Multiplex

Multiplex has broken its silence about the dispute over its £900m One Nine Elms project, pledging that work will return to full capacity "shortly". Construction News revealed last week that workers were leaving the site in droves after client R&F Properties allegedly failed to pay the main contractor for work…

A court has ruled that a £72.8m legal claim against Multiplex and its partners over alleged defects on a hospital build should not be thrown out because of a contractual clause favouring adjudication. Greater Glasgow Health Board is suing Multiplex, Brookfield Europe, Currie & Brown and Capita Property and Infrastructure…

Multiplex is offering staff the option of four-day working weeks in a new flexible-working initiative that it hopes will improve the gender balance in the company. Its ‘Multiplex Flex’ initiative will provide staff with different options for flexible working. It includes early finishes on Fridays, four-day weeks, remote working and…

A public inquiry into the design and construction of two Scottish hospitals heard evidence today from those affected. Multiplex, Mott MacDonald and consultants Currie & Brown are three of the 11 named core participants in the delivery and operation of a new hospital in Glasgow and another in Edinburgh. Safety…

Keltbray has named Craig Moorfield as its group technical director. Moorfield has joined the firm from Multiplex where he was head of engineering for Europe. His new employer said that Moorfield would pay special attention to the sustainability of Keltbray’s work. Group chief executive Darren James said: “He has an…

Multiplex UK finance director Zahida Hanif has left the business. Hanif joined the Australian-owned contractor in April 2018, having spent more than a decade at rival Lendlease. She was appointed finance director of the UK business in January last year. A Multiplex spokesperson said: “Zahida Hanif has stepped down from…

Kier, Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are exploring possibilities to enable tradespeople and site-based staff to work flexibly, Construction News can reveal. Kier will soon start pilot programmes on three projects that will see workers, including tradespeople, try flexible-working options. The pilot will be run in association with flexible working…

Multiplex UK made a pre-tax loss of £158.6m in 2020, which it has blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic. The contractor, best known for its work on high-rise projects in London, closed its sites after lockdown was introduced in late March 2020 and said its productivity was hit after it began…

Balfour Beatty and Mace are among the major organisations to adopt a new prequalification standard that promises to cut paperwork for suppliers. The new Common Assessment Standard (CAS) requires suppliers to obtain just one prequalification certification before tendering for work. This represents a shift from the previous system where different…

Multiplex’s attempt to sue the insurer of a failed design consultant that worked on 100 Bishopsgate for £5m has been struck down in court. The case concerned the construction of the original slip-form rig built on the City of London skyscraper. Concrete specialist Dunne collapsed in mid-2016 after it had…