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Kier lined up for £2.7bn Birmingham roads deal

The Birmingham roads maintenance project was a major PFI endeavour

Kier is set to take on the troubled Birmingham roads maintenance contract under a £2.7bn private finance initiative.

The Manchester-based contractor, which has been maintaining the West Midlands city's highways for three and a half years on an interim basis, was announced as preferred bidder for an 11-year deal starting February…

Kier signs eight-year £225M road maintenance contract across Somerset

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Somerset Council has signed Kier to its eight-year £225M road maintenance contract to look after the county’s 6714km network.

Kier will take over in April next year when Milestone Infrastructure’s current contract runs out, to provide key maintenance works including road repairs, drainage and verge cutting. Somerset Council will change the…

Kier acquires rail division of failed Buckingham Group

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Kier has purchased the rail division of Buckingham Group following its lapse into administration.

Buckingham Group went into administration on 17 August due to “rapidly escalating contract losses and a sharp reduction in liquidity”. The first major sale of its assets is its rail division, with Kier having announced it has…