Building

Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try group, has secured a £6.8 million contract to construct a new student accommodation building for University of Edinburgh. A former wardens building sited within the Pollock Halls campus will be demolished to make way for the new 47,400 sq ft ...

David Johnson has been appointed Assistant Buyer at Newcastle-based building contractor, Kendall Cross Holdings Ltd part of Galliford Try. 26-year-old David, who lives in Whickham, is a time served bricklayer who had worked extensively in Europe before deciding to progress up the construction lad...

Newcastle-based building contractor, Kendall Cross Holdings Ltd, part of Galliford Try has announced the appointment of Jeff Fowler as Group Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor. 38-year-old Jeff, who lives with his family in East Boldon, joins the company from Marshalls plc and is a Charte...

Galliford Try has been awarded two contracts worth a total of £12.5 million by Agudas Israel Housing Association to build apartments and houses on two sites in London. Galliford Try will undertake a contract worth £7.3 million to build 29 apartments at Avigdor, a development in North ...

After a year of construction work, Morrison Construction, part of Galliford Try group, has this week handed over, on schedule, a brand new school for pupils with additional support needs in Inverness. Drummond School is the eighth of the eleven new schools projects to be completed under the authority...

Galliford Try has appointed Stuart Gibbons as Managing Director of its Building Division as from July 1st 2008. Stuart (41) is currently Managing Director of Galliford Try Partnerships and also a member of the Building Division Board. Over the past three years he has been responsible for expandin...

Galliford Try, which is currently building the £10 million Newton Community Hospital on behalf of the Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust, is trialling a revolutionary new spray-on plastering technique at the project and finding that it is reducing the time required for the finishing and pa...

Galliford Try has appointed Karen Loughrey as Business Development Director for Galliford Try Facilities Management. Karen was previously Customer Director for Taylor Woodrow’s FM Division where she was responsible for growing its business within the retail sector. Karen’s will be...

The tiled floors have been laid, the classroom furniture is in place and the finishing touches applied to The Highland Council’s new replacement secondary schools in Dingwall and Portree. After two year’s of construction work, Morrison Construction, part of Galliford Try group, has hand...

Galliford Try has been awarded a £26m contract to build a new justice centre in Leamington Spa on behalf of Warwickshire Police Authority. Galliford Try will build the state-of-the-art centre on the site of the former Magistrates’ Court which will include 24/7 policing facilities, Jud...