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We're thrilled that we have been reappointed to the Gloucestershire County Council Framework. We have been on it since its inception and have been awarded 58 projects that have been procured through it, including the vital refurbishment of Shire Hall, Gloucestershire County Council's head office. To find out more, click below:
Working collaboratively with Network Rail, our Rail team recently completed a UK first. Find out more about what we did on the line in the East of England and how passenger safety was at the core of this project, here:
Our teams across the Group work tirelessly to deliver vital infrastructure and services to communities across the UK. Across our sectors, we maintain the UK’s highways networks, deliver vital maintenance to peoples’ homes, provide FM services to the NHS, build schools and hospitals, deliver critical national infrastructure and provide key services to the water, gas, power, telecoms and rail sectors. The situation is fast-moving and dynamic. We are therefore continuously reviewing our response to it and are adapting our procedures so as to continue to deliver our services in a safe and responsible way. You can read our full statement regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic by following the link below:
We are pleased to confirm we have been reappointed by hub South West as one of its Tier 1 contractors. Through this framework we have delivered projects, including Ayr Academy, Cumbernauld Community Enterprise Development, Queen Margaret Academy & Marr college. Find out more, here:
Over this week we are sharing a series of blogs from colleagues from across our business as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. In this blog, Sarah Topping explains how she has kept herself busy to protect her mental health during lockdown. Read her blog in full here:
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and we'll be sharing a series of blogs from our employees outlining their experience with mental health during this unprecedented time. Our first blog is from Lee Slater from our Highways business. Here, Lee discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has caused him to struggle with the change in routine and lifestyle:
We have been collaboratively working with Anglian Water Services. Anglian Water to improve the method of installing water meters. The new method saves time on install whilst also reduces end-users cost through faster identification of leaks and more accurate bills. This collaborative programme between Anglian Water Services, Kier Group and Clancy Docwra has been shortlisted for 'Wastewater Innovation Project of the year' for the Water Industry Awards 2020. For more information on how we developed this project, put it into practice and the impact it has made so far, click the on the photo below:
We have signed contracts to deliver a £150m three-mile dual carriageway on the A585 Windy Harbour and Skippool The project will improve the safety of pedestrians, equestrians and cyclists around the existing A585, as well as reducing congestion and supporting the economic growth potential in Wyre and Fylde.
Kier Highways has been appointed to deliver the 15-month interim highways services contract for Birmingham City Council starting from 1 April and covering more than 2,500km of road and 5,000km of footways in the city. Joe Incutti, Kier Acting Group Managing Director for Highways said “We are delighted to be appointed to the Birmingham Highways contract and have a wealth of experience in successfully designing and maintaining local authority roads.We are looking forward to working alongside Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Highways Ltd on this contract to keep roads in Birmingham safe and reliable.”
Last week we partnered with Buildoffsite and Bison Precast to host a factory visit at one of the manufacturing facilities supplying components for our £253m new build prison at Wellingborough. Forterra PLC's specialist precast division, Bison are providing 4,920 precast components for the project. During the tour, guests were able to see some of the components being produced for the scheme, as well as gain an understanding of the key considerations for manufacturing including storage space, logistics and traceability of components from Bison’s commercial director Mike Nelson. Our procurement lead John Handscomb presented on Kier’s Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach at Wellingborough, as well as the collaborative, digital-first culture being adopted by the project team. He also provided an overview of our offsite capabilities and Choice Factory initiative.
