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

US order win for Durham Lifting beams

Durham Lifting has received a repeat order from a Kansas City client for ten bespoke 34t multi-point spreader beams, to be designed, manufactured and load tested at the UK company's Middlesbrough facility.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 6 August, 10:19

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Auctioneer sees more, newer excavator sales

Auction house Ritchie Bros has released its analysis of secondhand sales in Q2 2026, with excavator sale prices remaining stable, and more, newer machines sold.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 6 August, 09:10

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Clarion's Latimer tops out Ealing development

Clairon Housing Group's development arm Latimer, working with construction partner JJ Rhatigan, has topped out the Twyford Park development of 296 new homes, with half offered as affordable housing.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 6 August, 07:45

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Peel makes £582m bid for Harworth Group

Real estate investor the Peel Group has made a cash offer for listed brownfield developer the Harworth Group. Offering investors 172.5p per share, the bid values the developer at aroound £582m.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 6 August, 07:33

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Watkin Jones completes Belfast development

Build-to-rent specialist Watkin Jones, working with Graham and Lacuna Developments, has reached practical completion of Loftlines, a 627 home development delivered for L&G in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 6 August, 07:09

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