Contractors Focus – Page 2
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FeaturesWe need neither feast nor famine but a steady diet of work: an interview with Andy Steele
The new chairman of Build UK reckons construction’s business model is broken. He tells Dave Rogers what he thinks it will take to fix it – starting with greater certainty from government
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FeaturesAs Cleveland Bridge teeters on the brink, it will forever be associated with Wembley
The firm might not be the biggest to go under, but its work on the stadium ensured that its name stayed in the headlines
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Features‘They’re now taking succession very seriously.’ Laing O’Rourke fires starting gun in race to replace Ray
It’s a question that’s been asked for years and the firm’s founder seems to have come up with an answer
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FeaturesNMCN faces crucial few weeks as bad news keeps on coming
The recent announcement the firm was yet again revising its losses upwards for last year felt eerily familiar, writes Dave Rogers
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FeaturesClient profile: Emma-Jane Houghton in charge of the New Hospital Programme
The commercial director leading the government’s 40-hospital construction programme explains what she’s looking for from suppliers
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FeaturesIn Business: Where McAlpine sees its future
Firm plans to re-establish itself in civils and infrastructure work, chief executive Paul Hamer tells Building
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FeaturesResults season sees industry impress with fortitude and recovery but dark clouds remain
Construction showed collective resolve to rally and survive a year like no other but headwinds loom
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FeaturesIn pictures: John Laing’s summer trips and sports days
More unseen images made available to public
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FeaturesExplainer: Scape bosses on changes under the new frameworks
Framework team talks to Building’s Jordan Marshall about its two new frameworks worth £13bn
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FeaturesCoronavirus: The major construction firms shutting their sites
Update 10am: Lendlease’s Google HQ job reopens
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FeaturesPalace revolt: what construction stands to lose if £4bn parliament revamp gets pulled
Review into planned restoration due this autumn
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FeaturesThe perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise – and what others are doing to buck the trend
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part two
Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part one
We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s quotes of the year
Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
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FeaturesRay O’Rourke: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before’
Ray O’Rourke outlines his personal wish list for ministers and assesses the industry’s prospects for the year ahead
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2019: Contractor of the Year (up to £300m)
Read about the winner and runners up for this year’s Contractor of the Year (up to £300m) award
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FeaturesKier: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
Comparisons with Carillion and Interserve only hardened when Kier posted a £245m pre-tax loss — but some see a good business that can rebuild