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The bridge that went wrong: Lincs project faces second 'error' delay

17/02/2025

A £150m road being built for Lincolnshire County Council will be delayed again and see another cost increase, due to a second alleged error in the design of a bridge.

Galliford Try bows out of £100m A47 scheme

12/07/2023

Galliford Try will cease work on one of three major schemes on the A47 in Norfolk, for reasons described as being ‘commercially sensitive’.

Galliford Try rebrands highways business

20/06/2023

Tier One contractor Galliford Try has announced that its highways business has rebranded as Galliford Try Infrastructure, reflecting new 'strategic priorities'.

Galliford scoops £250m M5 junction job

19/06/2023

Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Galliford Try to further progress the M5 Junction 10 Improvements scheme.

Galliford Try wins £85m Melton Mowbray scheme

03/05/2023

Leicestershire County Council has awarded Galliford Try’s Highways business an £85m contract to build the North East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road.

A303 section to close for bridge removal

09/11/2022

A section of the A303 in Somerset will be fully closed this weekend, as a temporary bridge that was built as part of the £135m Sparkford to Ilchester scheme is removed.

Galliford Try names new commercial director

06/01/2022

Galliford Try has appointed Richard Towse as commercial director within its highways business.

'Rising talent' Lowery steps up at Galliford Try

24/03/2021

David Lowery has taken over as managing director of Galliford Try’s Highways business, after Duncan Elliott brought forward his departure.

Stoke stays with Galliford Try for £16m minor works

24/01/2020

Galliford Try has been reappointed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council as the sole contractor on its framework for minor work, worth a total of £16m over the four-year term.

Galliford Try scoops £435m double Highways England win

20/09/2019

Highways England has signed contracts worth a total of £435m with Galliford Try to deliver two major road upgrades.

Galliford to cut construction as profit set to fall £40m

16/04/2019

Galliford Try has announced a strategic review that will reduce the size of its construction business following worsening financial performance, including on two major Scottish road projects.

Galliford Try hit by new £26m loss on AWPR

13/02/2019

Galliford Try has written off a further £26m from the delayed Aberdeen bypass and signalled that its losses on the project could be higher.

£2m highways scheme finds its niche

20/11/2018

Galliford Try Highways is carrying out complex highway works for a housing development in Warwickshire.

Galliford Try appoints new highways operations director

13/11/2018

Galliford Try Highways has appointed an operations director with a specific brief over its work with Highways England.

The Big Interview: A room with a different view

04/10/2018

Dominic Browne interviews Duncan Elliott, who joined Galliford Try as managing director of the highways business unit within its infrastructure division in March.

Galliford Try gets smart with £67m M56 deal

31/05/2018

Galliford Try has won a £67m contract to design and construct a smart motorway scheme on the M56 between junctions 6 and 8 to the west of Manchester Airport.

Contractors predict summer finish for Aberdeen bypass

24/05/2018

Transport Scotland has said it still expects the troubled Aberdeen bypass to open in the autumn, despite the remaining contractors on the project predicting a finish this summer.

Galliford Try tastes fresh success in Midlands this spring

05/04/2018

Galliford Try has won a £3.7m contract for improvement works to the Coton Arches roundabout in Rugby, Warwickshire, while also completing a £11.6m project elsewhere in the region this spring.

Galliford Try looks to drive highways growth with ex-Carillion men

06/03/2018

Galliford Try has appointed two former Carillion senior managers as it drives for growth with a focus on its highways business.

Great crested newts found on M1

10/12/2015

Large numbers of great crested newts have been found on the M1 smart motorway scheme.

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