Kier is set to design and build new clinical blocks worth £92.8m at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital. Plans include an acute services block, a new maternity block. Kier will also build new operating theatres and a critical care unit, along with a five-story building that will connect the new…
Kier, Wates, Bam Construction and Vinci are among firms that have won spots on a £750m building decarbonisation framework. The decarbonisation framework will deliver projects focused on improving energy efficiency in housing association properties and public sector buildings, including thermal fabric improvements, heating, renewables and other upgrades. The framework provider…
Kier is reported to be in talks to buy Tilbury Douglas. The Cabinet Office has been notified of Kier’s intention to buy Tilbury Douglas, according to Sky News. Kier is one of the government’s largest strategic suppliers. One analyst Construction News spoke to this morning said acquiring Tilbury Douglas could…
The future of the multi-billion-pound smart motorway programme hangs in the balance after all future projects were put on ice. Yesterday, the Department for Transport (DfT) decided to adopt the recommendation by a transport select committee in November 2020 calling for new projects to be paused while more safety data is…
Kier is set to trial an automated-gate system designed to protect road workers. The SwiftGate device will reduce the need for personnel to put out cones amid moving traffic, according to a statement from project funder National Highways. It is being installed at the A3 Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, which…
Wates took top spot of the December contracts league table after it secured a £450m deal to build a car-battery gigafactory. The contractor will design and build the factory for electric-vehicle batteries on a 50 hectare site in Sunderland. Built at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park, the project propelled Wates…
Colas has won a £328m contract to maintain major roads across National Highways’ Area 9. From 1 July, the contractor will carry out routine maintenance, repairs, emergency response and severe weather services across West Midlands, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and part of north Gloucestershire. Its contract is set to…
Prisoners will be trained in construction skills to help with their rehabilitation on release, as part of a new government initiative. A white paper released by the Ministry of Justice has outlined plans to give prisoners better education, including vocational qualifications, with construction named as one field in which they…
2021 saw the pandemic, Brexit, and materials & labour shortages hit the industry. Record job vacancies and costs followed strong – although uneven – growth. As we move further away from the era of full-on lockdowns, the prime minister’s age of ‘Build Back Better’ was meant to be upon us,…
Kier and Morgan Sindall are among nine firms appointed on a Cambridgeshire County Council framework worth up to £150m. The agreement covers design-and-build services for public-sector projects in the county, including schools, adult social care builds and offices. Kier and Morgan Sindall join Barnes Construction, Coulson, Graham, Jeakins Weir, RG…
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