All Contractors articles – Page 212
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NewsSteel specialist Billington doubles pre-tax profit
Firm’s revenue rises to £24.5m, while profit doubles to £1.7m on back of strong demand
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NewsGovernment launches bogus apprenticeships crackdown
Firms offering fake or low-quality apprenticeships could face prosecution under new rules
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NewsBalfour Carillion JV bags £292m Highways England job
The 50:50 joint venture has won a deal to upgrade a 10-mile stretch of the A14
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NewsLaing O'Rourke and Galliford Try take on Imtech staff
Contractors agree to take on 67 staff from Imtech UK’s water, waste and energy division
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NewsSix bag £650m North Yorkshire care framework
Six firms signed up by North Yorkshire County Council to deliver care accommodation
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NewsGreen light for Imtech Ireland division sale
Deal to refinace Imtech Suir has been approved by Ireland’s competion regulator saving over 700 jobs
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NewsKier profit up almost three-fold
Construction group boosted by Mouchel takeover in strong results
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NewsOsborne chief admits looking to poach more senior teams
Osborne chief Andy Steele says he wants to follow success in luring Balfour Beatty team with further hires
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NewsCostain lodges £10m-plus High Court claim against URS
Contractor alleges URS failed to alert it that steel structures had `inadequate resistance to fatigue’
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NewsStyles & Wood wins £17m Manchester refurb job
Firm to upgrade office space at Manchester’s Westminster House
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NewsGalliford Try posts record profit
Housebuilding outstrips construction, but both divisions post increase in profit
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NewsBouygues lands Battersea Power Station phase three
French-based firm appointed preferred contractor for latest phase of prestigious development
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CommentAn unfair burden
We rely on onerous contracts to ensure the supply chain meets the cost of a procurement process that isn’t fit for purpose. It’s about time things changed
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NewsCanary Wharf lorries to avoid left turns
Plans to bring in technology which helps HGV drivers pick safer routes
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NewsLakehouse buys maintenance firm for £6.5m
Lakehouse Group adds Sure, a servicing and maintenance firm, to growing portfolio
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NewsWinners for £200m 'whole house' retrofit framework
Willmott Dixon, Wates, Vinci, Kier and Mears among winners on £200m framework
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CommentMarket recovery: Pause for thought
There are plenty of signs of a growing construction market from which to draw encouragement as the sector gears up for its autumn trading
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NewsKuwaiti firm sells £7.4m of Costain shares
Kuwaiti firm’s representative on Costain board steps down
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NewsGalliford Try wins £38m Leeds Uni brace
Contractor wins two major university refurbishment contracts
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NewsLast chance to complete 'BIM readiness' survey
Survey backed by the building services engineering sector set to close shortly