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Kier has been appointed to deliver a new eye hospital in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian. The facility at the Edinburgh BioQuarter will replace the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (PAEP), which opened in 1969. Plans for a new eye hospital were raised over a decade ago, with Graham previously being awarded…

Kier Construction has been named as winner of a £35m contract to deliver the Southern Gateway scheme at Bristol Temple Meads station. Bristol Temple Quarter LLP has chosen Kier under an open procedure to act as main contractor on the project, which forms part of the wider Bristol Temple Quarter…

A Kier job to build a new £60m mental health hospital has been delayed due to rain and a subcontractor's collapse, with the facility now expected to open by the end of the year. The FTSE-250 contractor had originally said it expected construction of the new 54-bed Combe Valley Hospital…

Tier one contractor Kier has been named on British Airways’ newly established framework to deliver upgrades across the airline’s estate. The framework runs for an initial three-year term with an option to extend for a further two years. It forms part of British Airways’ multimillion-pound Better Buildings programme to modernise…

A £45m Kier job to combine four Scottish schools into a community campus has experienced another delay. The new Tain Community Campus, a project to relocate four schools onto one site, has been pushed back a further three months – and will now be completed 20 months later than first…

Bovis has reached the summit in the last monthly league table of 2025, thanks to a £176.6m job to revamp a Gloucestershire barracks. It needed just one job at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks to take the gold medal in December, according to construction data provider Glenigan. The design-and-build contract…

Kier has combined its transportation and natural resources, nuclear and networks operations into a single infrastructure division, alongside a raft of personnel changes on the company’s executive committee. The move pools Kier’s work in road, rail, aviation, water, energy and environmental sectors into one unit, in a bid to position…

Kier Group has revived its chief operating officer role, appointing Louisa Finlay to lead a wide remit covering digital transformation, corporate real estate and sustainability. Finlay stepped into the post in January 2026, taking on responsibility for operational excellence, health, safety and wellbeing, digital, data and IT. She will retain…

Construction is set to begin next month on a new civil service office in Darlington, after Kier signed a contract with the Government Property Agency (GPA). The agreement, finalised on 22 December, will see the contractor deliver a government hub on Brunswick Street. Construction is due to start in January…

The Department for Education (DfE) has awarded places to 42 contractors across its new £15.4bn Construction Framework 2025, set to deliver schools and colleges across England. The eight-year programme will operate under the Procurement Act 2023 as a closed framework split across 10 regional and two high-value lots. Projects will…