All Contractors articles – Page 266
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NewsHospital job pushes Sir Robert McAlpine to £38m loss
Firm’s contracting arm has to bail out Caribbean subsidiary over problems on £176m job
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NewsCrossrail concrete workers’ conditions ‘unsafe’
Whistleblower claims concrete workers were exposed to unsafe conditions before last month’s fatality
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NewsBalfour Beatty boss resigns amid fresh £30m profit hit
Group chief executive to leave “with immediate effect” after further UK construction losses discovered
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NewsSix firms bag £1.3bn Anglian Water framework
Winning bidders for massive infrastructure framework include Balfour Beatty and Skanska
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NewsRate of construction recovery slows
Latest construction PMI survey finds recovery continued in April, albeit at a slower rate than over the past six months
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NewsScape launches £1.5bn infrastructure framework
Sole contractor sought for new framework to focus on local civil engineering projects, including flood defence work
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NewsBig six contractors facing increasing cash flow pressure
Analysis shows UK’s biggest contractors now have an aggregate net debt of £328m
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NewsGoogle’s review of £650m King’s Cross HQ ‘could take two years’
Exclusive: Project caught up in global design review of tech giant’s planned large-scale developments and is expected to be re-tendered
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FeaturesThe pressure of payment reform
The launch last week of a new payment charter adds to the legitmate pressure on contractors to pay their subbies promptly. But this pressure could also starve contractors of the cash they need to invest, push up prices, and even push some firms over the edge
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NewsHSE looking into ‘spying’ on Crossrail
Health and Safety Executive pledges to “take action where appropriate” over concerns about Crossrail project
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NewsBam dropped from £50m London schools package
Exclusive: Disagreement over pricing sees Education Funding Agency remove five London priority schools from firm
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NewsMorgan Sindall poaches Laing O'Rourke director
Exclusive: Contractor appoints former Laing O’Rourke director to head up its infrastructure business
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NewsB&K bags £36m batch of priority schools
Bowmer Kirkland has won a £36m batch of priority schools in the East Midlands.
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NewsQueen's stonemason went bust due to 'accountancy errors'
Administrator also highlights “cash flow pressures” as key problem for Cathedral Works Organisation
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NewsStyles & Wood reports loss and plans AIM listing
Fit-out contractor blames investments in new sectors and market contraction in first half for loss
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NewsRising costs threatening recovery
FMB state of trade survey warns recovery in the SME construction sector is under threat from rising building costs and material shortages
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NewsConstruction growth hit by storms, but economy still on the up
UK economy grows 0.8% in first quarter of the year, but construction posts just 0.3% growth after being hit by bad weather
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NewsFirms line up for £5bn schools work
Education Funding Agency invites 37 firms to tender for £5bn regional schools framework