Places for People has appointed groundworks contractors to a £246m framework structured around 13 regional lots across England and Scotland.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest coverage, each taking places on six of the 13 lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each won four lots. The list of other winners includes MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
The framework covers site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations through to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works. In Scotland, the packages extend to house foundations, completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle infrastructure.
Regional packages and values
Greater London is the largest regional package, valued at around £38m. The Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset package follows at £30m, while East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
The lot lists show six named contractors in several regions. For Yorkshire, the named firms are JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield. The Central West lot covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod.
For Central East, covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire, the named contractors are ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con. The South East lot for South Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex names the same six firms.
The South East lot covering East Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group. The South West lot for North Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich and Tamdown Group.
For South West — South Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset, the named firms are Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The South West — West Bristol, Devon and Somerset lot names Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks.
In London, the named contractors are Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. For Scotland — Central Belt, the list names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O’Connell Contracting.
Scotland — North 1, restricted to the Aberdeen area, names Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts). Scotland — North 2, for which the detailed area is not specified, names Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald.
The lot structure also includes a North West lot covering Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside; the award details provided do not set out contractors for that lot.