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• Kier overhauls top team as infrastructure arm launched

  05-01-2026 16:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier Group has recast its senior leadership team and launched a new Infrastructure division  to sharpen its growth strategy
  The contractor has fused its Transportation and Natural Resources Nuclear & Networks businesses into a single Kier Infrastructure arm, creating a consolidated powerhouse spanning roads, rail, aviation, water, energy and environmental work.
  The shake-up is designed to put Kier in prime position to capture work flowing from the Government’s 10-Year Infrastructu
  
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• Reds10 eyes hospital builds as it targets £500m turnover

  05-01-2026 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  Modular specialist Reds10 is eyeing the NHS hospital new build programme as a major growth engine as it pushes towards a £500m turnover target.
  The firm has designed a prototype modular in-patient hospital bedroom that it hopes will drive the industrialisation of Hospital 2.0 under the government’s New Hospital Programme.
  If signed off by the NHP, the bedroom could become the standardised in-patient room rolled out across the entire programme, giving the NHS a repeatable modular solu
  
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• Civils contractor Applebridge sees profits surge

  05-01-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  Civils and groundworks contractor Applebridge Construction has posted a healthy jump in turnover and profits.
  Latest results for the year to April 30 2025 show pre-tax profits increasing to £21.9m from £7.2m last time as turnover rose to £119.6m from £82.9m.
  Applebridge put its success down to a “continued focus on operational discipline, careful project selection and consistent delivery across its civil engineering, groundworks and multi-utilities activities.&rdquo
  
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• Watch Skanska giant rail bridge demolition

  05-01-2026 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  Video footage has been released of Skanska’s successful demolition this weekend of a major West Coast Main Line railway bridge near Penrith in Cumbria.
  The demolition is part of a £60m renewal scheme which will see a 130-metre-long bridge being removed and a new one installed over the first two weekends of 2026.
  Network Rail and its principal contractor Skanska achieved the first phase removing Clifton Bridge in the early hours of this morning.It required a full motorway closure of t
  
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• Premier Forest rescues National Timber Systems from administration

  05-01-2026 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  House building industry timber supplier Premier Forest Products has bought engineered timber rival National Timber Systems in a deal that secures the future of the business after the collapse of its former parent.
  Newport-based Premier Forest bought NTS from administrators following the collapse of National Timber Group England in late November.
  The deal safeguards 160 jobs across NTS, with Premier Forest aiming to grow the workforce to around 250 as it looks to expand capacity and product innov
  
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• Premier Forest rescues National Timber Systems

  05-01-2026 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  House building industry timber supplier Premier Forest Products has bought engineered timber rival National Timber Systems in a deal that secures the future of the business after the collapse of its former parent.
  Newport-based Premier Forest bought NTS from administrators following the collapse of National Timber Group England in late November.
  The deal safeguards 160 jobs across NTS, with Premier Forest aiming to grow the workforce to around 250 as it looks to expand capacity and product innov
  
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