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Technology
Trump bought up to $25 million in Meta and millions in SpaceX debt in August
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Housing
Profit triples at HBC Construction
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Technology
Enterprise-Grade Is Not a Standard: What Contractors Should Verify Before Trusting a Cloud Vendor
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The Sweden-based contractor announced three wins with a collective value of $351 million as it began a fourth project worth $67 million.
Industrials
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Utility Contractor Shows Systematic Success
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Housing
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Transport
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Industrials
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AI
Data center contractors learn to live with the backlash
Contractors strive to be 'active listeners' to community concerns, but say scrutiny has done little to cool demand.
Finance
OCU set to be sold to London-based private equity firm
OCU Group, the 28th largest contractor in the UK, is set to be sold to private equity firm TDR Capital. Triton Partners, another private equity firm that has o…
Industrials
Why fit-out contractors can't afford to wait for certainty about the 2031 deadline
Carl Saxon is a regional director at engineering consultancy Wallace Whittle When looking at the world of fit-outs, there has always been a tendency to treat e…
Industrials
YPO names 99 contractors on £5bn major works framework
Public procurement body YPO has appointed 99 contractors, including tier ones such as Bam, Morgan Sindall and Wates, to a £5bn major works framework. Pagabo pr…
Industrials
A New Chapter for Asphalt Contractor, Built on a Strong Foundation
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Industrials
New Jersey independent contractor regulation with ABC test is in effect
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Industrials
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Housing
Contractor fined £120,000 after carpenter dies in fall
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Technology
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
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Macro
Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement
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AI
Data Center Construction Spending Accelerates at 149% Annualized Pace
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Industrials
Mace Construct to depart £184m Oxford labs project
Mace Construct is to exit a £184m laboratory project in Oxford. The contractor said it would complete its part of the Daubeny Buildings scheme by the end of th…
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Industrials
M Group targets 42% emissions cut by 2030
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Industrials
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