Kier Group plc is a leading UK building and civil engineering contractor also specialising in private house building, facilities management, property development and the PFI. The Group employs 7000 people worldwide and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.25bn. Major civil engineering, building and mining projects within the UK and overseas are co-ordinated from Kier's head office in Bedfordshire while mid-range and smaller construction contracts throughout the UK are undertaken by the Group'