Carillion

A year on from Carillion’s demise, Construction News visits Birmingham to uncover how Argent raced around the clock to keep its Paradise Circus scheme on track.

One year on from the contractor’s collapse, Binyamin Ali explores what the industry and government can learn about what went wrong – and how to avoid a repeat in future

Next week marks Blue Monday, the name given to the third Monday in January which has come to be known as the ‘most depressing day of the year’.

A year on from Carillion’s collapse, many subcontractors still feel unable to speak out as having lost large sums of money owed to them. Construction News speaks with some of those affected to find out why

Data from Dun & Bradstreet in November last year painted a clear picture of how susceptible construction firms have been to unexpected shocks over the last two years.

This has been some year for the construction industry, but is hasn’t all been bad news.

The Lincoln Eastern Bypass has required a staggering £10m of archaeological works as well as overcome the liquidation of its main contractor.

This week marks 10 months since the collapse of Carillion.

In 2015, outstanding loans to construction firms stood at just over £37bn. By August this year, they had fallen to £32.6bn. Why does lending appear to be in decline and where is this trend heading? Lucy Alderson investigates.

It’s amazing to discover that we still haven’t reached the bottom of the Carillion incompetence barrel.