CJ Construction Blog

PFI offers fast route to recovery

The green light for funding the £6.2bn M25 widening is the clearest signal yet that some normality is returning to the PFI/PPP market. Coming hard on the heels of the £3.3bn Manchester waste project, there is now a sense that the banks have regained their appetites...

Posted by Aaron Morby on May 26, 2009 11:06 AM

2007 - a year of change?

It has certainly been an interesting year for the UK construction industry. But while the newspapers are busy talking the UK into a recession, it's worth looking at what has happened over the last 12 months....

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 10:09 AM

What next for Alfred McAlpine?

After all the fuss and bluster played out in the press, Alfred McAlpine has bowed to the inevitable and is set to become part of Carillion....

Posted by Emma on November 7, 2007 3:51 PM

The trouble with takeovers

Why don’t Alfred McAlpine’s staff want to be part of one of the UK’s biggest contractors? Therein lies the current £580m quandary for Carillion. As Contract Journal went to press this week, Carillion seemed determined to snare its prey, but...

Posted by Emma on October 25, 2007 4:04 PM