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ISG CEO is sole nominee to be next Build UK chair

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ISG chief executive chief Paul Cossell is on track to succeed Osborne’s Andy Steele as the chairperson of Build UK. Cossell is expected to be formally voted into the position at a general meeting on 11 January. He has been serving on Build UK's board as contractor director and was…

ISG wins National Cycling Centre refurb job

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ISG has been appointed to a £21m project to revamp and modernise the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. ISG will add new seats to expand the velodrome’s capacity and add a new glazed track barrier, install the latest technology for track timing and photo finishes and install a digital display…

ISG’s CEO stepping down after six years at the helm

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Paul Cossell is stepping down as ISG chief executive after leading the firm for six years. Cossell (pictured with Blowers) will end his stint as CEO in January next year but remain with ISG in an executive role and become vice chair. Matt Blowers, ISG’s current chief operations officer, will…

ISG takes top league spot with Barclays HQ job

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ISG topped the league tables in September after it secured a £100m job to revamp Barclays’ headquarters in Canary Wharf. The contractor beat Morgan Sindall to the top spot last month, putting pen to paper on £271.1m worth of contracts according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan, which compiles the data.…

In pictures: Lord’s Cricket Ground opens new stands

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The new Compton and Edrich stands were officially opened last week at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Situated either side of the ground’s media centre, the stands hold 11,600 people, increasing the overall capacity of Lord’s by 2,600 to a total of almost 32,000. Built by ISG and designed by architect WilkinsonEyre…

ISG set to begin construction of £3bn ‘gigafactory’

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ISG has begun work on a giant 253-acre plant for electrical-vehicle batteries in Northumberland. The factory for Britishvolt is expected to become the UK’s first full-scale ‘gigafactory’. At full capacity, it is expected to have the production capability for the delivery of cells for 300,000 electric-vehicle battery packs per year.…

McLaren tops July league after London resi win

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McLaren topped the contract wins league table in July thanks to a new residential focus scheme in London. The construction group has signed up to deliver British Land’s 136,000 square foot Aldgate Place phase two scheme in Tower Hamlets for £72m (pictured). The build contract, which will include the construction…

ISG contracts haul lands it top spot in June

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ISG pushed its way to the top of the contracts league table in June as it more than doubled the value of work won in May. The contractor signed 15 contracts in the month, worth a total of £227.5m. In a rare month for the contracts league, the winner signed…

Revealed: four tier ones to work together on £1bn new prisons deal

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Kier, Laing O’Rourke, ISG and Wates have been picked to deliver four prisons in four years worth around £1bn under a new alliancing arrangement, Construction News can exclusively reveal. As an alliance, the four will work together over the next year to develop detailed designs, plan construction and set up…

ISG set for growth spurt after £500m revenue drop

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ISG is preparing for “significant growth” in 2022 after coming through 2020 with lower revenue but still in profit. The contractor and fit-out firm saw revenue fall to £2.04bn in 2020, more than half a billion pounds down on the record £2.59bn it reported in 2019. The company said the…