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Established in Dubai in 2005, prior to the construction boom in the Middle East, BuildConsult International specialises in the recruitment of senior and technical personnel for the Construction & Property industries across the region and further afield.
Our area of expertise is recruiting for multi-billion dollar developments and major building & infrastructure projects covering all disciplines from inception through to handover, both at a corporate level and at a project level.
To date, we have been fortunate enough to have worked on some of the region's iconic developments and major projects for the leading developers, global consultants and international 1st tier contractors.
Notable projects in our portfolio include the $12bn expansion of Dubai International Airport; the $7.8bn Dubai Metro Project; the world's largest shopping mall, the $1.8bn Dubai Mall; the $1bn Atlantis Hotel in Dubai; the world's tallest building, the $1.5bn Burj Khalifa; the $18bn Dubai Lagoons project; the $21bn Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi; the iconic $800m Zayed University project in Abu Dhabi and the $490m St. Regis Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi.
Whether you are looking for personnel to establish a new corporate team, a new project team or searching for a new opportunity, we have the experience, a proven track record and we will deliver in what we say we can deliver.
Latest News
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Feb 2019
Barclays offers ‘Brexit clinics’ to SMEs
Barclays will host clinics across the country to help construction SMEs when the UK leaves the EU next month....
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Feb 2019
HS2: 'Zero chance' of £56bn cost
There is “probably close to zero chance” HS2 can be built within its £56bn budget without changes to its scope, a rail expert has told a Lords co...
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Feb 2019
Recruiter expelled from body after gangmasters authority investigation
Recruitment company ARZ Management has been expelled from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) after it was found to have contravened ...
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Feb 2019
Laing O’Rourke FD: Financing has never been tighter
Getting finance for construction companies has never been harder, according to Laing O’Rourke finance director Stewart McIntyre....
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Feb 2019
Interserve: Goldman Sachs sells stake to rebel shareholder
Goldman Sachs has offloaded its 10 per cent stake in Interserve to rebel shareholder Coltrane....
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Feb 2019
Morgan Sindall fined £100k after worker’s hand severed
A Morgan Sindall worker’s hand was severed by a biomass boiler he was inspecting at a British Army barracks....
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19
Feb 2019
Brexit: Construction minister given list of 'key concerns'
Construction minister Richard Harrington has been handed a list of the market’s four “key areas of concern” in relation to Brexit by the Constru...
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19
Feb 2019
Jobs lost as M&E firm enters administration
Specialist M&E firm EME Installations has gone into administration, with a loss of 62 jobs....
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Feb 2019
Laing O’Rourke reports loss after hospital and Brexit hit
Laing O’Rourke has reported a loss for the third year running after it was hit by further costs on its Montreal hospital job and Brexit-related writ...
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Feb 2019
Portsmouth towers face demolition after cladding inspection
Two tower blocks in Portsmouth face demolition after inspections of cladding revealed serious structural problems....
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Feb 2019
Laing O’Rourke accounts: 5 things we learned
Laing O’Rourke’s accounts for 2018 have revealed the company made a loss for the third year running....
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Feb 2019
Industry 'not doing enough' to cut plastic consumption
Most people working in the UK and Ireland construction industry don’t believe enough is being done to reduce plastic consumption, a survey has found...
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18
Feb 2019
Network Rail rules out notices 'improvement' despite third near miss
Rail safety investigators have told Network Rail to take on a recommendation it made in 2017 after track workers were sent to parts of the railway whe...
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Feb 2019
Offsite has 'potential to increase diversity'
Greater use of offsite in the construction industry could help increase diversity, it has been suggested....
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Feb 2019
Galliford Try wins £275m London regeneration job
Galliford Try’s Partnership and Regeneration business has been picked as Ealing Council’s development partner for a £275m regeneration....
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Feb 2019
United Living plans UK's largest modular council housing scheme
A planning application for the UK’s biggest fully modular council housing and apartment scheme has been submitted in Leeds....
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Feb 2019
HS2 costs: £5.5bn spent to date
Spending on HS2 up to the end of the last financial year was £5.5bn, it has emerged....
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Feb 2019
Rydon fined £500k after worker falls to his death
Rydon Construction and Oliver Connell and Son have been fined a total of £860,000 after a worker died when a temporary platform collapsed and he fell...
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15
Feb 2019
Galliford Try reveals pre-Brexit stockpiling move
Galliford Try is stockpiling key materials to guard against potential importing problems caused by Brexit....
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Feb 2019
Balfour JV gets £78m loan for Olympic Park neighbourhoods
Homes England has announced a loan of £78m to build two new neighbourhoods containing more than 1,500 new homes in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park....
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15
Feb 2019
Fit-out firm introduces four-day working week
Scottish design and fit-out specialist Havelock International has announced the introduction of a four-day working week during quiet periods....
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15
Feb 2019
Aberdeen bypass set to fully open
The final section of the long-delayed Aberdeen West Peripheral Route (AWPR) will open this week, Transport Scotland has announced...
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Feb 2019
O'Rourke pays tribute to Hinkley director after 'untimely passing'
Laing O’Rourke has confirmed its human capital director for Hinkley Point C, Caroline Blackman, has died....
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14
Feb 2019
Wylfa Newydd: Hitachi keen to resume government negotiations
Hitachi hopes it can restart negotiations over site costs at the Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant following the suspension of work on the project, MPs have ...
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14
Feb 2019
Skanska UK plots Ikea modular homes venture
Exclusive: Skanska UK is in the final stages of planning for a new venture to build modular homes made in partnership with Ikea, Construction News can...
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14
Feb 2019
Ex-Wates director joins United Living
Former Wates business director Michael Holling has joined United Living as operations director for the North and Midlands regions....
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14
Feb 2019
Parliament revamp: SMEs won't be prioritised in restoration bill
House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has turned down calls to mandate the inclusion of SMEs in the bill outlining the £4bn restoration of parliamen...
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Feb 2019
Arcadis sees profit plunge after Middle East writedown
Arcadis’ pre-tax margin plunged to 0.1 per cent in 2018 following writedowns to its business in the Middle East....
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13
Feb 2019
Galliford Try results hit by further AWPR losses
Galliford Try’s half-year operating margin decreased from 4.7 per cent to 4 per cent as the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) caused further ...
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Feb 2019
£600bn pipeline uncertainty drives 'unsustainable behaviour', report claims
A lack of certainty around public sector projects promotes unsustainable behaviour and leaves contractors fragile, it has been claimed....
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Feb 2019
Drop in civils workloads 'comes as a shock'
Civils contractors experienced a drop in their workloads in the last quarter of 2018, according to a survey by the Civil Engineering Contractors Assoc...
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Feb 2019
Worker dies after fall at Edinburgh site
A worker has died following a fall from the roof of a hotel renovation in Edinburgh....
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Feb 2019
Weston and Tesco announce plans for 1,400 homes
Weston Homes and Tesco have announced plans for a new store, school and up to 1,400 homes at a site in north-east London....
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Feb 2019
Cancelled Garden Bridge project cost £53.5m
Nearly £53.5m was spent on the Garden Bridge project before it was scrapped, it has been revealed....
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12
Feb 2019
Kier appoints Scotland operations director
Kier has appointed Phil McDowell as operations director for Kier Construction Scotland....
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Feb 2019
Interserve MD leaves board amid shareholder unrest
Interserve developments MD Dougie Sutherland has left its board a week after the company unveiled its new rescue package....
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Feb 2019
Network Rail announces major structural revamp
Network Rail is to undergo a major structural reorganisation, which will increase regional responsibilities in a bid to improve performance, it has be...
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Feb 2019
Ardmore Group margin soars to 10%
Ardmore Group saw its pre-tax margin more than double in 2018 to 9.6 per cent....
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Feb 2019
Bam and Ramboll break the ice over Antarctic wharf
Ramboll and Bam Nuttall have started work on a 74 m-long wharf in the Antarctic for the UK’s Rothera research station....
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Feb 2019
Galliford Try Partnerships appoints project director
Galliford Try Partnerships has appointed Kathryn Pennington as its new project director....
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Feb 2019
Construction output drops sharply in December
Construction output dropped sharply in December as repair and maintenance work slowed....
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Feb 2019
Crossrail extension: Government 'must prioritise' agreed scheme
Completion of Crossrail must take priority over a possible further expansion of the line, the government has said....
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Feb 2019
Two companies fined over walkway crush death
Two companies have been fined after the death of a worker during a lifting operation....
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Feb 2019
McAleer & Rushe starts on £82m Paddington hotel
McAleer and Rushe has begun construction on an £82m, 620-room hotel in Paddington, it has been announced....
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Feb 2019
HS2: Fewer than one in 10 believe line will benefit them
Just 7 per cent of people believe HS2 will benefit them, a survey has found....
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Feb 2019
NAO: Planning system casts doubt on 300,000 new homes target
The National Audit Office (NAO) has said the planning system is underperforming and concluded it would be unable to deliver on the government’s pled...
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Feb 2019
Amey MD: Take emotion out of infrastructure policy
Debates around the levels of private sector involvement in infrastructure delivery should be based more on fact and less on emotion, the managing dire...
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Feb 2019
Kier does the double with monthly and annual league triumph
Kier topped January’s contract win league table with £434m of work, more than £100m more than second-placed Lendlease....
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Feb 2019
Skanska CEO targets 'unacceptable' construction margin
Skanska CEO Anders Danielsson has made improving the company’s construction margin his number one priority after another year of losses....
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Feb 2019
Didcot collapse contributes to Coleman & Co losses
The parent company of the demolition firm working at Didcot Power Station when it collapsed in 2016 has made a loss for the second time in its 56-year...
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Feb 2019
Network Rail withholds pay over Amey dispute
CN understands Network Rail is withholding up to £9m in payments to a Amey / Inabensa joint venture over a costs dispute for work on the Great Wester...
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Feb 2019
Sadiq Khan: New Crossrail team communication 'far superior'
Crossrail’s new leadership team is giving a far better ’quality and quantity’ of information to the mayor of London and Transport for London (Tf...
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Feb 2019
Brexit: Third of EU construction workers consider leaving UK
Almost a third of EU nationals working in the construction industry have considered leaving the UK because of Brexit uncertainty, a survey has found....
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Feb 2019
Cargiant calls for inquiry into Old Oak Development Corp
Cargiant has called for an inquiry into the development commission overseeing the regeneration project at Old Oak Common....
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7
Feb 2019
Project starts slow amid political uncertainty
Weak economic growth and political uncertainty are dampening construction activity, according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan....
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Feb 2019
HS2: Towers could be built next to Old Oak site
HS2 has drawn up plans that could see a series of towers up to 20 storeys high built next to its £1bn Old Oak Common station....
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Feb 2019
Scottish Government 'complacent' over McGill & Co collapse
A row has broken out over claims of a failure to offer financial support to Dundee-based contractor McGill & Co prior to its collapse earlier this...
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Feb 2019
Spurs vs Arsenal moves to Wembley as stadium date slips again
Tottenham Hotspur FC has confirmed its new stadium will not be ready for the beginning of March....
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Feb 2019
Roofing firm director fined £50k after nephew falls to his death
A roofing company and its director have been fined £50,000 after the death of an employee working at height with no scaffolding....
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Feb 2019
Former Multiplex CEO joins Cairn Homes board
Former chief executive of Multiplex UK and Europe Jayne McGivern has joined the board of Cairn Homes....
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Feb 2019
Jobs lost as Scottish contractor enters administration
Administrators for Dundee-based contractor Land & Building Services (LBS) have blamed the collapse of McGill & Co for its insolvency....
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Feb 2019
Explained: Interserve rescue package
The first details of a deleveraging plan to save Interserve were released by the company this morning....
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Jan 2019
Transport for the North unveils £70bn upgrade strategy
Transport for the North (TfN) has unveiled plans for £70bn of investment in road and rail projects by 2050, which would see the creation of some 850,...
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Jan 2019
Royal Liverpool: Majority of subcontractor packages yet to be agreed
The majority of subcontractor packages on the Royal Liverpool University Hospital are yet to be signed off, more than a year after work on the project...
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Jan 2019
Glasgow ditches airport train-tram link
Glasgow City Council has ditched plans for a rail link between the city centre and the airport in favour of a shuttle system....
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Jan 2019
Construction teams share £13m for digital projects
Projects backed by Balfour Beatty, Vinci, Bam Nuttal, Keltbray and Buro Happold are among those chosen to share more than £13m in government grants f...
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Jan 2019
Weston Group opens 'housebuilding factory' in Essex
Weston Group subsidiary Weston Logistics has opened a £12m housebuilding factory in Braintree, Essex....
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Jan 2019
Forrest collapse: Work to restart on stalled tower
Work is set to restart on a £21m residential scheme in Liverpool Waters, which had been on hold since the demise of contractor Forrest Construction i...
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Jan 2019
Actavo appoints new COO
Actavo has appointed Iain Eddie as global chief operating officer for global industrial and modular building services....
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Jan 2019
Allied London announces £100m MEP framework winners
Property developer Allied London and its construction partner Lendlease have announced the four contractors that will deliver the MEP framework for th...
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Jan 2019
Mace CEO on Brexit: 'Avoid materials blockages at ports'
Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has urged the government to keep goods flowing into the UK unhindered, or risk work stalling on construction sites....
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Jan 2019
Government pledges extra £500m for affordable homes
Housing minister James Brokenshire has announced a further £497m in affordable homes funding, designed to help build over 11,000 homes....
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Jan 2019
Croydon housing developer appoints new chair
Former U+I creative director Martyn Evans has been appointed non-executive chair of Croydon housing developer Brick by Brick....
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Jan 2019
Payroll company loses CITB levy challenge
Payroll company Hudson Contract Services has lost a High Court appeal over its eligibility to pay the industry’s training levy....
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Jan 2019
Parliament revamp: £4bn cost will 'inevitably' rise
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, has warned MPs that the £4bn bill to restore the Houses of Parliament will “...
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Jan 2019
Next stage of British Land's £1.5bn Broadgate scheme approved
British Land has secured planning approval for the next building in its £1.5bn Broadgate Campus redevelopment....
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Jan 2019
Construction tech firms merge to create new digital platform
Construction technology companies Geniebelt and Aproplan have announced a merger to create a new digital platform called LetsBuild....
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Jan 2019
No-deal Brexit: CLC warns businesses to mitigate against impact
It is vital that firms start talking within their supply chains to mitigate against the risks of a no-deal Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council...
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Jan 2019
Middle East: Firms accused of ‘failing’ migrant workers
The majority of construction firms working on projects in Qatar and the UAE are “failing” to protect workers’ rights, according to a report fro...
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Jan 2019
Hackitt urges change in construction industry attitude
Dame Judith Hackitt has confirmed her support for the government’s flammable cladding ban and called for a change in attitude within the constructio...
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