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Contractor Kier has been ordered to undertake safety inspections of one of Argent’s schemes in King’s Cross, London, after part of the building’s cladding fell off. The developer declined to say how long the inspections will take or whether remediation work is needed on the rest of the structure. However,…

Milestone Infrastructure has landed a Suffolk highways contract worth up to £1bn. Suffolk County Council named the contractor, which was Skanska UK’s infrastructure services division until its acquisition by M Group Services, on the 20-year deal. Kier formerly held the local authority’s highways contract, but its performance was criticised by…

Balfour Beatty moved to the top of the contractors' league table for the first time in two years thanks to a £1.2bn job to build the northern road linked to the Lower Thames Crossing. The job, to build nearly 10 miles of new road, almost single-handedly drove Balfour to first…

Two people were arrested at a protest blocking the entrance to the construction site at HMP Full Sutton prison near York on Tuesday (31 January). Kier’s work at the site, which will add 1,400 spaces to the prison population, was disrupted by 10 protesters from the HS2 Rebellion group. The activists…

Protesters have blockaded the entrance to the construction site at HMP Full Sutton prison near York. Kier scooped the job to develop the jail in August, which will add 1,400 new spaces for the UK’s prison population. The protesters, part of the HS2 Rebellion group, said they were shutting down…

A former trainee engineer has been appointed as Kier’s new chief people officer. Louisa Finlay (pictured) will take up the role from 6 March, more than 30 years since she joined Kier. Finlay initially joined the contractor as a trainee engineer on a sandwich degree, and has worked at the…

Balfour Beatty has landed a £1.2bn contract to build roads on the north of the River Thames as part of the Lower Thames Crossing megaproject. National Highways selected the company ahead of a joint venture between Kier and Eiffage. The contract is for a two-stage design-and-build project delivering around 10…

Kier has been confirmed on a £65m Passivhaus school contract in Edinburgh. The building, Passivhaus Currie Community High School, will be one of the secondary schools built to the environmental standard in Scotland. Features of Passivhaus include a reduction in total energy usage by up to 70 per cent compared…

Kier has developed a new scheme to entice workers back to the industry after a career break. The contractor’s new “returnship” scheme will see former workers reintegrate into Kier’s business over 12 weeks, which could then turn into a permanent position. The three-month programme will take the form of a…

Kier has been fined £4.4m for two incidents in which workers hit overhead power lines while upgrading the M6 in Cheshire. The safety breaches took place in March 2018 and January 2019, as Kier was carrying out smart-motorways work valued at £475m for Highways England. According to a statement from…