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Many contractors might cast a jealous glance at a pre-tax profit around the £10m mark. Since the end of July, John Sisk & Son, Morrisroe and Erith have all declared losses. Six other CN100 firms have reported falling margins: McAleer & Rushe, Winvic, RJ McLeod, TSL, O’Halloran & O’Brien, and…

Laing O’Rourke has been appointed as the preferred construction partner on a new hospital in Lanarkshire. The firm will support the delivery of the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP), which will be “Scotland’s first fully digital and net-zero carbon hospital”, according to the client, NHS Lanarkshire. It is estimated that MRP…

Firms are being sought for a £6bn build-only utilities framework in the North West. Warrington-based United Utilities will hand out 17 contracts under the 10-year deal, which is part of a significantly expanded asset-management plan that could see the company's portfolio of work reach £14bn by 2035. Seven agreements will…

Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have landed a £225m prison-building contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The trio has been appointed to provide 1,200 new prison places across the UK with a focus on spatial efficiency, carbon reduction and rehabilitation. The firms are all adding to their prison workloads,…

Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) top builder in the past two financial years, Construction News can reveal. Data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act shows that the Derbyshire-headquartered firm – the UK's 12th-largest contractor by turnover according to the CN100 2022 – was paid £409m…

Galliford Try Construction, Keltbray Highways and Colas are among 15 firms appointed to a £355m Sheffield City Council civils framework. The YORcivil3 South and West Area Contractors Framework Agreement is for construction works to serve public bodies and third-sector organisations primarily in Yorkshire & the Humber. Jobs involved are principally…

Wates has picked up the job to build the first of four new neighbourhoods on the site of Sunderland’s former brewery, taking over from collapsed contractor Tolent. Sunderland City Council announced Wates' appointment as preferred contractor for the scheme, which will see it complete the partially built 135-home Vaux housing…

Procurement consultancy solutions firm Prosper has begun the search for contractors to work on new-build projects in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The £250m multi-supplier framework opportunity notice, released yesterday (24 August), states that the successful contractors will primarily be used for new-build residential projects, but the tender also includes commercial,…

ISG was the biggest contractor by spend for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the latest financial year, Construction News can reveal. CN obtained data on the MoJ’s spending in 2022/23 under the Freedom of Information Act. The spend includes that by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and HM Prison…