Building

  • Corby Cube Contract Award
    Galliford Try has been awarded the £25.5m contract to build the landmark ‘Corby Cube’ in Northamptonshire for Corby Borough Council. The six-floor civic building has a steel structure and four glass sides, reflecting the town’s history as a steel producer. Facilities will incl...
    14-Feb-2008
  • Morrison Construction to Build the Highland’s New Archive Centre
    Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try group, has secured a £7.8 million contract to construct a state-of-the-art building to showcase the Highland regions archives and house Highland Council’s registration service. The 3,866 sqm purpose-built centre in Inverness will also inco...
    07-Feb-2008
  • Galliford Try Appoints New Operations Director
    Galliford Try has appointed John Kelly as Operations Director for Galliford Try Construction South. John joins Galliford Try from Warings Contractors Ltd and will apply his detailed knowledge and considerable experience to guide and direct site teams to deliver major building projects. These include...
    06-Feb-2008
  • Morrison Construction Apprentices Celebrate a Double
    Two apprentices with Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try group, celebrated their success at a recent awards ceremony at Inverness College UHI. Carrieann McGowan and Gordon Mackay were competing with the best of the construction trainees to win awards in their respective categories of ca...
    04-Dec-2007
  • Morrison Construction Rewards its Trainees
    Around 60 trainees with Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try group, swapped their hard hats for Bunsen burners at the company’s annual trainee awards day held at the University of St Andrews. The daylong programme comprised construction-related talks and six teambuilding exercises ...
    29-Nov-2007
  • Morrison Construction Achieves Early Completion of Regional Hub for J Sainsbury
    After a year of construction work and ahead of schedule, Morrison Construction, part of Galliford Try group, handed over three brand new bespoke buildings at Langlands, East Kilbride, to leading food retailer, J Sainsbury. Independent technical advisers, Davis Langdon, gave a clean bill of health to...
    29-Nov-2007
  • £32 million St Andrews Community Hospital and Health Centre contract signed
    Patients across North East Fife will soon benefit from a new state-of-the-art primary care facility after NHS Fife today (Thursday) reached financial close on the St Andrews Community Hospital and Health Centre project with a Galliford Try led consortium. Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford...
    22-Nov-2007
  • Galliford Try Achieves Financial Close on £32 Million PPP Project
    Galliford Try plc, the construction and housebuilding group, today announces that it has achieved financial close on the £32 million Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract for NHS Fife to build and operate a new state of the art Community Hospital and Health Centre in St Andrews, Fife. Morri...
    22-Nov-2007
  • Galliford Try Acquires North East Affordable Housing Business
    Galliford Try plc, the construction and housebuilding group, announces the acquisition of Kendall Cross Holdings Limited, a long established specialist affordable housing contractor based in the north east of England with a head office in Newcastle on Tyne. The business has a considerable track recor...
    15-Nov-2007
  • Morrison Construction to Design and Build Weatherford UKs New Hub
    Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try group, has deepened its existing relationship with Weatherford UK with the announcement that it has secured a pair of new contracts with a combined value of £7.5 million. The announcement follows hot on the heels of Weatherford taking possession...
    08-Nov-2007