Bouygues

The search for a contractor to deliver a £250m extension to the Evelina London Children’s Hospital has begun. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has started a market-engagement exercise for the Triangle building on the site opposite the Houses of Parliament. The Triangle is an extension of the existing…

Bam Construct, Kier and Willmott Dixon are among the five contractors to scoop places on both high-value lots of the Department for Education’s (DfE) mammoth £7bn building framework. A total of 26 contractors have been picked on the 22 separate lots on the four-year framework, which is split into regional…

Bouygues has struck a deal to buy Equans, the construction and services business owned by Engie, that includes the latter's UK Regeneration and facilities-management arms. The two French companies have agreed to a €7.1bn (£6.1bn) deal for the sale, which is expected to be completed in the second half of…

Bouygues UK is developing its use of offsite to help cope with labour shortages, according to its chief executive. In an interview with Construction News, Rob Bradley said he believes the labour shortage will be around for longer than material-price problems, but his firm is taking action, which includes looking…

NHS chiefs will return to the market for a contractor to build a 12-storey extension to a central London children’s hospital after “amicably concluding” a deal with Bouygues and Linkcity. Guys’ and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust said it would run a new competition for construction of the 100-bed addition to…

Revenue at Bouygues UK topped £400m in 2020 as the contractor managed to stay in profit. Revenue for the year to 31 December 2020 was £420.3m, up from £399.5m the year before. It was the first time since 2017 the French-owned contractor has reported a rise in turnover. It reported…

Bouygues UK have been appointed to design and build the first phase of a life-sciences and wellness scheme in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Located on Delta Lakes, Llanelli, the job will be delivered for the Carmarthenshire County Council. The council has valued the development in excess of £200m. The Pentre Awel project…

Bouygues E&S Contracting has received a £51m cash injection from its parent company. The recapitalisation of the contractor that works primarily in the energy, science and tech sectors, took place last week when it issued £51m worth of new equity to its owner, Bouygues Energies & Services SAS, based in…

Retrofitting buildings rather than constructing them from scratch is a huge opportunity in the contracting market. Bouygues UK chief executive Rob Bradley told Construction News that repurposing buildings will be a huge area of growth as the industry looks to decarbonise. His firm is aiming to reduce its carbon 40…

Bouygues subsidiary ULiving has won the contract to design, build, finance and operate five new accommodation blocks for the University of Essex. The French multinational scooped the £98m contract via its ULiving university development arm, with Bouygues UK set to deliver the design-and-build work. The new blocks will add 1,262…