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We are delighted to share with you a blog from our client, Emma Osmundsen, managing director of Exeter City Living, which is part of Exeter City Council. It's all about #Passivhaus buildings. Click the link to find out how Emma discovered Passivhaus design and the benefits it has delivered. You can also read about the groundbreaking project we are working with Emma and Exeter City Council on - St Sidwell's Point - which when compete next year will be the UK's first Passivhaus standard leisure centre. Read more here:
We have been appointed to deliver a £59m major infrastructure project at Sellafield We were appointed through the Programme and Project Partners model, which is set to revolutionise project delivery at Sellafield and create a lasting legacy Mark Pengelly, group managing director at Kier Infrastructure, said: “We’re pleased to have been appointed to this project, which we have been awarded on the basis of our proven delivery capability in the nuclear environment. The team has also shown a demonstrable commitment to working with the PPP members to ensure this key scheme can be delivered safely, to quality and on budget, supporting the PPP values and long-term strategy.”
Our Telecoms team has secured another win! We are delighted to confirm we are working with CityFibre to deliver full fibre rollouts across five towns and cities in England. This work will create c.300 employment, apprenticeship and training opportunities. Find out more below:
Kier Construction has become the first construction organisation in the UK to be awarded the Social Value Quality Mark Level 2. In 2018, Kier was the first construction services business to achieve Social Value Quality Mark Level 1 and Level 2 takes this commitment further by demonstrating how we have been delivering on our plans to deliver the pledges we made to achieve Level 1. It is one of the most rigorously tested standard of its kind in the UK, and to read more, visit the below:
Recently our Regional Civils team completed a project, replacing eroded concrete along a 40m length of Loe Bar Outfall. Loe Bar Outfall prevents The Loe, the largest freshwater lake in #Cornwall, from flooding and major erosion to the concrete outfall surround had left the outfall at serious risk of failing over the coming winter. This concrete had to be replaced by October 2020. A specialist contractor in sprayed concrete application was engaged as soon as we were awarded the works. The work was programmed to be undertaken in 20 shifts throughout September, with a long weekend break in the middle when the tides were not suitable for work to continue. All 20 shifts were undertaken as planned without issue, and the works were completed successfully on 24th September 2020, thus ensuring winter readiness for the outfall. Collaboration with all aspects of our supply chain assisted in producing a successful outcome for this project. To read more about this project, click below:
24 October was World Fish Migration Day and Kier has been working as the lead delivery partner on the Unlocking the Severn project and is delivering fish passes at four weirs â Holt, Bevere, Diglis and Lincomb. The ambitious Unlocking the River Severn restoration project is being undertaken by the Canal & River Trust in partnership with the Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and Natural England. Eddie Quinn, director of Regional Civils at Kier, said: âWeâre thrilled to reach this major project milestone at Bevere and we now have three more fish passes to go â with Diglis the next due for completion. I would like to send my thanks to the team and our supply chain; the expertise shown has enabled us to reach this point and will benefit rare and endangered fish in the river.â For more on this, visit the below:
We're pleased to announce that we have been ranked as one of the top 100 apprentice employers in the Government’s brand-new Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list. We currently have over 550 apprentices and the list celebrates some of the country's most outstanding apprenticeship employers. Andrew Davies, chief executive at Kier, said: “It is vital that we continue to attract the best talent that best reflects the communities we serve. Through our apprenticeship offering and being placed on this list we are highlighting our commitment to offering high-quality opportunities that benefit a range of people, including those that are starting their career, those looking to change careers or anyone wanting to upskill.” For more on this, visit below:
Riana Hattrell is currently undertaking a year-long industrial placement with Kier on the A13 Road Widening Project in Thurrock. Previously, Riana undertook a summer placement at our Crossrail joint venture, all whilst studying towards a Civil Engineering MEng at Loughborough University. Riana was offered the chance to contribute towards Generation Eng, a new magazine created to inspire young engineers. The magazine - which is being distributed to schools, universities and businesses - celebrates the achievements of young engineers and aims to encourage people to explore educational and career paths in the engineering sector. Here, in an excerpt from the magazine, Riana talks about her positive experiences on placement and the support that Kier has provided to her as she starts her career in the construction industry:
We launched Building for a Sustainable World this week and here, Jo Gilroy our Group head of sustainability & environment discusses the new framework and why it's now time to change the language around sustainability. In the framework there are ten areas of actions, five environmental and five social and they focus on where we think we can have the greatest impact through our operations. Read more here:
At Kier our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK. For over 90 years we have been delivering for communities across the UK, and now, more than ever, it’s important that we do this sustainably. That's why we're excited to launch our new sustainability framework, Building for a Sustainable World. Our framework looks beyond the ‘green’ trend and instead focuses on building on the good work that Kier has previously undertaken in environmental protection and the creation of social value in the communities we work in. It focuses on two key components; environmental sustainability and social sustainability, with our culture of Performance Excellence focusing on economic sustainability. To read more, visit the below:
