Multiplex

Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are the latest contractors to rule out claiming through the Jobs Retention Bonus scheme. Under the programme, firms are entitled to £1,000 for each employee brought back from furlough who remain in the firm’s employment until the end of January. The industry as a whole…

An independent review has concluded that the design, build, commissioning and maintenance of Multiplex’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow (QEUH) was not linked to avoidable deaths there. The hospital review, carried out by Dr Andrew Fraser and Dr Brian Montgomery, was commissioned to find out if the management and execution…

Multiplex has restarted work on four of its residential sites in London, including the city’s tallest tower at 22 Bishopsgate, following a two-week shutdown. The global contractor announced on 23 March it had temporarily shut all its UK sites due to coronavirus working restrictions. The company today revealed it had…

Electrical contractor Imtech has been appointed to take over M&E works on the delayed Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP). The £230m hospital, built by Integrated Health Solutions Lothian (IHSL) – a consortium including Multiplex, HLM Architects, financing group Macquarie Capital and Bouygues Energies & Services –…

The Scottish Government is putting renewed pressure on the NHS Lothian board to begin operational works at a troubled hospital project while remedial construction work is ongoing. Fiona McQueen, the Scottish Government’s chief nursing officer, who also serves as head of the oversight board of Edinburgh’s delayed Royal Hospital for Children…

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is looking to claw back £73m over problems with the £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Multiplex was responsible for the design and build of the facility, which opened in 2015. Last year, a child being treated there died after two people contracted cryptococcus, a fungal…

Multiplex topped the final league table for 2019 thanks to a bumper £1bn redevelopment scheme in London. Top 10 contractors, December 2019 Click here for the full top 50 Contractor No Total (£m) 1 Multiplex 2 1,002.5 2 Murphy 2 317.5 3 Balfour Beatty 3 287.0 4 Vinci 3 230.0…

Checks and balances on the construction of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People did not work, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said. The Auditor General for Scotland said key questions remain unanswered about the project, including over an error in tender papers. The facility, built by Integrated Health…

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is set to take legal action against Multiplex over the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the BBC has reported. The NHS trust confirmed to CN it is taking legal action but has yet to outline details. Multiplex has been contacted for comment. The Glasgow facility, for…

High Court judge Lord Brodie has been appointed as chair of the public inquiry into two Multiplex hospitals in Scotland. The inquiry, announced by Scotland's health secretary, Jeane Freeman, in September, will investigate issues at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (pictured) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth…