News of the UK downsizing comes just a month after Laing O鈥橰ourke announced that it had put its .
The company said that both moves are all part of a strategy to focus on engineering and manufacturing (as in offsite construction).
聽In a statement, Laing O鈥橰ourke said that it was 鈥渃onsulting with UK-based employees on a proposal to establish a more competitive business structure across its UK operation, ensuring its project delivery teams are supported by a leaner and more operationally-focused functional overhead鈥�.
It added: 鈥淚t is likely that the proposals will result in a reduction in the number of employee roles in support functions and a streamlining of regional office networks. The company may therefore have to make circa 200 redundancies.鈥�
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