Kier

Kier has admitted that “unforeseen issues” have added extra delays to the revamp of a 150-year-old museum in Scotland. The contractor was originally appointed in 2021 for the £42m refurbishment and extension of Paisley Museum in Renfrewshire. Kier was previously expected to complete its work on the scheme in 2023.…

Costs have ramped up on a major project to build a new school in Hampshire. Contractor Kier was appointed on a pre-construction services contract (PBSA) to build North Whiteley Secondary School in Winchester for £46.7m in March, but the project cost has increased to £52m after the tender return was…

Five contractors have become founding members of a new Centre for Construction Best Practice (CCBP), in a coordinated drive to address long-standing problems in project delivery. Bam, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Stepnell and Wates have joined the CCBP as Gold Corporate Partners. The group aims to improve standards by fostering earlier…

A construction firm that thought it was “virtually certain” to win lucrative HS2 work was subjected to “deception and double-dealing” by its joint venture partner, a court judgement has revealed. Newark-based ABM Precast Solutions had its bid to work on the Green Tunnels project, with its joint venture partner Matière,…

Construction sites without access to mains electricity could be powered by solar and green hydrogen instead of diesel in the wake of promising results from a major sustainable energy trial. Kier is testing the viability of solar, with green hydrogen as a backup, to act as the primary power supply…

Tier one contractor Kier has raised its margin targets amid an increase in orders. In a London Stock Exchange announcement this morning (3 June) before its capital markets event with investors, the £3.9bn-turnover firm said that trading for the first four months of the year “remains in line with expectations”.…

Tier one contractor Kier has secured a £20.9m contract from Severn Trent Water to carry out major upgrades to Worcester Sewage Treatment Works. The project, which forms part of the water company’s AMP8 investment programme, aims to increase treatment capacity, cut storm overflows and improve environmental outcomes for the surrounding…

Plans to build three new prisons as part of a £4.7bn spend will now go ahead after the Treasury signed off on funding, a senior minister has said. On Wednesday, justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said the Treasury would fund “in full” plans to build the prisons, in a bid to…

Migrant workers are at an increased risk of exploitation on construction sites, a new report has warned. The probe by Achilles, which deals in supply chain risk, found migrant workers are vulnerable to unexplained deductions from wages, restricted access to mobile phones and “informal or unclear” employment arrangements. Based on…

The opening of a diagnostic centre that is being built by Kier in Nottinghamshire has been pushed back by four months, after the discovery of higher-than-expected levels of asbestos. The Mansfield Community Diagnostic Centre, which was due to open at the end of the year, is now expected to be…