All Contractors articles – Page 238
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CommentOnly connect
Young people are turning their noses up at the idea of a career in construction but it’s our industry and education providers who are to blame - we simply aren’t doing enough to engage them
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NewsSteel bolts break on Cheesegrater
Arup and Laing O’Rourke to conduct full investigation after broken bolt falls to the ground
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NewsLend Lease lined up for £230m Buchanan Galleries
Exclusive: Contractor set to be appointed to huge retail scheme in Glasgow
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NewsAmec set to complete £2bn Foster Wheeler deal later this month
Engineering giant pushes back deadline on its offer for Foster Wheeler
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NewsThree firms win place on £300m nuclear submarine job
Contractors awarded role in new nuclear deterrent from BAE
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NewsFirms face massive holiday pay bill after legal case
Employment tribunal ruling means employees are entitled to overtime pay while on holiday
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NewsBalfour Beatty's finance boss to step down
Duncan McGrath follows executive chairman Steve Marshall in announcing exit from the troubled contractor
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NewsWates wins £80m Paddington office job
Firm to provide pre-construction work on one of a cluster of office buildings for British Land
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NewsCrane drivers set for three days of strikes
HTC crane drivers agree three days of strike action that will disrupt major sites including Network Rail’s London bridge redevelopment
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NewsDeal to revive Pinnacle tower draws near
French fund manager Axa leading a consortium that is in talks to takeover the development of the stalled City of London tower
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NewsWSP completes £820m Parsons Brinckerhoff deal
Canada-based WSP formally takes over Balfour Beatty’s consultant arm
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NewsLakehouse appoints new chief executive
Contractor promotes Sean Birrane to lead the firm, amid major senior management reshuffle
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NewsKier hires ex-Morgan Sindall infrastructure boss
Exclusive: Former Morgan Sindall managing director of infrastructure joins rival to head up regional division
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NewsFerrovial reports 10% revenue growth
Spanish infrastructure and contracting giant says overseas work makes up most of its construction activity
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NewsContractors facing ‘perfect storm’ as rising costs hit profits
Morgan Sindall joins growing number of firms to issue profit warnings as low-priced legacy contracts hit
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NewsContractors braced for disruption from crane drivers strike
Contractors and major clients, including Network Rail, are bracing for the impact of a crane drivers strike
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NewsMace scoops major South African scheme
Construction firm to act as consultant on mixed-use development in Johannesburg
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NewsSubcontractor in retentions row with Costain
Waste specialist TEG has suspended trading in its shares amid a row with Costain over waste work in Greater Manchester
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NewsSupply chain pressures force tender cost inflation upwards
Latest tender price forecast from Mace shows capacity shortages are starting to bite
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CommentThe bigger picture
Concerns about what is, for now, a slight blip in output figures would be better directed at thinking how to build the industry’s capacity to grow