Places for People has selected groundworks contractors for a £246m framework split into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. The appointments are organised by regional lot rather than by named project.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest coverage, each taking places on six lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each won four lots. Other appointed firms include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
The framework’s regional structure means different contractor groups will cover different parts of England and Scotland. In Yorkshire, the South and West Yorkshire lot includes 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.
Several lots are grouped under the South East and South West. The South East lot covering Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex includes ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con. A separate South East lot covering 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.
In the South West, the northern lot for Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire includes A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich and Tamdown Group. The southern lot for Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset includes Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The western lot for Bristol, Devon and Somerset includes Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks.
Greater London is the largest regional package at around £38m. The contractors named for the London lot are Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset package is valued at £30m, while East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
Scotland is divided into three lots. The Central Belt lot includes A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O’Connell Contracting. The North 1 lot, limited to the Aberdeen area, includes Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts). The North 2 lot, whose detailed area is not specified, includes Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald.
The work covered by the framework ranges from site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works. Scottish packages also include house foundations, completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle infrastructure.