Contractors News – Page 262
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NewsFirms call for Qatar to do more on labour abuse
Call comes as union requests meeting with 13 firms in Qatar including Carillion and Balfour Beatty
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News293 jobs lost as electrical specialist Murphy Ltd folds
Administrators say “prolonged period of difficult trading” led to firm’s demise
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NewsKier and Interserve win £171m of schools work
Exclusive: Kier wins two batches of priority schools, worth £123m, while Interserve also wins a batch, worth £48m
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NewsMiller wins £30m Scottish education campus job
Firm to deliver community campus in Aberdeenshire through hub North Scotland
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NewsFour firms face off for £500m Royal Mail site development
Exclusive: Big name contractors in running for £150m contract to build Great Portland Estates’ Rathbone Place development in central London
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NewsWatchdog confirms second industry blacklist
ICO reveals it holds information on another blacklist understood to contain 500 names
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NewsGalliford Try’s £162m haul propels it to top of league
Contractor overtakes 17 rivals, boosted by major housing and healthcare projects
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NewsKeepmoat takes private residential arm into the South
Firm expands into the South of England to take advantage of rising market
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NewsPatsy Byrne's eldest son takes helm at Byrne Group
Michael Byrne has been appointed chief executive of Byrne Group, following the death of Patsy Byrne
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NewsKeller denies fault in multimillion-pound dispute
Piling specialist disputes claim that its work on £40m wine warehouse at centre of multimillion-pound legal wrangle was faulty
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NewsBlacklist group 'still waiting to hear' about compensation scheme
Eight major contractors launch blacklist compensation scheme without consulting representatives of workers affected by blacklist
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NewsGalliford Try bags £50m Scottish schools brace
Contractor’s Scottish subsidiary Morrison Construction will construct two schools
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NewsUK firms 'lack expertise' for nuclear new build
UK firms good for ‘muck shifting’ but lack capability to build nuclear power statons says EDF boss
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NewsConstruction firms bullish about prospects
KPMG survey finds UK firms expecting growth and are targeting the energy and powers sectors for expansion
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NewsCostain clinches £30m Crossrail contract
Costain has won the £30m contract to construct a new rail and bus maintenance yard for Crossrail in Paddington
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NewsCameron considers penalties for firms that pay late
Prime minister sets out a range of options for consultation to tackle the problem of late payment
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NewsLend Lease wins £13m BMW fit-out job
Lend Lease has won a £13m job to fit-out the British headquarters for BMW in Farnborough
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NewsChinese construction giant backs Manchester airport scheme
Beijing Construction Engineering Group agrees to invest in Manchester’s £800m airport city development
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NewsNearly 30 firms sign up to Balfour Beatty payment scheme
Contractor expects around 1,000 suppliers to take-up the scheme
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NewsBuilders warn that price rises could 'snuff out' recovery
SME builders warn that rising material and labour costs could pose serious threaten to recovery in construction industry