All Contractors articles – Page 291
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NewsLend Lease hot favourite for £500m London scheme
Exclusive: Lend Lease is in line for £150m main construction job on Great Portland Estates’ Rathbone Place scheme on former Royal Mail site
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NewsBalfour Beatty man takes reins at Chinese project manager
Former Balfour Beatty director Rob Walker becomes chief executive of SIP
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NewsLend Lease construction arm falls further into the red
Lend Lease’s European construction business reports an operating loss of £9.3m in the last six months of 2013
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NewsFive bidders in race for £485m flood defence contract
Exclusive: Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain among five bidders shortlisted for massive Thames Estuary flood defence programme
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NewsDGT Structures goes under with 90 jobs axed
Norwich-based £20m-turnover steelwork contractor falls into administration
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CommentIn construction, good relationships count
Being ethical and treating your supply chain properly can guard against risks like inflation
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CommentWatch your optimism
It’s tempting to think that doing our little bit to reduce carbon emissions saves us from having to confront the reality of what is happening to our planet - and the discomforting truth that we’re not doing enough to save it
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NewsContractor picked for new Lord's stadium job
Exclusive: Bam wins job to rebuild Warner Stand, which is first part of wider £200m redevelopment
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NewsLaing O'Rourke outclasses rivals with £180m Mayfair job
Prestigious Clarges Estate win helps contractor to top of January’s league table, while overall activity dips
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NewsBad advice turning young people off construction
CITB report calls for industry to engage with schools to improve ‘largely unfavourable, outdated and ill-informed careers advice’
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CommentLet's build communities, not just buildings
When we think about what we build and who we build it for, we should think about the wider wiring of the country and about what makes a community
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NewsNorth Midland forecasts £6m loss due to problem jobs
Firm said it had been hit by “unfavourable” settlements
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NewsOne third of all construction work is now housebuilding
Barbour ABI figures show construction’s reliance on sector
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CommentIt’s not over yet
Paul Sheffield may be leaving Kier in good shape but the contracting sector as a whole is not entirely out of the woods
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CommentLife returns to the regions
Most contractors now say they are seeing an increase in tendering activity outside of London. This upturn in activity cannot come a moment too soon
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NewsDeloitte warns of rapid construction cost rises
Report predicts sharp rise in costs in first half of this year, plus contractor failures
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NewsMorgan Sindall puts faith in regeneration
Firm expects big boost from its regeneration arm as tightening margins and £15m writedown drag down profit
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NewsCity surprised by exit of Kier boss
Analysts surprised Paul Sheffield has decided to leave the firm so soon after Kier’s acquisition of May Gurney
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CommentWomen lead the charge as construction employment rises
The data suggests that the construction roles where women tend to be prevalent may be making a come back
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NewsThree firms vie for role on £450m Paradise Circus
Exclusive: Developer Argent invites three contractors to bid for first phase of massive Birmingham scheme