All articles by Dave Rogers
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NewsOngoing bridge repairs and cost of closing modular business help double Severfield losses to £40m
Steelwork contractor says new chief executive’s review will target more work in India and aim for 8% margin
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NewsFirst images unveiled of Studio Egret West masterplan for remainder of Battersea Power Station development
Plot covers final 16 acres of 42 acre site
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NewsWillmott Dixon recovers nearly £5m of cladding repairs provision
Contractor says it only spent £5.3m of £10m it expected to
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NewsBovis wins deal for Courtauld revamp
Second phase of works to add new library in the vaults of Somerset House
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NewsMace Construct finance chief set to leave this autumn
David Allen has been at business over three years
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NewsBrookfield selling Multiplex to Japanese giant Obayashi for £490m
Contractor has been owned by Canadian asset manager for nearly 20 years
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NewsMore than 200,000 extra workers needed by 2030 to meet demand, CITB says
Growth sectors include infrastructure and public new housing
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NewsAdministrator says 275 jobs have gone following Ardmore collapse
BTG appointed to handle Ardmore Construction Group implosion
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NewsReds10 takes stake in London facades firm
Firm adds another business to ts roster following deal
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NewsCLC launches new mental health code for workforce
Group says initiative designed to address several issues impacting people’s mental wellbeing
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NewsStrabag formally completes deal to buy Van Elle for £59m
£20bn turnover giant inks takeover of 40-year-old piling firm
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NewsIndustry figures among King’s Birthday Honours recipients
Recipients include former Tideway boss Andy Mitchell who is given knighthood
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NewsDelaying Parliament refurb decision will add over £400m of cost every year to work, NAO says
NAO warns that more hold-ups risk saddling job with even greater bill in long run
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CommentRising costs, mountains of red tape and the prospect of being hit for millions in liabilities: Ardmore’s woes hold a mirror to the industry
As the firm’s construction business goes into administration, the industry is left asking whether the burden of regulation, historic claims and low margins is making contracting an increasingly impossible business, writes Dave Rogers
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NewsOutput edges up in April, official figures say
Wider economy contracted with Iran war blamed for fall
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NewsMcAlpine leaving Agratas’s £4bn car battery job after ‘agreeing to part ways’ with client
Contractor says decision made in wake of ‘extensive discussions’ with Tata subsidiary who says ‘different construction delivery model now needed’
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NewsCourt rubber stamps Van Elle’s £59m takeover by Austrian giant Strabag
Deal due to be formally completed next week
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NewsArdmore’s construction business goes into administration
Company says decision follows High Court ruling last month over Portsmouth residential scheme