Kier

Balfour Beatty, Bam Construct, Graham and Kier are among the six contractors picked by Health Facilities Scotland for its new £650m framework. McLaughlin & Harvey and RMF – a joint venture between Robertson and FES – have also scooped places on the new NHS Frameworks Scotland 3, which will replace…

Kier is finalising plans to generate around £150m through a major share sale in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet, according to reports. Details of the equity raise are still to be finalised and an announcement is expected to be made with the group’s half-year results, which are due…

Balfour Beatty has become the government’s second largest strategic supplier after a jump in the value of its work in 2020. Between September 2019 and August 2020, the government spent £1.4bn with Balfour Beatty, an increase of almost a third on the prior year. The business managed to increase its…

Costain and a Kier JV are among firms to win places on an £800m Transport for London framework for London’s roads. The Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework is for work helping TfL to expand cycle and walking schemes as well as renewals work on bridges, road tunnels and river assets.…

The longest-serving member of Kier’s executive management team has stood down from his position “to seek a new challenge”. Hugh Raven, company secretary and legal counsel, left his post earlier this month. He has been replaced by former deputy company secretary Phil Higgins as company secretary. At the time of…

Willmott Dixon topped the contract wins league table in January with almost £300m of new work secured. The firm made the top spot largely thanks to two big residential jobs, according to data from construction intelligence provider Glenigan. Seashell Trust, a charity that supports children and adults with learning difficulties, picked…

Kier has been appointed to build a £64.3m school in Cardiff. The contractor, which was named as design partner for the Fitzalan High School project by Cardiff Council in 2019, has today landed the construction element of the job, which will feature two interconnecting buildings with 88 classrooms for 1,500…

Kier Highways has been appointed to deliver Transport for London’s new £200m maintenance and management contract for road tunnels and pumping stations. The contract, which is set to run from April for eight years, involves maintenance of mechanical, electrical and control systems for the body’s 10 tunnels, as well as…

Kier is to bring in Aecom’s EMEA construction services boss as its managing director for regional building in London. The contractor announced today that David McKenzie will make the move next month, with his new role focusing on strategic development and long-term growth of the business in London. He becomes…

Kier’s financial performance in the last six months of 2020 was better than its board had expected, but it has failed to reduce its level of debt. In a trading update for the first half of its financial year to 31 December 2020, the company said onsite productivity had improved…