All Contractors articles – Page 289
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NewsLaing O'Rourke's European profit plummets
Firm posts 46% drop in profit in Europe, but Australian business bounces back into the black after two years of losses
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CommentUniversity departments need our help with research
Funding cuts mean construction companies should reach out to their local university
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CommentRecovery is a dangerous time
At last there are glimmers of hope for the economy but many pitfalls lie ahead for building firms
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NewsFit-out delays push Shard hotel launch back ‘to 2014’
Exclusive: Luxury hotel ‘unlikely’ to open fully this year as contractor after Sisk is replaced on £40m fit-out project
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NewsCambridge university seeks contractors for £1bn scheme
Main contractors sought for first phase of Aecom-masterplanned North West Cambridge urban extension
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NewsSkanska closes housing development business
Contractor ditches ambition to become one of the UK’s top housebuilders as it closes Homes by Skanska business in the UK
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NewsMiller site fire fuelled by rubber materials
Devastating blaze at police firearms training centre in Portishead began more than a week ago
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CommentWalkie Talkie: The danger of innovation
Pioneering designs can lead to monumental headaches, as the team behind 20 Fenchurch Street will be well aware
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NewsLend Lease appoints new construction boss
Neil Martin has become the new boss of Lend Lease Europe’s construction business
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CommentHow happy is the housing market?
Housebuilders have received a massive injection of confidence from government, but like any drug fix the good times cannot last long
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NewsMace bags £100m Battersea restoration
Mace wins job to construction manage £100m project to repair the iconic power station
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NewsRay O'Rourke takes on new HS2 role
Laing O’Rourke chair to sit on the government’s independent task force overseeing economic benefits of the scheme
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NewsMiller project still ablaze six days on
Major fire at police firearms training centre in Portishead was first spotted last Tuesday
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NewsMorgan Sindall to construct UK’s first carbon neutral lab
Contractor awarded £16m contract by University of Nottingham
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NewsThomas Vale bosses promoted
Bouygues-owned firm appoints new managing director from within the company
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NewsBam Nuttall pays £33m to settle busway dispute
Legal battle over Cambridgeshire Guided Busway settled out of court
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NewsKier picked for £42m housing scheme
Kier Partnership Homes chosen by Walsall Housing Group for five site scheme in Walsall
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NewsISG’s north-east managing director departs
John Gittins leaves firm’s Bradford office to be replaced by Andy Mallice, the firm’s northern regional managing director
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NewsKier shortlisted for four school batches worth £210m
Interserve and Wates also in the running for regional school batches
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NewsCarillion expands contentious ‘early payment’ scheme
Contractor claims early success and high demand has led it to roll out ‘reverse factoring’ system