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CITB starts training how to sell houses as well as build them
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has joined forces with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) for a training drive for commercial staff. The HBF and CITB have launched a £1m scheme to train non-construction staff, such...
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Lakehouse buys lift specialist
Lakehouse, the acquisitive construction support services group that floated on the stock exchange in February, has bought a lift installation and maintenance business. Lakehouse has acquired PLS Holdings Ltd, including Precision Lift Services, for an initial...
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Carillion construction profits nudge 3% margin
Carillion’s construction margins are close to 3% thanks to its strategy of withdrawing from overly competitive bidding in the past few years. In an upbeat trading statement, Carillion said that its 2015 results, when announced in...
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A-Plant capex reined in
A-Plant generated revenue of £178.3m in the six months to 31st October 2015 and an operating profit of £35.0m. By comparison, for the same period in 2014 it made £29.7m profit on £165.6m revenue. Rental only...
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Hill to manage costs on 234ha Moroccan resort project
Hill International is to carry out cost management for a major resort covering an area of 234 hectares in Morocco. The contract for Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment involves quantity surveying and cost management consultancy services...
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Quinn remains confident he can turn Balfour Beatty around
Balfour Beatty lost more than £300m last year and Leo Quinn was brought in to turn the business around. He set about implementing his Build to Last transformation programme. Immediate results were never expected. In the first half of 2015...
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Kosovo gets funding for 148km rail upgrade
Jacobs targets US rail sector with acquisitionSamsung C&T wins Singapore station and tunnel contractAlstom signs €3.7bn of Indian light rail dealsHong Kong accepts delays and cost rises for Express RailAlstom buys into South African rail business ...
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