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