Morgan Sindall

Kier and Willmott Dixon are among a host of big-time contractors that have nabbed spots on a £240m framework covering the north of England. Tilbury Douglas, Henry Boot, Morgan Sindall and Galliford Try were also named on the YORbuild3 framework, which will last for four years. Specifically, the work will…

Morgan Sindall has managed to limit the impact of inflation and material shortages on its operations, according to a trading update issued this morning, but it added that supply-chain difficulties remain “a significant challenge”, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. “The impact continues to be minimised on most projects through…

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…

Morgan Sindall will complete the construction of a hotel in Devon, after the collapse of Midas Construction left the job in limbo. Work on the 120-bedroom Harbour View Hotel came to a sudden halt when Midas entered administration in January. Torbay Council has confirmed that it has brought in Morgan…

Southern Construction Framework (SCF) has notified contractors for a £4.5bn construction framework for work on public-sector projects in the south of England. Framework provider SCF, which is a joint initiative between Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council, will launch the fifth-generation framework, SCF 5, in April 2023, which will…

All tier one contractors still working on Crossrail will be demobilised during the next six weeks. Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild (pictured) confirmed that the Costain Skanska JV (CSJV) will wrap up at Paddington station within four weeks. Meanwhile, a JV between Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Vinci Construction…

Morgan Sindall chief executive John Morgan has said the contractor’s “highly empowered” structure helped it negotiate its way through the pandemic and double its profits. Speaking to Construction News, the veteran chief executive, who has been with the company since co-founding it as Morgan Lovell in 1977 and served continuously…

Morgan Sindall’s chief executive has declared the company is in its “best shape ever” after doubling its profit in 2021. In financial results for the year to 31 December 2021, the contractor reported its £3.2bn turnover was up 6 per cent on the £3.03bn it achieved in 2020. It was…

Morgan Sindall has been picked to deliver a new 1,900-place school in Wales, Construction News can reveal. It will redevelop the existing King Henry VIII Secondary School site for Monmouthshire County Council, which it described as having been “in a poor state for some time and is not fit for…

HS2 could use alliancing style contracts for future work to get the “best value”, Construction News can reveal. HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston said the megaproject with its web of contractors created an opportunity for closer collaboration. Thurston told CN: “There’s a lot of good learning about how we as…