Contractors News – Page 214
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NewsUK contractor finances ‘unsustainable’ as margins fall
KPMG study finds main contractors suffering tightening margins and declining cash levels despite upturn
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NewsMiller’s problem theatre job months behind schedule
Contractor’s delayed Bangor theatre job now set to complete “by the end of November”
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NewsRestructure costs drive down profit at Kier
Profit down 40% after restructuring costs as firm appoints former Balfour Beatty regional boss as finance director
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NewsPension fund ready to invest in construction
Pensions Infrastructure Platform to start investments in construction phase of projects in Q4 2014
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NewsInterserve bags £43m aerospace factory in Sheffield
Contractor will build project in the city’s advanced manufacturing belt
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NewsMace wins race for £400m BBC TV Centre
Exclusive: Mace sees off competition from Lend Lease for main role on redevelopment of iconic BBC TV Centre in west London
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NewsUnited House's contracting business merges with Bullock
United House will continue as a stand-alone developer
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NewsBouygues lands 220-home east London scheme
Royal Docks job will include 137 homes for the private rented sector
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NewsLend Lease submits Heygate Estate plans
AHMM and Panter Hudspith design redevelopment of Heygate Estate, part of Lend Lease’s £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant Castle
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NewsSubcontractors seek to expose late payment
National subcontractor organisations are surveying firms to benchmark the state of payment practices the industry
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NewsGalliford Try boss to step down
Firm says chief excutive Greg Fitzgerald is set to retire, as it reports a sharp jump in revenue and profit
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NewsUK firms dropped from £485m flood defence race
Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain teams out of the running for massive Environment Agency flood defence job
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NewsGalliford Try wins 1,100-home east London scheme
Contractor appointed preferred developer on £360m Silvertown Way scheme by the Greater London Authority
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NewsBlaze rips through Morgan Sindall's Nottingham lab project
University determined to rebuild £16m chemistry lab
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NewsConstruction growth slows in July
Year-on-year growth at its lowest rate since November 2013, while output remained flat month-on-month
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NewsGalliford Try and Costain land Southern Water jobs
Contractors appointed to work on utility’s investment programme over the next five years
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NewsWates boss sets out plan to double turnover to £2bn
Exclusive: Contractor is aiming to double turnover to £2bn, as chief executive says firm is considering moves into “adjacent markets”
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NewsBalfour banks hold key to Parsons deal
Analysts warn banks could present a hurdle to £820m sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP
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NewsFormer Wates boss Drechsler got £7m payout
Paul Drechsler received more than £7m in salary and long-term incentive payments in his final year at firm
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NewsInsulation sector braces itself for more job losses
Mark Group announces plans to cut up to 670 jobs and manufacturer Superglass puts business up for sale