Sir Robert McAlpine

HS2 is set to deploy a robot arm to automate two risky tasks during tunnelling work on the rail megaproject. The robot, dubbed Krokodyl, has been developed by main works contractor Align, a joint venture between Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick. It will be deployed on a pair of…

Sir Robert McAlpine has earmarked £13.6m to cover potential remedial work on completed projects. The provision was included in the company’s 2019 accounts published this week. A spokesman for the firm said the provisions were not related to any one project. It comes on top of a £5m provision the…

Sir Robert McAlpine earned £376m for work on construction management (CM) contracts for the year ended 31 October 2019. The figure was revealed in the contractor’s results, published on Companies House on Sunday, and is separate to the £1bn statutory revenue figure it announced last week. This is a break from…

Sir Robert McAlpine has seen its revenue top £1bn and pre-tax profit double in the year to 31 October 2019. The contractor announced it made a pre-tax profit of £14.5m in 2019, up from £7.4m the previous year. It said turnover broke the £1bn mark, almost a quarter of a…

Royal Bam topped September’s league table as total orders rose again. Big jobs in the leisure and entertainment sectors helped to propel the group to the top of the league with £469.7m of new work secured. The largest of these was a £230m contract to build a new studio for…

Sir Robert McAlpine is training project managers and other existing staff in data analysis skills by drawing down cash it has paid towards the apprenticeship levy. The move, which has seen around 15 employees trained this year, is part of the firm’s ambitions to become a leader in the use…

Sir Robert McAlpine has started work on the second phase of a £350m regeneration scheme in south London. The contractor is to deliver part of the Morello 2 development for Menta Regeneration in Croydon. The scheme will feature 456 residential units across three buildings. These are two 25-storey towers called…

Sir Robert McAlpine’s new structure will be comprised of four divisions each led by a managing director, the contractor has revealed. Last week the firm announced it was cutting 132 jobs, predominantly overheads in support services, as part of a reshape of the business in response to COVID-19. Now it…

Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are the latest contractors to rule out claiming through the Jobs Retention Bonus scheme. Under the programme, firms are entitled to £1,000 for each employee brought back from furlough who remain in the firm’s employment until the end of January. The industry as a whole…

Sir Robert McAlpine is to cut 132 jobs following a restructure of the business and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The contractor said that, while it was expecting to report a healthy balance sheet and increased profitability for its 2019 full year, “like many of its peers, has experienced…