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New project director for Hinkley Point C

The 245-tonne dome of Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building was lifted into place in July this yearAfter four years at the helm, Christopher Wilkinson…

adminSeptember 11, 2025

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Laing O’Rourke starts two prison expansions

The new cell blocks will be mostly built off siteAs part of the Ministry of Justice’s small secure houseblocks (SSHB) alliance, Laing O’Rourke has been…

adminAugust 21, 2025

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Hinkley Point contractors face second safety prosecution

Both sets of legal proceedings follow investigations by the Office for Nuclear RegulationThe Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing…

adminAugust 19, 2025

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Laing O’Rourke quits Explore Transport joint venture

Select sold its construction plant fleet to Explore in 2017Explore Transport Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between Laing O’Rourke’s Select Plant Hire and WS Transport,…

adminAugust 14, 2025

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Laing O’Rourke director takes Severfield top job

Paul McNerneyPaul McNerney will join Severfield in the autumn from Laing O’Rourke, where he has worked for 26 years.He replaces Alan Dunsmore who “agreed to…

adminAugust 13, 2025

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Profit improvement for Laing O’Rourke

Group chief executive Cathal O’Rourke Laing O’Rourke’s annual report for the year to 31st March 2025 shows strong profit growth and a group order book…

adminAugust 4, 2025

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Hinkley Point contractors prosecuted for fatal safety failings

Legal proceedings follow an investigation by the Office for Nuclear Regulation NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd (NNB GenCo), Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke…

adminJuly 4, 2025

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Laing O’Rourke delivers prefab lift module prototype

The Kone Monospace 700 lift tower stack at the Network Rail test track facility in Melton Mowbray.Laing O’Rourke and Kone have manufactured and installed the…

adminJune 18, 2025

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Laing O’Rourke appoints two new directors

Ilze Williamson and Jean-Pierre de VilliersJean-Pierre de Villiers has been promoted to director of Laing O’Rourke’s Specialist Trading Business Group (STBG) and Ilze Williamson is…

adminJune 5, 2025

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Explore to supply Megaplanks to Fifty Fenchurch Street

Fifty Fenchurch Street The 36-storey office tower being built at Fifty Fenchurch Street will use 68,000 sqm of Megaplank flooring supplied by Explore Manufacturing, a…

adminMay 16, 2025