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Are you looking for a way to study for a degree within the built environment, all whilst gaining practical industry leading experience? Then our Kier Degree programmes could be exactly what you're looking for. With opportunities available in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management and Civil Engineering our Kier Degree programme gives you the opportunity to study for a recognised BSc with one of our partner universities. For more information on how to apply visit the below:
Kier has been appointed by Durham County Council to create a new £14m History Centre & Archives. The works will include the refurbishment of the nineteenth century Grade II Listed Mount Oswald Manor House, to turn it into a local history hub, bringing together archive, heritage and registration services at a single location. It will also include the relocation of Durham Register Office to the site. Dan Doherty, regional director at Kier Regional Building North & Scotland, said: “We are pleased to have been appointed to deliver this specialist project and continue our working relationship with Durham County Council. We have a range of experience in delivering first-class refurbishment projects for Grade Listed properties and we look forward to being a part of Durham’s extensive history.” For more on this, visit the below:
Today marks a year since the UK's first Covid lockdown. We are incredibly proud of everything that our teams have achieved in the last year. Watch our video here, highlighting some of the ways we have continued to deliver for our customers and communities. Since the outbreak of Covid, we have remained committed to meeting our purpose, to sustainably deliver vital infrastructure across the UK. Thank you to all our teams, our supply chain and our clients. Working together we continue to support the industry's post-Covid recovery.
HMP Five Wells, a new build resettlement prison in Wellingborough, has been designed to BREEAM Excellent standards. Sustainable features include air and ground source heat pumps, occupancy sensors, LED lighting and solar panels on the roof. Buildings are smart metred and there will be electric charging points for vehicles. Throughout the design and construction phases we have reduced our carbon footprint through product innovation, material choices and recycling initiatives. Find out more about this exemplar scheme here:
We’re delighted to announce that we are changing the name of our housing maintenance and facilities management operations to Kier Places. Kier Places brings together all of our property management expertise into one new business focused on providing clients with the best maintenance, compliance, fire safety and refurbishment services in and around occupied properties. With Kier Places, we are combining the technical and operational excellence you would expect from a Kier business with the high level of customer engagement and communication essential when carrying out maintenance and construction projects in places where people live and work. Find out more about what Kier Places offers below:
Emma Tyler Newbould is another inspirational woman who works at Kier. Emma is an assistant site manager at Kier Regional Building North and Scotland and has been with Kier since 2015, when she joined as a year in the industry student and she has since worked on a variety of projects. In this blog, Emma talks about here career-to-date, as well as why social value is so important to her. You can read it here:
We're proud to be supporting #InternationalWomensDay, a day that celebrates the social, economic and cultural achievements of women. Across Kier, women have shared with us their experiences in the industry and spoken about why they are proud to work for Kier and in the built environment. Over the next week, we will be sharing with you some of the inspiring and talented women we have working at Kier - they'll be sharing their experiences, more about the roles they work in and what their aspirations for the future hold.
Following on from the chancellor's budget earlier today, our chief executive, Andrew Davies, said: "It has been encouraging to see the Budget set out a path to address the steep economic challenges the UK faces, as well as a commitment demonstrating how infrastructure can support the UK recovery and address regeneration and levelling-up across the country. "Critical to the recovery will be the unlocking of ‘shovel-ready’ projects and the speed at which these are brought to site. We, as an industry, are ready to work collaboratively with government to make this a reality and further details of the National Infrastructure Bank announced today are an important and positive step forward”.
At any one time at Kier we have around 550 projects on site across the country. Every project we deliver allows us to bring our unique thinking to solve problems, innovate and collaborate with our clients, supply chain and beyond. Long after a contract has been delivered, communities remember us for the positive legacy we leave behind. To look at the range of projects we have completed across the UK, visit the below:
To help our colleagues manage childcare and work during half-term, we hosted activities each day for their children. We'd like to thank our colleagues who helped organise and run the daily sessions, including: * Susan Lucas, HR systems trainer, who hosted a singalong and a storytime with Memory Owl, to help children with their times tables *Joanna Malin-Burke, an office manager and Andrea Simon, a regional SHEA manager, both Girlguiding leaders, hosted a scavenger hunt and outdoor survival indoors. * Older children were invited to a career conversation with Kier chief executive Andrew Davies and head of talent acquisition Paul Thornton, where they asked Andrew questions about his career and learned about CV writing, job applications and interviews from Paul. Outside of those sessions, families were encouraged to complete a series of challenges, and we were very impressed with their efforts!
