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Kier lands £65m Manchester Airport station upgrade
Network Rail has awarded Kier a £65m contract to upgrade Manchester Airport station as part of a £115m investment programme led by Network Rail. The contractor…
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Kier reinstated on £3.5bn health campus project after four-year absence
Kier has been reappointed on a pre-contract agreement to build part of a national health campus that has suffered large cost increases. The UK's third-biggest…
Housing
Kier chosen in PCSA for £50m Holborn office refurbishment
Kier has been selected as preferred contractor for Railpen's £50m refurbishment of The Fenner office development in Holborn, central London. The contractor ent…
Energy
Galliford Try hires former Kier work-winning director
Galliford Try has appointed former Kier work-winning director Vicky Nugus as strategic development director for its environment business. Nugus joined the cont…
Industrials
109 firms appointed to £4.3bn civils framework
More than 100 contractors including Costain, Galliford Try, Graham, Kier, Morgan Sindall and Skanska have been appointed to a £4.3bn national civil engineering…
Housing
Kier drops property investment to maximise options
Kier is pulling out of property investment to focus on construction and infrastructure, as well as strengthening its balance sheet. Unveiling its full year res…
Macro
Kier and Breheny to replace Galliford Try on £100m Sizewell C roads jobs
Kier and Breheny Civil Engineering have replaced Galliford Try on a £100m highways package that forms part of the Sizewell C new nuclear mega-build. The pair w…
Housing
Kier selected for £77m Stepney school redevelopment
Kier has been selected for a £77m design-and-build redevelopment of RAAC-stricken Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School in London, subject to t…
Industrials
Bam, Kier and Wates among winners on £1bn North West framework
Wirral Council has appointed contractors including Bam, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Wates and Galliford Try to a four-year North West construction framework. The Nor…
Housing
Ex-Kier chief Davies joins Mitie board
Former Kier chief executive Andrew Davies has joined Mitie as a non-executive director. Davies (pictured) joined the facilities management and construction ser…
Macro
Kier lands £99m Derwent London office job
Kier has secured a £99m contract from Derwent London to redevelop Holden House on Oxford Street in central London. The scheme will involve a major behind-the-f…
Macro
Kier's Oxford station job further delayed after gas leaks found
A Kier job to upgrade Oxford Station has been further delayed after excavation works for drainage uncovered three gas leaks. The tier one was appointed in 2022…
Industrials
Kier Bam doppelganger ordered to change its name
A company named Kier Bam JV Ltd has been ordered to change its name following a complaint by Bam and Kier Group businesses. The Company Names Tribunal received…
Housing
Kier and Morgan Sindall among 11 firms on Merseyrail framework
Merseyrail has appointed 11 contractors, including tier one firms Kier and Morgan Sindall, to a construction framework covering work at stations, substations a…
Commodities
Kier and Bam appointed to Crown Estate West End schemes
The Crown Estate has appointed Kier and Bam to deliver two mixed-use redevelopment projects in London's West End. Kier was named main contractor for 10 Piccadi…
Healthcare
Kier's £18.7m mental health unit to 'open soon' after three-year delay
Tier one contractor Kier has said it expects to complete construction of Scotland's first medium-secure children's mental health unit "in the coming months", a…
Housing
Kier handed £120m Birmingham highways extension
Birmingham City Council has awarded Kier a £120m direct contract to continue highways maintenance services across the city until July 2028. The deal will exten…
Housing
Kier boosts order book and looks ahead with optimism
Kier has grown its order book by almost a tenth and declared it expects revenue and profit to be "at the top end of market expectations" in its full-year accou…
Markets
Kier starts £59m fire safety upgrade at HMP Wandsworth
Kier has started work on a £59m fire safety improvement programme at HMP Wandsworth after being appointed by the Ministry of Justice. The contractor is deliver…
Energy
Kier 'super school' faces delays in opening due to utility issues
A £47m 'super school' complex being built by Kier will not open in time for the new school year due to utility connection delays. The new James Calvert Spence…
Housing
Kier chief executive joins Construction Leadership Council leadership
Kier chief executive Stuart Togwell has been appointed deputy co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), following an open recruitment process over…
Industrials
Kier wins more early stage AMP8 work for Southern Water
Kier has secured Stage 1 early contractor involvement (ECI) contracts worth more than £30m from Southern Water for the Hastings Resilience programme. The contr…
Housing
Heatwave sparks delay on £500m Kier project
The June heatwave has delayed a "key milestone" on a £500m Kier road project in the South West. National Highways said the opening of a temporary section of hi…
Housing
Jupp steps up to head Kier's highways business
Tier one contractor Kier has promoted 23-year company veteran Barry Jupp to lead its UK highways construction and maintenance operations. He will take up his n…
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Housing
Kier lands £35.4m Walsall gateway and learning centre deal
Kier Construction has won a £35.4m contract to deliver Walsall Council's Connected Gateway and Adult Learning Centre project, as part of the town's wider regen…
Healthcare
Kier to trial 'crucial' mental health code of practice at London sites
Contractor Kier is set to trial a new joint code of practice designed to tackle the root causes of mental health struggles in the construction industry. The Co…
Energy
Kier lands £140m South West Water framework extension
Kier has secured a two-year extension to its role on South West Water's Network Services Alliance, under a deal worth around £140m. The contractor said it will…
Housing
Kier secures second-stage Bridgwater tidal barrier contract
Kier has secured a contract worth up to £125m to continue construction of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier in Somerset, a flood defence scheme designed to protect…
Housing
Former Kier chief Davies appointed at Southern Water
Southern Water has appointed former Kier chief executive Andrew Davies as chair designate. Davies joined the water company's board today and will replace South…