Carillion company profile

An overview of construction company Carillion, including: recent news about Carillion, an overview of Carillion's operations, and information about its share price and financial performance.

Carillion quick links

• Official Carillion website
• Latest Carillion share price
• Latest Carillion financial report

Latest Carillion news

• Carillion and Ringway lose Surrey road job
• 7 chosen for £60m Scottish healthcare framework
• Carillion joins forces with Eiffage for nuclear work
• MoJ shortlists seven consortia for £1.8bn prisons framework
• Fifteen win place on £4bn Academies Framework

Carillion overview

Carillion was created in 1999 as a result of Tarmac’s decision to demerge its aggregates business from its construction wing. The former kept the existing name of Tarmac, leaving construction with opportunity to settle on a new name. It chose Carillion.

Carillion's group chief executive is John McDonough (pictured), who was appointed to the role in 2001.

Carillion is currently working on the giant Allenby Connaught project, a £1.2bn PFI barracks scheme for the MOD, in joint venture with Kellogg Brown & Root. Carillion has also been selected to build the London 2012 Olympics media centre.

In January 2006, Carillion doubled in size as a result of the acquisition of Mowlem. Two years' later, Carillon acquired another rival contractor, Alfred McAlpine.

Carillion was placed third in the 2007 Contract Journal Construction Top 100, and 10th in the 2007 Contract Journal CJ50 table, which measures forward order books.

Carillion's full year results for 2007 showed turnover at almost £4bn (2006: £3.5bn), and a pre-tax profit of £94m (£68m). Carillion now employs over 50,000 people.

Carillion main construction markets

• Roads
• Facilities maintenance
• Civil engineering
• International
• Defence
• Education

Other Carillion links

• Carillion Facebook group
• We hate Carillion Facebook group
• Carillion Wikipedia page