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Kier delayed on Oxford bridge replacement works

Rob Hakimian — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000

Network Rail and Kier have indefinitely delayed the replacement of a railway bridge as part of a £161m upgrade to Oxford Station. The replacement of the bridge over Botley Road had been due to take place at the end of July, but has now been…

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Kier scoops £47m London college revamp

Joshua Stein — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:52:46 +0000

Kier has been picked to redevelop a college campus in London. The contractor will demolish the current Greenwich campus belonging to London South East Colleges (LSEC) and develop a new 5,654 square metre site in its place. The £47m project will include classrooms, wellbeing spaces,…

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Kier scoops Oxfordshire prison scheme

Joshua Stein — Fri, 31 May 2024 11:45:36 +0000

Kier has landed a job to build an accommodation block and workshop at HMP Bullingdon, Construction News can reveal. The contractor scooped the design-and-build contract to construct a seventh houseblock at the category B prison, which will increase its capacity by 247 to more than…

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Kier pool job cost swells after archaeological find

Joshua Stein — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:45:08 +0000

A major archaeological discovery last year at a Kier construction project has raised the cost of the job by nearly 50 per cent. The project to demolish and then rebuild Abbey Fields Swimming Pool in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, was set to cost £26.8m when Kier scooped…

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Kier scoops £118m civil servant hub job

Joshua Stein — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:56:38 +0000

Kier has nabbed a job to build a four-storey office block for civil servants in Darlington. The contractor will design and build a £118m office space that will house 1,400 civil servants once it opens in 2027. It is part of a major move to…

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Bumper road project delayed again as legal challenge comes in

Joshua Stein — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:59:29 +0000

A £1.49bn project to develop the A66 has hit another stumbling block in the form of a legal challenge. The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project received development consent last month. The project would see a 50km section of road upgraded to dual carriageway. But during a…

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Big hitters scoop spots on £1.6bn decarb framework

Joshua Stein — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:00:11 +0000

Tier one contractors Kier, Morgan Sindall and Tilbury Douglas have gained places on a major decarbonisation framework. The four-year agreement from Pagabo will cover decarbonisation works across all sectors in the UK except the healthcare sector, which was covered in a separate Pagabo framework announced…

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Kier confirmed for FM on Welsh cancer hospital

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:53:25 +0000

Kier has been confirmed as the facilities management (FM) provider at a major new hospital in Cardiff. The contractor’s Kier Places arm will carry out the work at the Velindre Cancer Centre (pictured) for a period of 25 years, starting in 2027. Its duties will…

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Kier signs small nuclear reactor research deal

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:37:30 +0000

Kier has announced that it will help develop small modular reactors (SMR) with US firm X-Energy. The contractor has signed a memorandum of understanding with X-Energy and Babcock subsidiary Cavendish Nuclear to collaborate on the new technology. The firms will have access to £3.34m from…

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Kier and Morgan Sindall scoop multiple lots on £1.6bn healthcare framework

Joshua Stein — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:04:33 +0000

Kier and Morgan Sindall have been named on three lots in a new framework focusing on decarbonisation in the healthcare sector. The tier one firms were both named on lots two, three and four of the £1.6bn work package, which will include the replacement of…

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