Places for People has named groundworks contractors for a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, with each firm winning spots on six lots.
M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. Other winners named in the announcement include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O'Halloran & O'Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering. The roster spans England and Scotland.
Regional appointments
The framework covers a series of regional areas, including Greater London, Yorkshire, the West Midlands, the South East, the South West, East Anglia and several Scottish regions. In London, the listed contractors are Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
For Scotland's Central Belt, the named firms are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O'Connell Contracting. Scotland North 1, covering the Aberdeen area only, lists Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts).
Scotland North 2, whose detailed area is not specified, names Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald. Other lots cover areas such as South and West Yorkshire; West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire; Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex; and Bristol, Devon and Somerset.
Further lot lists show six contractors in several areas. For the South West package covering West Bristol, Devon and Somerset, they are Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks. The South West package for South Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset lists Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
In the South East, the lot covering East 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 South Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex lot names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
For the Central West lot covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, the contractors are ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod. The Yorkshire lot for South and West Yorkshire lists JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield.
Work ranges and package values
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.
Greater London is the biggest regional package at around £38m, followed by Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset at £30m. East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m. The figures show where the largest regional allocations sit within the framework.