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WSP
Last updated 3rd June 2022 WSP WSP is one of the world”s leading engineering, environmental and design consultancy providing integrated management and consultancy services across the built and natural environment with net revenues of C$7.9 billion. The firm provides integrated, multi-disciplinary and specialist services in its core markets of property (buildings), infrastructure (including transport and […]
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Longcross Group
Update: Longcross has entered Administration. Deloitte have been appointed as Administrators and at the time of writing work on site has been suspended while the joint administrators consider the options for the firm. The firm’s engineering divisions are unaffected by the administration and are trading normally. Updated 17th June 2015 Longcross is a relatively young […]
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Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index – Q4 2016
Q4 2016 revealed slowdown in new build activity According to JLL and Glenigan’s Q4 2016 UK Commercial Construction Activity Index, commercial construction activity for the 12 months to the end of December fell to £16.7 billion, down 14.1% on the previous quarter. The latest figures reveal a slowdown primarily in the level of new build […]
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AKT II
Last updated 21 February 2023 AKT II AKT II – formerly known as Adams Kara Taylor – is a consulting civil and structural engineer. The group was founded in 1996 by Hanif Kara, Albert Williamson-Taylor and Robin Adams, and has a reputation for working on high-profile projects and for blue chip clients. The group employs more […]
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SPIE UK
Last updated 8 August 2022 SPIE UK The origins of SPIE UK date to 1748, when Matthew Hall set up a lead-work and plumbing company in London. In 1988, Matthew Hall merged with AMEC, which in 2006 agreed to sell the business to French construction, facilities management and industrial engineering company SPIE. SPIE, which dropped […]
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Bellway
Last updated 21 October 2022 Bellway Group Plc Bellway Group is one of the largest UK housebuilders. Based in Newcastle, the group operates nationally and has built more than 100,000 homes since it was formed in 1946. Today, Bellway employs around 3,000 people, sells more than 11,000 homes a year and turns over more than £3.5 […]
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Barhale Plc
Last updated 10 January 2023 Barhale Holdings Plc Barhale is a privately-owned infrastructure and civil engineering groups with a turnover of around £110 million a year and a workforce of more than 700 people. Financials Turnover at Barhale Holdings Plc in the 12 months to June 2022 slipped back to £109.0 million (2021: £110.3 million) […]
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Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index – Q2 2018
Total construction activity the highest since Q3 2016 In the 12 months to the end of Q2 2018, £18.1 billion of commercial construction activity took place, up 7.4% on the previous quarter and 32.3% on the same time last year. Total construction activity is now the highest it’s been since Q3 2016. New build construction […]
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Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index – Q3 2018
Increase of 1.2% in commercial construction projects in the last 12 months In the 12 months to the end of Q3 2018, work started on £18.3 billion of commercial construction projects, boasting an increase of 1.2% on the previous quarter and 24.1% on the same time last year. New build activity accounted for £11.2 billion […]
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Glenigan Index – December 2018
Improvement in industrial, commercial and civil engineering work steady construction starts Starts in the three months to December were 2% down on a year ago and unchanged against the preceding three months. Residential starts were 13% lower than a year ago and 6% down on the preceding three months. Non-residential project starts were […]
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