{"id":35227,"date":"2026-04-29T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/dalkia-rebuilds-margins-as-nuclear-and-energy-work-fuels-rebound\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:08:39","slug":"dalkia-rebuilds-margins-as-nuclear-and-energy-work-fuels-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/dalkia-rebuilds-margins-as-nuclear-and-energy-work-fuels-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalkia rebuilds margins as nuclear and energy work fuels rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The UK arm of the EDF-backed contractor lifted turnover 8% to \u00a3657m in 2025, while pre-tax profit surged to \u00a38.2m from just \u00a30.3m the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Underlying performance also strengthened, with EBITDA before exceptional items more than doubling to \u00a318m.<\/p>\n<p>The turnaround comes as Dalkia leans heavily into nuclear, healthcare and decarbonisation work, helping push its order book up 17% to \u00a31.3bn.<\/p>\n<p>Group chief executive Gautier Jacob said the business had surpassed its previous \u00a3600m revenue target and is now targeting further growth beyond \u00a3750m through acquisitions and more international work<\/p>\n<p>Growth was led by a major push into nuclear infrastructure, including expansion across the existing power generation fleet and new build projects, alongside a major facilities management contract on EDF nuclear sites that brought in more than 1,000 staff.<\/p>\n<p>Total headcount now stands around 5,250 made up of 4,200 directly employed operatives and just over 1,000 in management and administration.<\/p>\n<p>Facilities management was a standout performer, with revenue jumping strongly on the back of the nuclear FM contract, while systems integration arm Capula also grew and improved margins.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 2px solid #ff511c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ff511c; color: #ffffff;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444; text-align: left;\">Business<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444; text-align: left;\">2025 (\u00a3m)<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444; text-align: left;\">Change (%)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">Engineering Services<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">272<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">-5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">Technical facilities management<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">294<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">+24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">Systems integration<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">56<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">+3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">Energy Services<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">34<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\">+6.%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\"><strong>657<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #444;\"><strong>+8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>But the Energy services arm, specialising in largescale decarbonisation jobs for health and universities, saw profits fall after delays getting projects to site and cost overruns on a major job hit margins \u2014 a reminder of ongoing delivery risks in complex retrofit schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Dalkia\u2019s balance sheet strengthened significantly, with cash more than doubling to \u00a344m from \u00a320m.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/04\/29\/dalkia-rebuilds-margins-as-nuclear-and-energy-work-fuels-rebound\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The UK arm of the EDF-backed contractor lifted turnover 8% to \u00a3657m in 2025, while pre-tax profit surged to &#8230; 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