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Kier Construction has landed a £99.5m job to develop a new helicopter base for the Royal Navy. The four-year project involves revamping Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall, including the replacement of the Engineering Training School (ETS) at the site. The ETS mainly delivers training for engineers to…

Kier has been selected to deliver a new UK headquarters for electric-motor manufacturer YASA. The 90,000 square foot facility will be built for client Bicester Motion at its eponymous 444-acre technology campus, located at a former Royal Air Force base in Bicester. The carbon-efficient buildings will target BREEAM Excellent certification…

Wessex Water has named the contractors and consultants selected for its eighth asset management period (AMP8), running from 2025-30. Kier won a place on three of the four lots on the framework that is set to see £3.7bn of planned investment made by the water company – which operates across…

A three-year resilience plan has led to revenue of nearly £4bn for Kier, the group has revealed. The infrastructure and construction group’s full-year results to June 2024 included statutory revenue of £3.9bn and a statutory pre-tax profit of £68.1m. This compares with £3.38bn revenue and £51.9 pre-tax profit for the…

Six major contractors, including Kier and Laing O’Rourke, have been named as part of an alliance to create 16,000 bed spaces for the Armed Forces. Kier scooped two places in the alliance, in separate joint ventures with modular firm McAvoy Group and steel construction specialist Metek. Laing O’Rourke, Bowmer and…

Eight firms have been appointed by Southern Water to deliver upgrades across its infrastructure network. The utility firm confirmed which firms were awarded contracts under its £3.7bn capital delivery framework covering major infrastructure and works. The strategic partners will deliver new pipelines, pumping stations and treatment-works upgrades. Southern Water said…

A £230m tidal barrier scheme in Somerset, on which Kier is preferred contractor, could get the green light to start construction later this year after the council gave the project its backing. Bridgwater Tidal Barrier is intended to ensure long-term flood protection for the town and its surrounding area. It…

Major contractors including Kier and Morgan Sindall have been named on a bumper construction framework run by Essex County Council. The four-year framework will cover design and construction services for public sector projects including capital construction and major maintenance jobs. Essex County Council is running the £400m framework, but it…

Costain was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2023/24, just ahead of the Balfour Beatty-linked consortium that carries out M25 upgrade work, Construction News can reveal. It marks the third successive financial year that the contractor and consultant topped the roads body’s league table, and came despite a…

Kier has taken on a job to build two accommodation blocks at HMP Channings Wood in Devon. The project, which Kier said is worth more than £200m in total, will create 494 prison places across two energy-efficient houseblocks. The new facilities will boost the prisoner capacity by two-thirds, from 746…