VolkerWessels

Network Rail has named four companies as preferred delivery partners on the £1.75bn Midlands Rail Hub programme. The alliance includes VolkerRail, Laing O’Rourke, AtkinsRéalis and Siemens Mobility. They will support the design and development of the major transport scheme alongside Network Rail, which is leading the project in collaboration with…

Profit soared at VolkerWessels after a slowdown in work in the commercial sector was offset by big contracts in the marine, water and highways sectors. VolkerWessels chief financial officer Anita Harris said her firm had delivered a “strong performance” in 2024 “despite the economic challenges facing the country, which is…

VolkerFitzpatrick has won an £83m logistics and office development in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, for client Tritax Big Box Developments. The project at Symmetry Park will deliver more than 76,800 square metres of industrial and Grade A office space across five units, with the largest measuring nearly 26,700 square metres. British bakery…

Projects in the infrastructure and entertainment sectors have delivered a “very strong performance” for VolkerWessels. The contractor, which operates across the construction industry, tabled a pre-tax profit of £38.6m in the year to 31 December 2023, up from £37.7m. In its accounts, released today (1 October 2024), the firm said:…

Five contractors including VolkerRail have landed deals worth a total of more than £1.4bn to upgrade Scotland’s rail infrastructure. The contractors were confirmed this morning (13 August) by Network Rail Scotland under a new framework covering buildings, civils, structures, earthworks, drainage, and signalling and power projects. All of the contracts…

VolkerFitzpatrick has been awarded a £19m contract to build a highway bridge over a rail line in Surrey. The Ash Road Bridge project will allow for the decommissioning of a level crossing on the A323 Guildford Road ahead of increased rail use on the North Downs line. The Ash Level…

Winvic soared to top spot in the November leagues thanks to a £266m warehousing job in Swindon. The job, to demolish a car manufacturing plant formerly belonging to Honda and build a 672,000 square metre warehouse in its place, pushed it well beyond its nearest competitor, according to data gathered…

A judge has rejected an attempt by VolkerRail to overturn parts of a ruling that it harassed and victimised a female employee after she made an allegation of sexual harassment against her line manager. Last year, a tribunal found that senior managers at the company had failed to deal properly…

VolkerWessels UK has warned that high material and labour prices have created “economic headwinds of significant increases” in prices. In its results for the year ended 31 December 2021, the firm said the speed of decision-making in government had held back some projects. It has interests in rail, highways, building…

Morgan Sindall has been propelled to the summit of the contractors’ league table for March by a £75m deal to develop a manufacturing hub in southern England. The 60,000 square foot facility, which is being developed at Kent Science Hub in Sittingbourne, will support cannabis-based medicines developed by Irish pharmaceutical…