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North Tyneside community facility scheme achieves excellent Considerate Constructors Scheme report(22/05/2012)
Kier North Tyneside has received an excellent Considerate Constructors Scheme report for Decent Homes work carried out in partnership with North Tyneside Homes, on site at Hedley Place to improve 57 properties. The report highlights the company’s commitment to improving the service it delivers to its customers, neighbours and employees, and puts the site in the top 10% of sites rated across the country. In each of the eight sections of the Con... [more]
UK Housing Policy in a Derelict State says Scape(15/05/2012)
Housing is a hot topic at the moment. With the recently published new planning rules, there is much debate about whether the Government has gone far enough to encourage affordable housing developments so more low earners can step off rental or council tenancy lists and onto the property ladder. Scape, a local authority controlled company that delivers cost and time savings to public sector construction projects across the UK, has a view on th... [more]
Educational eco project launches at Heathcote School - Waltham Forest(29/02/2012)
Forty directors work with sixth form pupils at Olympic borough school to achieve internationally recognised eco status. Sixth form pupils at a school in the London Olympic borough of Waltham Forest have spent two intensive days working with more than 40 directors of Kier Services in an innovative project to devise a comprehensive strategy to deliver sustainable environmental improvements in the school and the wider community. Heathcote Scho... [more]
Kier to carry out over 2500 construction projects for Scape(17/10/2011)
As a local authority controlled company, Scape is at the forefront of driving down public sector building procurement costs. It already has a number of different national frameworks in place to achieve this, which can be accessed by any public sector body operating in the UK. Scape has announced Kier as the sole contractor appointed to deliver a range of construction projects throughout the UK. In securing the contract for this latest Scape N... [more]
Kier secures four new contracts to provide repairs and maintenance across the UK(09/09/2011)
Kier has announced it has secured four new contracts to provide repairs and maintenance across Gosport, Ealing, Richmondshire and North Bransholme. The contracts, which strengthen Kier’s presence across the country, are worth a combined annual value of over £25m. The contract with Ealing Council, which has an annual value of £4m and will run for five years, began on 1 July and provides handyperson services for communal repairs, as well as voi... [more]
Kier Street Services selects fleet of Mercedes-Benz and Fuso trucks(05/08/2011)
Kier Street Services has headquarters in Basingstoke and provides a range of environmental services to a fast-growing portfolio of clients that includes local authorities, government agencies and private industry. Kier Street Services has begun work on the first of two jointly procured contracts in Norfolk together worth £68 million over eight years. Norfolk residents are now benefiting from improved waste and recycling, street cleansing and ... [more]
Kier joint venture to deliver new Hong Kong station(12/07/2011)
A joint venture between Kier Construction, Laing O’Rourke and Kaden Construction has been awarded a £190m (HK$2.4bn) contract by the MTR Corporation for the construction of the new Admiralty Integrated Station in Hong Kong. Under this four-year contract, the existing Admiralty Station will be significantly extended to provide interchange facilities between the existing Tsuen Wan Line, the new South Island Line (East) and the proposed Shatin to... [more]
Kier to build Isle of Sheppey Academy(28/06/2011)
Formerly part of the Kent Building Schools for the Future LEP1 programme, the £54m Isle of Sheppey Academy project will see construction of a facility across two sites on the east and west of the island, to serve 2,450 students. The Academy, specialising in business, enterprise and sport, will include a media suite, drama facilities, dance studios, performance studio, sports halls and outdoor sporting facilities, as well as a vocational centre. ... [more]
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