Tier one contractor Kier has promoted 23-year corporate veteran Barry Jupp to steer its UK highways development and upkeep operations.
He’s going to absorb his new position on 1 July, the company introduced lately (25 June), having maximum lately served as finance director for Kier Transportation.
Jupp will lead a crew of round 2,000 other people turning in highways development and upkeep products and services throughout the United Kingdom.
He’s going to be accountable for supporting native authority and strategic highway community contracts whilst overseeing the continuing enlargement of the industry, Kier mentioned.
Throughout his occupation with the £4bn-turnover contractor, Jupp has held a chain of management roles.
He has assisted in shaping industry technique, supported main contract supply and labored on three way partnership forums with business companions.
He mentioned: “My focal point is to construct at the sturdy foundations already in position, supporting our other people to accomplish at their highest, and proceeding to enhance how we ship for our shoppers with protection and consistency on the center of the entirety we do.”
James Birch, managing director for Transportation at Kier Infrastructure, mentioned Jupp “has made a vital contribution to Kier over a few years and is easily positioned to steer our highways industry thru its subsequent segment of enlargement and function”.
Final 12 months, Building Information published that Kier used to be the third-biggest recipient of Nationwide Highways paintings in 2024/25.
Its haul of £357m used to be about £90m greater than within the earlier monetary 12 months.
This March, Kier used to be named along Graham and Sisk on a six-year, £968m Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction framework from Nationwide Highways.
Supply: Kier announcement
