Contractors Focus – Page 5
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Neil Martin: Steady as he goes
Since Neil Martin took over at the helm of Lendlease’s European construction operations he has returned the firm to profit and steadied the ship. So the question everyone wants to know is how he did it
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Contractors' salary survey 2016: All to play for
Brexit uncertainty has put a brake on wage inflation among contractors, but the latest salary survey from Hays shows opportunities are still out there
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UK airports timeline: Half a century of political indecision
Today’s government decision to back a third runway at Heathrow comes after nearly 50 years of debate about where to expand airport capacity in the South-east
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Interview: NG Bailey's David Hurcomb
David Hurcomb talks to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ on why he’s not fazed by the last-minute delay to go ahead with Hinkley, how the UK needs to get on with Heathrow expansion and the virtues of working for a privately owned company
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Top 150 contractors: The rough & tumble
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector pulling out of recession, but economic danger remains
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Top 20 housebuilders 2016
Find out who’s in this year’s league of top housebuilders by housebuilding turnover
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Laing O’Rourke: Behind closed doors
Following problem jobs, awkward financial signs and the departure of the chief executive for health reasons, 69-year-old Laing O’Rourke founder Ray O’Rourke has taken the reins once again
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Andy Steele: ‘Was that me?’
It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a £240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?
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Simon Eyers: Beating the odds
National Apprenticeship Week: Being born deaf and mute hasn’t stopped Simon Eyers landing a job as an electrician at contractor FM Conway
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Contractors: The new world order?
Contractor Colin Harding has come up with a proposal to totally redesign the industry’s contractural arena - using far fewer consultants and putting sole responsibility for the performance of the building onto one single contractor
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Life of Pycroft
He’s the boy from Bradford, done good – a ‘tough as nails’ business leader who built the Shard and steered Mace to become one of the UK’s most prestigious multidisciplinary construction firms
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Contractors' salary survey 2015: Rise and shine
Wage inflation among contractors may have slowed in the past year, but it’s still a pretty good time to ask for a pay rise
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Bringing it all back home
With some main contractors taking delivery expertise back in house in the hope it will reassure clients they can get the job done, Joey Gardiner asks if the subcontracting model has had its day
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Construction on hold
Alarmed by the pace at which construction costs are rising, more and more clients are putting their projects on hold
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Construction policies: In the line of fire
After the Conservatives’ unexpected torching of construction policies, we look at the driving force behind this drastic industry shake-up
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Top 150 contractors: Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 list shows the sector pulling out of recession and with a spring in its step. But with big losses for some contractors pushing down profits, and margins increasing by a mere 1.2%, the danger remains they could still fall flat on their backs. ...
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Who’s running Balfour Beatty?
New Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn has wasted no time making his mark on the contracting giant. But so far his actions haven’t managed to stem the flow of senior figures departing the troubled firm
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Interview: Steve Elliott
Steve Elliott took Morgan Sindall’s fit-out business to an industry-leading position. After taking a year out he’s ‘got the band back together’ at BW Interiors and is thinking big again
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PC Harrington: The higher they climb…
When PC Harrington Contractors collapsed into administration in May, it had debts of around £28.4m and just £900 cash in the bank. We reveal the true story of the firm’s demise
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Wates and Shepherd deal - at a glance analysis
Wates eyes expansion, while Shepherd Group focuses on modular builder Portakabin