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[zicopele] 25/8/2017 15:42

You mention Costain. They have been very cautious. Lost Hinkley to Balfour because of price which may be good indicator or not.

In general I am very negative. HS2 is not the panacea to all the low industry margins.

[engineer66] 25/8/2017 15:33

I am tending to pull out the sector. Henry Boot I quite like, small, cautious and experienced management and a bit of PFI for stability. Not going to rocket but probably less chance of tanking. Any other ideas? Probably building material a better area.

[zicopele] 25/8/2017 14:51

The warning signs went up when they fired the infrastructure director last year. Presumably he took the blame for the disasters in rail and civil.

After all, long term old management could not be blamed.

[engineer66] 25/8/2017 14:43

Very sadly seems to be the case. Lack of working together for the past decade.
Its not been good for civil engineering in UK.

[zicopele] 25/8/2017 13:45

Yes..The rail jobs have been a disaster. Are these being reported as losses or carried in the published reports as work in progress?

Network Rail has no money to pay and in any case is dismantling it's supply chain.

[engineer66] 25/8/2017 10:38

Mersey Gateway opens tonight with fireworks spectacular but I don't think shareholders should be celebrating. Bidding for jobs a razor thin margins and doing more rail jobs...looks like a Carillion 2. Henry Boot did well this morning but pretty cautious on bids. Cant say I am optimistic. Balfour seem to have the right approach in being more careful. Costain probably OK for now.

[philanderer] 25/8/2017 09:20

Dumped the lot of these. Something not right here at all.

[zicopele] 25/8/2017 08:27

Going lower. The infrastructure side of the business has a poor reputation. Staff turnover kpi must be somewhat alarming.

[philanderer] 24/8/2017 15:52

Chart support @ 960p , may test it tomorrow afternoon at this rate ;-)

[marksp2011] 24/8/2017 15:17

Interesting share price collapse. Subsidence ? 15==>11 in 4 months.
now at a 12 month low

[marksp2011] 24/8/2017 14:54

"number one leisure destination in Walsall"

as opposed to?

[philanderer] 23/8/2017 00:19

Four restaurant brands have signed up to Walsall's new £65m Waterfront development.

Kier Property, the development arm of Kier Group, has secured Five Guys, Cream's, Subway and Gourmet Burger Kitchen for the 110,000 sq ft second phase of Waterfront.

The first phase, which opened in July 2016, is home to Pizza Express, Bella Italia, Greene King, Chiquito's and The Light Cinema.

Tom Gilman, Kier Property's managing director (North), said: "We are delighted to be able to announce such strong brands at Walsall.

"We’re sure the strength of these brands will mirrors the success of the phase one and ensure the Waterfront scheme is the number one leisure destination in Walsall."

[philanderer] 22/8/2017 13:43

Kier Group plc Verified account @kiergroup 1 hour ago

We're pleased to have been awarded a place on all 5 lots of the £700m #Cambridgeshire Design & Build framework

[zicopele] 18/8/2017 10:01

M Nicholas purchase is the latest attempt at expanding the infrastructure side of the business. They tried organic growth but that failed and then purchased May Gurney which had prepared itself for sale by getting a lovely looking order book but with negative margins.

Now that this has failed they buy yet another small infrastructure company...This time M Nicholas who have never really been able to become a tier contractor.

Hopefully if this one fails we won't have a regional.MD carry the can as was the case with the May Gurney disaster.

[philanderer] 16/8/2017 08:41

Read across from BBY ?

[philanderer] 15/8/2017 20:57

15/08/2017

Kier has joined forces with BBC DIY SOS and local contractors to build a much-needed support centre for Swansea-based charity The Roots Foundation Wales, which offers support to children and young people in care or leaving care, and will air during BBC Children in Need Appeal week in November.

[philanderer] 15/8/2017 12:27

Kier pushes on with Watford industrial JV

[philanderer] 11/8/2017 00:23

Kier buys into Birmingham with £35m office deal

[philanderer] 07/8/2017 10:11

Construction faces tough 2018 as forecast downgraded

[philanderer] 02/8/2017 12:09

Construction slumps as businesses refuse to commit to big new projects





Sharecast:

Though the decline was only modest, the fall in levels of commercial work was at the fastest pace for a year, with a number of survey respondents cited delays in decision making by clients linked to worries about the economic outlook and heightened political uncertainty.

Residential building remained the strongest performing category of activity in July, though saw the slowest growth for three months, with only civil engineering seeing an upturn in output growth in July.

Supply chain pressures remained intense, reflecting low stocks among vendors, and materials prices continued to rise at pace.

Howard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club, said: "This is a disappointing survey across the board, pointing to the construction sector being hit by increased client caution amid heightened economic and political uncertainties."

[philanderer] 01/8/2017 16:07

As part of its new Greener Living campaign, which launches today, Kier Living, part of the Kier Group, has partnered with Forest Carbon, a company leading the way in voluntary carbon woodland creation in the UK, and has committed to planting 45,000 new trees by 2020 to offset its carbon usage

article:

[philanderer] 28/7/2017 13:50

'Crossrail contractors fined £1 million over worker's death'


The three men had been working for Bam Ferrovial Kier (BFK), a venture made up of three companies, who later pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches at Southwark Crown Court.

In the other incidents, Alex Vizitiu suffered head and hip injuries after being hit by pressurised water and concrete debris, while Terence Hughes suffered leg fractures having been struck by an excavator.

On all three occasions, BFK was found to have failed to enforce exclusion zones which would have helped protect workers from foreseeable harm.

The three contractors were fined £300,000 in relation to the death of Mr Tkacik, £600,000 and £165,000 over the injuries to Mr Hughes and Mr Vizitiu respectively.

A Health and Safety Executive spokesperson said: “The omission to implement exclusion zones in a high hazard environment was a consistent failure in this case.

"Had simple measures such as these been taken, all three incidents could have been prevented, and Renè Tkáčik may not have died."

The new Crossrail railway line, which runs from Reading in Berkshire through central London, will open in December 2018.

[philanderer] 26/7/2017 21:05

Kier Group plc‏Verified account @kiergroup 5 hours ago

Great to hear we're shortlisted at National Transport Awards for our A38 Gravelly Hill project - full shortlist here ...

[philanderer] 26/7/2017 14:35

:-)

A team that includes Curtins and Kier is bringing a record-breaking Lego bridge to Liverpool

[philanderer] 17/7/2017 14:49

JohnsonMowat‏ @JohnsonMowat 48 minutes ago

Decision Notice for Reserved Matters submission (225 dwellings) at Stokesley received @KierProperty @kiergroup @kierconstruct get building!!