Places for People has selected groundworks contractors for a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest coverage, each winning places on six lots, while M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each took four.
MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering are also among the contractors named across the framework.
Regional awards
In London, the listed contractors are Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove. The South West — South package, covering Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset, names Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
The South East — East lot covers Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex; its contractors are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group. For South West — North, covering Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, the award list names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich and Tamdown Group.
The South West — West lot for Bristol, Devon and Somerset includes Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks. Central East, covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire, lists ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con. The South East — South lot for Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex also names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
Scotland — North 2 names Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald; the detailed area for that lot is not specified. The framework also includes lots for Yorkshire South and West Yorkshire; Central West, taking in the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire; Scotland — Central Belt; and Scotland — North 1, which is limited to the Aberdeen area.
Work scope and values
Work under the framework 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 largest 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.