Places for People has selected groundworks contractors for a £246m framework split into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland.
Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each landing spots on six lots. M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. Other winners include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
The framework also includes a North West lot covering Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside.
Lot line-up
The published regional breakdown shows six contractors on most lots. In South and West Yorkshire, the line-up comprises JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield.
For the Central West lot covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, the selected firms are ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod.
The Central East lot for Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire lists ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
In the South East, the southern lot covering south Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex names ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
The South East lot for East Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex includes A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group.
For the South West’s northern lot across north Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, the contractors are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, J L Knight Roadworks, SEH Ipswich and Tamdown Group.
The South West lot for Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset lists Coinford Central, DR Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
In the western South West lot covering west Bristol, Devon and Somerset, the selected firms are Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks.
For Greater London, the line-up is Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
In Scotland, the Central Belt lot names A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Dockerill Groundworks, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction and O’Connell Contracting.
The Scotland North 1 lot, restricted to the Aberdeen area, includes Advance Construction (Scotland), Akela Construction, Andrew Strain Construction, I&H Brown, Keystone Construction Scotland and Stewart Landscapes (Contracts).
The Scotland North 2 lot, for which no detailed area is specified, lists Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald.
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.