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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2023: Optimism is there if you look for it but familiar worries dog year ahead
High-profile collapses and astonishing losses at Laing O鈥橰ourke mean firms are cautious about what鈥檚 coming in 2024
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FeaturesAs Buckingham teeters, rivals wonder what has gone wrong
A firm with a turnover of 拢700m is on the brink of collapse. How? Dave Rogers reports
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Features鈥楾he day I convince myself I know everything is the day I go鈥�: an interview with Bam鈥檚 John Wilkinson
The firm鈥檚 well-travelled COO on margins, a changing industry and the Iron (Scunthorpe United to you and me)
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FeaturesMarginal gains: Why contractors need help to make a bigger profit
For years, margins have barely shifted much beyond 3% and, to some, talk of 5% and above seems fanciful. But others believe that mandating a figure like that would turn the industry on its head
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FeaturesHas Ray O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 successor been under his nose all along?
Rivals hail appointment of son Cathal as plan about who will take over at UK鈥檚 biggest private contractor seems, finally, to be emerging
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 hard to let go: Laing O鈥橰ourke and the problem with succession
The latest man tipped to replace Ray O鈥橰ourke is leaving after less than a year. Dave Rogers considers why the septuagenarian founder is still at the helm of his firm
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FeaturesCan we make demolition greener?
With refurbishment rather than new-build seen as climate friendly, demolition firms need to clean up聽their act 鈥� and some are doing聽just that
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FeaturesConstruction is bucking gloomy predictions, but for how long?
Recent statistics show remarkable sector resilience but experts warn the squeeze on firms鈥� finances is set to tighten
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FeaturesGareth Lewis interview: how Mace is weathering the economic storm
The chief executive of the firm鈥檚 construction arm has been through three recessions but says the current conditions are unprecedented.聽
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FeaturesCartel probe leaves demolition sector to recover reputation - and count the cost
The wider industry wants to know things have changed while those at centre of investigation聽sweat on what final bill will be. Dave Rogers reports聽
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FeaturesAn interview with Alison Cox, London MD of Sir Robert McAlpine
Alison Cox almost left the industry, fearing long hours would clash with having a young family. But she found a way back and is at the top of her game聽
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FeaturesEnd of the road for red diesel: what construction firms need to know
From today red diesel will no longer be allowed in construction plant and machinery. What does this change mean for the industry?
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FeaturesMidas is the latest in a long line of regional contractors to feel cash pinch
Devon builder entering administration this week is a reminder of the perils smaller firms face
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FeaturesContractors salary survey 2022: A year of salary growth
Explore the key findings from this year鈥檚 survey
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FeaturesISG鈥檚 new boss on different thinking, growth aspirations - and more of the same
Former bricklayer Matt Blowers has taken over from Paul Cossell at the top of the firm
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders 2021: The league table
See this year鈥檚 top 150 Contractors and housebuilders sortable league table
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FeaturesWe need neither feast nor famine but a steady diet of work: an interview with Andy Steele
The new chairman of Build UK reckons construction鈥檚 business model is broken. He tells Dave Rogers what he thinks it will take to fix it 鈥� starting with greater certainty from government
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FeaturesAs Cleveland Bridge teeters on the brink, it will forever be associated with Wembley
The firm might not be the biggest to go under, but its work on the stadium ensured that its name stayed in the headlines
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Features鈥楾hey鈥檙e now taking succession very seriously.鈥� Laing O鈥橰ourke fires starting gun in race to replace Ray
It鈥檚 a question that鈥檚 been asked for years and the firm鈥檚 founder seems to have come up with an answer
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FeaturesNMCN faces crucial few weeks as bad news keeps on coming
The recent announcement the firm was yet again revising its losses upwards for last year felt eerily familiar, writes Dave Rogers