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Scotland’s health secretary Jeane Freeman has said that a decision on whether criminal proceedings could follow a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into Multiplex’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, will be made by the end of the year. The investigation into the Glasgow hospital was launched in January after a child died…

Construction can still achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but the industry needs to take into account carbon emissions at every stage of the construction process, a report has said. The manufacturing, transportation, construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure contributes 11 per cent to global carbon emissions, according to…

Conservative shadow cabinet secretary for health Miles Briggs has called on Scottish ministers to confirm by next week that there are no further issues with Glasgow and Edinburgh’s troubled hospital developments. In a Scottish parliament debate on NHS construction projects, Mr Briggs said he wanted “assurance and clarity” on the…

The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry after the discovery of ventilation problems at two hospitals following their construction. Both the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow will be examined to figure out how the problems…

An error in a tender document produced by NHS Lothian in 2012 led to the £230m Edinburgh children’s hospital being delayed until spring 2020, it has emerged. The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People was originally due to open in 2017. However, a mistake at the tender stage led…

Construction workers on tall buildings are putting their lives at risk by not taking evacuation alarms seriously enough, research has suggested. Four unannounced evacuation trials were carried out at two Multiplex sites – 22 Bishopsgate and 100 Bishopsgate – to understand the difference in evacuation times for workers at height.…

Multiplex Construction Europe's profit margin rose to 1.15 per cent for the financial year ending 31 December 2018, from 0.28 per cent in 2017. Revenue for the Australian-based business stood at £1.1bn, down from £1.2bn in 2017, while net profit increased to £12.6m, from £3.3m. Its construction margin rose to…

Damac, a luxury real estate developer based in Dubai, has received £175m in funding to complete its £600m Aykon London One tower in Nine Elms, Battersea. It was announced this week that the 50-storey tower will be funded by Barclays Bank, which acted as the UK lead bank in the…

Multiplex has scooped a contract for the latest phase of works on the 5 ha redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks in London.

Former chief executive of Multiplex UK and Europe Jayne McGivern has joined the board of Cairn Homes.