Tilbury Douglas

Lendlease was the contractor with which the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spent the most money in the last financial year, Construction News can reveal. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the Australian-owned multinational topped the government body’s spending in 2021/22 with £149.5m – double the next best-placed…

Tilbury Douglas has appointed Tom Spilsted as its new interim commercial director for the UK. Spilsted joins the contractor after more than nine years as a director at Hockerley Consult, a firm specialising in resolving construction contract disputes. Before that, he was commercial director at Bovis Lendlease - now Lendlease…

Northumbrian Water is seeking more than £22m from Tilbury Douglas and a joint venture partner, Construction News can reveal. In May, an adjudicator ruled that a Tilbury Douglas/Doosan Enpure JV should pay £22.5m to the client plus interest of £338,518, and further interest of £1,500 per day until it paid…

Tilbury Douglas managing director for infrastructure Chris Tyerman is to leave the company amid a restructure of its board. All operations will in future report to head of UK building Craig Tatton. Tyerman (pictured left), who joined the firm then known as Interserve from Costain in 2014, is the only…

Interserve chairman Alan Lovell has been appointed chair of the Environment Agency. Lovell (pictured), a former Costain chief executive, was given the green light by MPs after they recognised his “strong private sector experience”. The 68-year-old earned a reputation as a turnaround specialist after his time at the civils firm…

Work to construct a new emergency and urgent care campus at a Stockport hospital has received the go-ahead. Tilbury Douglas will lead on the £30m contract to extend Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester by 300 square metres. The site will include a new children’s emergency department, and additional mental…

Tilbury Douglas has been selected for extension work on a Dorset hospital, as part of wider government plans to upgrade 48 buildings. The contractor will construct a new emergency department building and a critical care unit on the site of a former school, after it was chosen through a ProCure22…

Kier and Willmott Dixon are among a host of big-time contractors that have nabbed spots on a £240m framework covering the north of England. Tilbury Douglas, Henry Boot, Morgan Sindall and Galliford Try were also named on the YORbuild3 framework, which will last for four years. Specifically, the work will…

Morgan Sindall, Kier and Galliford Try are among firms on a new £1.8bn framework covering the North West. The framework has been split between building and infrastructure works and contains different value lots. The highest value band is for projects worth more than £30m. The projects covered include construction work…

Kier is reported to be in talks to buy Tilbury Douglas. The Cabinet Office has been notified of Kier’s intention to buy Tilbury Douglas, according to Sky News. Kier is one of the government’s largest strategic suppliers. One analyst Construction News spoke to this morning said acquiring Tilbury Douglas could…