All Contractors articles – Page 269
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NewsBourne Group weathers storm to achieve growth
Steelwork specialist overcomes tough market and is set to diversify into new sectors
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NewsProblems in Spain drag down Costain's profit
Costain also seeking to raise £75m through a share placing to help finance bids for large scale projects
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NewsDerwent plans record development programme
Developer plans to spend £280m on development projects over the next two years
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NewsMay Gurney cost halves Kier profit
Contractor hit with £22m of integration and acquisition costs, which brings down its half-year profit to £6.3m
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NewsLend Lease hot favourite for £500m London scheme
Exclusive: Lend Lease is in line for £150m main construction job on Great Portland Estates’ Rathbone Place scheme on former Royal Mail site
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NewsBalfour Beatty man takes reins at Chinese project manager
Former Balfour Beatty director Rob Walker becomes chief executive of SIP
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NewsLend Lease construction arm falls further into the red
Lend Lease’s European construction business reports an operating loss of £9.3m in the last six months of 2013
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NewsFive bidders in race for £485m flood defence contract
Exclusive: Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain among five bidders shortlisted for massive Thames Estuary flood defence programme
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NewsDGT Structures goes under with 90 jobs axed
Norwich-based £20m-turnover steelwork contractor falls into administration
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CommentIn construction, good relationships count
Being ethical and treating your supply chain properly can guard against risks like inflation
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CommentWatch your optimism
It’s tempting to think that doing our little bit to reduce carbon emissions saves us from having to confront the reality of what is happening to our planet - and the discomforting truth that we’re not doing enough to save it
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NewsContractor picked for new Lord's stadium job
Exclusive: Bam wins job to rebuild Warner Stand, which is first part of wider £200m redevelopment
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NewsLaing O'Rourke outclasses rivals with £180m Mayfair job
Prestigious Clarges Estate win helps contractor to top of January’s league table, while overall activity dips
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NewsBad advice turning young people off construction
CITB report calls for industry to engage with schools to improve ‘largely unfavourable, outdated and ill-informed careers advice’
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CommentLet's build communities, not just buildings
When we think about what we build and who we build it for, we should think about the wider wiring of the country and about what makes a community
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NewsNorth Midland forecasts £6m loss due to problem jobs
Firm said it had been hit by “unfavourable” settlements
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NewsOne third of all construction work is now housebuilding
Barbour ABI figures show construction’s reliance on sector
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CommentLife returns to the regions
Most contractors now say they are seeing an increase in tendering activity outside of London. This upturn in activity cannot come a moment too soon
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CommentIt’s not over yet
Paul Sheffield may be leaving Kier in good shape but the contracting sector as a whole is not entirely out of the woods
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NewsDeloitte warns of rapid construction cost rises
Report predicts sharp rise in costs in first half of this year, plus contractor failures