Building Contracting

The Building Contracting division at Maxim Recruitment includes the following specialist areas:

  • New build contractors
  • Speculative housing developers and house building contractors
  • Specialist subcontractors working in both building and housing
  • Refurbishment contractors working in the commercial, office and private sectors
  • Fit out contractors working in the commercial, retail and office sectors
  • Specialist shop fitting contractors and subcontractors

What Types of Jobs Do We Have in the Building Contracting Sector?

We cover all the professional skill sets in building contracting including:

A Busy Sector

There are a lot of challenging and rewarding career opportunities available within the Building Contracting sector at the current time. Maxim Recruitment have a large number of exclusive job vacancies within building contracting and we can provide you with professional career advice and access to the very best employers in this sector in the UK and around the world

Recent Recruitment Assignments

Maxim have filled job vacancies for a number of leading UK and international building contracting clients on the following types of projects:

  • Major refurbishment works on UK Government office buildings in Central London
  • Retail park developments across the UK
  • A variety of school and college refurbishment projects in Essex, London and The Midlands
  • Major shopping mall developments in Qatar and Dubai
  • Major casino developments in Macau

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Industry News

Marsden adds three-axle Liebherr 55-tonner

Marsden Crane Services has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1055-3.3, the second of the three-axle all terrain cranes in the UK.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 28 October, 08:37

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Will Rudd aids low carbon Elgin Crown Office refurbishment

Consultancy Will Rudd has shared details of its work on the £2.4m Michael Laurie Architects-designed refurbishment of Elgin's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service building, working with Currie & Brown, Morgan Sindall, CJA Consulting Engineers and Thomson Gray.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 28 October, 08:30

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Mace Group reports £69m profit, details split financials

Mace Group has reported 2025 revenue of £3.1bn, with operating profit before exceptionals of £69m, year end cash of £204.6m and net assets of £55.9m. Mace Construct, the group's new name after a split from Mace Consult, generated revenue of £2.3bn.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 28 October, 08:18

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Sales rise at Haulotte, as rentals and services slip

Haulotte has reported Q3 equipment sales up 6% year-on-year to €333m, while rental sales fell 22% to €12m and services slipped 4% to €53m. Overall turnover was stable at €121m.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 28 October, 08:00

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Mayo adds to Wolff luffer order

Mayo Civil Engineering has expanded a recent order from Wolffkran, adding two cranes, to bring the planned delivery up to eight cranes.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 28 October, 07:48

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