The Scottish Government has appointed Kier to deliver a major scheme to replace Scotland’s largest prison, the 143-year-old HMP Barlinnie.

Kier, Equans and Willmott Dixon have secured a place on a new £500m framework agreement to decarbonise public sector organisations, including the NHS.

Over 17,000 fragments of ancient pottery, two kilns and the remains of buildings were discovered throughout 2024 at the Arne Moors project in Dorset where Kier is delivering a compensatory habitat scheme.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

Archaeologists have found an “extremely rare” and near complete prehistoric wooden spade during the construction of The Moors at the Arne project in Dorset.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

Heathrow has appointed Kier’s FM arm, Kier Places, to install noise insulation measures in about 20,000 homes around the airport’s residential areas.

Highlights of the CIOB Calendar for the coming month.

Two Kier joint ventures, Laing O’Rourke and Bowmer and Kirkland are among the six contractors appointed by the Ministry of Defence for a new ‘alliance’ to build single living accommodation for the Army using MMC.

Kier will use modern methods of construction with components manufactured off site for the expansion of prison in Devon.

Jessica Haskett hit the ground running when she joined Kier Group’s Construction division in 2021 as a graduate design manager.

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Kier has completed works on the Lower Otter Restoration Project, enabling the 55-hectare wetland habitat to be declared a new national nature reserve.

Kier has finished installing a 23m bridge consisting of steel Vierendeel girders and a deck at Dover Grammar School for Boys.

Kier has returned six Victorian-era stone statues to the rooftop of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.

Kier-owned McNicholas Construction has been named by the government as one of the 202 companies failing to pay staff the legal minimum wage.

Kier has built a coastal defence in Blue Anchor beach, Somerset, to protect the cliffs, walls and a nearby road from continued erosion.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Best Application of Technology.