Galliford Try

Scotland’s Labour leader has called for a government probe into health and safety on the Aberdeen bypass following an investigation by Construction News.

Former staff who worked on the £745m project have told CN they quit over health and safety concerns, having raised fears that repeated accidents on site would eventually lead to a…

Galliford Try has landed a £67m design-and-build deal for a smart motorways scheme on the M56 near Manchester Airport.

Highways England picked Galliford Try for the contract, which will see the contractor upgrade pavements, barriers and drainage systems between junctions 6 and 8 on the M56. The contract will also require the installation…

Galliford Try has warned the financial hit it will take on the troubled Aberdeen bypass is likely to rise after weather-related delays. 

In a trading update today, the contractor said the size of the exceptional charge will depend on progress this summer, but was expected to be below the £25m hit…

Highways England has selected 11 contractors for a new national road resurfacing framework that could be worth up to £3.3bn.

Aggregate Industries, Colas, Galliford Try, Hanson Contracting and Tarmac have all landed places on the four-year framework (see table), which will run from 2018 to 2022. Under the framework, Highways England will be able…

Aberdeenshire Council has confirmed it’s seeking compensation from the Balfour Beatty / Galliford Try joint venture building the Aberdeen bypass over damage to local roads.

The local body said there had been “significant damage” to some local routes because of thousands of tonnes of materials being moved on roads close to…

Galliford Try Partnerships and Regeneration finance director Steve Breslin has been poached by Lovell.

Mr Breslin has taken over as finance director at the housing development arm of Morgan Sindall with immediate effect. He left Galliford Try’s affordable housing and regeneration business last month after almost four years as the division’s…

Workers on the £745m Aberdeen bypass project have “downed tools” over a pay dispute, Transport Scotland has confirmed.

The transport body told Construction News the Balfour Beatty / Galliford Try joint venture delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) had confirmed workers from subcontractor Rossmore Civils walked off the site.  “We are aware…

Galliford Try has lodged a counter-claim over a payment of nearly £3.5m allegedly owed to a collapsed subcontractor.

Paisley-based contractor Power One Electrical Contractors went into administration last September claiming it was owed nearly £3.5m by Galliford Try, and that this had led to its administration. The latest administrator’s report for…

Galliford Try has secured backers for its £157.6m rights issue of new shares that will help cover rising costs on the problem Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

In an announcement to the market today, Galliford said cost over-runs on the troubled road scheme were set to consume more than £150m of its…

Galliford Try has sold its 45 per cent equity stake in its northern school PPP project to an infrastructure investment company for £9m.

HICL Infrastructure’s acquisition takes it total stake in the North East Priority Schools Building Programme to 90 per cent, with the Treasury’s IUK Investments holding the remaining 10…