Multiplex

Multiplex topped the final league table for 2019 thanks to a bumper £1bn redevelopment scheme in London. Top 10 contractors, December 2019 Click here for the full top 50 Contractor No Total (£m) 1 Multiplex 2 1,002.5 2 Murphy 2 317.5 3 Balfour Beatty 3 287.0 4 Vinci 3 230.0…

Checks and balances on the construction of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People did not work, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said. The Auditor General for Scotland said key questions remain unanswered about the project, including over an error in tender papers. The facility, built by Integrated Health…

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is set to take legal action against Multiplex over the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the BBC has reported. The NHS trust confirmed to CN it is taking legal action but has yet to outline details. Multiplex has been contacted for comment. The Glasgow facility, for…

High Court judge Lord Brodie has been appointed as chair of the public inquiry into two Multiplex hospitals in Scotland. The inquiry, announced by Scotland's health secretary, Jeane Freeman, in September, will investigate issues at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (pictured) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth…

Scotland’s health secretary Jeane Freeman has said that a decision on whether criminal proceedings could follow a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into Multiplex’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, will be made by the end of the year. The investigation into the Glasgow hospital was launched in January after a child died…

Construction can still achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but the industry needs to take into account carbon emissions at every stage of the construction process, a report has said. The manufacturing, transportation, construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure contributes 11 per cent to global carbon emissions, according to…

Conservative shadow cabinet secretary for health Miles Briggs has called on Scottish ministers to confirm by next week that there are no further issues with Glasgow and Edinburgh’s troubled hospital developments. In a Scottish parliament debate on NHS construction projects, Mr Briggs said he wanted “assurance and clarity” on the…

The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry after the discovery of ventilation problems at two hospitals following their construction. Both the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow will be examined to figure out how the problems…

An error in a tender document produced by NHS Lothian in 2012 led to the £230m Edinburgh children’s hospital being delayed until spring 2020, it has emerged. The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People was originally due to open in 2017. However, a mistake at the tender stage led…

Construction workers on tall buildings are putting their lives at risk by not taking evacuation alarms seriously enough, research has suggested. Four unannounced evacuation trials were carried out at two Multiplex sites – 22 Bishopsgate and 100 Bishopsgate – to understand the difference in evacuation times for workers at height.…