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FeaturesKier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a £95m cash surplus, to one that owed £410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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NewsMajor London client tells firms to stockpile as industry ramps up no-deal Brexit preparations
Derwent London bringing forward deliveries ‘on all of of our projects’
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CommentSmall businesses deserve protection from poor practice payments by tier-one contractors
And project bank accounts can provide it, says Debbie Abrahams, MP
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NewsEx-Kier chief 'paid price' with job, analysts say
Former Wates boss Andrew Davies is an early favourite to replace Mursell
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NewsMcAlpine gears up as British Land’s Broadgate scheme given green light
Work on scheme designed by AHMM set to start next year
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NewsListed architect sees losses widen
Aukett Swanke says turnover in UK has halved in past two years
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NewsThree contractors in the frame for TfL’s Vauxhall redevelopment
Scheme is waiting for approval from London mayor Sadiq Khan
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NewsNumber of firms going bust after no-deal Brexit will rise, says report
New research suggests UK would see a 14% hike in firms going under
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NewsContractors geared up for £70m of work in Portsmouth
Portsmouth council is looking for three or four design and build contractors to work on the Dunsbury Park development
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NewsBeal Homes submits plans for £130m Yorkshire housing scheme
Family-owned housebuilder set to develop its largest scheme to date
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NewsCLC reveals sector's plans on how to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Emergency Brexit summit held to discuss ways of coping with leaving EU without a deal
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FeaturesProjects: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, Cambridge
Haworth Tompkins’ new project for the Perse School, Cambridge, is part of a trend towards increasingly professional theatre facilities in schools
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CommentHow to beat the Brexit blues
There are far more important things for construction to worry about than Brexit – yes, it’s a Bad Thing, but will anyone really notice in the long run?
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CommentCity-centre high rise living is making every city a Windy City - how can we mitigate the impact?
If post-construction mitigation is required to protect the public from dangerous conditions, it will always be significantly more expensive and unsightly than a sensitive, integrated design
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NewsGleeds takes over from Mace on Carillion's Royal Liverpool hospital job
Mace had been working in temporary role for six months
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NewsBalfour Beatty lands £214m job to link Hinkley to the grid
National Grid has also handed a cabling contract to Murphy
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NewsInterserve finally finishes first of four problem waste jobs
Plant in Dunbar handed over to client more than a year late
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CommentWe need to think more about place making on our high streets
The recent High Street Report is a welcome addition to thinking on the future of the high street, but more consideration is needed on place making, writes Richard Laming
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FeaturesOnline poll: Would a no-deal Brexit be disastrous for construction?
This week’s poll: Do you think a no-deal Brexit be disastrous for construction?