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Skanska CFO Kelly Gangotra to step down

Lem Bingley — Mon, 30 May 2022 05:50:26 +0000

Skanska UK has confirmed that its executive vice-president and chief financial officer, Kelly Gangotra, is to step down. In a statement, the tier one contractor said Gangotra “has decided the time is right in her career to take up a new and significant opportunity”. It…

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Procurement Bill set to reform public-sector contracts and frameworks

Lem Bingley — Mon, 16 May 2022 05:50:19 +0000

The government has rebooted its plans to reform public-sector procurement, with the first reading of a new Procurement Bill in the Lords last week. Many of the planned reforms are expected to have a direct impact on construction. The bill is set to regulate the…

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Galliford Try chief executive on the business benefits of doing the right thing

Lem Bingley — Tue, 10 May 2022 05:50:25 +0000

Bill Hocking explains the firm's strategy, post-pandemic, to Lem Bingley, and gives an insight into the type of business the company is striving to be

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Royal Bam forecasts improved margins in Q1 trading update

Lem Bingley — Thu, 05 May 2022 14:15:47 +0000

Royal Bam Group, parent company of UK contractors Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall, has reported what it called “strong operational performance” in a first-quarter trading update. It revealed adjusted EBITDA earnings of €97.3m (£82.8m) in Q1 2022, before one-off charges, including restructuring costs, on revenue…

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Interview: chief inspector of buildings on the new Building Safety Act

Lem Bingley — Thu, 05 May 2022 05:50:10 +0000

“This is just the start,” says Peter Baker, chief inspector of buildings at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), on the Building Safety Act’s recent Royal Assent. “The act is very complex and very comprehensive,” he explains. “But it is primarily an enabling piece of…

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Lendlease backs Inspiring Women pledge

Lem Bingley — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:50:57 +0000

Lendlease has become the latest construction firm to adopt the Inspiring Women in Construction & Engineering Pledge. Construction News launched the pledge in June 2021 as a voluntary code of practice that companies can adopt to signal their support for women in the industry. Signatories…

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Procore CEO: how today’s tech can make jobs easier for contractors

Lem Bingley — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:50:28 +0000

Construction’s relatively slow uptake of digital technology has been a chicken and egg problem, says Tooey Courtemanche, founder and chief executive of contech specialist Procore. Lem Bingley listens

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In pictures: Beard replaces stone columns at historic Oxford college

Lem Bingley — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 05:50:40 +0000

Family-owned contractor Beard has released pictures of its work to replace historic stone columns at St John’s College, Oxford. Work on the Grade-I listed building began last summer, as part of a £10m restoration of the 16th-century Old Library and 17th-century Laudian Library extension, which…

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Spring Statement: red diesel deserves a slow death

Lem Bingley — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:25:18 +0000

Tomorrow, chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his Spring Statement. Will it help to resolve two of the key issues weighing most heavily on construction? Here’s hoping. Both concerns in question create a kind of cognitive dissonance because they are problems caused by other problems, at…

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New chair for Henry Boot as founder’s great grandson retires

Lem Bingley — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:12:13 +0000

Henry Boot chairman Jamie Boot is to retire in May and will be replaced by current senior non-executive director Peter Mawson. The change will take place after the listed company’s annual general meeting on 26 May. Mawson has served on the Henry Boot board since…

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