Kier Group

Wallace Hume is a senior project manager at Kier and he is currently working on the refurbishment of The Burrell Collection in Glasgow. Here, Wallace talks about his career within the built environment, his passion for heritage projects and his pride at winning three Considerate Constructor Scheme A

Kier Group has appointed Helen Samuels to a newly created senior role within its construction business. A Chartered Civil Engineer and fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Helen will join Kier as technical director in January 2021, from her current role as CEO of Bibby Marine.

Kier Group has today followed last year's heavy losses with another plunge into the red of more than £273 million.

Former Halcrow civil engineer Alison Atkinson is to join the board of Kier, the construction group announced today. Ms Atkinson is the chief executive officer of AWE plc, which she joined in 2005 having previously worked for Halcrow Group as an engineer and a project manager. She has held

The accountancy failures surrounding the collapse of Carillion are costing other firms with government contracts millions of pounds in annual audit fees.

Kier Group has announced End Youth Homelessness (EYH), a UK-wide movement of local charities that have joined forces to tackle homelessness together, as its new corporate charity partner.

FM Conway and Kier Integrated Services Ltd have been reinstated to the Prompt Payment Code following an overhaul of their payment practices.

Seddon and Kier Highways have been reinstated to the Prompt Payment Code following improvements in payment practices to their supply chain.

The University of Edinburgh has appointed Kier to build the new home of its school of engineering at its King’s Buildings Campus.

Chris McGhee is framework manager for Kier Regional Building Scotland and was part of the team who helped convert the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow into NHS Louisa Jordan. Here, Chris shares his experience on the project and how the construction industry united at a time when the country n

A contractor who took on nearly 80 workers when it was awarded an SGN gas mains replacement and connections contract gave them a deadline to accept voluntary redundancy just days later.

Contractors at the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow were applauded by NHS staff yesterday on the completion of the emergency coronavirus medical facility.

The UK Government has given formal approval for work on High Speed 2 (HS2) to proceed as long as sites comply with guidance for safe working practices in relation to social distancing.

Work to transform the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow to house a temporary NHS Scotland hospital is now under way with four main contractors involved.

Kier Group has introduced a salary cut of up to 25% as part of a package of measures to continue operating “as efficiently as possible” during the coronavirus crisis.