Galliford Try

Galliford Try is battling an £11.5m lawsuit over a defective funicular rail line in the Scottish mountains. Morrison Construction, which is now owned by Galliford Try, scooped a £17m contract to build the 1,970-metre-long Cairngorm Mountain Railway back in 1999. The funicular opened in December 2001, five years before Galliford…

Kier, Morgan Sindall and Lendlease are among the big winners on a £2.5bn construction framework announced by the Ministry of Justice. The five-year framework covers new builds, refurbishment, maintenance and minor works across three value lots. For the national lot – projects worth £10m to £30m, with a total value…

Galliford Try has reported a £7.2m profit for the second half of 2022. The Uxbridge-based contractor, which announced interim financial results this morning (8 March), made more profit in the period than in the whole of its 2021/22 financial year (£5.2m) after losing £2.6m in the last six months of…

The transport secretary has delayed a decision on whether to give the green light to a £100m dualling of a section of the A47 near Peterborough, due to be delivered by Galliford Try. The project, which has been proposed by National Highways, will see a 1.4km stretch of dual carriageway…

Galliford Try has acquired a number of operations from product manufacturer Ham Baker to bolster its services to the water sector. The acquisition includes a team of about 40 people – working in asset inspection, maintenance and screens, and distributor operations – who will continue to operate from Ham Baker’s…

A bypass at Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire is expected to be given the go ahead despite inflationary pressures that have seen the potential cost of the scheme double to £127m. Leicestershire County Council said it is likely to press ahead with the North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road project…

Galliford Try has won a contract to deliver a £65m subsea cable factory in Blyth, Northumberland. The project, awarded by JDR Cable Systems, will see the creation of a 46,000-square metre facility. JDR said the new factory, designed by architectural practice Vincent and Gorbing, would help to expand its product…

Galliford Try has clinched a legal victory in a dispute over its obligations to the long-term condition of a local authority sheltered-housing project in North Tyneside. The judgment, delivered by the Technology and Construction Court on 21 September, addressed whether the contractor was liable for the condition of refurbished properties…

Galliford Try remains committed to bidding for public-sector work, despite recent government disruption "delaying" spending in this area, its chief executive has said. Speaking to Construction News after the publication of the group's full-year results yesterday, Bill Hocking said the process to install Liz Truss as the country's new leader…

Almost half of Galliford Try's staff will receive a one-off payment of up to £750 as the firm looks to support its employees with the cost-of-living crisis. The contractor, which is making the payment to around 1,800 individuals, claims to be one of the first construction companies to provide this…