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Knight Harwood lifts margin to 4.9% as profit hits £6.5m

Construction Enquirer

The contractor saw turnover dip from £157m in 2023, but sharper project delivery and careful cost control lifted margins from 3.2% Knight Harwood rejigged its leadership last year, with John Knight becoming chairman, Oliver Driscoll stepping up to managing director, and Charlie Everett promoted to finance director.

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Modular specialist Elements Europe falls into administration

Construction Enquirer

The £42m turnover firm had been in business since 2005 with a manufacturing facility located in Telford, Shropshire. In 2021 Elements expanded its offering and took on two construction projects as main contractors in Hackney, East London and in Birmingham. Both the contracts incurred losses resulting in a significant cash requirement.

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Bowman Acquires South Carolina Firm Dennis Corporation

Civil + Structural Engineer

(the “Company” or “Bowman”) (NASDAQ: BWMN), a national engineering services firm delivering infrastructure solutions to customers who own, develop and maintain the built environment, today announced the acquisition of Dennis Corporation (“Dennis”), a civil engineering, surveying and construction management firm headquartered in Columbia, SC.

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Wates regional MD joins McLaughlin & Harvey

Construction Enquirer

Carlin has spent most of the last seven years at Wates where he was Regional Managing Director for Construction Midlands. A proven leader in the construction industry, with over 40 years of experience, John has held Director and Managing Director roles in national and regional businesses for the last 20 years.

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THOMAS & HUTTON NAMES NEW SHAREHOLDERS

Civil + Structural Engineer

Today, she leads company-wide marketing strategy and operations as the Marketing Manager. Brian Riley is a Civil Group Leader and Senior Project Manager in our Charleston region. Cecilia began her career at Thomas & Hutton as an intern in 2001 and upon graduation, transitioned full-time to the marketing department.

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McCarthy + Barnsley Launch Construction on Brookhaven City Hall, First Mass Timber Municipal Building in Region

Civil + Structural Engineer

Joint-venture team breaks ground on landmark 74,000 square feet city hall building for the City of Brookhaven ATLANTA — McCarthy + Barnsley, A Joint Venture, today announced the launch of construction on Brookhaven City Hall, a mass-timber project that will serve the community of Brookhaven, Georgia near Atlanta.

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Super BIM: 7 award-winning BIM/VDC-driven projects

BD+C

Launched in 2005, the program honors projects that best harness building information modeling and virtual design and construction tools and processes, and related innovations. The AIA''s Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Knowledge Community recently announced the winners of the 2014 AIA TAP BIM Awards. Body Image: read more.