All Contractors articles – Page 265
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Construction only sector to shrink as recovery stalls
Output in the construction industry fell by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2013, despite overall economy growing by 0.7%
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Galliford Try wins three jobs worth £55m
Contractor appointed to build extra care and housing developments
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Mivan fails to find buyer and cuts further 144 jobs
Northern Irish firm ceases trading after administrator Deloitte is unable to find buyer
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Comment
Surfing the waves
Any surfer dude will tell you that every seventh wave is a big one, and so it is with the value of UK construction and building shares
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Value of new construction projects soars
The value of construction projects in the UK rose by 67% in the last year, with infrasturcture and residential leading the way
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Doing the robot
For an industry still, largely, employing the same methods of construction as it did five decades ago, advances in technology represent an opportunity to explore more efficient ways of working
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Features
Interview: Brendan Kerr
In 2010, Keltbray, the company Brendan Kerr had bought and built into the UK’s biggest demolition contractor, was in a very tough place. Now it’s poised for its busiest year ever. So what went right and what’s Kerr got up his sleeve next? Joey Gardiner reports
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Keltbray approached about demolishing Pinnacle tower ‘stump’
Specialist demolition contractor sounded out on removing seven-storey core of stalled project
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Laing O'Rourke resisted Hinkley workers deal, MPs told
Union’s boss Steve Murphy tells MPs contractor was dragged “kicking and screaming” into widely-touted Hinkley industrial agreement
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Finally, a happy new year
December’s CPA/Barbour ABI index shows a slight dip, but it’s up on this time last year and the public sectors look positive
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Highways job drives Amey to the top of contractors' table
£450m maintenance contract win with Gloucestershire council pushes Bam into second place
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Contractor MJM circles stricken fit-out firm Mivan
Administrator of Northern Irish specialist Mivan seeks buyer after making 100 staff redundant
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Firm picked for £45m Surrey veterinary school
Exclusive: Bam Construct has been chosen for the high-profile job to build a £45m veterinary school at the University of Surrey
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Government reaches £4bn project bank account target
Government achieves target as Welsh Government becomes latest to sign up
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UK firms on Barcelona's Nou Camp revamp
Football club plans expansion of Europe’s biggest stadium with ISG and RLB
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Contractor picked for £50m V&A gallery
Exclusive: Wates wins job to build major new gallery for the Victoria Albert Museum
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More optimism, some caution, as forecasts see construction bounce back
Strong growth is predicted up to the general election, but what then?
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Morgan Sindall appoints new commercial director
Morgan Sindall has appointed the former managing director of Bullock Construction as commercial director.
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We must make ourselves open to new forms of finance
The government should seize the chance to bring Chinese investment into HS2 and construction should play its role by developing new funding models