Bouygues UK slumps to £78m loss for 2016
The UK arm of French contractor Bouygues saw its turnover increase but pre-tax losses slumped to £78m in 2016. Despite turnover rising £349.6m to £555.6m in the year to December 2016, the company posted a pre-tax loss of £78.5m. This is on …
CITB secures future after industry backs levy
The construction training body confirmed that it had received the support it needed from more than half the industry to ensure its survival after tallying up the votes from the 14 consensus federations and 4,000 non-represented employers.Of the 14 federations surveyed, 10 …
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In the coming year, the industry may see more resilient projects mimic those already underway, like the raising of streets in Miami Beach or the building of earthquake-resistant skyscrapers sans rebar in California. Certainly, architects, engineers, and contractors will be critical to …
How To Build A Construction Plan
There’s a strong temptation to dive straight into home remodeling projects. The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be done, right? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way if you haven’t done some essential planning up front. Each design professional and contractor runs …
Finding New Buildings in the Dust of the Old
With the continued and growing emphasis on sustainability in construction, we could be on the verge of a radical shift in how we think about the current stock of buildings. The time may be coming when we stop planning for buildings replacement, …