Ray O’Rourke, Laing O’Rourke founder, majority shareholder and Group CEO, will step down from the group chief executive’s position in September 2022, the company has announced.

Laing O’Rourke chief executive Ray O’Rourke has pledged that the firm will transform ways of working in the business, as it harnesses an appetite for change in the construction sector amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Laing O’Rourke has blamed “demographic changes” to the composition of its directly employed construction workforce and the impact of covid-19 on earnings among salaried staff for a widening gender pay gap.

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Laing O’Rourke chief executive Ray O’Rourke has warned that construction remains in the “dark ages” and has urged the sector to move to more offsite manufacturing.

Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station, constructed by Laing O’Rourke, has become the third station on the project to be handed over to Transport for London.

Laing O’Rourke has appointed Vicky Bullivant as its first group head of sustainability, a month after the firm unveiled a target to achieve operational net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

A 17-year-old man has died after spending several days in a critical condition in hospital following an accident at a Laing O’Rourke in Liverpool last week.

A worker has been killed and another critically injured in an accident on a Laing O’Rourke site in Liverpool on Wednesday (19 May).

Laing O’Rourke has conducted 70% of the construction of a new university building in London offsite.

Laing O’Rourke says it will use its DfMA capability on the £600m London Olympia redevelopment, after it won the main works contract.

Laing O’Rourke has appointed Andrew Wolstenholme, former chief executive of Crossrail and director of BAA’s capital projects, as its new group technical director.

Laing O’Rourke aims to be a net zero emitter of carbon by 2030 and have a workforce made up of equal numbers of men and women by 2033.

Everton FC’s planned new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool has given the green light by Liverpool City Council.

Laing O’Rourke is sufficiently close to completing construction of Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station in London for final commissioning activities to start, three years after the Elizabeth Line was originally due to open.