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Contractor receives council compensation after houseboats delay £6bn project

Joshua Stein — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:36 +0000

A contractor has received more than £60,000 in compensation from a council following delays to a civils project caused by houseboats on a neighbouring canal. Enfield Council paid Taylor Woodrow the compensation after a series of delays caused by houseboats near the £6bn Meridian Water…

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FM Conway chair exits as Vinci takes over

Greg Pitcher — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:39:56 +0000

FM Conway executive group chair Joanne Conway has left the company after its sale to Vinci completed. Her exit brings to an end a 22-year career at the Kent-headquartered highways specialist, and ushers in a new era for the business founded by her grandfather Frank…

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Vinci Construction to acquire FM Conway

Joshua Stein — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:29:52 +0000

Vinci Construction is to acquire infrastructure services business FM Conway, one of the biggest family-owned firms in the construction industry. Highways specialist FM Conway will be bought for an undisclosed sum after it signed a share purchase agreement with Vinci’s UK construction business this week.…

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Vinci losses deepen despite turnover leap

Will Ing — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:59:19 +0000

Vinci made a second consecutive loss in the UK last year, despite its turnover jumping to £2.29bn. The French construction and property giant recorded a pre-tax loss of £6.4m across its UK operations in the year to 31 December, according to financial accounts for a…

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Vinci picks local suppliers for £90m town centre regen

Charlotte Banks — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:47:24 +0000

Vinci has kicked off a £90m town centre regeneration near Liverpool after selecting three firms for enabling works. The first suppliers on the St Helens town centre regeneration all have bases in or near the borough. Ayesa, which has offices in a St Helens Business…

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Green light for £312m Vinci-McAlpine hospitals overhaul

Kerry Lorimer — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:15:19 +0000

The £312m revamp of two Midlands hospitals by Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine has been given the go-ahead. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust confirmed that the full business case for its transformation programme had been approved, allowing construction to begin. Integrated Health Projects (IHP),…

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Vinci on course for expansion of Ryder Cup resort in West Midlands

Kerry Lorimer — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:48:13 +0000

Vinci Building is carrying out the expansion and renovation of the Belfry Hotel and Resort in the West Midlands. Construction News understands the deal is worth approximately £40m to the contractor. Work is underway on the project that will see the Warwickshire resort, best known for…

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Vinci posts £44m loss as provisions nearly double

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:51:08 +0000

Vinci Construction UK made a loss of more than £44m last year after taking a hit on two contracts and cranking up its fire-remediation provisions. Newly released accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2022 show the company fell to a £44.2m pre-tax loss,…

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Vinci to give £90m facelift to St Helens town centre

Ben Vogel — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:04:58 +0000

St Helens Borough Council and the English Cities Fund (ECF) have picked Vinci Building as the main contractor on a town centre redevelopment scheme. Under a new contract, worth about £90m and hailed by the project partners as “the largest-ever single investment in St Helens”,…

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Vinci acquires Scots power line specialist

Catherine Moore — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:18:12 +0000

Vinci Energies has acquired Scotland-based firm NorPower, a specialist in extra-high-voltage overhead lines. Established in 2003, NorPower is based in Muir of Ord in the Scottish Highlands. It specialises in wood pole and steel overhead lines construction, installation, reconfiguration and refurbishment. The firm employs 30…

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