Bouygues

Bouygues UK has been appointed construction partner on a project to build the East of England’s first specialist children’s hospital. The firm has signed a pre-construction services agreement for the Cambridge Children’s Hospital, a five-storey, 35,000 square metre facility at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The scheme is being developed by…

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has launched an investigation into “issues” with ground close to a construction work on a major tram extension, amid reports of garden collapses and cracked walls. The organisation, which is delivering more than a £1bn of works on the regional network, is looking into the…

A £15m legal claim over flammable cladding on high-rises in London has ended after the parties agreed to an undisclosed settlement. Social housing provider London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) had lodged a claim for damages against Bouygues UK in October 2024. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire…

Equans Regeneration has reported a £28.9m loss for 2024, taking its total pre-tax loss to £203.5m over the past three years. The refurbishment specialist said it made a £22.3m operating profit in its “underlying trading performance” but admitted this was wiped out by £50.3m of costs relating to new-build housing work…

New York-based investment giant Apollo has pledged up to £4.5bn to boost EDF projects in the UK, including the Hinkley Point C nuclear build. The US firm, which handles $785bn (3578bn) of assets worldwide, said funds, affiliates and accounts it managed had agreed to buy fixed-rate notes from the French…

A former Bouygues employee who claims he was sacked on the grounds of racial discrimination has won the right to appeal his dismissal at the fourth attempt. Reza Melki was employed by Bouygues E&S Contracting UK as a planning manager on a probationary basis from 25 November 2019 until his…

A loss-making contract in Germany has tipped Bouygues Energies & Services (E&S) back into the red despite a 7 per cent increase in turnover. The latest accounts for the UK-based construction engineering subsidiary of French group Bouygues were signed off last week (3 April). They revealed a pre-tax loss of…

Bouygues UK has been awarded a £119m contract to build two new campuses in the Welsh town of Barry. Work on the Barry Waterfront Campus (BWC) and the Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) will begin in June with a completion date of summer 2027. The educational facilities, developed by the Welsh…

A major green energy contract helped propel Bouygues to the top of the monthly contractor league table for January. The contractor bagged a £170m job to develop Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) in the Humber Estuary. This and two other projects took Bouygues to the summit in January, with a…

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Bouygues Travaux Publics to deliver its ambitious Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) in the Humber Estuary. The design and build contract for IGET was tendered in autumn 2023 and at the time was expected to be worth up to £170m. The IGET will support the import…