Kier nabs £253m Midlands prison job

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Contractor to work alongside development partner Mace

Kier has nailed down its first major contract since Andrew Davies took the helm after being named builder for the £253m Wellingborough prison by the Ministry of Justice. 

The contractor was first appointed to work on the Northampton site last year, and has been demolishing an old prison on site since the middle of last year, after it closed in 2012.

But now it has been firmed up as builder on the new category C prison designed by Pick Everard with HLM.

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