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Double take: the rise of two-stage contracting

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:21:20 +0000

A lower-risk, two-stage tendering approach has become dominant in the past decade. Will it continue? There was a time when single-stage contracting was the only game in town. “When I started my career 40 years ago, contractors didn’t really get involved with design, they were…

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Legal challenge against three A47 upgrades dismissed

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 07:00:37 +0000

Three major new road schemes on the A47 in Norfolk are a step closer to going ahead after a legal challenge was dismissed by the Court of Appeal – although campaigners could take the case to the Supreme Court. The roads are: a dual carriageway…

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Didcot Power Station collapse: families and industry await answers eight years on

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:00:34 +0000

“As a family it’s like we’re stuck in 2016,” says Sadie Cresswell, as the eighth anniversary of the building collapse that killed her father approaches. She has no more understanding of why it happened than she did at the time. “Unfortunately, it’s very much the…

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Laing dismisses union claims about Everton sparks

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:00:38 +0000

Laing O’Rourke has denied claims from Unite that unqualified electricians are working unsupervised on the £555m Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium for Everton Football Club. The union warned of a risk of “catastrophic damage” occurring after allegedly seeing electricians-mate contracts stating that the junior workers may not be…

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Civils action: infrastructure pipelines remain strong

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:41:28 +0000

Despite short-term uncertainty and the HS2 cutback, there is no shortage of infrastructure work in the pipeline In September, as speculation around HS2 mounted, the leaders of 21 businesses wrote to prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt, urging them to commit to the…

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Failure to ban retentions ‘contributing to insolvencies’

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:32 +0000

The continued use of retentions in the construction industry is contributing to company failures, a meeting of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has heard. Newly released minutes from a November meeting show that Isabel Coman, a director at Transport for London and CLC board member,…

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10 companies to watch in 2024

Ian Weinfass — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:10 +0000

Which companies are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry in the year ahead? ISG In November, ISG felt moved to issue a statement denying “unsubstantiated, wholly inaccurate and false claims” about its financial health”. However, it did not elaborate on the nature…

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Loaded question: construction’s drugs and alcohol problem

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:11:26 +0000

Individual companies are left to their own devices when dealing with alcohol and drug use among their workers. Is this the right approach? Industry-wide policies on the use of drugs and alcohol are woefully inadequate. So says Callum Mackintosh, president of the Scottish Plant Operators…

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CN Specialists Index 2023: top 10 M&E contractors

Ian Weinfass — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:26:02 +0000

Demand for electric-vehicle charging, renewable energy connections, grid upgrades and electric heating schemes are all providing a healthy pipeline of work for mechanical and electrical (M&E) specialists. Aggregate revenue among the largest 10 firms in the sector has risen by 13 per cent, from £2.68bn…

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CN Specialists Index 2023: top 10 envelope contractors

Ian Weinfass — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:25:52 +0000

A new company sits atop the envelope contractor table for the first time since 2018. London-based Stanmore’s sharp revenue growth, from £96.1m to £142.9m, sees it overtake Permasteelisa, which itself achieved a 12 per cent turnover rise. Stanmore’s accounts attribute its rapid growth to a…

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