All Contractors articles – Page 250
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CommentBoom time for housebuilders
The question is: how long will conditions allow these results to continue?
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CommentAfter the floods
The impact of this winter’s floods can be seen in the CPA/Barbour ABI construction activity index
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NewsMoD seeking firms for £1.5bn worth of work
Ministry of Defence launches new £350m FM contract, and seeks firms for two regional capital works frameworks worth £1.1bn
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NewsMitie writes down up to £15m on construction jobs
FM business continues painful scaling down of construction and M E work
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NewsLaing O’Rourke wins £100m Olympic media centre job
Contractor picked to transform media centre into a technology hub
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NewsFour contractors picked for £1.5bn Heathrow work
Exclusive: Four firms make the cut for massive programme of works, but Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Vinci are among those that miss out
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NewsFreedom of Information law to cover private contractors
Ministers says Freedom of Information law will be extended to private companies carrying out public contracts
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NewsCarillion wins £37m Birmingham uni library job
Exclusive: Contractor sees off competition from five rivals including Sir Robert McAlpine to win Associated Architects-designed library
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NewsHaydon sale hits profit at Mears
But social housing provider reports rise in profit from continuing operations
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NewsInterserve completes £250m deal to buy Rentokil’s FM arm
Contractor’s shareholders approve deal to create one of the UK’s top three FM firms by turnover
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NewsT Clarke reports 41% rise in profit
Chief executive warns there will be no ‘meaningful recovery’ in the UK construction market until 2015
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CommentWe can do more for unemployed youngsters
Construction needs to think seriously about how to get more of the UK’s huge number of unemployed young people into the industry. A recent report has some simple suggestions
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NewsContractors applaud faster HS2 delivery plan
But lawyer warns starting the second phase of the line three years early may not be possible
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NewsConstruction grows 1.8% in January
But growth in final quarter has been revised down to a 0.2% fall and overall recovery remains ‘patchy’
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NewsMPs tell blacklisting firms to pay compensation
MPs investigating blacklisting say firms must make amends or face being barred from public work
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FeaturesInterview: Neil Martin
It’s been all change in Lend Lease’s European business, with recent years marked by management instability and falling profits. Can the managing director of its construction arm Neil Martin succeed where others have failed and turn the business around?
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NewsCapita team wins £400m job to run the defence estate
Consultant to lead consortium that will manage over £10bn of Ministry of Defence construction contracts
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NewsBalfour Beatty predicts ‘gentle’ recovery in 2014
Chief executive of Balfour Beatty Construction Services UK describes 2013 as a ‘disappointing’ year