Multiplex

Multiplex set to sign £200m Broadgate contract

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Multiplex is set to win a £200m job for a major refurbishment at Broadgate in the City of London. The Australian contractor is expected to sign a contract to refurbish and extend the 13-story building at One Exchange Square, overlooking one of the City’s largest public spaces. The refurbishment design,…

Troubled One Nine Elms site to be completed by 2023

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R&F Properties’ troubled One Nine Elms site in London is due to be completed in November 2023. Last week, Chinese developer R&F agreed a £772m funding package for the site, enabling a full workforce to return to work for the first time since January. The project, which is based in…

Work restarts at troubled One Nine Elms site as £772m funding agreed

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Multiplex has returned a full-capacity workforce to its One Nine Elms site in London after securing new investment. Developer R&F has received £772m of funding from four separate lenders, according to ReactNews. It would be the first time that the £900m site has returned to full capacity since January, when…

Multiplex returns to profit after overcoming COVID hit

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Multiplex UK has returned to profit post-pandemic after posting a 32 per cent rise in revenue in 2021. The contractor’s UK operation, Multiplex Construction Europe Limited, posted a £2.6m pre-tax profit for the year to end-December 2021, compared with a loss of £158.6m for the same period of 2020. The…

One Nine Elms: Multiplex pledges full site return

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Multiplex has broken its silence about the dispute over its £900m One Nine Elms project, pledging that work will return to full capacity "shortly". Construction News revealed last week that workers were leaving the site in droves after client R&F Properties allegedly failed to pay the main contractor for work…

Court declines to throw out £73m hospital-build claim against Multiplex

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A court has ruled that a £72.8m legal claim against Multiplex and its partners over alleged defects on a hospital build should not be thrown out because of a contractual clause favouring adjudication. Greater Glasgow Health Board is suing Multiplex, Brookfield Europe, Currie & Brown and Capita Property and Infrastructure…

Multiplex offers employees four-day week after flexi-working trial

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Multiplex is offering staff the option of four-day working weeks in a new flexible-working initiative that it hopes will improve the gender balance in the company. Its ‘Multiplex Flex’ initiative will provide staff with different options for flexible working. It includes early finishes on Fridays, four-day weeks, remote working and…

Inquiry into Multiplex-built hospitals hears from first witnesses

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A public inquiry into the design and construction of two Scottish hospitals heard evidence today from those affected. Multiplex, Mott MacDonald and consultants Currie & Brown are three of the 11 named core participants in the delivery and operation of a new hospital in Glasgow and another in Edinburgh. Safety…

Keltbray poaches Multiplex head of engineering for director role

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Keltbray has named Craig Moorfield as its group technical director. Moorfield has joined the firm from Multiplex where he was head of engineering for Europe. His new employer said that Moorfield would pay special attention to the sustainability of Keltbray’s work. Group chief executive Darren James said: “He has an…

Multiplex UK finance director leaves

Multiplex UK finance director Zahida Hanif has left the business. Hanif joined the Australian-owned contractor in April 2018, having spent more than a decade at rival Lendlease. She was appointed finance director of the UK business in January last year. A Multiplex spokesperson said: “Zahida Hanif has stepped down from…