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Kier has won a contract to build the £35m School of Digital Arts (SODA) for Manchester Metropolitan University. The five-storey, 5,200 sq m building will contain teaching facilities for the university's creative, digital, technology and business students. The building will feature a distinctive LED light wall on its exterior to…

Interserve has poached Kier major projects director Paul Gandy to head up its UK construction business. He will replace George Franks who is retiring in May, having spent 35 years with Interserve. Chief executive Debbie White said Mr Gandy would help to refocus the division as the company continues its…

Kier is carrying out the early repair works on the Hammersmith Bridge, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. The contractor started last week as part of attempts to reopen the bridge which has been closed since April after Hammersmith and Fulham Council found “critical faults” during a safety check. TfL…

Kier Highways boss Dave Wright has retired and stepped down from his position as executive director after four years at the company. He is to be replaced by Kier Highways finance director Joe Incutti on a temporary basis. Mr Wright had more than 30 years' experience in the industry since…

Thirteen contractors have won places on North West Construction Hub’s (NWCH) new £1bn Medium Value Framework. Galliford Try, Laing O'Rourke and Morgan Sindall were appointed to the biggest lot, for projects worth £5m-£10m in the North-west, alongside Engie, Harry Fairclough, ISG, Kier and Wates. Engie, Wates and Harry Fairclough Construction…

Kier’s estimated cost for building the King’s Dyke bypass in Cambridgeshire more than trebled from its original figure, it has emerged. Cambridgeshire County Council announced last month that it was looking to reprocure the Peterborough to Whittlesey connection after the contractor’s costs spiralled. Papers released by the council last week said it experienced…

Kier has been named among the winners on a £50m construction framework operated by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk. The framework is for the delivery of council building projects over a four-year period. The first contract will be for three buildings worth £11m in construction value,…

Cardiff Council has picked Kier to deliver the design phase of the £64m new Fitzalan High School. The council has yet to appoint a contractor for the construction contract and a separate tender is due to take place later this year. A spokesman for the local authority said Kier was…

There might be a few smiles at Kier HQ today. Its share price soared around 34 per cent after it met the best-case scenario for its net debt while also managing to pay suppliers a lot faster. A new chief financial officer was unveiled for good measure as well. But…

Kier's new chief financial officer will be Simon Kesterton, the company revealed in a stock market announcement this morning. Mr Kesterton joins Kier from packaging specialist RPC where he was CFO for six years until last month. He will take over from departing CFO Bev Dew on 19 September after…