HS2 shortlists three for £275m control centre
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Eurovia boosts profit despite significant loss-making contract
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Vinci appoints its first UK construction CEO
Vinci has named Scott Wardrop as chief executive for Vinci Construction UK in a newly created role,
Construction News can reveal.
Wardrop has been CEO of Vinci-owned Eurovia since 2007, a position he will retain alongside the new role. Wardrop will report to Gilles Godard, who remains CEO of Vinci operations in the UK. The UK construction business did not have a dedicated CEO prior to Wardrop’s appointment.
The French parent company has made a number of board changes for its UK construction operation. Ludovic Demierre, a HR director in France, and Pierre Anjolras, chairman of Vinci Construction, have been appointed directors of the company with oversight responsibilities. Jean-Philippe Loiseau, who had been acting as chief operating officer of Vinci Construction UK, has returned to focus on work at the French parent company.
Schedule pressures and cost increases at four of Crossrail’s Central London stations threatens to jeopardise the project’s programme, according to project representative (Prep) Jacobs.
In the latest publicly available report on the project’s progress (Prep 12), Jacobs warns that outstanding work at Bond Street, Whitechapel, Paddington and Canary Wharf threatens to delay Crossrail’s programme to get the Elizabeth Line open during the first half of 2022.
In particular, Jacobs warns that “effective mitigations” will be required at the four stations to avoid a delay in entering trial operations, which involves tests and trials to demonstrate that TfL is capable of operating the railway.