Search Results: 'Kier'

Thames Water awards London sewage upgrade contract
04 December, 2013
Thames Water has confirmed Aecom and Murphy Kier (AMK) as the successful contractor for a GBP 177M (USD 290.4M) rebuild of one of London’s largest sewage works.

Compensation scheme for listed workers
11 October, 2013
Eight major construction companies announced a scheme to compensate workers whose names were on The Consulting Association (TCA) database. The practice of listing workers, and thus negatively affecting their reputations, is known colloquially as ‘blacklisting’ in the UK. The debate surrounding the TCA has been prominent in the last year.

Crossrail completes first tunnel
10 October, 2013
The first Crossrail TBM has finished tunnelling in London. Crossrail announced yesterday that TBM Phyllis had reached Farringdon, the central station, ending its drive from Royal Oak, the western portal. The machine launched 17 months ago by the Bam Ferrovial Kier JV.

London tunnel fit-out contract awarded
09 April, 2013
A tunnel fit-out job for the new rail tunnels under London has been awarded to a JV comprising Costain, French trackwork specialist TSO and Alstom Transport, Crossrail announced last week. The job to design and install track and tunnel equipment is the last major construction contract to be awarded.

TBM Betty breaks through at Preston
26 March, 2013
The GBP 114M (USD 173M) sewer improvement scheme is being undertaken by KMI+, a joint venture partnership between Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, J. Murphy & Sons Limited and Interserve Construction Limited, as part of United Utilities capital programme in west Lancashire and north Manchester, Murphy Group announced earlier this month.