All Contractors articles – Page 207
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Five bag £500m water framework
Northumbrian Water has appointed five contractors to a decade-long framework worth £500m. The five winners are Esh Construction and MWH in a joint venture, Mott MacDonald Bentley, Interserve and Integrated Water Services. The deals cover the AMP6 regulatory period and will run across Northumbrian Water’s North-east and Essex and Suffolk ...
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Willmott Dixon bags £21m Milton Keynes schools package
Contractor will build three new schools as council aims to create 10,000 school places
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John Sisk and Shangri-La settle £57m Shard hotel dispute
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Quarter of public sector projects 'disappear'
Analysis by KPMG finds large reduction in number of projects included in latest iteration of government pipeline
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Steel specialist Billington doubles pre-tax profit
Firm’s revenue rises to £24.5m, while profit doubles to £1.7m on back of strong demand
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Government launches bogus apprenticeships crackdown
Firms offering fake or low-quality apprenticeships could face prosecution under new rules
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Balfour Carillion JV bags £292m Highways England job
The 50:50 joint venture has won a deal to upgrade a 10-mile stretch of the A14
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Laing O'Rourke and Galliford Try take on Imtech staff
Contractors agree to take on 67 staff from Imtech UK’s water, waste and energy division
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Six bag £650m North Yorkshire care framework
Six firms signed up by North Yorkshire County Council to deliver care accommodation
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Green light for Imtech Ireland division sale
Deal to refinace Imtech Suir has been approved by Ireland’s competion regulator saving over 700 jobs
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Kier profit up almost three-fold
Construction group boosted by Mouchel takeover in strong results
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Osborne chief admits looking to poach more senior teams
Osborne chief Andy Steele says he wants to follow success in luring Balfour Beatty team with further hires
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Costain lodges £10m-plus High Court claim against URS
Contractor alleges URS failed to alert it that steel structures had `inadequate resistance to fatigue’
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Styles & Wood wins £17m Manchester refurb job
Firm to upgrade office space at Manchester’s Westminster House
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Galliford Try posts record profit
Housebuilding outstrips construction, but both divisions post increase in profit
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Bouygues lands Battersea Power Station phase three
French-based firm appointed preferred contractor for latest phase of prestigious development
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Comment
An unfair burden
We rely on onerous contracts to ensure the supply chain meets the cost of a procurement process that isn’t fit for purpose. It’s about time things changed
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Canary Wharf lorries to avoid left turns
Plans to bring in technology which helps HGV drivers pick safer routes
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Lakehouse buys maintenance firm for £6.5m
Lakehouse Group adds Sure, a servicing and maintenance firm, to growing portfolio