Places for People has appointed groundworks contractors to a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod took the widest spread of places, each landing positions on six of the framework's 13 lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots, while MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O'Halloran & O'Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering are among the other winners.
Contractor panels
Each lot is served by a panel of contractors rather than a single firm. The named rosters also include JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, Westshield, ATD Civils & Groundworks, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), Manvers Main Construction, LMH (Civil Engineering), Stave-Con, A D Bly Construction, Kingsheath Construction, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich, DR Groundworks, Renelec Groundworks, Tithegrove, Aeropark Developments, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Fred Champion Groundworks, Dockerill Groundworks and O'Connell Contracting.
In Scotland the panels include Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland, Stewart Landscapes (Contracts), Chap Group, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, WM Donald and TSL Contractors.
Regional lots
- North West — Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside
- Yorkshire South and West
- Central West — West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire
- Central East — Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire
- South East — South: Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex
- South East — East: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex
- South West — North: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire
- South West — South: Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset
- South West — West: Bristol, Devon and Somerset
- Greater London
- Scotland — Central Belt
- Scotland — North 1: Aberdeen area only
- Scotland — North 2
Scope and package values
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.