Galliford Try

Galliford Try profits drop by half

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Profits at Galliford Try have reduced by more than half. The contractor recorded a pre-tax profit of £5.4m for the year ending 30 June 2022, down from £11.4m for the previous comparable period – marking a 53 per cent decrease. However, the group boosted its divisional operating margin to 2.4…

Top contractors to shut down for Queen’s funeral

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Several of the UK’s top contractors will limit work or completely shut sites during the Queen’s funeral next week. Earlier this week, the Construction Leadership Council told firms that there was no obligation on them to suspend business during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as per government guidance. It…

August contracts league winner revealed

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Kier took the top spot in the August league tables, thanks to a job to build a major new prison. The contract to develop the 1,400-space prison helped push Kier more than £400m ahead of its nearest competitor, according to data gathered by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The firm will…

How are construction firms tackling the energy crisis?

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With the raised energy price cap pushing up the average household bill to about £3,459 per year from October, the soaring cost is already a concern for millions of people across the country. As an industry that relies on energy-intensive materials and heavy machinery, diesel and petrol, construction is even…

Ministry of Justice contractor spend revealed

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Lendlease was the contractor with which the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spent the most money in the last financial year, Construction News can reveal. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the Australian-owned multinational topped the government body’s spending in 2021/22 with £149.5m – double the next best-placed…

Worker injured on Galliford Try site by urine bottle thrown from crane

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A site worker on a Galliford Try project near Brighton was knocked unconscious after a colleague dropped a bottle filled with urine from a 50m crane. Police were called to investigate after the bottle, launched by the crane operator, struck an unnamed co-worker at the site of a new health…

DfT green lights Galliford Try’s £200m A47 upgrade

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Transport secretary Grant Shapps has given the go-ahead for Galliford Try's £200m upgrade to the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton in Norfolk. The minister signed off on a development consent order (DCO) for the scheme, which forms the latest part of a £500m upgrade of the A47 and will…

Galliford Try bags £2.9m on scrapped border facility job

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Galliford Try was paid £2.9m for “pre-construction” work it completed on an inland border facility that has since been abandoned, Construction News can reveal. The firm was contracted to deliver the 15-hectare site in Dover, Kent, under a two-stage design-and-build contract, to the value of £27.9m. It was intended for…

Legal challenge to £100m road scheme

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A legal challenge to a new section of the A47 road in Norfolk has been launched by a campaigner who hopes the case will have national implications for road-building plans. Lawyers have written to the government ahead of an attempt to obtain a judicial review of the £100m Blofield to…

Galliford Try forecasts ‘pre-exceptional’ profit

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Galliford Try expects to return to profit by the end of this year, thanks to what it says is “careful management of its supply chain”, and the role of clients in helping to mitigate risk against shortages and inflation. The tier one contractor, which posted a short trade update to…