try and five others see fines cut by 75%

24 Mar 11

Judgment consistent with tribunal findings on Kier and John Sisk
OFT gets more time on bid rigging appeals

23 Mar 11

OFT given a month from publication of final appeal judgment
Construction industry giant Sir Frank Lampl dies aged 84

23 Mar 11

Former Bovis chief executive passed away this morning after a long battle against cancer
Henry Boot back in the black after property disposals

23 Mar 11

Property and land disposals have wiped out Henry Boot’s debts and the firm has returned to profit
Durkan 'considers action' over Tribunal decision

22 Mar 11

Company claims it never had control over former subsidiary Concentra
OFT fines: Galliford Try outcome on Thursday

22 Mar 11

CAT delayed handing down judgment to firm facing £8.3m fine for reasons of ’convenience’
Durkan's OFT fine cut by £4m

22 Mar 11

Company first to appeal liability on cover pricing and win
Severfield profits down 70%

22 Mar 11

Yorkshire based steel specialist reported a collapse in profits during 2010
Defence Estates reveals list for Scottish work

22 Mar 11

Contracts include maintenance, repairs and construction
Interserve lands Middle East defence deal

22 Mar 11

Three year contract to support UK operations at a Main Air Base
Preferred bidder chosen for £790m Forth bridge contract

21 Mar 11

International consortium preferred choice to deliver replacement for Forth Road Bridge
Lovell wins place on £210m Scottish frameworks

21 Mar 11

Morgan Sindall subsidiary, Lovell, has secured a place on two Scottish frameworks, worth £210m
Galliford Try to hear OFT fines decision next week

18 Mar 11

Company among six to find out if penalties will be reduced
Bulk of OFT fines likely to be wiped out after appeals

18 March 2011

Hope for other firms as fines in first six cases are reduced by up to 94%
Enterprise cuts back £70m social housing business

18 March 2011

Firm looks to exit contracts as news of chief executive Neil Kirkby’s departure emerges
Mears operating profits up by 27% as rivals crash out

18 March 2011

Social housing repairs provider says underbidding has led to failures, allowing it to ’pick up the pieces’
Renew ceases public sector work in the North

18 March 2011

Firm says the public sector in the North is no longer viable and will be pulling out
Underbidding: Warning! Highly risky manoeuvre

18 March 2011

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in some cases result in suicidal tendencies. As underbidding spirals further out of control, we look at how widespread the practice has become and what – if anything – can be done about it.
Laing O'Rourke bag £77m Heathrow contract

17 Mar 11

Laing O’Rourke has won a £77m contract to construct a car park at Heathrow airport
Eaga secures £300m solar project funding

17 Mar 11

Eaga has secured financing to help fund the installation of solar PV panels on 30,000 homes
L&Q appoints contractors to £400m framework

16 Mar 11

Ten contractors on board for housing association’s development programme until 2015
Miller group sales down 15%

16 Mar 11

Miller reduced its loss before tax from £72m in 2009, to £58m in 2010
Builders broker 1% pay increase

15 Mar 11

Pay deal negotiated by transport union TGWU and the Federation of Master Builders
Renew retreat hits 60 jobs at Allenbuild

15 Mar 11

Allenbuild to close regional office in Wigan as parent company shuts northern business
PM Harris appointed for Long Marston demolition

15 Mar 11

St Modwen pushes ahead with £100m development
Mears targets work from failed rivals

15 Mar 11

Social housing contractor hits out at underbidding as turnover rises 11%
Renew closes Northern division and abandons public sector work

14 Mar 11

Renew Holdings will close division in the north of England blaming poor returns and lack of profit in the public sector
OFT appeal: Kier CEO reacts

11 Mar 11

Admits that initial OFT finding could have damaged company’s reputation
OFT bid rigging appeal: Full judgment

11 Mar 11

Judgment on bid-rigging case was handed down at 4pm this afternoon
Balfour Beatty rules out major acquisitions

11 March 2011

Firm wants to focus on ’augmented organic growth’ and PPP markets in the US and Canada
CITB training levy faces overhaul

11 March 2011

?Panel including UKCG and FMB members to propose reforms after government confirms body’s future
Contractor results: A turn up for the books

11 March 2011

The latest City updates by contractors reveal a surprisingly healthy outlook, says Alastair Stewart. Order books are good shape and margins are rising … among the heavy weights at least
Costain looks at alternative acquisitions

11 March 2011

Bids for Mouchel remain unsuccessful
Frameworks: Make room for the small fry

11 March 2011

The government wants to make frameworks more open to small and medium-sized firms while at the same time making big savings in public sector procurement. Here’s what the construction industry can expect
ISG boss says London fit-out will not recover till 2012/13

11 March 2011

?Warning comes despite contractor’s profit rising 73% on £150m sales increase
Kier awaits bid-rigging fate

11 March 2011

Kier, along with five other contractors ordered by the Office of Fair Trading to pay millions of pounds for bid-rigging, will find out the fate of its appeal against the fines at 4pm today (Friday). The Competition Appeals Tribunal will hand down its decision to Kier, John Sisk, Bowmer & Kirkland, Thomas Vale, Ballast Nedam and Haymills, which were fined £41.7m in total. Kier (led by chief executive Paul Sheffield, pictured) got the largest fine, being ordered to pay £17.8m, which ...
Mace wins £18m Gatwick job

11 March 2011

Firm will deliver new hold baggage screening facility,
Mayor will call on construction sector to hire ex-offenders

11 March 2011

?Mayor of London Boris Johnson is to call upon the construction sector to employ more young ex-offenders.
OFT may appeal tribunal fines cut

11 March 2011

Competition body to “consider” appeals tribunal decision to cut bid-rigging fines by 90%
SMEs to join up to win places on frameworks

11 March 2011

National consortium of SMEs could be in place by the end of the year
Tribunal slashes OFT fines by 90%

11 March 2011

Kier fine cut from £17.9m to £1.7m
Who wants to be in social housing?

11 March 2011

Six months on from the collapse of Rok and Connaught, their competitors are scrambling to take their places against a backdrop of cuts and jittery clients. And now the big players are looking to muscle in on the social housing market
Enterprise loses chief executive Neil Kirkby

10 Mar 11

Firm refuses to comment as chair Owen McLaughlin takes temporary control
Laing O'Rourke wins medical research unit deal

10 Mar 11

Contractor named as main contractor on biomedical facility
Cyril Sweett and Miller bag £400m of Scottish projects

10 Mar 11

Deal to deliver health centres includes 10-year exclusivity
Costain/Skanska joint venture wins third Crossrail deal

9 Mar 11

Partnership bags contract for ticket halls and tunnels at Bond Street
Costain profit up 54%

9 Mar 11

Building firm increases profit to £27.9m despite ’difficult economic environment’
Connaught environmental arm secures investors

8 Mar 11

RBS and Alchemy to back £100m forestry and landscaping business
ISG turnover up a third

8 Mar 11

Strong growth in the firm’s London fit-out division boosts turnover in the first half
Construction insolvencies down in January

7 Mar 11

205 building and construction firms went into liquidation during January, compared to 218 in January 2010
CITB retains public sector status

7 Mar 11

Construction industry training body will retain its levy raising powers
McAlpine and local developer to partner on £500m English Riviera regeneration

7 Mar 11

Sir Robert McAlpine and Bristol developer Deeley Freed have been chosen to deliver a £500m regeneration of the English Riviera coastline
Bids invited for £60m Kent university job

7 Mar 11

The University of Kent is looking for a contractor to design and build seven student accommodation blocks and a hotel
BAM Construct win £22m Africa House refurb job

7 Mar 11

BAM will refurbish the property and upgrade it to BREEAM excellent status
Mersey Gateway team meet potential bidders

4 Mar 11

Procurement process for £431m bridge to begin soon
40 may go as Morgan Sindall shuts piling arm

04 March 2011

Insufficient work and lack of tendering opportunities have prompted the firm to close down its piling business
Contractors to bid for first £400m of academies

04 March 2011

News comes as Partnerships for Schools reveals procurement savings at BSEC conference
Balfour Beatty turnover hits £9bn

3 Mar 11

Britain’s biggest contractor to focus on global infrastructure markets as it reveals 20% increase in profit
Taylor Wimpey posts £75m profit

3 Mar 11

Housebuilder results ahead of expectations as it turns rounds 2009 loss of £96m
Carillion grows profit 7%

2 Mar 11

Building firm posts underlying profit of £188m for year
ODA issues £300m transformation tender

2 Mar 11

Work issued despite ongoing discussion over who will control the works
Argent to restart £250m King’s Cross scheme

25 February 2011

Construction has already started on two office blocks
Civils firms hit by higher costs and lower tender prices

25 February 2011

?Sector in distress as third quarter survey of workloads shows growth has not yet returned
Contractors call for clarity over Ministry of Defence cuts

25 February 2011

Cuts will be made in four broad areas; staff numbers, property disposals, utilities and direct estate costs.
Galliford Try’s profits boosted

25 February 2011

Galliford Try “encouraged by performance”
Lend Lease profit up 17%

25 February 2011

Despite falling global revenue, profit has increased and big projects in UK and abroad are doing well
Morgan Sindall lays off 600 ex-Connaught staff

25 February 2011

A quarter of the staff transferred to Lovell have left since September
Galliford Try bags £48m flood defence contract

24 Feb 11

Galliford Try subsidiary, Morrison Construction, has won a £48.5m flood defence contract in Elgin, Northern Scotland
Kier profit jumps 26%

24 Feb 11

Contractor says work in large number of markets enabled it to up profit despite challenging environment
Vinci appoints regional director for Yorkshire

22 Feb 11

Keith Shivers will take charge of nine BSF contracts worth £170m
Contract cuts to continue under new MoD framework

21 Feb 11

But £1.5bn housing contract to be awarded in 2012 will go ahead
Academies: £800m to be phased over two years

18 February 2011

Timeframe for spend revealed as court ruling gives £1bn of other BSF schemes hope
Eaga buyout to add £700m to Carillion sales

18 February 2011

Carillion’s acquires Eaga in a share-boosting move away from general contracting in the UK
Labbad: Lend Lease positioning for smaller construction jobs

18 February 2011

Shift comes as Australian parent confirms Bovis name will be dropped
Morgan Sindall seals £500m Bournemouth PPP

17 Feb 11

Morgan Sindall has reached financial close on a Bournemouth town centre PPP project will run over 20 years
Lend Lease profits up as revenue falls

17 Feb 11

Lend Lease said its profits increased 17% as its revenue dropped a fifth in the first half of its financial year.
NSCC launches campaign against retentions

16 Feb 11

No Retention campaign gains backing from members, Crossrail and Stanhope
O'Keefe fined after teenager suffers burns

16 Feb 11

Contractor ordered to pay out over £25,000 after breaching Safety Act
Barton Civil Engineering goes into administration

15 Feb 11

Woes of Gateshead contractor signal a downturn in north east market
Four subbies go bust on Olympic village

15 Feb 11

ODA coughs up £11m to ensure continued supply from firms on the brink
Morgan Sindall hires former Bovis delivery director

14 Feb 11

Peter Jacobs to spearhead firm’s London expansion
Two firms fined after worker suffers electric shock

14 Feb 11

Preventable incident could have been fatal
Government opens up contracts to small firms

11 Feb 11

PQQs abolished for government contracts worth under £100,000
Willmott Dixon boss predicts five-year recession

11 February 2011

Rick Willmott warns main contractors are yet to face the worst and should start preparing
Morrison Utility Services lands £750m contract

9 Feb 11

UK Power Networks awards contract to cover groundworks management
FMB to start inspecting new members

8 Feb 11

All builders wishing to join the association must pass inspection
Joiner and contractor TWC goes under

7 Feb 11

SFP administrators appointed to £6.4m turnover builder
Lovell picks up £25 million Hackney job

7 Feb 11

London borough awards Morgan Sindall subsidiary contract to build 149 homes
Ardmore bags £23m housing job

7 Feb 11

Housing association Family Mosaic appoints Irish contractor to build 190 homes
Carillion suppliers slash rates by up to 20%

7 Feb 11

Documents show subcontractors have agreed to discount rates
Former Connaught employees launch legal action

1 Feb 11

Ucatt union pursuing tribunal cases against Connaught and Lovell
Bid-rigger GAJ goes under

31 Jan 11

Coventry-based contractor latest identified in OFT probe to go into administration
Pochin warns project delays will hit profit

31 Jan 11

Loss-making contractor says construction arm will struggle to be profitable after delays in key contracts
Carillion signs deal to 're-engineer' government contracts

31 Jan 11

Memorandum of Understanding will see Carillion work with coalition to deliver savings on support services contracts
Apollo undercutting rivals by 20%

28 January 2011

Documents show firm has won contracts from competitors with offers that are ’suspiciously low’
Four dead in Norfolk accident

28 January 2011

Health and safety procedures must be adhered to, say unions after site deaths
Mears wins damages after losing out on £400m job

27 Jan 11

?Contractor wins compensation after questioning transparency of Leeds council’s tender process
Severfield Rowen warns of 'poor' 2011

27 Jan 11

Steel specialist says London office projects being deferred to 2012
Mouchel completes £170m refinancing

27 Jan 11

Consultant says it is considering a number of offers for the business
Laing O'Rourke launches Engineering Excellence Group

25 Jan 11

Laing O’Rourke’s new strategies and innovation division has attracted some of the industry’s leading experts.
Laing O'Rourke creates Oxford professorship

24 Jan 11

Contractor sets up construction research centre with university
Councils in court to fight scrapping of schools programme

24 Jan 11

’Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ has been snatched away, say councils seeking to overturn BSF decision
Hammerson and Ballymore to restart Bishopsgate Goodsyard

21 January 2011

Bishopsgate Goodsyard work will progress in 2011 following talks between developers and architect
Mears sues Leeds council after failed bid

21 January 2011

Contractor takes legal action over repairs and maintenance tender
Morgan Sindall expands in Scotland using Rok remains

21 January 2011

?Contractor plans £30m-turnover Inverness business after taking on staff from Rok subsidiary Tulloch
Skanska buys first UK housing site

20 Jan 11

Contractor becomes housebuilder with deal for 128-home Countryside Properties site
Henry Boot expects revenue to jump 10%

20 Jan 11

In an update today, Henry Boot management said revenue for 2010 will be around £128m
Rok arm resurrected by local management

19 Jan 11

Grimsby contractor taken over by Rok has been re-established under original name Topcon
Walkie Talkie construction begins

19 Jan 11

Work gets underway on Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf Group’s £500m London skyscraper
Construction insolvencies fall 14% in 2010

18 Jan 11

PwC data reveals decrease in firms going bust but industry could still be vulnerable
Shortlist for £250m Paddington Crossrail station announced

17 Jan 11

Five firms and joint ventures have made the shortlist
Costain to build new £32m bridge over Thames

17 Jan 11

Costain has been awarded the £32.3m contract to build a bridge between Walton and Shepperton
A VAT gift to cowboys?

14 January 2011

The government’s VAT hike to 20% this month has been met with dismay throughout construction. But while some sectors will be exempt, small builders are bound to be hit as cash-strapped homeowners turn to the black market
Apollo caught up in fraud investigation into subsidiary

14 January 2011

?Property services group distances itself from inquiry into former directors of firm it bought last year
Construction firms with debt losing out on top jobs

14 January 2011

?Leadbitter to leverage Bouygues’ strength
Primus doubles in size as it picks up Rok contracts

14 January 2011

£80m in Rok contracts sold off to company run by former Multiplex directors, saving 40 jobs
Ballymore slumps to £224m loss

13 Jan 11

Future of property group hangs on Irish ‘bad bank’ approval of business plan
Galliford Try wins £30m of affordable housing work

12 Jan 11

HCA picks contractor for three regeneration projects across England
Northern Ireland firms anticipate less work

12 Jan 11

Construction Employers’ Federation survey reveals gloomy outlook for 2011
Primus snaps up more Rok work

11 Jan 11

Former Multiplex directors buy contracts in London and the South-east
£1bn councils’ framework up for grabs

11 Jan 11

Midlands councils look for contractors to join small works programme
Interserve to make energy and retail push

11 Jan 11

Group says “market conditions” force move in construction division
Miller sees falling house sales

11 Jan 11

But group says “disappointing” end to 2010 compensated by contracting growth
Mears confirms £1.5m Rok purchase

11 Jan 11

Social housing contractor issues confident trading update
BBMV JV bags £235m Crossrail contract

10 Jan 11

£235m deal is for the Whitechapel and Liverpool Street Station tunnels
German firm MVV wins Plymouth waste plant deal

7 Jan 11

£800m PFI programme agreed with Plymouth, Devon and Torbay councils
Best foot forward: Interview with Graham Cash

07 January 2011

Most UK contractors are busily diversifying to survive. Not so with BAM Construct, the UK’s third biggest contractor - its boss is determined to stick with what it’s good at: construction
Bovis name set to go in Lend Lease rebrand

07 January 2011

Australian parent poised to drop 125-year-old name, while John Spanswick announces retirement
Leadbitter deal puts Bouygues in UK's top 20

07 January 2011

Deal between Dutch and French firms boosts Bouygues place in the UK market and enables Leadbitter to strengthen its position
Midlands firm bucks gloom by doubling its turnover

07 January 2011

?SME profile: ?Buckingham Group rides the storm with its varied portfolio and UK-wide reach
Sir Robert McAlpine starts work on 2012 sculpture

07 January 2011

Contractor begins vertical construction of landmark designed by Anish Kapoor
Snook will need to join queue for £7,000 in unpaid Rok wages

07 January 2011

Chief executive of collapsed contractor among staff owed wages as scale of debts becomes clear
McLaren launches property arm

6 Jan 11

Builder to act as joint venture developer and expand into Middle East
Morrison wins £57m Orkney schools deal

6 Jan 11

Galliford Try company is announced as preferred bidder on Schools Investment Programme by island’s council
Work to start on £350m SnOasis

5 Jan 11

Prelminary work on winter sports centre near Ipswich will start next month after long delays
Skanska wins £92m tunnelling contract

5 Jan 11

Contractor to begin work on 33km of cable tunnels in London
CPL Interiors goes into administration

4 Jan 11

£21m turnover firm collapses before Christmas with loss of 65 staff
Post-Christmas boost for construction

30 Dec 10

Shares rise among construction and materials firms, with Morgan Sindall boasting a 15% leap
Balfour Beatty wins £190m of work in Hong Kong

30 Dec 10

Contractor’s subsidiary Gammon Construction scoops valuable projects, but news fails to boost share value
Carillion sell £14.5m stake in barracks mega-project

21 Dec 10

Contractor aims to recycle cash from Allenby Connaught PFI
Costain gets first Belvedere payment

21 Dec 10

Contractor receives £2.6m and assurances from AE&E Inova
Two directors leave in Bovis shake-up

17 December 2010

Two more senior directors are to leave Bovis Lend Lease, in the latest management changes at the firm
Balfour wins school projects worth £106m

16 Dec 10

Contractor will work on two new schools in Southall and Oldham
Morgan Sindall targets infrastructure and social housing growth

15 Dec 10

Group expects progress for its social housing business after Connaught acquisition
Lovell bags Connaught job in Norwich

14 Dec 10

Contractor to provide housing repairs and maiintenance over nine months for council
Sisk wins £48m Rathbone Market job

13 Dec 10

Irish-owned contractor picks up Kickstart-funded London regeneration scheme
CJ Haughey collapses with loss of 35 jobs

13 Dec 10

Groundworks contractor blames over-ambition and recession for going into administration
Costain's £2.6m bill on energy plant goes unpaid

13 Dec 10

Main contractor on Belvedere facility misses stage payment due on Friday
The perfect gift: Tax-efficient tendering

10 December 2010

What shows your appreciation for a prospective client better than cutting £1m off a bid? Building explores the surprising savings that can be made from tax-efficient tendering
Morrison hands over Olympic canoe venue

9 Dec 10

Morrison Construction deliver Lee Valley White Water Centre 18 months before London Games’ opening ceremony
Skanska opens UK housing division

9 Dec 10

Swedish contractor expands into UK residential sector focusing on London and the South-east
ISG opens Scottish office after Rok wins

8 Dec 10

Contractor sets up north of the border after taking over three Rok contracts including £9m Dundee housing scheme
Carillion boosts margins after cutting UK construction work

8 Dec 10

Group says focus on UK support services and international markets will see rise in 2010 profit
ISG bags £100m of former Rok work

6 Dec 10

Drinks giant Diageo awards rescue jobs for two Scottish facilities
Bovis puts 150 jobs at risk on 2012 athletes' village

3 December 2010

Staff told redundancy process will start this month but string of contract wins could limit cuts
Balfour reaches financial close on £55m BSF

2 Dec 10

Construction work on Derby City scheme will start in January next year
Skanska scoops £85m Brent civic centre

2 Dec 10

Work on Hopkins-designed scheme in Wembley regeneration area to start immediately
Galliford wins £59m of infrastructure work

2 Dec 10

Wins include jobs for Scottish Water and Network Rail
Costain reassured over £22m owed on Belvedere job

2 Dec 10

Costain told main contractor AE&E Inova has refinancing plan
Styles & Wood chief executive quits

1 Dec 10

Ivan McKeever to be replaced at troubled contractor by ex-Bovis man
Balfour to set up £750m infrastructure fund

1 Dec 10

Constractor giant will sell off PFI under new strategy
Watchdog to investigate Connaught accounts

30 Nov 10

Accountancy regulator says investigation will consider role of auditor PwC
Contractor Irwins goes bust

29 Nov 10

Fifty-six jobs lost as Yorkshire builder hit by public spending cuts
Low-carbon agenda to provide '40 years' of work for SMEs

29 Nov 10

Construction industry must man up to green agenda, finds construction adviser
Costain 'may lose' £22m owed on huge waste job

29 Nov 10

Costain’s share price drops as it reveals contract problems on £120m Belvedere waste-to-energy project
Balfour eyes new-build social housing after £7m Rok buy

26 November 2010

Deal for collapsed firm’s work comes as administrator confirms Mears snapped up key Bristol contracts
How grim is construction up North?

26 November 2010

In the beleaguered North, public sector spending cuts are biting deeper for local contractors already defending their patch from the attentions of the big boys. Building looks at how bad it is, and asks three contractors how they’re coping
Rok's collapse threatens bid for £130m housing scheme

26 November 2010

A £130m housing PFI scheme in Oldham could be derailed following the Rok collapse.
Mears appoints David Miles as CEO

25 Nov 10

Current chief executive officer Bob Holt will continue as chairman
Interserve buys US reseller for $35m

24 Nov 10

Construction and services giant launches bid to break American market
Vinci and Sir Robert nab £33m hospital gig

23 Nov 10

Joint venture will build new wing for the Royal Oldham Hospital
Kier spends £2.4m on green energy specialist Beco

22 Nov 10

Acquistition enables contractor to move further into photovoltaic sector
Mitie's profit jumps 12%

22 Nov 10

Outsourcing group announces £47m pre-tax profit in half year results
M25 PFI deal 'not value for money'

19 Nov 10

Highways agency could have saved £1.1bn by considering alternatives
Rok job losses hit Scottish workers hardest

19 November 2010

Failure to find a buyer means 768 redundancies north of the border
The breaking of Rok

19 November 2010

Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok’s dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
Rok remains sold to Balfour subsidiary Mansell

18 Nov 10

£7m sale will see 235 further redundancies
Keller hit by zero growth and falling margins

18 Nov 10

Groundworks specialist issues profit warning after revealing £3m redundancy costs
Rok boss tells redundant workers to 'Keep on Roking'

17 Nov 10

Garvis Snook sends parting email to workers of collapsed workers
Diageo in talks with new contractors after Rok closures

17 Nov 10

Closure of Scottish division stops work on £86m bottling plant
Administrators confirm closure of majority of Rok

16 Nov 10

Nearly 2,000 jobs to go as two of three remaining divisions shut down
Banks 'very likely' to pull plug on Rok

16 Nov 10

Remaining jobs set to be lost as administrators struggle over sale
Rok firms put into administration with loss of 87 jobs

16 Nov 10

Tulloch Transport and Rok Civils attract no interest from potential buyers of Rok
CB&I must pay blacklisted worker £20k

15 Nov 10

Contractor is the first to face action in an employment tribunal after last year’s discovery of a blacklist
Carillion confirms plan to slash supply chain

15 Nov 10

Supply base to fall from 25,000 to around 5,000 in drive to save £140m a year by 2013
Interserve optimistic about future workload

15 Nov 10

Maintenance and building group expects stronger second half of the year and boasts £5.5bn future workloads
Morrison tables bid for Rok

12 Nov 10

Social housing contractor is first to step up as Mears withdraws
Construction output revised down by £1.1bn

12 Nov 10

ONS suggests treatment of “outliers” may have led to exaggerated growth figures
Are contractors putting the squeeze on the supply chain?

12 November 2010

In a disturbing trend subcontractors are being asked to reduce costs and even make upfront payments or risk being removed from main contractors’ supplier lists. Coercion or market reality?
Bovis asks suppliers about Rok exposure

12 November 2010

Bovis Lend Lease has written to its supply chain asking firms to clarify their exposure to the Rok collapse, in a move that has angered subcontractors
Construction firms spared squeeze on government jobs

12 November 2010

Cabinet Office will demand efficiency savings not price cuts from building contractors
Insurance giants left in the lurch by Rok collapse

12 November 2010

Axa, Tesco and Aegas eye alternative suppliers; Sale of social housing division speeded up
ISG targets US retail clients

12 November 2010

ISG is targeting high-profile retail and commercial clients in the US for the first time as part of a new strategy to win work with America-based businesses across the globe
What went wrong at Rok? The City view

12 November 2010

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” says Andrew Brown, an analyst at Panmure Gordon, “but Rok’s first major profit warning was two years ago, related to the slowdown in their regional contracting business.”
Rok redundancies near 400

11 Nov 10

Closure of Scottish plumbing, heating and electrical business leads to 268 more job cuts
Contractors wrestle for control of Rok

11 Nov 10

Carillion, Mears and Kinetics among those talking to administrator as it emerges contractor owed suppliers £100m
Balfour Beatty order book hits £15bn

11 Nov 10

Contractors confident of global growth despite fall in revenue over last three monhts
Rok administrators lay off 711 staff

10 Nov 10

PwC cut parts of business of little interest to possible buyers
Vinci construction turnover falls 3%

10 Nov 10

French group sees overall revenue grow but construction division weakens
More than 50 firms eye up Rok contracts

9 Nov 10

Contractors interested in profitable parts of Rok business but administrator wants to sell as single entity
Morgan Sindall: Connaught contracts £60m less than thought

9 Nov 10

Contractor to write down £3m over purchase of £28m suite of contracts
Leadbitter and Kinetics stalk failed contractor Rok

8 Nov 10

Regional contractor and social housing firm join Mears in the battle to take over Rok’s business
Rok administrators vow to pay 3,800 staff

8 Nov 10

PwC says priority is to review and sell the collapsed company
Timeline: why Rok's in a hard place

8 Nov 10

The history of Rok from its formation in 1939 to the suspension of its shares this morning
Costain sells PFI stakes to reduce pension deficit

8 Nov 10

Costain reports strong performance and PFI deal to significnatly reduce its pension deficit
Carillion wins £100m of work in Oman

5 Nov 10

Contractor grabs both construction and facilities management jobs
FM contractors demand rebates from suppliers

05 November 2010

Carillion and Norland among facilities management firms asking supply chain for money back
MoD may restart £12bn job

05 November 2010

Government considers new proposals for St Athan training facility in Wales
What next for Laing O'Rourke? Britain's most secretive contractor

05 November 2010

It’s been 10 years since Ray O’Rourke bought Laing, the grand old man of UK construction. The intensely private boss won’t talk about it, but Laing O’Rourke is regrouping after the downturn: eyeing new sectors and infrastructure mega-schemes
Government announces boost for SMEs

1 Nov 10

Mark Prisk unveils measures to help small and medium sized businesses
Dan Labbad: Aussie Rules

29 October 2010

The arrival of Bovis Lend Lease’s new boss sparked rumours about the company’s future. Now, after a long silence, Labbad reveals his plans for one of the UK’s best known contractors.
Laing O'Rourke hit as £14bn MoD scheme scrapped

19 Oct 10

Contractor part of Metrix consortium “terminated” for massive St Athan project
Government publishes standard pre-qualification questionnaire

18 Oct 10

New questionnaire aims to save time and money and simplify bidding process
SMEs heading into double dip recession

14 Oct 10

Survey by the Federation of Master Builder reports drop off in workload for small and medium sized firms
Morgan Sindall wins £18.6m Knowsley schools contract

12 Oct 10

Contractor will build primary school and neighbourhood centre in Stockbridge Village, Merseyside
Rok wins Scottish £32m framework deal

11 Oct 10

Contractor to work with Highlands and Islands Enterprise over a four-year period
BAM scoops £80m academies job

5 Oct 10

Medway Council picks contractor to design and build three school with work starting on site later this year
Mears buys ailing social housing firm

1 Oct 10

Social housing company buys loss-making maintenance business Jackson Lloyd
Rok clears finance director of wrongdoing

30 Sep 10

Contractor lifts suspension of Ashley Martin and says financial problems were caused by falling workloads and poor controls
Skanska to cut M&E jobs

30 Sep 10

Contractor blames market downturn as 15 M&E staff are told they could lose their jobs
Contractors face tough day of bargaining with government

30 Sep 10

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is holding discussion with major suppliers to try and bring prices down
Contractors to government: get them while they’re cheap

24 September 2010

Major contractors are urging the government to take advantage of the low cost of construction services by increasing spend on building projects.
Five charged with corruption over £66m engineering contracts

23 Sep 10

Charges follow two-year investigtation into allegations of corruption in energy sector
Confiscated blacklist leaked back into market

03 September 2010

The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating the leak of confidential files naming blacklisted construction workers, writes Andrew Hankinson.
Bouygues cuts 2400 jobs after 'brutal' recession in Europe

2 Sep 10

French contractor’s road business is particularly hard hit by European public spending cuts according to reports
Rok bags £40m emergency repairs job

31 Aug 10

Insurance giant AXA signs up contractor to provide emergency home repairs for customers
BAM UK profits rise on falling revenue

31 Aug 10

Earnings at Dutch giant up a third to €20.6m despite BSF woes
T. Clark profit drops 20% in 'tough' environment

27 Aug 10

Services group sees half yearly revenue and profit fall but order book expands by a third
North Midland's utilities work helps push profit up 49%

26 Aug 10

Contractor’s pre-tax profit soars to £2m as volumn of work from telecommunications increases
Carillion improves margins and ups profit by 17%

26 Aug 10

Contractor reaps benefit of focusing on higher margin support services work rather than construction
Costain's Andrew Wyllie: Who wants to be glamorous anyway?

Building Market Report - Infrastructure

With £2.5bn of orders on its books, Costain’s move towards sectors such as waste, oil and roads seems like an inspired decision. Andrew Wyllie, the man who made it, tells Sarah Richardson where the contractor is heading next