Galliford Try

Galliford Try is expected to receive approval this week for plans to demolish a school where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was found and replace it with a £11m new building. The contractor and the Department for Education (DfE) submitted a planning application in October to demolish St Francis Catholic Primary…

Galliford Try has failed in a High Court attempt to extend the deadline for bringing claims over alleged defects at the Hive library and history centre in Worcester, more than a decade after the building opened. The case centres on long-running problems with water leaks at the Hive, built by…

Galliford Try has promoted Cliff Wheatley to divisional managing director of its Building division, ahead of Ian Jubb’s planned retirement in mid-2026. Wheatley, currently managing director for the North East and Yorkshire building unit, will take up the role - and a position on the contractor's executive board - from…

Galliford Try’s shares reached a record value this morning after it was announced that the contractor would rejoin the FTSE 250. Shares in Galliford Try Holdings were trading at 508p at noon on Monday (29 September), up from 501p at 4.25pm on Friday (26 September). The spike represented the highest…

The opening of the Grantham Southern Relief Road (GSRR) is likely to be delayed until late 2027 at the earliest, following a further bridge installation issue. Lincolnshire County Council’s GSRR is a new 3.5km road being delivered in three phases. The first two were completed in 2016 and 2022 respectively,…

The cost of a road-improvement project in the South West has rocketed by £70m in 18 months, it has emerged. A report to Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet last week reveals that the M5 Junction 10 upgrade scheme has risen to £363m due to delays, planning requirements and inflation. The project,…

Galliford Try has more than doubled its profit after a long-term “rebalance” at the firm has started to take effect. Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking told Construction News he was “really pleased” with his firm’s results, after pre-tax profit more than doubled from £19.2m to £44.1m in the year…

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has put aside £1.1bn of contracts to restart stalled projects in its prison building programme – including two major ex-ISG jobs. The cash is meant to get 14 construction work packages up and running at 32 prisons and courts across the UK under the ministry’s…

The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2024-25, Construction News can reveal. It is the first time in four years that Costain has not been the client’s top supplier. Private finance initiative (PFI) company Connect Plus received £487m during the…

A council and Galliford Try have ended their contractual relationship on a controversial scheme aimed at improving one of the North of England’s most popular tourist towns. The tier one contractor was working on the design development stage of the Harrogate Station Gateway Project as part of a two-stage contract…