All Contractors articles – Page 271
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CommentThe big BIM paradigm
BIM is set to be the biggest change this industry has seen for over 160 years
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FeaturesInteview: Tony Burton
The Construction Industry Council’s new chairman wants the body to make a strong case on behalf of the industry’s professionals. He talks about skills shortages, improving the image of construction and stepping into the limelight
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NewsWillmott Dixon and Mace show fastest UK growth in recession
Analysis by Building shows both firms more than doubled their turnover between 2007 and 2013
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NewsFormer Balfour UK boss joins Sisk
Former Balfour Beatty UK boss Mike Peasland joins Sisk as non-executive board member
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NewsTaylor Woodrow wins £142m Crossrail job
Contractor wins job to build a depot for the Crossrail train fleet at Old Oak Common
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NewsThree firms bag £745m Aberdeen bypass
Consortium of three major contractors named as preferred bidder
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FeaturesWhich contractors have remained profitable in the recession? (Part 2)
In the second part of Building’s analysis of the performance of the Top 20 UK contractors through the recession, we look into the reducing margins of UK firms - and find out who has bucked the trend
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NewsVinci's UK building business falls £34m in the red
Vinci says “difficult trading environment” led to “significant trading losses” for its UK building business
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NewsRevealed: Balfour Beatty tops green contractor table
Analysis of Barbour ABI data shows which firms won the most BREEAM excellent or outstanding projects work last year
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CommentFigures show the real cost of buying work in the recession
Alastair Stewart looks at Building’s assessment of which major contractors has won and lost through the recession - and why
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NewsInterserve challenges MoD's £4bn contract race
Exclusive: Contractor launches legal challenge to Ministry of Defence’s award of three defence estates contracts to Carillion
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FeaturesContractors: How have they fared in the recession?
Analysis of the financials of the top 20 major contractors showing who has weathered the recession - and who hasn’t
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NewsMace falls short of revenue target
Firm posts 14% jump in profit, but revenue rises 6%, down on the firm’s expectation
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NewsLaing O’Rourke picks global engineering boss
Firm poaches Buro Happold’s chief executive to head up its technical and engineering businesses
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NewsSkanska secures £250m military training project
Contractor will build military training centre at Worthy Down in Winchester
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NewsCostain lands contractor role on £84m gas terminals
Contractor will build Barrow Gas Terminals for Centrica Energy
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CommentContractors are sitting on a ticking time bomb
We need to talk about contractors - the contracting business model is under pressure
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NewsYorkshire wins boost Bam's pipeline by £100m
Contractor picked for Leeds factory and York office block
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NewsLiverpool picks firms for £200m housing programme
Redrow Homes and Willmott Dixon to work on 2,500-home programme
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NewsPickles backs £1.2bn Shell Centre revamp
Communities secretary gives go-ahead to Squire Partners’ controversial scheme