All Laing O'Rourke articles
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Laing O’Rourke in talks to build £300m ISG prison
Collapsed contractor was due to build 1,500 space complex in Buckinghamshire
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It’s not just contractors who have to deal with low margins, says developer behind Laing O’Rourke’s Olympia overhaul
Yoo Capital co-founder says collapse of ISG was ‘reality’ following string of global challenges including covid and Ukraine war
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Comment
Hang on, what about the margins?
Welcome as it is, Laing O’Rourke’s return to profit sparks familiar concerns about how much money firms in this industry are actually making, says Dave RogersÂ
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Laing O’Rourke edges back into black as new boss says margins have to improve
Cathal O’Rourke says contracting’s cherished 5% figure can be achieved and warns current industry average ‘is not sustainable’
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Six appointed on MoD alliance contract to build army accommodation
Laing O’Rourke, Bowmer & Kirkland and two Kier JVs on six-year deal to build 16,000 bedspaces
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Laing O’Rourke’s Des O’Rourke dies after short illness
Younger brother of Ray was co-owner of country’s biggest private contractor
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Ray O’Rourke stepping down as Laing O’Rourke chief executive next month
Veteran to hand over reins to his son Cathal O’Rourke after five decades at the helm
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Laing O’Rourke and Aecom among firms to win spots on £9bn National Grid upgrade
Work involves connecting UK energy supply to offshore wind by 2030
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Viaducts taking HS2 into Birmingham granted approval
Work to be carried out by Balfour Beatty Vinci team
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Laing O’Rourke signs up for more hospital work
West Yorkshire scheme part of £200m revamp of services by local NHS trust
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Firms eye £200m City fringe scheme after office job gets council OK
Laing O’Rourke worked on construction management plan as part of planning application but Edge Shoreditch job expected to go out to tender
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Laing O’Rourke swings the axe at offsite plant
Firm says over 15% of jobs at site set to go
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Laing O’Rourke lands job to revamp Surrey army barracks under £5bn MoD estate overhaul
Firm begins major scheme at Pirbright
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Features
‘He liked a whisky and a cigar late at night, chewing the cud’… The life and times of Sir Martin Laing
The death of the businessman just after Christmas recalls a bygone age in contracting
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Family pay tribute to Laing O’Rourke employee who died on Oxford North site
Father of two Amarpreet Bhatti fell to death last month
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Sir Martin Laing dies aged 81
Businessman who sanctioned sale of contractor to O’Rourke for £1 passed away two days after Christmas
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Work on Laing O’Rourke’s Oxford North job remains suspended after last week’s site death
Man in his 40s died after fall last Monday
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Project suspended after worker dies at Laing O’Rourke’s Oxford North life sciences job
Accident happened yesterday morning with person dying at scene
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Industry should look in the mirror: Laing O’Rourke’s losses do no one any good
A personal disaster for the UK’s biggest private contractor is also a window into where contracting seems to be right now, writes Dave Rogers
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Laing O’Rourke racks up worst loss in firm’s history as business nosedives £288m into red
Problem jobs in London and Australia behind record-breaking deficitÂ