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Participants (from left) Kerrie-Anne Tidser, Hollie McArthur, Helena Montague and Nicole Scott with their certificates hub South West has concluded its first highly successful eight week introductory course aimed at getting more women into the construction industry.

Kier Group has revealed plans to dispose of non-core operations as part of an efficiency and streamlining programme. Launched last month, the Future Proofing Kier initiative will see the group focus on three key market positions, infrastructure services, buildings and developments & housing.

The Glasgow School of Art and Kier Construction have agreed to end the current contract to restore the Mackintosh Building with immediate effect following the recent devastating fire. In a joint statement both parties said that the current contract “could no longer be fulfilled or completed”.

A fire suppression system at the Glasgow School of Art was only weeks away from being activated when fire tore through the Mackintosh Building earlier this month, according to a trade body. The British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association said huge pumps needed for the water mist system had arrived

Image: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Kier Construction Scotland has defended its fire safety process at the blaze-stricken Mackintosh Building.

Image: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Kier Construction Scotland, the main contractor in charge of restoring the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, has issued a short statement in response to the devastating fire which broke out on Friday.

Brian McQuade (MD Scotland Kier), Jacqui Rock (commercial director DIO), Gary Holmes (director Scotland Graham) Kier Graham Defence, Morgan Sindall and VolkerStevin have been appointed to deliver a broad range of building, civil engineering and mechanical / electrical works as part of the Defence In

An inquiry report on construction failings at the DG One leisure centre in Dumfries has highlighted more than 90 defects at the project. The flagship facility opened in 2008 but was forced to shut permanently six years later for repair work which will cost more than the original construction. Since

Kier Construction has been confirmed as the preferred contractor to deliver the first stage of the Citizens Theatre’s £19.4 million redevelopment project in Glasgow following a competitive tender process. In what will be the most comprehensive redevelopment of the Victorian building since it open

Claire Tait Clare Tait, an environmental advisor at Kier, discusses her route into construction and the hugely varied role that she carries out as a woman in the sector.

Kier Construction Scotland scooped four national accolades at this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme annual awards - all for projects based in Scotland.

Construction output in the UK has continued its recent decline with February Office for National Statistics figures showing that the sector suffered a 1.6 per cent month-on-month fall, and compared with February 2017, construction output fell 3.0 per cent; the biggest month-on-year fall since March

hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, has handed over the £45 million William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock to East Ayrshire Council.

Gordon Hunter hub South West’s eighth Building for Growth programme is now underway with more local businesses signed up in expectation of winning new work from Scotland’s Tier 1 contractors.