Kier chases £100m National Academy Framework deals

Kier is in the running for £100m of schools contracts under the National Academy frameworks deals.

The firm goes head to head with Balfour Beatty on the £20m Mansfield Academy deal and the £40m Open Academy scheme in Norwich, where the firm is up against Balfour Beatty's sister company Mansell.

Kier is also squaring up to Willmott Dixon on two more framework contracts - the £18m Rochdale Academy contract and the £22m Shropshire County Council One School pathfinder.