Contractors Focus – Page 4
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Features‘Projects won’t be delivered’
With the industry dependent on EU workers, major restrictions on immigration as part of a ‘hard Brexit’ could be disastrous
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FeaturesExecutive pay: Scrutiny on the bounty
Last month’s shareholder rebellion at Balfour Beatty’s AGM shows investors are now more willing to challenge large pay packets for the industry’s executives
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FeaturesHousebuilders' ground rent "scandal"
Government has now said it will crack down on ‘doubling’ leasehold ground rents, earlier in the year Building investigated this controversial industry practice
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FeaturesDrones: Something in the air
Put it this way: would you rather inspect the slipform of a tall tower by dangling off the 45th storey or by sending up a drone to do the job?
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FeaturesContractor's results: Fighting fit?
The annual results of the big contractors have shown an industry in somewhat shaky shape to withstand the inevitable challenge of exiting the EU
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FeaturesFighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery
Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...
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FeaturesBruno Dupety: Action man
In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci’s UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business
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FeaturesPaul Cossell: Above and beyond
Paul Cossell took charge of ISG last year as the fit-out, construction and engineering firm transferred into private hands, a move which has enabled him to explore areas outside the core business
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FeaturesNeil Martin: Steady as he goes
Since Neil Martin took over at the helm of Lendlease’s European construction operations he has returned the firm to profit and steadied the ship. So the question everyone wants to know is how he did it
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FeaturesContractors' salary survey 2016: All to play for
Brexit uncertainty has put a brake on wage inflation among contractors, but the latest salary survey from Hays shows opportunities are still out there
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FeaturesUK airports timeline: Half a century of political indecision
Today’s government decision to back a third runway at Heathrow comes after nearly 50 years of debate about where to expand airport capacity in the South-east
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FeaturesInterview: NG Bailey's David Hurcomb
David Hurcomb talks to Building on why he’s not fazed by the last-minute delay to go ahead with Hinkley, how the UK needs to get on with Heathrow expansion and the virtues of working for a privately owned company
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors: The rough & tumble
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector pulling out of recession, but economic danger remains
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FeaturesTop 20 housebuilders 2016
Find out who’s in this year’s league of top housebuilders by housebuilding turnover
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FeaturesLaing O’Rourke: Behind closed doors
Following problem jobs, awkward financial signs and the departure of the chief executive for health reasons, 69-year-old Laing O’Rourke founder Ray O’Rourke has taken the reins once again
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FeaturesAndy Steele: ‘Was that me?’
It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a £240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?
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FeaturesSimon Eyers: Beating the odds
National Apprenticeship Week: Being born deaf and mute hasn’t stopped Simon Eyers landing a job as an electrician at contractor FM Conway
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FeaturesContractors: The new world order?
Contractor Colin Harding has come up with a proposal to totally redesign the industry’s contractural arena - using far fewer consultants and putting sole responsibility for the performance of the building onto one single contractor
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FeaturesLife of Pycroft
He’s the boy from Bradford, done good – a ‘tough as nails’ business leader who built the Shard and steered Mace to become one of the UK’s most prestigious multidisciplinary construction firms
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FeaturesContractors' salary survey 2015: Rise and shine
Wage inflation among contractors may have slowed in the past year, but it’s still a pretty good time to ask for a pay rise