All Contractors articles – Page 292
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FeaturesTesting their metal
Steelwork specialist Severfield-Rowen built a reputation on large-scale, complex projects but its chief executive stood down last week after cost overruns on the Cheesegrater. Iain Withers looks at the issues facing the firm and the wider specialist sector
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NewsEngineer training programme to be rolled out
Innovative scheme from Royal Academy of Engineering allows SME staff to work in larger companies
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NewsThree vie for £110m City office job
Three contractors are in the race to build Sheppard Robson-designed One Mitre Square
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NewsConstruction industry shuns apprentices
Government figures show construction worst performing sector with 15% fall in apprenticeship starts
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NewsConstruction ‘in denial’ over blacklisting scandal, says MP
Nick Raynsford hits out after sector’s muted response to condemnation in House of Commons
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NewsTalks to replace BESNA deal set to begin
Trade associations and Unite exchange proposals ahead of formal talks on M E workers’ pay and conditions
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NewsMorgan Sindall bags £20m Manchester station job
Exclusive: Morgan Sindall has won a £20m job to modernise Manchester’s Victoria station
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NewsCable seeks assurances on blacklisting
Business Secretary seeks meeting with Information Commissioner to ensure ‘thorough’ investigation
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine wins £228m Glasgow campus
Consortium led by the firm selected for City of Glasgow College development
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NewsLend Lease wins £240m student accommodation job
Contractor to design and build 3,500 units under first phase of massive construction plan
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NewsFresh round of cost-cutting essential, contractors told
KPMG analysis of UK’s 14 biggest contractors warns of the need for big cost reductions to preserve margins
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NewsThree vie for Derwent's £150m Saatchi redevelopment
Big names in the running for redevelopment of former Saatchi Saatchi HQ in Fitzrovia, London
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NewsSix firms in battle for £61m graphene hub
Exclusive: Lend Lease and M W Group join four other contractors on shortlist for National Graphene Institute job
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NewsIndustry calls for investment to stave off decline
UK Contractor’s Group launches Creating Britain’s Future campaign in North-west
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NewsNEC re-opens race for £18m arena refurb
Galliford Try dropped as preferred bidder after failure to agree terms
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NewsLend Lease final bidder for £1.25bn Scape role
Exclusive: Lend Lease has emerged as the sixth successful firm to have been invited to bid for Scape’s £1.25bn major works framework
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NewsSix shortlisted for £1.25bn Scape contract
Exclusive: Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall among firms to battle it out with Willmott Dixon for Scape’s major works framework
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NewsTen firms chase 400-home Isle of Dogs estate
East Thames Housing Group awards planning to housing scheme
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NewsBalfour Beatty to take on £16.5m West London refurb
Balfour Beatty is to undertake the design and construction works for the refurbishment 1 2 Stephen Street, London.
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NewsJohn Laing backs away from council joint ventures
Exclusive: Firm puts jobs at risk in development division following review of public-private partnerships