Contractors Focus – Page 3
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Explainer: Scape bosses on changes under the new frameworks
Framework team talks to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s Jordan Marshall about its two new frameworks worth £13bn
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Coronavirus: The major construction firms shutting their sites
Update 10am: Lendlease’s Google HQ job reopens
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Palace revolt: what construction stands to lose if £4bn parliament revamp gets pulled
Review into planned restoration due this autumn
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The perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise – and what others are doing to buck the trend
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2019 in construction: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s review of the year - part two
Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?Â
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2019 in construction: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s review of the year - part one
We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months
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2019 in construction: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s quotes of the year
Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
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Ray O’Rourke: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before’
Ray O’Rourke outlines his personal wish list for ministers and assesses the industry’s prospects for the year ahead
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Awards 2019: Contractor of the Year (up to £300m)
Read about the winner and runners up for this year’s Contractor of the Year (up to £300m) award
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Kier: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
Comparisons with Carillion and Interserve only hardened when Kier posted a £245m pre-tax loss — but some see a good business that can rebuild
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Was moving into support services to blame for the recent troubles at Carillion, Interserve and Kier?
These major contractors blended their traditional work with support services and all recently got into big financial trouble. Coincidence?
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Shaylor Group: What went wrong?
Jonathan Owen  reports on how the firm became one of an increasing number of companies to crash into insolvency
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Financial results: it's bad for Interserve, but how is construction faring in 2019?
The UK contractors’ financial results are in. We know it’s been a bad year for Interserve, but how have the rest of them done?
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London contractors market update
What impact is the uncertainty around Brexit having on main contractor and MEP contractors’ London workloads?Â
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At a crunch shareholder meeting two hours before Interserve went under, most seats were empty
Only three people asked questions and two of them were the same
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SME Profile: Heritage practice sets sights on ‘John Lewis’ model
Purcell looks to safeguard future of the business with move into employee ownership
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Crossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why
Already a year behind schedule and with no end in sight, Crossrail is burning £30m a week in cash as it struggles to reach completion – but as yet, no one can say when that might be. Why is the trans-London line causing such pain?
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Interserve: will its latest rescue plan save the struggling contractor?
With its largest shareholder planning to revolt against its latest rescue plan, what hope is there that Interserve will survive?