Galliford Try

Galliford Try and Colas are among 15 contractors that have been selected for work on road surfacing projects in Yorkshire. The firms scooped spots on the £300m four-year framework, with Galliford Try involved in three lots (see full list below). The framework will focus on road-surfacing and planning in up…

The cost of a Galliford Try road project has soared by almost a third before main works have started, reducing the cash available to progress another key highway scheme in the area. Buckinghamshire Council said that due to inflation and other cost increases, the 1.8km South East Aylesbury Link Road…

Galliford Try has named Kris Hampson as its new chief financial officer. Hampson will join the contractor by September this year, moving from group financial controller at FTSE 100 pest-control firm Rentokil Initial. He replaces Andrew Duxbury, who is leaving Galliford Try to become chief financial officer at Persimmon. Hampson…

Galliford Try has landed the first phase of a £135m redevelopment that was expected to have been delivered by Beijing Construction Engineering Group International (BCEGI). Developer Cityheart is Wigan Council’s development partner on the Wigan Galleries project, which involves the demolition of a former shopping centre and its replacement with…

The chief executive of Galliford Try has said he does not expect the Spring Budget to contain anything “of great import” to his company. In an interview with Construction News, Bill Hocking also said he is relaxed about which party wins the next general election but is keen to see…

Three major new road schemes on the A47 in Norfolk are a step closer to going ahead after a legal challenge was dismissed by the Court of Appeal – although campaigners could take the case to the Supreme Court. The roads are: a dual carriageway and junctions between Blofield and…

Galliford Try has reported moderate increases in profit and turnover. The contractor turned over £1.39bn in the year to 30 June 2023, a 13 per cent increase on a year earlier. Revenue at its infrastructure arm grew substantially from £441.9m to £590.8m, while growth at the company’s larger building division…

A construction firm has agreed an out-of-court settlement with a Scottish Government agency over a funicular railway that had to be closed 17 years after construction due to safety concerns. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) announced this week that it will receive £11m relating to two separate claims. The first…

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of work on Eastern Green Link…

Galliford Try expects to report increased revenue and pre-tax profit for the year to the end of June, it has revealed in a trading update. The company said that after making good progress against its strategic targets, it expected to report full-year pre-exceptional profit before tax “at the upper end…