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News 2011 
09 Dec
The largest retail scheme currently being delivered in the UK, the £350m Trinity, Leeds development, marked impressive progress in December with a festive ‘topping out’ ceremony.
04 Nov
Infoworks, the Laing O'Rourke company magazine is now available as an iPad app.
01 Nov
Laing O’Rourke is seeking applications from adventurous professionals keen to join its Australian business.
06 Oct
Milestone represents official start of work on a complex scheme to transform Manchester’s iconic Grade 2*-listed Central Library and Town Hall Extension by 2014.
22 Sep
LOR / Atkins launch sustainable standardised school solution to meet urgent need for more efficient and cost-effective schools
08 Aug
Laing O’Rourke announces full-year results
05 Aug
Laing O'Rourke is helping provide the latest in airline catering, after being awarded the design and construction contract for a new Qantas facility in Brisbane.
04 Aug
Work has started on the new £50m Oxford University Mathematical Institute following the appointment of Laing O'Rourke as main contractor earlier this month.
02 Aug
British Land and Oxford Properties today announced the appointment of Laing O’Rourke as the main contractor on The Leadenhall Building, EC3.
13 Jul
Some thought it was the building that couldn’t be built. But now, three years and 7,800 tonnes of steel later, Cannon Place has won a Structural Steel Design Award for its “heroic concept and striking appearance.”
07 Jul
Laing O’Rourke Chairman and Chief Executive, Ray O’Rourke has today been awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of his services to the construction industry in the United Kingdom.
06 Jul
A $27 million water treatment plant on Queensland's Western Downs has been constructed by Laing O'Rourke for QGC, a leading coal seam gas explorer and producer.
04 Jul
Infoworks issue 2 2011 is now available. In this issue read about Laing O'Rourke's varied work in the healthcare sector.
13 Jun
CHUM Collectif, a joint venture formed by Laing O’Rourke, Obrascón, Huarte Lain S.A. (OHL), Innisfree, and Dalkia Canada, has reached financial close on one of the world’s largest current healthcare projects, valued at around C$2.1billion.
19 May
MTR Corporation, one of the world’s leading public transport network operators, has today awarded a HK$2.4 billion contract forming part of the South Island Line (East) Project in Hong Kong to a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke, Kier and Kaden.
05 May
The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games may still be just over a year away, but CLM (the delivery partner for the London 2012 Olympics) has already struck gold with two major awards in as many weeks.
20 Apr
Laing O’Rourke’s drive to enhance the environmental sustainability of its operations has been given a boost with the award of the internationally recognised CEMARS accreditation for its UK Construction business.
23 Mar
The Meinhardt Group, the global engineering, infrastructure and project management consultancy, today announced it has acquired India-based Eigen Technical Services Pvt. Ltd., from Laing O'Rourke.
17 Mar
A £77m contract to construct the multi-storey car park and covered court for Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 2 has been awarded to Laing O’Rourke with work planned to start in May 2011.
11 Mar
The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI) - a charitable medical research institute at St Pancras in central London – has appointed Laing O’Rourke as its main contractor.
04 Mar
Laing O’Rourke has been selected to carry out the preliminary infrastructure works on a project that will change the face of Sydney
01 Mar
A joint venture formed by Laing O’Rourke, Obrascón, Huarte Lain S.A. (OHL), Innisfree, and Dalkia Canada, has been selected as preferred bidder for a key part of the Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal modernisation program.
01 Mar
The first stage in the modernisation of Adelaide's rail network has been announced by the Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese. An initial A$10m project development contract had been awarded to Laing O’Rourke.
02 Feb
Salford’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) partners reached financial close on the new Oasis Academy MediaCityUK today (2 Feb), the third school within the programme.
28 Jan
Novacem, the carbon negative cement company, today announced that Laing O’Rourke had joined its investment group as part of a £1.6m round.
25 Jan
Laing O’Rourke announces the formal establishment of a new multi-disciplinary engineering capability to advance the Group’s strategic ambition to become an enduring engineering enterprise.
24 Jan
It was announced today that Laing O’Rourke and the University of Oxford are to establish a new centre for engineering focusing on interdisciplinary research relevant to the construction industry.
20 Jan
Nuclear Power Delivery UK has announced that Memoranda of Understanding have been signed with three of the biggest names in the UK nuclear industry supply chain.
12 Jan
Laing O’Rourke JV secures contract with leading Chinese contractors Hsin Chong and Paul Y, for Hong Kong MTR.
07 Jan
Infoworks issue 4 is now available. In this issue read what the winners of Laing O’Rourke’s Excellence Plus Awards have to say about client relationships, career development and a changing industry. Learn about our groundbreaking partnership agreements...