Posted: 12th September, 2019
The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Chairperson of the Citizens Theatre of Glasgow, April Chamberlain, visited a Kier construction site on Friday 6th September 2019 to officially mark the start of redevelopment of the theatre. The redevelopment project will cost £21.5M and will last for a period of two years, with the designs... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
According to the Office For National Statistics’ Construction Output Report for July 2019, construction output increased by 0.5% in the month-on-month series during that month. This slight monthly increase can be attributed, according to the data provided, to a 0.8% increase in new work in addition to flat growth (0.0%) in the larger category of... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
A disused football stadium in the London Borough of Barnet has been redeveloped into the brand new Ark Pioneer Academy secondary school and sixth form which will welcome 180 new students this September. The former site of the Underhill Stadium, used by Barnet Football Club between 1907 and 2013, has been developed by the contractor... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
The Nottingham-based civil engineering and surfacing company, Thomas Bow City Asphalt, have secured a £36M contract, spanning a total of four-years, to provide road repair works to the city of Leicester and the surrounding county of Leicestershire. Through the terms of the contract Thomas Bow City Asphalt will act as the principal contractor, providing services... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
Within less than a year of being awarded the contract, Winvic Construction Ltd has completed the construction of the steel framework of the new Lidl Headquarters in Tolworth, Greater London. The new five-storey building, within the South-Western borough of London, will included all the necessary features of a business headquarters, including offices, meeting and conference... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
Kier offered six students vital knowledge about the construction industry this summer at Ponteland High School, in Northumberland, during a week of first-hand construction site work experience at the school itself. The students, aged between 15 and 17 years old, were provided with a unique week of work experience entailing first-hand construction work, presentations, and... Read More
Posted: 11th September, 2019
Kier have been appointed to enact construction on four lots within the third generation of North West Construction Hub’s Medium Value Construction Framework which, as a whole, is valued between £250M and £1Bn. Kier placed bids on four lots within the aforementioned construction framework and, fortunately, were appointed to each, achieving appointment to lots three,... Read More
Posted: 10th September, 2019
Kier’s construction site in Clydebank, where a new Golden Jubilee National Hospital is underway, was visited by the Scottish Health Secretary ahead of the centre’s completion. The new hospital will specialise in eye health, containing six theatres and an integrated outpatient department, with a predicted capacity that should allow 21,000 cataract procedures per year once... Read More
Posted: 10th September, 2019
An alternative provision academy has been constructed in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire under the Department for Education’s Construction Framework, with the school accommodating pupils aged four to 16 who are without access to mainstream education. The project was funded by the Wellspring Academy Trust and the Lincolnshire County Council with the building works having been completed by... Read More
Posted: 10th September, 2019
The buildings contractor company, Tolent, have completed construction of the new Phoenix 66 state-of-the-art warehousing unit on the Green Lane Industrial Estate in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, handing the property over to Onward Holdings Ltd. The warehouse features storage space of approximately 66,923sq ft, 3,207sq ft of additional second-floor future office space, 40 parking spaces for... Read More
