Places for People has named the groundworks contractors appointed to a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. The appointments cover site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations through to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each landing spots on six of the 13 regional lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. Other winners named include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
Lot structure
The framework separates work by region. Lots include London; South East South, covering Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex; South East East, covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex; South West North, covering Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; South West South, covering Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset; South West West, covering Bristol, Devon and Somerset; Central East, covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire; Central West, covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire; and Yorkshire South and West Yorkshire.
There are also three Scottish lots. The Scotland North 1 package is limited to the Aberdeen area, while Scotland North 2 is listed without a detailed area. The North West lot covers Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside.
On the Central West lot, ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod are named. The London list comprises Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
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.