Places for People has appointed groundworks contractors to a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland, with Coinford Central and RJ McLeod taking the widest spread of places at six lots each.
M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. The wider roster includes MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O'Halloran & O'Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering, alongside ATD Civils & Groundworks, A D Bly Construction, I&H Brown, WM Donald and other regional contractors.
Scope of the packages
Work ranges from site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations through to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works. Scottish packages extend further, covering house foundations through to completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Where the value sits
Greater London is the biggest regional package at around £38m, followed by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset lot at £30m. East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
The 13 lots and their contractors
- North West — Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside: JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod, Westshield.
- Yorkshire — South and West Yorkshire: ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction, RJ McLeod.
- Central West — West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire: ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod, Stave-Con.
- Central East — Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire: ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod, Stave-Con.
- South East — South, Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex: A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O'Halloran & O'Brien, Tamdown Group.
- South East — East, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex: A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich, Tamdown Group.
- South West — North, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire: Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks, Tithegrove.
- South West — South, Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset: Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co, Renelec Groundworks.
- South West — West, Bristol, Devon and Somerset: Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks, Tithegrove.
- London — Greater London: A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O'Connell Contracting.
- Scotland — Central Belt: Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction, Stewart Landscapes (Contracts).
- Scotland — North 1, Aberdeen area only: Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod, WM Donald.
- Scotland — North 2, detailed area not specified: Akela Construction, Chap Group, I&H Brown, RJ McLeod, TSL Contractors, WM Donald.
RJ McLeod's six places stretch from the North West, Yorkshire and the two Central lots into Scotland, while Coinford Central's six sit entirely in the southern English lots and London. Every lot carries six contractors.