Places for People has appointed 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 winning six lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots.
Other appointed firms include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering. The lot-by-lot list names six contractors for each regional package.
Regional coverage
The 13 lots cover the North West (Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside); South and West Yorkshire; the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire; two South East packages; three South West packages; Greater London; and three Scottish areas.
The South East lots cover South Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, and East Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. The South West lots cover North Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; South Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset; and West Bristol, Devon and Somerset. In Scotland, the lots cover the Central Belt, the Aberdeen area only, and a North 2 area whose detailed coverage is not specified in the published list.
Appointments by area
In the North West, the appointed firms are JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield. South and West Yorkshire is covered by ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod.
The Central West lot, covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con. The Central East lot, covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire, names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
For South Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, the list names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group. The East Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex lot names 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 lot includes Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The South Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset lot includes Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks. The West Bristol, Devon and Somerset lot includes Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
In London, the appointed firms are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O’Connell Contracting. In Scotland, the Central Belt lot names Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts). The Aberdeen-area lot names Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald. The North 2 lot names Akela Construction, Chap Group, I&H Brown, RJ McLeod, TSL Contractors and WM Donald.
Work scope and values
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 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.