VolkerWessels

VolkerWessels has blamed the £6.4m loss it incurred in 2020 on disruption caused by COVID and a number of problem jobs. VolkerStevin, its engineering subsidiary that focuses on the water, energy and defence market, had a “small number” of problem jobs, the group said. The jobs were ongoing in 2021…

Another 11 firms, including Galliford Try and VolkerWessels, have joined the Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) carbon reduction programme. Launched in March this year, the CO2nstructZero industry change programme brings together firms to act as “business champions” for carbon reduction in the construction sector. The 11 new firms to sign up…

VolkerWessels’ profit jumped by a quarter last year thanks in part to work on HS2 ramping up. The contractor said the notice to proceed on the section of HS2 between London and Birmingham in April 2020, where subsidiary VolkerFitzpatrick is working as part of the Align JV, and a number…

McAleer & Rushe has topped the October league table thanks to two huge project wins, as the rest of the top 10 also reported large resi-scheme wins. The contractor won almost £600m of new work during the month, over £330m more than the second-highest-placed firm. Its bumper haul was thanks…

Fifty firms have been appointed to a new £3.6bn National Highways road-renewal framework. Major tier ones including Kier, Galliford Try and Morgan Sindall have won places, with the programme set to run for six years. The values of projects that will be awarded via the agreement will range from £1m…

VolkerFitzpatrick has been awarded an £82m design and build contract for new wind-turbine facilities in Hull. The contractor will deliver two facilities for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, as well as repurposing an existing factory that it delivered for the client in 2016. The new buildings, which cover a footprint of…

Three bidders have been shortlisted to deliver the £370m Solihull Interchange station for HS2. The firms in the running are Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Unity (a joint venture between Sir Robert McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick and WSP). The contract is set to be awarded next year. All three bidders have already landed…

Skanska has topped the March contract league table thanks to a half-billion-pound road job. The contractor landed the A428 upgrade between Milton Keynes and Cambridge last month. The single £507m job meant Skanska had the largest contract haul in March, according to data provided by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. It…

HS2 is set to deploy a robot arm to automate two risky tasks during tunnelling work on the rail megaproject. The robot, dubbed Krokodyl, has been developed by main works contractor Align, a joint venture between Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick. It will be deployed on a pair of…

Royal Bam topped September’s league table as total orders rose again. Big jobs in the leisure and entertainment sectors helped to propel the group to the top of the league with £469.7m of new work secured. The largest of these was a £230m contract to build a new studio for…