Places for People has appointed a roster of groundworks contractors to a £246m framework covering 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each appearing on six lots, according to the published line-up.
M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. Other firms named as winners include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
The framework is divided into regional packages. In the North West, covering Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside, the named firms are JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield. In Yorkshire, for South and West Yorkshire, the list comprises ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod.
ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con were named for Central West, covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. The same six firms appear on the Central East lot for Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire. For the South East lot covering South Surrey, Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex, the named firms are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group.
The South East lot covering East Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex includes A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich and Tamdown Group. In the South West, the North Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire package lists Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
For South Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset, the firms are Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks. The West Bristol, Devon and Somerset lot names Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. In London, A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O’Connell Contracting were named.
In Scotland, the Central Belt lot lists Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts). The North 1 lot, restricted to the Aberdeen area, includes Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald. The North 2 lot, for which the detailed area was not specified, names Akela Construction, Chap Group, I&H Brown, RJ McLeod, TSL Contractors and WM Donald.
The 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 largest 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.