Skanska

Skanska UK has appointed Katy Dowding as its new president and chief executive, effective from 2 May, making her the only woman currently running a tier one contractor. Dowding (pictured), a 20-year veteran of the company, has been promoted from her current role as executive vice president, to which she…

A former Crossrail worker has said he was fired and blacklisted after raising concerns about health and safety. In a statement read out in the High Court today, Daniel Collins said there was a “culture of hostility” towards trade union activists in construction, which led to him being blacklisted from…

HS2 is investigating how a roughly 6 square metre pool of bubbling slurry emerged on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, north-west London. The brown foam emerged from the ground on Saturday (18 February), above a site where CSC – a joint venture between Costain, Skanska and Strabag – is boring…

Client bodies are moving away from “race to the bottom” procurement, having come to understand contractors’ struggles with inflation, the chief executive of tier one contractor Bouygues UK has said. Racing to the bottom on procurement usually refers to clients valuing low-cost options above all else. Speaking at the CN…

HS2’s decision to use a government electricity framework has cut the price it pays for energy by approximately 10 per cent. The multimillion-pound high-speed rail project opted to use a government framework to buy in the electricity it needs to power machinery used on phase one of the build, which…

Leading figures from the UK construction industry will gather at CN's Transforming Construction conference next month to discuss the implications of new building safety regulations on the sector. In one of the event's headline sessions, Mace chief executive for construction Gareth Lewis will discuss specific features of the Building Safety…

HS2 has fired up its first giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) in London. The 2,000-tonne piece of equipment, known as Sushila, was launched in Hillingdon on 6 October and will bore five miles towards Greenford in west London. Sushila will work on a 24-hour basis for the next 22 months,…

The Department for Transport (DfT) is facing a legal challenge over its decision to approve the £1bn A428 improvement scheme due to be built by Skanska. Last year, the contractor won the race to build a new dual carriageway between Milton Keynes and Cambridge in the East of England. The…

Kier took the top spot in the August league tables, thanks to a job to build a major new prison. The contract to develop the 1,400-space prison helped push Kier more than £400m ahead of its nearest competitor, according to data gathered by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The firm will…

Skanska has won a design-and-build job to upgrade a section of the A46 road in the Midlands, subject to government consent. The contractor will deliver a new dual carriageway at Newark, on a 6.6km stretch of A-road running between the Farndon and Winthorpe junctions. The contract is worth £345m. Skanska’s…