A council has acknowledged that it broke procurement law in a power-station demolition tender. Brown and Mason Group Limited brought the claim over multiple breaches of public procurement law and unfair treatment from Cardiff Council over the award of a contract to demolish the former Aberthaw Power Station. The contract,…
McLaren is hoping to land another over-station office construction job in London after picking up a £125m project at Bank station, it has emerged. A spokesperson for the contractor told Construction News that the firm “will be bidding” for a 19-storey scheme at Paddington station if they are successful in…
Major tier one contractors have made the headlines this week with high-level internal promotions. Laing O’Rourke went back to the future on Wednesday (12 February) when it announced the appointment of its founder and former chief executive Ray O’Rourke as the new group chairman. O’Rourke moves up from his previous…
Heathrow Airport’s boss has announced a multibillion-pound plan to build new infrastructure while “laying the groundwork” for its long-proposed third runway. In a speech this morning (12 February) at British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe, Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye also signed the UK Steel Charter. This commits Heathrow to “using…
A self-employed roofer has received a suspended prison sentence after a man suffered serious injuries after falling from a scaffold in Devon. Iain Smith fell from a height of more than 25 feet while working for Daniel Hooper, trading as Hooper Roofing, on 13 June 2023. Hooper, of Brook Road…
High-level departures dominated this week’s comings and goings in the construction sector. FM Conway executive group chair Joanne Conway has left the firm her grandfather founded after a 22-year stint. Conway’s departure came with the completion of FM Conway’s sale to French multinational contractor Vinci, which was announced last October.…
Reds10 chairman Paul Ruddick is on a mission to make modular work better for everyone Offsite production could enable the construction industry to crack its productivity problem – but getting it off the ground has proven easier said than done, given the string of business failures in the sector over…
Tier one contractor McLaren missed its £1bn turnover target last year, despite almost doubling its profit and margin. Group pre-tax profit in the year to 31 July 2024 totalled £11.9m compared with £6.3m the year before, although turnover fell by 4 per cent to £924m. The latest revenue total was…
Pre-tax profit at ground engineering specialist Van Elle Ltd rose by 30 per cent last year, although “softer market conditions” reduced the firm’s turnover. Accounts for the year to 30 April 2024 show that the firm recorded a profit of £7m compared with £5.4m the previous year. But turnover dropped…
Demolition firm Brown and Mason Group has seen its profits quadruple, leading to a sixfold margin increase despite a second successive year of lower turnover. Group accounts for the year to 30 April 2024 were filed today (29 January) with Companies House. They reveal that the firm’s pre-tax profit more…
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