Bovis made an improved offer for Galliford Try’s Linden Homes and partnership & regeneration businesses this morning, more than three months after its first offer was rejected. Construction News looks at what’s on the table and what it means for each company. What the deal covers Bovis, with its 4,000…
Galliford Try's work on the taxiways is gathering pace, as James Wilmore gets airside to see how the contractor is tackling the challenge of laying concrete amid a live airport environment
Project: Manchester Airport Transformation Programme Client: Manchester Airport Group Contract value: £55m Main contractor: Galliford Try Concrete paving: Gill…
Good news for Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty – the notorious Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) is very nearly finished.
That was the update we got from Galliford Try in its half-year results to the end of December, released today. Construction is apparently complete with chief executive Peter Truscott saying it’s…
The Lincoln Eastern Bypass has required a staggering £10m of archaeological works as well as overcome the liquidation of its main contractor.
Project: Lincoln Eastern Bypass Client: Lincolnshire County Council Project value:£120m Main contractor: Galliford Try Contract value:£72m Contract type: NEC Option C Start date: February 2018 Completion date: Spring 2020…
In south London Galliford Try is approaching its eighth year on a residential development by the Thames that now faces the trickiest phase of work yet.
Project: Building 6B, Riverside Quarter, WandsworthClient: Frasers Property UKContract value: £63mMain contractor: Galliford TryConcrete frame subcontractor: O’Halloran & O’BrienStart date: January 2017Completion date: January…
Galliford Try construction chief executive Bill Hocking used an interesting metaphor to explain tier one margins when I spoke to him this morning.
“I liken tier ones at the moment to an egg timer,” he said – specifically the hourglass shape. “At the top you’ve got […] clients, designers and consultants, then…
In Birmingham a two-block residential building that tops out at 22 storeys has emerged from the middle of an old subterranean car park.
Project: Arena Central – Project DandaraClient: Dandara LivingContract value: £40mContract type: JCT 2011 Design and BuildMain contractor: Galliford TryStart date: January 2017Completion date: May 2019 Nowhere underlines the resurgence in…
The troubled £745m Aberdeen bypass has been hit by repeated delays and the loss this year of JV partner Carillion. Lurking beneath these problems, CN has now seen damning internal reports and heard allegations of shocking safety standards that have prompted calls for a government investigation.
“It’s a miracle no one…
Working on the Manchester Airport expansion has presented Galliford Try with some uncommon logistical concerns.
Going through airport security can make plane travel a hassle with all the queuing and waiting time it adds. Now imagine having up to 30 operatives – plus their vehicles – going through that. Every single…
There was a crackle of static on the line, then Bill Hocking drew a breath, weighing up the most diplomatic answer.
“Put it this way,” he said in his distinctive Zimbabwean twang. “When these jobs came up I decided not to bid on them.” Galliford Try’s construction boss was talking about one…
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