Laing O’rourke

The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Construction of the new Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary has resulted in 55 more jobs being created than initial estimates had suggested, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.

Laing O’Rourke has reported a pre-tax loss of £141.3 million for its main UK construction business for the year to March 31 2016. The deficit, which emerged as the contractor posts results at Companies House for various operating arms of the business, compared to a £59.4m loss in 2015.

Policies employed by Laing O’Rourke over the extent of union access being permitted to its £212 million Dumfries hospital project amount to “backdoor blacklisting” and “can’t be tolerated on a public sector project”, construction union UCATT has said. The two parties are at loggerheads

UCATT protesters outside the £212m Dumfries hospital project earlier this month Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has tabled a Parliamentary motion criticising Laing O'Rourke's decision not to allow union officials access to the £212 million Dumfries hospital project site.

The £1 billion redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James centre is finally underway after political, financial and legal upheavals caused years of delays to the project. Building work began this week after developers TH Real Estate sold a 75 per cent stake in the 1.7 million sq ft retail and leisure

Jonathan Goring Jonathan Goring has been appointed as managing director of Lovell just three months after joining Laing O’Rourke.

CMS Window Systems has won a comprehensive building envelope contract valued circa £5 million to manufacture and install curtain walling for the new 350-bed Dumfries & Galloway Hospital. Appointed by main contractor Laing O’Rourke and working to a design by Ryder Architecture, CMS will manufa

Laing O’Rourke has announced plans to make around 200 redundancies from its UK operations. The contractor said this morning that the move is the next step in the implementation of its strategy to focus on engineering and manufacturing.

Chris Millard Laing O’Rourke has appointed Dr. Chris Millard to lead its Engineering Excellence Group.

Anna Stewart Laing O’Rourke has revealed Anna Stewart is to step down as group chief executive with immediate effect due to ill health.

Some of Britain's biggest construction firms could have to pay out tens of millions of pounds in damages after admitting that they defamed workers and infringed their rights. Eight high-profile contractors made an ‘amended defence’ of their role in blacklisting at a High Court hearing in London

Anna Stewart Laing O’Rourke has announced a £58 million pre-tax loss for its European division following problems with off-site prefabrication on several UK contracts.

Applications are now open for the 16th annual Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) Awards and Scottish construction businesses are encouraged to apply for their chance to join the country’s environmental elite. The awards scheme recognises and rewards businesses that contribu

Peter Williams Laing O’Rourke has appointed Peter Williams as a technical director for Europe.

Bob Clark International engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke has appointed Bob Clark to the newly created position of director for Scotland in its construction division.