Morgan Sindall

Morgan Sindall Construction and Skanska UK have each won jobs in Cambridge from rail pension-fund manager Railpen. Skanska has picked up a £200m contract to build the 50,000 square metre Botanic Place office scheme on Hills Road, close to the university’s botanical gardens. Designed by architect AHMM, the scheme includes…

Morgan Sindall has announced record profit and revenue in its unaudited accounts for the year ending 31 December 2023. The contractor posted a pre-tax profit of £143.9m, up from £85.3m in 2022. The increase represents a steady growth in operating profit after the firm’s 2022 pre-tax profit was hit by…

Morgan Sindall has appointed former Skanska chief financial officer Kelly Gangotra as finance director. The £3.6bn-turnover contractor said she would take on the role in the third quarter of next year, allowing for a handover period before incumbent Steve Crummett retires at the end of 2024. Crummett was ranked in…

Morgan Sindall has reported a “growing” workload in its latest trading update, as it predicted a full-year performance in line with its expectations. The firm said its total secured order book at 30 September was £9.1bn, an increase of 7 per cent from its previous year-end position and level with…

Multiplex topped the contracts league table for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years in September, thanks to two London wins, according to data compiled by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The Australian multinational landed the £450m main contract for the super-prime St John’s Wood Square project, which involves demolition…

Nottingham City Council has appointed contractor Lovell Partnerships to complete a problem-plagued housing estate in the city. The 106-home estate, on the site of the former Eastglade School in Top Valley, has suffered £30,000 worth of damage since the original building contractor went under. Contractor Robert Woodhead was working on…

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of work on Eastern Green Link…

Morgan Sindall’s revenue and pre-tax profit grew to record levels in the first half (H1) of the year, with the fit-out market credited for driving its “outstanding performance”. The listed contractor turned over a record £1.94bn in the six months ending 30 June 2023, up by 14 per cent from…

Galliford Try topped the June contractor’s league table for the first time in more than four years, thanks to a road improvement scheme in Gloucestershire. The firm landed the M5 Junction 10 scheme, which involves building two new slip roads, as well as a new link road connecting the A4019…

Six companies, including Morgan Sindall Property Services, have been charged with breaches of fire safety laws over their role in the construction of a retirement village which burnt down in August 2019. The companies are being prosecuted by the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for failing to comply with the…