Places for People has named the groundworks contractors appointed to a £246m framework covering 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each winning positions on six lots, according to the published appointments.
M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. The wider list of successful firms includes MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering, alongside a group of regional and specialist groundworks contractors.
The framework is divided by geography, with separate lots for the North West, Yorkshire, Central West, Central East, two South East areas, three South West areas, London and three Scottish areas. The appointments give Places for People access to contractors across site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations, as well as drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works.
In Scotland, the packages extend beyond general groundworks to house foundations, completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle infrastructure. That scope links the framework to both civil engineering and housing delivery requirements.
Regional values vary. Greater London is the biggest regional package at around £38m, followed by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset package at £30m. East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
The lot awards also show how coverage is distributed among contractors. In the North West, the appointed firms include JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield. For Yorkshire, the list includes ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod.
Central West, covering the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, includes ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Erith Group, LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con. The Central East lot for Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire includes ATD Civils & Groundworks, Chasetown Civil Engineering, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), LMH (Civil Engineering), RJ McLeod and Stave-Con.
In the South East — South lot for Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, the appointed firms are A D Bly Construction, Coinford Central, Houlihan & Co, Kingsheath Construction, O’Halloran & O’Brien and Tamdown Group. The South East — East lot for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex includes 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 includes Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks. The South West — West lot for Bristol, Devon and Somerset includes Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove.
For London, the appointed contractors are 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).
Scotland — North 1, limited to the Aberdeen area, includes Chap Group, I&H Brown, JKR Contractors, Nicol of Skene, RJ McLeod and WM Donald. Scotland — North 2, for which the detailed area was not specified, includes Akela Construction, Chap Group, I&H Brown, RJ McLeod, TSL Contractors and WM Donald.
The framework therefore combines broad national coverage with region-specific contractor lists. The appointments set out the contractors’ positions on the lots under the £246m arrangement; individual project awards and construction start dates were not included.