Our favourite construction firm is getting on with business:
Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade
The £243m contract includes mostly new-build construction of live, work and train facilities over the next five years.
The award is part of the wider Defence Estate Optimisation Single Living Accommodation & Technical Infrastructure Programme, which spans the MoD’s UK estate. |
Sounds to me like Kier are set to make more money out of the Oxford station project; with all the extra work to solve the service issue. |
 Network Rail and its contractor Kier have indefinitely delayed the replacement of the railway bridge over Botley Road as part of the £161M Oxford station upgrade to the complexity of rerouting utilities.
There are 11 different utilities running under this road which have caused setbacks for the project. This goes back to January 2023 when the start of works was delayed due to the complexities in rerouting the services. Work started in April 2023, closing Botley Road. It was supposed to reopen temporarily between October 2023 and March 2024, but remained closed throughout this period so that engineers could work through the issues.
However, even with this additional time, the rerouting work has not sufficiently progressed. Network Rail describes the site as an “outdated maze of pipes and cables spread out below the highway, in a severely constrained space, with poor ground conditions and significant water levels”. This has made the work “very challenging”, with the rerouting of sewers, electricity and internet cables still being worked out.
The road will remain closed indefinitely and work to install the new rail bridge, which was supposed to occur at the end of July, will be paused for the time being.
Network Rail said it is working with Kier and local authorities to agree the best way forward to complete the project and minimise impact on the city. |
Saw on TV last night that the Oxford station project is going extremely badly. The rebuild of the rail bridge is proving too difficult altogether and has no end date. Kier is lead contractor for this, anyone know the extent of their financial exposure? |
Whoops 1 down from the government, and for the other special , see construction shares are going well.Anyone can give an answer in my question, is the change of government making anyone feel well off ?? |
How many more construction firms are affected by the new legislation? |
Exactly what I thought , Iknew you wouldn't answer my questions at all , not credible |
why did you say that two people were now independent MPs when they're not, and why did you say that 77 labour mps have said they would vote for "no confidence" when none have? |
Answer this , if you can , are the labour government currently making good decisions and good things for our country, and do you feel richer in in your pocket now and do you feel you will going forward, if on the current trajectory, with the current leadership |
you said "including MPs" about quitting and becoming "independents" but Beth Winter did not resign as an MP and she is not an "independent". Nor has Shaun Davies resigned - he's still a labour MP. Why did you say that they had? |
77 is incorrect. No labour MPs have said that they have "no confidence" in the government. None. not even one. |
and one other question - why did you say that Shaun Davies and Beth Winter are now independent MPs when they're not? |
you mean the tories might say they've got "no confidence" in labour. i bet that wld come as quite a shock. but the same question (you seem to be avoiding giving an answer) - how many labour MPs have said they would vote against the govt in a no confidence vote? |
A vote of no confidence doesn't have to come from the labour side , as I've said , but how many would vote for Starmer to stay , that fact is that , it's the feeling of instability this country is facing , that is the issue not being grasped , the whole election promise , that everyone was going to be better off , well that certainly isn't the case , |
we can discuss that at some point but for now, how many labour MPs have said that they would vote against the government in a no confidence vote? |
Are you happy with the current state of government, because you would be in the minority, unless you are a civil servant |
how many labour MPs have said that they would vote against the government in a no confidence vote? |
Last challenge was against Rishi Sunak , and we see how that ended up , total instability and with a change of government, stability should have happened, but the current government policies are making it worse |
how many labour MPs have said that they would vote against the government in a no confidence vote? |
Last successful happened in 1979, Labour's James Callaghan, but happened since unsuccessfully, but still destabilises a government and normally has the effect of a change of leadership, |
327MP's total , so of Labour's 402 just 77 required if all all other members voted against, around 20% |
so getting back to this "no confidence" vote, how many labour MPs would have to vote for it to bring down the govt? |
Yes, but councillors aren't MPs and don't vote for the government. Tbf, councillors are always 'resigning'. They're just local people getting involved in their borough.
Beth Winter isn't an MP. Her constituency was absorbed into other districts before the general election and it's still represented by labour MPs. She didn't quit as an MP, she just resigned her membership of the party. the labour party still has about a 360,000 other members, so she might not be missed especially.
Shaun Davies is the labour MP for Telford. Don't know why you're saying he's an independent.
Rosie Duffield is the only one who's resigned and that was in septmber last yr. btw, that's nothing compared to the number of tory mps who've resigned. They fled in droves. Some even joined Labour. |
It's derisory to say ' just councillors ' and the do ultimately get paid an allowance, |
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