Places for People has named groundworks contractors for a £246m framework covering 13 regional lots across England and Scotland.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each appointed to six of the 13 lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. Other named winners include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
Regional lot coverage
The framework takes in areas including Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside; South and West Yorkshire; the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire; and London. It also covers southern and eastern areas including Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex; Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex; Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; and Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset.
In Scotland, the lots cover the Central Belt, the north with an Aberdeen-area package, and a further northern area whose detailed boundaries are not specified in the announcement.
Lot examples
The South East lot covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex lists A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group.
The London lot lists Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The Scotland North 2 lot lists Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald.
The Central West lot covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire lists ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod. The Central East lot covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire lists ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
Other contractors named across the Scottish lots include Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland, Stewart Landscapes (Contracts), Chap Group, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, WM Donald and TSL Contractors.
Work scope
Work ranges from site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works. Scottish packages also cover house foundations through to completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle infrastructure.
Package values
Greater London is the biggest regional package at around £38m. It is followed by Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset at £30m, while East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
The announcement names contractors for places on the framework and sets out the regional lot structure and work ranges. It does not set out individual project awards or construction start dates.